re: What sport is easiest to excel in?

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Those guys don’t drink beer while playing it.

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Not anymore, especially on stage. Back when I first got into darts Eric Bristow was the reigning World Champion and won that title 5 times over his career.

There's plenty of videos of him playing in the early days on u-tube and there was almost always a pint on the tables for the players and many of them had lit cigarettes between their fingers even at the oche (throwing line) when playing on TV.

Now, there's bottled water on stage, no smoking allowed but if they have events with breaks in play during long format events, then what they do backstage is on them....

Andy Fordham, not long dead, was a huge man in excess of 400 lbs. and was known to down a dozen or more pints of beer before heading to the stage for his matches.

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I was going to post that, but I think ping pong is easier

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You guys have no idea what hand eye coordination means do you?

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You HAVE to start at an early age to get great at almost any sport. Golf is the hardest by far…..

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Based on the number of people who reach at least a collegiate level of competency later in life, I'd say the "easiest" path is probably to be huge and go football/basketball.

It's the only sport I'm aware of where you regularly have lineman, 5s, etc. who come from other countries with only a couple of significant years of experience and get opportunities at a pretty high level.

That's not to diminish skill/athleticism in those positions, it just is what it is. If you have the right frame, you'll have a reasonable chance of getting a higher level opportunity. And given the pool you're competing with is so much smaller than almost every other position in any sport, you probably just don't have to have the same level of skill to become competent.

I once saw a friend hit a drive and it hit the tee markers and went backwards like 25 yards. It's still the shortest drive I've ever seen and I still laugh about it.

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Female swimming when you have a dick.

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Thats her rudder.

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I'd probably agree with distance running

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That’s more 80% mental and 20% physical

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Daly was like a real life Happy Gilmore

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He did it his way. Not many do.

Would love to see you put together a long distance run with your superior mentality. What are you good for? 10 meters.

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tennis? Talk about a hard sport. I was ranked in the top 250 in the world and won 6A state and I wasn't even close to being pro.

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Tennis, hockey and soccer are probably the toughest most rigorist sports to compete in

ETA Boxing/MMA