Which sport is more athletically demanding? Basketball or Hockey?

**Selanne08** · 02-11-2010, 05:17 PM

Originally Posted by XTREMEbro

is this a serious question?

you can give any minority some tennis shoes and a hoop and they can be michael jordna

black man?

**** i need to do curls

**XTREMEbro** · 02-11-2010, 05:20 PM

Originally Posted by Selanne08

black man?

**** i need to do curls

dude u reminded me... i gotta hit the dumbells, haven't gotten jacked in over an hour

**Revolver45** · 02-11-2010, 06:12 PM

Originally Posted by TaeBoNinja

LoL. Put Gretsky on a basketball court and ask him to play full-court for 48 minutes, and then ask Jordan to go play Hockey. MJ would perform MUCH better.

LOL you're presuming MJ can even skate. You've clearly never had a pair of skates on your feet before and you sound stupid.

If Kobe or Lebron grew up playing hockey, they would own the sport.

Yea I'm sure these 6'6 and 6'8" guys would be the most graceful people out there on skates. You do realize that there are maybe 10 guys in the NHL above 6'4"?

And you probably wonder why you're red.

**TaeBoNinja** · 02-11-2010, 06:53 PM

Originally Posted by Revolver45

LOL you're presuming MJ can even skate. You've clearly never had a pair of skates on your feet before and you sound stupid.

MJ could learn how to skate. Wayne could never learn how to jump 3 feet in the air, or have cat like reflexes.

By your defintion, Figure Skating must be the most atlhetically demanding sport ever because they skate AND Jump. Nancy Kerrigan > Wayne.

**jakobi** · 02-11-2010, 06:58 PM

hockey players also wear paddings/gear...thats like what..close to 40lbs ..
basketball can run all day..all they have are shorts, jerseys and shoes

Originally Posted by TaeBoNinja

MJ could learn how to skate. Wayne could never learn how to jump 3 feet in the air, or have cat like reflexes.

By your defintion, Figure Skating must be the most atlhetically demanding sport ever because they skate AND Jump. Nancy Kerrigan > Wayne.

**TaeBoNinja** · 02-11-2010, 07:02 PM

Originally Posted by jakobi

hockey players also wear paddings/gear...thats like what..close to 40lbs ..
basketball can run all day..all they have are shorts, jerseys and shoes

Conversely, basketball players have no padding to shield away contact. Every try fighting for box out postion down low, , take a charge from someone full stride, or attack the basket againt a 300lb center all without padding?

The only sport close to basketball is soccer.

**Bobaroo** · 02-11-2010, 07:05 PM

LOL at Wayne Gretzky not having cat like reflexes, clearly you've never watch or played hockey.

Watch a NBA game vs NHL, much more action in the NHL. NBA players seem lazy at times. Ice skating takes so much out of you, throw in the contact and its demanding as anything.

I feel hockey is the most demanding sport in the world

**Verloren** · 02-11-2010, 07:15 PM

Originally Posted by TaeBoNinja

Conversely, basketball players have no padding to shield away contact. Every try fighting for box out postion down low, , take a charge from someone full stride, or attack the basket againt a 300lb center all without padding?

The only sport close to basketball is soccer.

The only player in soccer/footy who I can think of as being over 300lbs would be William Foulke...And you don't try to box out a keeper.

Very few soccer players are over 300lbs anyway, considering the conditioning and endurance training these guys undergo.

**Huse** · 02-11-2010, 07:42 PM

lmfao at the ppl posting hockey here. listen, i love hockey and i love the bruins but be reality now. pro bball players are the best athletes in the world, of any sport.

**HayZues Christi** · 02-12-2010, 09:07 AM

Originally Posted by IraHays

It's pretty easy to spot the people in this thread who have never ice skated. lulz.

pretty easy to tell which people never played and sucked at bball as well.

**SwagMorris** · 02-12-2010, 10:29 AM

Originally Posted by Revolver45

LOL you're presuming MJ can even skate. You've clearly never had a pair of skates on your feet before and you sound stupid.

Lol @ the hockey players saying ice skating is hard. Its only hard if you 4 and/or have fetal alcohol syndrome.

**BurrMan** · 09-22-2010, 01:33 PM

Hockey by far!!!! To try and state that Gretzky "couldnt play basketball for 40 minutes is ridiculous. I would bet he could out endure the basketball players... But surely he cant jump as high as a basketball player....But thats just because he's not 6'6....

""""""Basketball players are the finest athletes of all"""

Buwahahahaha!!!! Really? Shaq? Barkley??? etc...etc...The only reason shaq is playing is because he's 7 feet tall and weighs in over 300 lbs and can "MANAGE" to get back and forth...Hardly "one of top athletes in the world".. Just paid and revered as one...it's not the same thing...

ANY hockey player can play basketball...The reverse is not true...Putting a professional hockey team on the court against a pro basketball team, would produce far superior results than putting a pro basketball team on the ice with an NHL team...

Dont kid yourself...

**BurrMan** · 09-22-2010, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by TaeBoNinja

MJ could learn how to skate. Wayne could never learn how to jump 3 feet in the air, or have cat like reflexes.

By your defintion, Figure Skating must be the most atlhetically demanding sport ever because they skate AND Jump. Nancy Kerrigan > Wayne.

These are futile points.... Gretzky's jump would be superior to "most athletes"... Thats why he made it to the NHL....The NHL combine is rigorous, and they dont take people that "Cant Jump" LOL.... Surely though, it couldnt be as high as Michael Jordan, but again, this is because he's not 6'6....

As far as figure skating, this would be a better equation to make against basketball players abilities...Figure skating and Hockey skating are completley different and require different skillsets.... Basketball players are more like figure skaters...High jumping...precision placement of jump arcs and landings......

And I've seen a penalty in Basketball............Buwahahahahaha! Touchy touchy!!

**IraHays** · 09-22-2010, 01:51 PM

Originally Posted by BurrMan

Hockey by far!!!! To try and state that Gretzky "couldnt play basketball for 40 minutes is ridiculous. I would bet he could out endure the basketball players... But surely he cant jump as high as a basketball player....But thats just because he's not 6'6....

""""""Basketball players are the finest athletes of all"""

Buwahahahaha!!!! Really? Shaq? Barkley??? etc...etc...The only reason shaq is playing is because he's 7 feet tall and weighs in over 300 lbs and can "MANAGE" to get back and forth...Hardly "one of top athletes in the world".. Just paid and revered as one...it's not the same thing...

ANY hockey player can play basketball...The reverse is not true...Putting a professional hockey team on the court against a pro basketball team, would produce far superior results than putting a pro basketball team on the ice with an NHL team...

Dont kid yourself...

strong first post/bump.

lulz.

**johnt12** · 09-22-2010, 05:50 PM

This is a ridiculous argument....hockey by far.

**JTrain306** · 09-22-2010, 06:27 PM

The thread title doesn't make sense.

Which sport is more PHYSICALLY demanding? Hockey!

Which sport requires more athleticism? I'd say basketball.

**BurrMan** · 09-23-2010, 12:14 AM

Originally Posted by JTrain306

The thread title doesn't make sense.

Which sport is more PHYSICALLY demanding? Hockey!

Which sport requires more athleticism? I'd say basketball.

I suppose I would have to disagree with this also.... In hockey, your spatial awareness is in constant challenge...If for an instant you take your awareness out, you will be blindsided, and with that, the initial moment of decision is more accute and the ability to react to it is superior....Split second decisions are occurring at rapid pace....The forces at work are also tremendous....Someone made note that "Hockey players are GLIDING around", and not expending, or cruising....This is not true... Hockey players are moving at +20 mph and can reach 35-40 mph at speed, and the G's involved in even the most minor turns are heavy....A pro hockey player has superior Core and athleticism "just by the nature of the game"..

The reactions of a pro hockey player versus a Basketball player would not compare. The physical capability to manage and perform/maneuver under those reactions would also not compare..

Again, hockey by far...

**Lazydave** · 09-23-2010, 12:50 AM

cliffs: wayne gretsky has slow reflex's and can't play basketball for 40 minutes

**BOZZ** · 09-23-2010, 01:21 AM

Hockey by far. I've played both (after college my coaches would have **** bricks if i pulled that **** in college) and the amount of punishment your body takes in a couple shifts is absolutely AMAZING. Banging on the boards, quick direction changes and the hand eye coordination required to make passes accurately on the fly or even shoot from a static position are like nothing else in sports.

**miketheblade** · 09-23-2010, 01:56 AM

both use different systems or more of one in the body.....

i say all athletes train just as hard for there specific sport...

linebackers impress me the most though

**ArchangelDante** · 09-23-2010, 02:01 AM

physically demanding? how could you not say hockey? a speed skating is way harder than sprinting not to mention you get trucked in hockey nobody gets hit that hard in bball unless it is a flagrant foul

**deeezyyy** · 09-23-2010, 02:38 AM

Originally Posted by BurrMan

Hockey by far!!!! To try and state that Gretzky "couldnt play basketball for 40 minutes is ridiculous. I would bet he could out endure the basketball players... But surely he cant jump as high as a basketball player....But thats just because he's not 6'6....

""""""Basketball players are the finest athletes of all"""

Buwahahahaha!!!! Really? Shaq? Barkley??? etc...etc...The only reason shaq is playing is because he's 7 feet tall and weighs in over 300 lbs and can "MANAGE" to get back and forth...Hardly "one of top athletes in the world".. Just paid and revered as one...it's not the same thing...

ANY hockey player can play basketball...The reverse is not true...Putting a professional hockey team on the court against a pro basketball team, would produce far superior results than putting a pro basketball team on the ice with an NHL team...

Dont kid yourself...

hey guys, i think dis dude mad he sux at bball.

Athletically demanding = basketball.

physically demanding = hockey

toughest to get into? Definately basketball. Good luck competing with athletic black dudes that all they do is play basketball every day for 8 hours. I've known one person who has played hockey in their life and he was very unfit.

and lol at comparing jordan to gretzky. Theres a reason they call gretzky the "jordan" of hockey. Jordan is the pinnacle of hard work, he could play hockey if he wanted to.

**johnnyD7** · 09-23-2010, 03:38 AM

Originally Posted by deeezyyy

hey guys, i think dis dude mad he sux at bball.

Athletically demanding = basketball.

physically demanding = hockey

toughest to get into? Definately basketball. Good luck competing with athletic black dudes that all they do is play basketball every day for 8 hours. I've known one person who has played hockey in their life and he was very unfit.

and lol at comparing jordan to gretzky. Theres a reason they call gretzky the "jordan" of hockey. Jordan is the pinnacle of hard work, he could play hockey if he wanted to.

disagree. To all people saying "if MJ could ice skate he would be good" no, I know several people that are much better skaters than me, but I am a much better hockey player than them. Bottom line is an NHL player would be better at basketball than a basketball player would be at hockey. Also athleticism is hand-eye coordination, and Goalie requires far more hand eye coordination than basketball, along with ridiculous endurance and more explosiveness than basketball. Anyone who plays hockey will know this, others will just say "but the fat kid played goalie"

**Stapler** · 09-23-2010, 04:42 AM

the question is ATHLETICALLY DEMANDING

the answer is basketball. your experience playing pickup ball with a bunch of 5'9 white guys at the YMCA is meaningless.

run crosby and ovechkin vs lebron and wade in a physical fitness test, the hockey players would be embarrassed. these guys are superhuman

**kethnaab** · 09-23-2010, 05:02 AM

Originally Posted by Stapler

run crosby and ovechkin vs lebron and wade in a physical fitness test, the hockey players would be embarrassed. these guys are superhuman

you have it backwards. Crosby is a sick phuck...you have no idea how insanely well conditioned those guys are and how much explosiveness and drive they have to maintain

the amount of physical contact in hockey far exceeds that of basketball and places additional demands on the body.

**bbacn123** · 09-23-2010, 05:13 AM

The problem with this is "athletically demanding" can have so many different definitions.

Basketball no doubt requires more strength and speed. Hockey definitely requires more hand eye coordination and agility, as well as quicker reactions. Stamina is a toss up.

That's how I look at it. I think some of you tend to put more emphasis on the strength and speed aspect when you rate athletics personally. It's really all how you want to define it though. In the end I'd say hockey wins as more demanding.

**TheRagingboxer** · 09-23-2010, 05:22 AM

Played both, and this shouldnt even be a comparison.

Hockey by a mile. If u played Hockey then u know how demanding of a sport it is.

Comparing Hockey and football would be a much better comparison IMO.

**Crash49** · 09-23-2010, 06:29 AM

Originally Posted by Rockwilder

I would think it was basketball. In hockey you have players still plaing in their 40's and players like Yzerman that can play on bum knees at an old age. Once you lose your legs in basktball your pretty much donezo unless you're MJ or just purely a shooter.

Thats cause hockey players are tougher.

**Mj23foreva** · 09-23-2010, 06:50 AM

The question is athletically demanding, thats hands down basketball. If it were physically demanding then it would probably be hockey.

**Ralph Wiggum** · 09-23-2010, 07:23 AM

Please guys, explain the differences between "athletically demanding" and "physically demanding."

They go hand in hand.

Hockey requires explosiveness, agility, timing (the different shots in hockey require different movements), good stamina, and great hand-eye coordination.

All retards saying basketball, Hockey isn't just kicking your legs a bit and gliding around on the ice for an hour. Please put on ice skates and sprint from one end of the ice and back then come back to me.

I played hockey for ten years and it took me a long time to excel in my skating, stick-handling, and shooting skills.

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