I was watching baseball last night and my eye was caught by how small around the bat is compared to the ball. That raised a question in my mind. In sports, what is the biggest challenge? Throwing a touchdown, sinking a three-pointer or hitting a home run? Or something else? Never having been able to throw a decent pass, never even trying to sink a three-pointer, I can't say. I have been pretty good at hitting home runs but not where it counts.
So you guys that have done these things, what do you think? And you ladies who have or have not, do you have an opinion?
By far the hardest thing to do in sports is hit a baseball. To hit a ball that is coming @ you @ 90+ MPH with movement. Even the biggest stars in baseball fail 7 out of 10 times.
If we're focusing on the sports that have major professional levels to them, I would say that kicking a goal in soccer or making a goal in hockey may be harder since they are usually more rare. A hole in one in golf is also a very large challenge.
Then there are all the Olympic-type sports that have very challenging scoring components, but most do not involve the use of a ball.
Charles
This led me to think about the Olympic sports that I would fail at and right at the top of the list is high diving. I would fail before I even set foot on the ladder to go up to the platform.
I think I'd choose tennis for an individual sport and soccer for a team one. They both take skill and endurance, lots of moving, and having to plan for your own move as well as anticipate and react to the opponent.
Wilma, You should have seen my record breaking dive back when I was a pup---up on my toes on the end of the diving board---hands reaching for the sky---launched myself off the board---did a triple twist---double back flip--an over-hand toe hold( Maybe that was a wrestling move but I incorporated it into my dive)--and ended with a smooth swan dive---------------------------and ALL that from a two foot high diving board after ol Sarge goosed me !!
PS: Wilma as I need to keep my reputation as being Honest Ron the dive ended with a belly buster--not a swan dive :angel:
Hey Honest--was that with or without the legendary suspenders????
Quote from: flintauqua on August 19, 2011, 09:35:56 AMI would say that kicking a goal in soccer
Was thinking the same thing. Watched a little bit of soccer before and it seemed to take forever for them to get a goal, though mentioning the hole in one in golf that probably would be even more difficult.
Be a pretty challenging thing to drag Doobie into a boxing ring to face a Mike Tyson. :)
Riding a bull like Bodacious would be quite a challenge too.
The biggest challenge I have in sports is this...is it going to hold my attention long enough or am I going to get bored and wish I had a book? LOL
I prefer watching basketball, high school is my favorite. I have a feeling, though, that I will be seeing alot of junior high volleyball and junior high girls basketball this year.
Quote from: jarhead on August 19, 2011, 11:23:19 AM
Wilma, You should have seen my record breaking dive back when I was a pup---up on my toes on the end of the diving board---hands reaching for the sky---launched myself off the board---did a triple twist---double back flip--an over-hand toe hold( Maybe that was a wrestling move but I incorporated it into my dive)--and ended with a smooth swan dive---------------------------and ALL that from a two foot high diving board after ol Sarge goosed me !!
PS: Wilma as I need to keep my reputation as being Honest Ron the dive ended with a belly buster--not a swan dive :angel:
Ron~~ I sooo needed that today after the day I've had.. ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
I'm still laughing and I will be for awhile.. LOL
By far Wilma, it has to be a hole-in-one. I have played this game now for over 50 years and I have never had one... and I'm not a bad golfer. I have had an Eagle, an Eagle 2 and many birdies but NEVER a hole-in-one. The most famous hole-in-one on record was by none other than Mrs.T. Woods. We have heard many versions how she accomplished this famous feat but I'm going to tell you the real story of how it happened.
At 2:43 A.M. following Thanksgiving dinner, both Mr.and Mrs.Tiger Woods got a hankering for their favorite pistachio nut caramel brownie chocolate fudge ice cream.
As Tiger jumped into their '09 Cadillac Escalade SUV for a quick putt to the twenty-four-seven Ben and Jerry's ice cream parlor, Mrs Woods thought some Mrs. Fields macadamia double nut super spice cookies would be a fine addition, grabbed one of Tiger's Nike SQ golf clubs, (they're all over the house) and Ninja style, chased the Escalade down the drive, tapped the window with the club to get his attention, but hit a hole in one, causing the entire window to shattered into a million pieces.
Thinking that the shattered glass was cause by a barking dog, Mr. Woods spun the wheel of the '09 Cadillac Escalade SUV and hit the fire hydrant. He then went into fun-house-car-driving mode and backed up and hit a tree.
While the greatest golf course driver on the planet, no one has ever claimed Mr. Woods was a Mario Andretti behind a stirring wheel. And that driveway has always been one tricky little sucker for the golfer, and he usually has his caddy's assistance to clue him in on avoiding the permanent fixtures of his property.
The Windermere emergency crew that arrived at the luxury mansion at 2:53 A.M., found Mr. Woods laying on the driveway next to his '09 Cadillac Escalade SUV, (with airbags that did not deploy) repeatedly asking for some pistachio nut caramel brownie chocolate fudge ice cream. Mrs. Woods explained that she just wanted to tell her husband to also pick up some Mrs. Fields macadamia double nut super spice cookies, and the window seemed to shattered into a million pieces.
"Just like the number of pistachio nuts found in pistachio nut caramel brownie chocolate fudge ice cream," repeated Tiger.
Florida States Troopers and Highway Patrol, (two groups that put the fear of el diablo in any driver's heart) announced that they were treating the accident as a driving violation and not as domestic violence or the need for a Weight Watchers intervention.
;D ;D LOL~~~~
Quote from: mtcookson on August 19, 2011, 12:44:33 PM
, though mentioning the hole in one in golf that probably would be even more difficult.
sounds like highschool!