re: Which major sport has the most unathletic people?

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Let me go invent a bunch of sports where height and size and strength are important factors and let's see how a soccer player fares.

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Size has 0.00000000000% to do with athleticism. Sure it helps, but it has absolutely nothing to do with athletic ability

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Size has 0.00000000000% to do with athleticism. Sure it helps, but it has absolutely nothing to do with athletic ability

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I'd say that athleticism shifts based on size. A 300 pounder with a 35 inch vertical >> A 150 pounder with a 35 inch vertical

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I'd say that athleticism shifts based on size. A 300 pounder with a 35 inch vertical >> A 150 pounder with a 35 inch vertical

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Ok. In cool with that. But of you have a 40 inch vert and run a 4.5 at four feet tall, you are more athletic then someone with a 30 inch vert and 4.8 40 at 6 feet tall

Yes it does. My brother pitches in college and injured his non-throwing arm. Since he couldn't play or do upper body workouts, he trained his legs like crazy.

It resulted in increased explosiveness, but no gain in velocity.

Later, he got on a velocity program created for him by a pitching coach. There was a lot of arm stretching, band work, weighted ball work, etc dealing with the shoulder and elbow.

He increased his velocity by 5 mph.

He's been to sports doctors and they measure the arm tilt to test rotator cuff flexibility. The doctor has talked about how flexibility relates to velocity.

I assure you, those things are more important than a strong lower body in terms of increasing velocity.

His height certainly aids his ability to throw hard.

But velocity mostly come from shoulder rotation and arm whip.

Imagine a catapult that can only be held back 100 degrees before it is released. Now imagine a catapult that can be pulled back 180 degrees and then released.

The further the catapult can be pulled back, the further the object flies.

The resistance also matters. You want the catapult to whip through hard. This is why also strengthening the shoulder muscles is important. It will help to whip the arm through harder.

"Add 10 mph to your fastball in 16 weeks!"

You trying to sell me something?

It amazes me how people cant keep their minds on track.

I am not talking about average athleticism of a sport.

I am talking about a sport in general.

To say "There are some incredibly athletic basketball/football etc. players" is pointless in this discussion.

To say "there are some incredibly athletic people that play x position" only slightly helps this discussion.



Which position (not one single player at that position) in sports is the most unathletic?

Use whatever criteria you want to for athleticism but it would help if you explained it. For me height is not a criteria for athleticsim. I think thats like 50% of being a professional center. Thats what im going with

As you wish.

Just doesn't make much sense to me that guys like Lincecum, Bauer, Chapman etc. would have such explosive mechanics when it all just came down to shoulder flexibility

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Soccer is the least interesting, but requires the most athleticism.

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Lulz

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So who in baseball is more unathletic then Terrance Cody?

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Just because he's a big fat frick doesn't make him unathletic, just out of shape. There are thousands of men in the U.S. who are built like Cody and they are not nearly as fast (for their size), agile (again, for their size), or strong.


Defensive linemen, especially ends, are the biggest athletic freaks of nature on the planet.