Which sport is more athletically demanding? Basketball or Hockey?

[Otaman]

Let me hear your arguments on both sides. Don't be too biased.

[IraHays]

All I know is that in hockey guys are so tired after 45 seconds they need to take a break.

Seems pretty demanding.

[Billabong81]

Hockey. Much more physical and I believe playing on skates for 25min is much harder than running for 40min. Plus, hockey seems to always be moving back and forth across the rink.... basketball has much more time in between changes of possession (in my opinion).

[TheStack]

All I know is that in hockey guys are so tired after 45 seconds they need to take a break.

Seems pretty demanding.

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[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.

[Maverick417]

why do u think hockey has line changes every five min

[IraHays]

why do u think hockey has line changes every five min

Five minutes? Their hearts would explode.

[SpiderSense]

Never played hockey so I get the feeling hockey is.

Basketball can get pretty rough though especially in the paint.

[Maverick417]

Five minutes? Their hearts would explode.

haha 2 min, my bad. i dont know a hell of alot about outside of its alpha and fun as hell to watch

as where basketball really provides me with no entertainment

[SpiderSense]

Seems like aside from baseball, the lower scoring games are the most physically demanding: Hockey, Soccer.

[El Gilbro]

I can only imagine people who have never skated hard thinking that basketball is more demanding.

[BigAl33]

Hockey is like a 40 yard dash, Basketball is like a marathon.....

[Fastforward7]

Never played hockey so I get the feeling hockey is.

Basketball can get pretty rough though especially in the paint.

Everything's rough when you're 5'9"

Agree on hockey though. Looks murderously tiresome.

[imperialfool]

tennis.

but out of these 2, hockey.

[Chainshot]

Hockey, no contest. The contact, high-speed and flow takes so much out of a player.

[JolietKev]

Hockey.

[ezmac31]

i think basketball...you dont see guys who start and put in 40 minutes a night lasting into their late 30s and 40s like you do in hockey. also i think i read that an average starter who puts in 40 minutes a night or more runs about 6.5 miles in a game. thats a lot of milage considering the majority of it comes in sprints and cuts that are 20 feet or less in distance...that being said, both sports are very exhausting.

[SwagMorris]

Basketball takes more explosiveness, and just as much coordination and endurance, if not more. Half of the movement hockey players make, is their momentum sliding them around on the ice.

[HayZues Christi]

basketball has better athletes in the classical sense of the definition. speed, power, explosiveness.

but hockey is a more demanding sport physically.

[Verloren]

Half of the movement hockey players make, is their momentum sliding them around on the ice.

Agreed.

As for players going into their 40s in hockey...Very, very few players do that. Most hockey players retire in their mid-late 30s barring no major injuries.

[TaeBoNinja]

Basketball by far. Playing a full court game you have to sprint, jump, box out, change directions on a dime, all while playing offense and defense.

[dmoneythegoat]

The question is which sport is more athletically demanding not which sport requires the most endurance. There are really five keys to athleticism: Explosiveness, Strength, Speed, Agility, Endurance. B-ball may require more endurance but you have to be more explosive, agile, faster, and stronger to play hockey. You also have to be able to balance on knife thin skates.

[SpiderSense]

Skating requires tons of hip flexion, I bet hockey players cores are ridiculously strong.

[TaeBoNinja]

B-ball may require more endurance but you have to be more explosive, agile, faster, and stronger to play hockey.

LOLWAT? The very basic nature of basketball requires all these things. Grektzy is the GOAT Hockey player and was nowhere near Jordan in these qualities.

Again, basketball is more demanding.

[why so ez?]

i know hockey players are the smelliest athletes. true story, they did a sniff test on sports science. their equipment is disgusting.

[kooldude]

basketball has better athletes in the classical sense of the definition. speed, power, explosiveness.

but hockey is a more demanding sport physically.

^this

[IraHays]

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

[TaeBoNinja]

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

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

[XTREMEbro]

is this a serious question?

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

[Selanne08]

god this thread makes me want to hit the GYM HARD!

but its easily hockey