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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 07:25 PM Original message |
What sport has the widest set of required skills? |
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bmbmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 08:29 PM Response to Original message |
1. Decathlon? Biathlon? Modern pentathlon? |
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barb162 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:10 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. It would have to be the decathlon. I know it aint curling |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 12:49 PM Response to Reply #13 |
26. Curling should not exist. |
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HEyHEY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:24 PM Response to Reply #26 |
33. What? Eat a dick! |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:02 PM Response to Reply #33 |
39. Then keep it in Canada. |
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Sanity Claws (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
59. Do you mean a spotted dick? |
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XemaSab (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
2. All the players have to be able to catch too |
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wildhorses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 08:44 PM Response to Original message |
3. what is the one where they have to snow ski and shoot and |
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mzteris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 08:59 PM Response to Original message |
4. hockey |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 09:01 PM Response to Original message |
5. Not to mention MLBers |
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rurallib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 09:07 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. And preparing the right mixture that will work best against |
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driver8 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 08:59 PM Response to Reply #5 |
60. Ha Ha -- good one!! n/t |
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rug (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 09:27 PM Response to Original message |
7. Basketball. |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 09:31 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Yeah, that's what I was thinking. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jul-23-06 10:25 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. But they don't have to hit a really fast moving ball |
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jobycom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 12:55 AM Response to Reply #9 |
10. That's a unique skill, true, but so is hitting a thirty foot jumper. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 12:56 AM Response to Original message |
11. baseball |
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Oeditpus Rex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:02 AM Response to Original message |
12. There's no way we can know this |
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never cry wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:32 AM Response to Original message |
14. Baseball, by far |
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blockhead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:50 PM Response to Reply #14 |
34. good one |
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northzax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:56 PM Response to Reply #14 |
49. ok, but if you do it only 3 out of ten times |
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Benfea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:43 AM Response to Original message |
15. American football. |
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never cry wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:36 AM Response to Reply #15 |
16. That is the antithesis of the OP's question |
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Benfea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 11:43 AM Response to Reply #16 |
18. American football has the widest variety of skills. |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:54 PM Response to Reply #16 |
36. Well spoken by someone who has no clue. |
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sakabatou (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:40 AM Response to Original message |
17. Polo |
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Tsiyu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 11:47 AM Response to Original message |
19. Anything equestrian |
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u4ic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:17 PM Response to Reply #19 |
61. I don't think people realize |
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Katina (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 11:50 AM Response to Original message |
20. gymnastics |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 11:52 AM Response to Original message |
21. I disagree on that... Many ballplayers are in the big leagues because |
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jberryhill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
22. Lacrosse |
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ncrainbowgrrl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:39 PM Response to Reply #22 |
48. Lacrosse gets my vote too. |
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alcibiades_mystery (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 11:55 AM Response to Original message |
23. Hockey, no question |
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liontamer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 12:00 PM Response to Original message |
24. synchronized swimming? |
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One_Life_To_Give (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
25. Auto Racing |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 12:51 PM Response to Reply #25 |
27. hehe |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:20 PM Response to Reply #25 |
46. Don't forget Left Turns, have to make a lot of left turns..... |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:30 PM Response to Reply #46 |
53. While there are 42 other guys on the track.... |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:49 PM Response to Reply #53 |
57. take it easy, it wasn't a value judgement....... |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 12:52 PM Response to Original message |
28. Modern Pentathalon |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
29. Golf - you have to drink beer AND smoke your cigar; you can't let your |
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HughBeaumont (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:12 PM Response to Original message |
30. 43-Man Squamish |
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Rabrrrrrr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:16 PM Response to Reply #30 |
32. Especially the Quarter-Frummerts |
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flvegan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:15 PM Response to Original message |
31. Rugby |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:36 PM Response to Reply #31 |
56. I'd put that second after crew... having done both at one time n/t |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:54 PM Response to Original message |
35. ESPN did a scientific study on this a while back. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:07 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. I'll have to go with the experts, boxing has to be the toughest |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. It's just too bad boxing has credibility on par with WWF wrestling. |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Yeah, I still like Olympic Boxing though...... |
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ProfessorGAC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:12 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Having Done Both Of Your First Two. . . |
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Nicholas D Wolfwood (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:18 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. Well, mental skills are part of it. |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:29 PM Response to Reply #42 |
62. I've boxed and it is the most difficult sport |
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Joe Fields (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
37. Canasta. Hands down. |
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bertha katzenengel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:00 PM Response to Original message |
38. Baseball. Besides everything that has to become absolute instinct, |
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deucemagnet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:12 PM Response to Original message |
41. Calvinball |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 02:27 PM Response to Original message |
47. Fishing. It's not for the squeamish. |
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jmowreader (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 03:52 PM Response to Original message |
50. NASCAR. No question. |
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Ramsey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:15 PM Response to Original message |
51. Crew |
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SaveElmer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 04:35 PM Response to Original message |
52. Baseball...not even close...hardest thing in sports is hitting a baseball. |
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La Lioness Priyanka (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:34 PM Response to Original message |
54. well cricket requires a similar skillset...however i dont think either of |
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LostinVA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 06:35 PM Response to Original message |
55. Crew n/t |
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Juffo Wup (141 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 07:58 PM Response to Original message |
58. Clearly, soccer |
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AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jul-24-06 09:30 PM Response to Reply #58 |
63. Best post of the day! |
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