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re: Cross Country team = difficult sport. mad respect
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:33 pm to The Mick
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:33 pm to The Mick
Nice troll brah. My kid was All-state 2x in XC, went to state in several events for 4 years in track, and all-district in soccer for 4 years. Several XC teammates were state champs in track and played multiple sports well.
Why are you hyped up about XC in June? Too hot to run now.
Why are you hyped up about XC in June? Too hot to run now.
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Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:34 pm to glassman
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Can't you say that about almost every sport?
You could, but most people aren't questioning the athleticism of football, basketball, or baseball participants. At least, no one of sound mind.
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Compared to baseball and football it is.
True, but some people seem to express that the accumulated mileage during the course of a match is a major marker of the athletic demands of the sport.
And in truth, it is when you consider the varying degrees of acceleration and deceleration required.
However, some of these people fail to acknowledge the athleticism required of endurance sports in which such paces and totals are paltry numbers.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:36 pm to Split2874
quote:My nephew ranked 4th in the state as an 8th grader in hurdles. He went undefeated in hurdles and high jump in every meet this past season. He also made the freshman basketball team as well. He was going to play football, but my sister said no. I wanted him to play baseball, but he can't do that and track. The kid is a pretty good overall athlete. He can dunk with little effort and is only 6'0"
Kid on my son's basketball team runs CC, he was freshman this year and ranked top in the state.
Both his parents and his older sister ran/run track. All of them received full scholarships.
He will probably get one as well.
and he started as a freshman on the varsity basketball team.
But I guess he and his family could not make in real sports
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:38 pm to The Mick
The LHSAA offers high school bowling. I'll go out on a limb and say cross country runners are exponentially better athletes than bowlers.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:38 pm to Boomshockalocka
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IF you can sprint well, to me that shows athleticism, distance running no not so much. It's more of a skill.
I could name a facet from literally every sport in existence that hinges on the mastery of a particular skill.
Are you implying that anyone can master this distance running "skill" and eventually compete at a high level, but sprinting is something only inherent within "athletes"?
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:40 pm to saint amant steve
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And in truth, it is when you consider the varying degrees of acceleration and deceleration required.
This is true.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:43 pm to Jim Rockford
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The LHSAA offers high school bowling. I'll go out on a limb and say cross country runners are exponentially better athletes than bowlers.
You will never convince me that bowling is a sport. To me, it's on par with pool/billiards and darts. It's a bar game that's too big to fit inside a standard bar room. Consequently, the bar was built around the playing surface.
If you can master it while being an overweight, middle-aged male who routinely drinks beer or smokes cigars during competition, than I question the validity of any such presumed athleticism.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:43 pm to The Mick
Yes, there are some weird kids that run cross country. Most were normal and played other sports as well. I ran XC, did multiple events in track, and played rec soccer throughout high school. Most of the XC guys at SPS and MHS did the same
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:45 pm to The Mick
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Cross Country team = kids that couldnt make it in a real sport
you sound bitter. did you not make it?
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:46 pm to The Mick
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The Mick
High school is over, bro. Time to move on.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:48 pm to saint amant steve
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but most people aren't questioning the athleticism of football, basketball, or baseball participants. At least, no one of sound mind.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:51 pm to The Mick
My kid played catcher on his USSSA baseball team for 8 years. When he got to high school, he decided to run cross country.
4 years later, he has a big ol' state championship ring to show for it. Doesn't regret the decision one bit.
I'm not going to pretend that cross country is a popular sport or one that attracts the most competitive athletes. It really isn't. But to say it's not a "real" sport is ridiculous. Running races through the countryside is the oldest sport of all. No rules needed. No special equipment. No judging. Just who's faster. It's the very thing that sports is supposed to be.
4 years later, he has a big ol' state championship ring to show for it. Doesn't regret the decision one bit.
I'm not going to pretend that cross country is a popular sport or one that attracts the most competitive athletes. It really isn't. But to say it's not a "real" sport is ridiculous. Running races through the countryside is the oldest sport of all. No rules needed. No special equipment. No judging. Just who's faster. It's the very thing that sports is supposed to be.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:56 pm to The Mick
I much rather other "real" sports, but there's no doubt there's more to CC than not being able to cut it other places. I'd say the training for legitimately trying to get faster running distance is substantially harder than anything I did playing baseball. A lot of people did it just to participate.....sure. but we had a few who were legitimate athletes who were in the weight room, running with sleds, doing stadiums, etc.. Putting in more work than me for sure.
Now that I've picked up running and am actually spending time to "improve". I respect it much more.
Now that I've picked up running and am actually spending time to "improve". I respect it much more.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 4:57 pm to joeyb147
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joeyb147
Real talk, I've always said to anyone who will listen that many baseball players are some of the most average-looking individuals on the planet.
But don't get it twisted, physique and body composition are not the sole factors which determine athleticism.
CC Sabathia is throwing 90-mph sliders and Prince Fielder has hit 300+ home runs in his career. Neither of them will ever win a bodybuilding show, but let's not doubt for a second that they are superior athletes.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 5:11 pm to The Mick
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Any of you know a superior athlete who ran cross country over another regular sport (or as a supplement to another sport maybe)..?
3 future D1 scholarship basketball players, one of which played professionally after
Posted on 6/9/16 at 5:12 pm to The Mick
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Amirite?
NO. You're wrong. You dumb too.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 5:15 pm to saint amant steve
baseball may be the most unathletic sport out of the major ones.
look at mlb, bunch of fat cubans
look at mlb, bunch of fat cubans
Posted on 6/9/16 at 5:20 pm to saint amant steve
Actually, track is some of the best true test of athleticism there is. Sprinting, jumping, throwing, and yes all the distance running at the highest levels takes quite a bit of talent.
Absolutely there are the also rans that just do it to compete in something just like there are football players and baseball players that do the same.
But if you think the best in the state at any distance are not superbly talented individuals, you are insane.
But if you think being a fat muscled idiot is all it takes to be an athlete, I understand that you might not understand that thin is the normal body habitus for distance runners 800m and up. It doesn't mean that they aren't great athletes.
Absolutely there are the also rans that just do it to compete in something just like there are football players and baseball players that do the same.
But if you think the best in the state at any distance are not superbly talented individuals, you are insane.
But if you think being a fat muscled idiot is all it takes to be an athlete, I understand that you might not understand that thin is the normal body habitus for distance runners 800m and up. It doesn't mean that they aren't great athletes.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 5:20 pm to The Mick
Perhaps, but they will get the last laugh. I do t know many xcountry kids that didn't continue to run once they were done with the sport. So while fat former football players are dying of heart related issues, xcountry kids remain slim and trim into their golden years.
Posted on 6/9/16 at 5:22 pm to PhilipMarlowe
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So while fat former football players are dying of heart related issues, xcountry kids remain slim and trim into their golden years.
True. Slim and trim and virgins.
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