Hardest Sport To Play - Big Three

[MikeVic]

Originally Posted by rkmsuf

Yeah Dragon Boat racing rules.

I had one practice for this... and I agree, it was fun.

[korme]

Originally Posted by astrosfan64

Really?

Sport
2002 Estimates of Participants Worldwide
Number of Affiliated National Federations

Volleyball
998 Million


Basketball
400 Million


Table Tennis
300 Million


Soccer
242 Million


Badminton
200 Million


Tennis
60 Million


Baseball
60 Million


Dragon Boat Racing
50 Million


Team Handball
18 Million


Hockey
3 million


Judo
2.5 Million


Rugby
2 Million


Cycling
600,000


American Football didn't even make the list.

Who gives a flying fuck about participation worldwide when I clearly narrowed it down to the 3 most popular professional US sports? You're arguing semantics and clearly being an assclown.

This is like if you made a poll stating which was better, chicken strips or buffalo wings and I kept posting that I enjoy baby back ribs much more.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Shorty3281

Who gives a flying fuck about participation worldwide when I clearly narrowed it down to the 3 most popular professional US sports? You're arguing semantics and clearly being an assclown.

This is like if you made a poll stating which was better, chicken strips or buffalo wings and I kept posting that I enjoy baby back ribs much more.

is hockey an option yet?

[Travis]

I might start another thread as it looks like this one is spiraling in a direction it wasn't supposed to, but I'm genuinely interested as to the reasoning so many people have said hockey. Even had it been included in the poll, I'd say baseball should beat it hands down, but around here, we're pretty much skating a few days after we start walking. Guess my main interest is if it's the skating aspect that's ramping it up the list or certain other related skills that people think are more difficult.

[Lathum]

Originally Posted by Travis

I might start another thread as it looks like this one is spiraling in a direction it wasn't supposed to, but I'm genuinely interested as to the reasoning so many people have said hockey. Even had it been included in the poll, I'd say baseball should beat it hands down, but around here, we're pretty much skating a few days after we start walking. Guess my main interest is if it's the skating aspect that's ramping it up the list or certain other related skills that people think are more difficult.

It's the fact that it requires alot of skills.

Strength, Stamina, Hand-Eye Coordination, to name a few. All the while doing it on ice and keeping your head on a swivel to try and avoid the 5 guys on the opposite team trying to kill you.

[Travis]

Originally Posted by Lathum

It's the fact that it requires alot of skills.

Strength, Stamina, Hand-Eye Coordination, to name a few. All the while doing it on ice and keeping your head on a swivel to try and avoid the 5 guys on the opposite team trying to kill you.

Aside from the skating aspect though, what's there really makes it that much different from football though? If we're talking experienced players, very few of them *have* to look down to the puck all that often and have a pretty good feel for the regular flow of the game so know what situation will tend to result in higher risk probability (as an example, suicide passes, working for both hockey and football). Biggest difference I can see is the added element of shot blocking (or flat out getting hit by a puck while not expecting it), but I'd much rather block a slap shot with hockey padding than taking a fastball to the ribs. That of course is countered by the lack of away from the play contact that occurs in football, but again, it just surprised me that so many felt so strongly that it's so much harder than the others.

[Toddzilla]

Depends on what you mean "play"

If you mean - Whats the hardest game to get a random group of people together and play a game? That's Hockey, hands down.

If you mean - What is the hardest game to play at the highest professional level? That is Baseball, by a mile.