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re: Which major sport has the most unathletic people?
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:13 am to lsupride87
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:13 am to lsupride87
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Lsu picked a tuba player out the freaking band and he became a starter on our basketball team
Didn't Kevin Durant only start playing basketball in high school?
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Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:13 am to Colonel Angus
quote:Mark Eaton. Didn't play basketball until after HS.
You wait until HS to start playing basketball and you can forget about it
This post was edited on 11/6/14 at 11:14 am
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:14 am to boom roasted
quote:Good example. But nobody tops the TUBA. To the GOAT
Mark Eaton
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:15 am to lsupride87
Baseball and I don't think it is even close.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:17 am to boom roasted
quote:This is kind of a spinoff, but this is what separates golf, tennis, and soccer from the other sports. You have to pick these sports as you only sport at about age 10 and train like mad men to have a chance. Where as a great number of pro football and basketball players grew up splitting their time between multiple sports
Mark Eaton. Didn't play basketball until after HS.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:18 am to RTR America
quote:Once again, tell me someone in baseball who would lose an all sports competition against terrance cody.
Baseball and I don't think it is even close.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:21 am to lsupride87
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most unathletic people?
Terrence Cody is only one player, plus I think you are underestimating how athletic he is for his size.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:23 am to RTR America
quote:I think that is the OPs point. Out of all the sports, which one has the least athletic person
Terrence Cody is only one player,
quote:Thats fine, but his size is going to kill him in almost every athletic feat besides playing nose tackle.
plus I think you are underestimating how athletic he is for his size.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:23 am to RTR America
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I think you are underestimating how athletic he is for his size.
Didn't say anything about athleticism/lb.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:24 am to Hester Carries
I think football.
Followed by baseball.
Then basketball.
Then hockey.
Then soccer.
Followed by baseball.
Then basketball.
Then hockey.
Then soccer.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:26 am to lsupride87
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I think that is the OPs point. Out of all the sports, which one has the least athletic person
quote:
Which major sport has the most unathletic people?
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:26 am to lsupride87
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Lsu picked a tuba player out the freaking band and he became a starter on our basketball team.
If you are taller than 7' you have a 17% chance of playing in the NBA. Thats a true statistic.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:26 am to Hester Carries
quote:Just read this about CC. Had multiple college offers for football and basketball. Including the likes of schools like UCLA, Washington...... So I would say listing him was a major fail
CC Sabathia
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:27 am to RTR America
quote:Not being a dick but if you have followed the thread and the OP we are discussing which sport has the most unathletic participant(s)
RTR America
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:27 am to lsupride87
Baseball requires the most skill and those dudes are monster athletes. Tons of these guys were high school football all Americans. That includes guys from multiple positions including pitchers. Ask Michael Jordan which sport is more difficult?
If athleticism is based on raw jumping and speed than this may be different. However, my definition of athleticism includes control of your abilities.
Hockey has to be last, but how do you even compare that?
If athleticism is based on raw jumping and speed than this may be different. However, my definition of athleticism includes control of your abilities.
Hockey has to be last, but how do you even compare that?
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:28 am to barry
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If you are taller than 7' you have a 17% chance of playing in the NBA. Thats a true statistic.
Herp derp.
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:29 am to easy money
quote:Last as in worst? The worst athlete in hockey is still going to be 6'1" 205 lbs and fast and coordinated as shite.
Hockey has to be last, but how do you even compare that?
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:31 am to lsupride87
Wasn't the #1 pick in the NHL draft unable to do a single pull up?
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:33 am to RTR America
quote:Yep. And Durant couldnt bench 185 lbs
Wasn't the #1 pick in the NHL draft unable to do a single pull up?
Both those guys are still freak athletes. Just weak
Posted on 11/6/14 at 11:33 am to LSUBoo
I notice that Hockey is getting a pretty big pass here.
I'm not saying hockey players aren't athletes, or that they don't have some of the best hand-eye coordination (and one of the highest minimum thresholds for it) in sports. They're also some of the toughest people you'd ever see in sports.
That said, they are not incredible athletes on the whole; there are some good athletes in hockey-- but consider how long the average ice shift is, and how long the transcendent figures in their sport are able to play at a very high level.
While you see long careers in football, basketball, and baseball, the onsets of decline are rapid, and when a guy 'loses a step' or 'a foot off of his fastball', they are less prone to being able to hang around in their respective leagues, because the athletic demands are higher. The weak link is purged faster.
I love hockey, but I can't pretend they're superior athletes.
I'm not saying hockey players aren't athletes, or that they don't have some of the best hand-eye coordination (and one of the highest minimum thresholds for it) in sports. They're also some of the toughest people you'd ever see in sports.
That said, they are not incredible athletes on the whole; there are some good athletes in hockey-- but consider how long the average ice shift is, and how long the transcendent figures in their sport are able to play at a very high level.
While you see long careers in football, basketball, and baseball, the onsets of decline are rapid, and when a guy 'loses a step' or 'a foot off of his fastball', they are less prone to being able to hang around in their respective leagues, because the athletic demands are higher. The weak link is purged faster.
I love hockey, but I can't pretend they're superior athletes.
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