re: Hardest sport to master

Posted by cardboardboxer

Member since Apr 2012

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 11:09 pm to shotcaller1

Golf is a board game for rich people, it isn't a sport.

Posted by Gatorbait2008

Member since Aug 2015

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 11:36 pm to five_fivesix

Qb at the Nfl level. How many perfect games have you ever seen. Its being a baseball pitcher with moving targets and 300 pound monsters storming at you.

Posted by Spirit Of Aggieland

Houston

Member since Aug 2011

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Posted on 5/16/16 at 11:46 pm to shotcaller1

Golf. It's pressure and mental focus. Plus you have to have skill from multiple clubs and the short game to match

Posted by AUjim

America

Member since Dec 2012

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Posted on 5/17/16 at 10:56 pm to Spirit Of Aggieland

I love it, but fishing seems to really kick my arse.

Posted by StrawsDrawnAtRandom

Member since Sep 2013

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Posted on 5/18/16 at 12:09 am to shotcaller1

Mixed Martial Arts and it's not even close.

Posted by SmoothOperator96

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Posted on 5/18/16 at 12:41 pm to shotcaller1

Competitive underwater basket weaving

Posted by GnashRebel

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Posted on 5/18/16 at 12:59 pm to shotcaller1

Ranting

Posted by KajunGator

Lake Arthur, LA

Member since May 2011

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Posted on 5/18/16 at 1:29 pm to StrawsDrawnAtRandom

quote:
Mixed Martial Arts and it's not even close.

I'd say any competitive Martial Art, Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Kick Boxing...

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Posted by StrawsDrawnAtRandom

Member since Sep 2013

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Posted on 5/18/16 at 9:18 pm to KajunGator

quote:

I'd say any competitive Martial Art, Karate, Tae Kwon Do, Kick Boxing...

But knowing multiple styles takes years and years. That's why guys like Mayweather (boxer) and other such competitors simply cannot be matched. No matter how much you practice, if you don't have the timing (inherent) and reflexes (impossible for learning) or instincts, it's a wrap. Tons of super strong athletes flock to MMA and don't do anything at all, simply because most of it is in your head.

Posted by hogfly

Fayetteville, AR

Member since May 2014

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Posted on 5/18/16 at 11:30 pm to KajunGator

Throw in wrestling. My kids wrestle... and holy shite the punishment a 5 year old can take. One of my super competitive soccer/football/baseball dads brought his kid to a wrestling practice, and he couldn't believe the level the kids were performing at as far as conditioning and such.

The mental aspect and mano y mano aspect is also huge. You, another person. Physically competing. It can be absolutely brutal. My wife gets pissed when our kids don't perform as well as they should on the mat. I tell her, "Honey. There is NO way I would have gotten out on a mat and gone toe to toe with another kid in front of 500 people when I was 7 years old. Just the fact they do it is a victory, regardless of how they perform."

Also: my kid got attacked by another kid two grades ahead of him today at after school. I asked him if he punched the other kid. He said, "No, but I took him down and he didn't get back up."

This post was edited on 5/18/16 at 11:33 pm

Posted by StrawsDrawnAtRandom

Member since Sep 2013

21146 posts

Posted on 5/19/16 at 12:38 am to hogfly

I never wrestled, but I train with a lot of Greco-Roman types (I have an MMA gym here in Mexico City) and they, to this day, tell me stories of how they lost and it was one of the most humiliating things they've ever endured.

Even Joe Rogan said he still remembers a kid that beat him and it makes him train that much harder.

The conditioning is unbelievable, and being a gold-medal wrestler may just take the cake.