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re: What sport is easiest to excel in?
Posted on 3/23/24 at 9:30 am to cable
Posted on 3/23/24 at 9:30 am to cable
quote:Ugh, yeh
not even close
Fastest serve at Wimbledon last year-141 mph, only two total serves all tournament over 140mph
Same Groth is the ALL TIME LEADER with serves over 145MPh at grand slam tournaments. He has 5. 5 total serves 145MPh plus in his entire career
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Posted on 3/23/24 at 9:33 am to PhiTiger1764
quote:Ahh, I see your point. And totally agree
The question was “easiest to excel in.” I am interpreting that much differently than “become a professional athlete in.” I agree with your argument on becoming a pro athlete. I suppose it depends on how you interpret it. But I would say excel would mean being considered a good player by your peers. “That guy is a hell of a basketball player.” “That dude is a stick on the golf course.”
A solid athlete will immediately be “decent” at football, basketball, baseball. He will be awful at golf
So while easiest to become pro in, hardest to just pick up and not suck at. Kinda a weird conundrum
Posted on 3/23/24 at 9:36 am to lsupride87
There's a tradeoff between power and placement. You don't have to blast people off the court
If i put spin on the ball it's going to slower than a flat serve, and if I want ti beat you, you're getting spin. If I just want to frick around you can have a flat serve
I'd guess my spin serve is like 115 mph
If i put spin on the ball it's going to slower than a flat serve, and if I want ti beat you, you're getting spin. If I just want to frick around you can have a flat serve
I'd guess my spin serve is like 115 mph
This post was edited on 3/23/24 at 9:46 am
Posted on 3/23/24 at 9:40 am to BigNastyTiger417
Banging your mom
Posted on 3/23/24 at 9:41 am to lsupride87
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John Smoltz, while being a pro baseball player, flew to Augusta and shot a 77. That would have him playing right with the pros.
This is disingenuous. The Augusta he played is not even close to Augusta on Masters weekend. That 77 is probably an 85 or worse in the tournament. And he’s a big time golfer, not just some hobby.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 9:42 am to cable
quote:bro stop digging your hole
There's a tradeoff between power and placement. You don't have to blast people off the court
a 145MPh serve you don’t need to place. If that’s what you had you would be on your with ease Posted on 3/23/24 at 9:43 am to CatfishJohn
quote:Think it was 10 days before the masters started when he played bro….
This is disingenuous. The Augusta he played is not even close to Augusta on Masters weekend.
quote:Its literally his hobby
And he’s a big time golfer, not just some hobby.
It’s something he did for fun while he was pro at something else. In the Augusta round he took a private jet from his spring training game This post was edited on 3/23/24 at 9:47 am
Posted on 3/23/24 at 9:57 am to BabyTac
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Prob golf esp if you play from an early age
Found the non-golfer
Posted on 3/23/24 at 10:01 am to lsupride87
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Think it was 10 days before the masters started when he played bro….
It could be the day before bro, it’s not close to the same.
quote:
Its literally his hobby It’s something he did for fun while he was pro at something else. In the Augusta round he took a private jet from his spring training game
I think you know what I mean.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 10:07 am to CatfishJohn
quote:Wait. Exactly what kinda magic do you think they do to the course one day or 10 days before? Yeh they have sub air greens so they can speed that up a bit but they aren’t wizards
It could be the day before bro, it’s not close to the same.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 10:51 am to cable
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They fricking measured my serve once and that was the speed. 145 is not that impressive
165 now that would be impressive
:bruh:
Are you trolling?
Posted on 3/23/24 at 10:53 am to Jones
Maybe he's British and means km/h
Posted on 3/23/24 at 10:56 am to dukke v
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Being able to continue to hit a baseball from a young person to say the MLB is very hard. But you can still be very good to great even if you can’t hit.
I don't know about that.
I was really good with the glove coming up.
but I looked like a damn fool on any pitch with movement.
like think of the worst looking hitter you have ever seen. I was worse.
needless to say, I didn't make it very far
Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:01 am to lsupride87
quote:
The question was “easiest to excel in.” I am interpreting that much differently than “become a professional athlete in.”
quote:
Ahh, I see your point. And totally agree
A solid athlete will immediately be “decent” at football, basketball, baseball.
can we narrow it down to just one aspect of the game?
in my younger days, I would have done decent at a 3 point contest.
just me and a hoop with no defenders, I was a pretty good shooter.
add guys a foot a taller than me trying to stop me to the mix, and it was a completely different story.
Posted on 3/23/24 at 11:25 am to BigNastyTiger417
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Also, Olympic sports is now the classification
Bobsled, if a ragtag group of Jamaicans can compete on the world stage with only a few weeks of training under a disgraced blobsleding champion and a $20K check, then anyone can do it.
This post was edited on 3/23/24 at 11:28 am
Posted on 3/24/24 at 8:49 pm to lsupride87
you know I don't even know how you would return a 155 mph serve, that distance is about the same as a pitcher to home plate. If you blink your eyes that things is gone
This post was edited on 3/24/24 at 9:18 pm
Posted on 3/24/24 at 10:35 pm to BigNastyTiger417
Bowling has to be up there. In my early 20s I really enjoyed bowling, like playing a couple times a week. I my highest scoring game was 215, give or take a few, but was consistently 180+. No formal training whatsoever but I feel like if you put in a little time you could at least be a highly competitive league bowler.
Posted on 3/24/24 at 10:48 pm to parrothead
I took a class in bowling in college. It was my favorite class ever
Posted on 3/24/24 at 10:59 pm to BigNastyTiger417
quote:
What sport is easiest to excel in?
Beer pong?
Posted on 3/24/24 at 11:01 pm to Crimson1st
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Beer pong?
Is that a sport? If it is I'd say quarters
This post was edited on 3/24/24 at 11:04 pm
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