Will try to get as much options as I can on the poll but would love some input into this.
The general consensus here in the US seems to be American Football but I have a tough time believing that. Most Quarterbacks are not athletic, the linemen (LOL!), and the only ones that are athletic are RBs, TEs, WRs, and DBs but I think someone like Cristiano Ronaldo is an overall better athlete than almost every guy in the entire NFL. Then you have sports like Basketball which IMO produces the best overall athletes.
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View Poll Results: Which sport produces the best overall athletes?
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American Football
72 28.35% -
World Football (commonly known as soccer)
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Basketball
25 9.84% -
Baseball
5 1.97% -
Hockey
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MMA/UFC
45 17.72% -
Boxing
11 4.33% -
Tennis
4 1.57% -
Rugby
25 9.84% -
something else
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06-26-2014, 05:33 PM #1Banned
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Which sport produces the best overall athletes? (poll)
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06-26-2014, 05:34 PM #2Registered User
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300 lb lineman are more athletic than 99.9% of miscers
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06-26-2014, 05:36 PM #5
ever seen a fat gymnast?
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06-26-2014, 05:37 PM #6Registered User
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Lol how are you defining athletic?Originally Posted by YOLOdreaming
Some lineman have run 4.7s even a few below
Long verticals
Strong
Good footwork
And idk I think Adrian Peterson might be better overall than Ronaldo, depends how you define athletic doe.
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mma, but only recently are the people who participate in it actually being bred from elite stock
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06-26-2014, 05:37 PM #8nfl punterOriginally Posted by YOLOdreaming
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06-26-2014, 05:38 PM #9I like turtles
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Football is the most alpha sport with Basketball coming in second.
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Are you serious linemen aren't athletes? Ever heard of jadaveon clowney? Yea alot are fat but they are definitely athletic
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06-26-2014, 05:44 PM #11Best Angus in Town
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Has to be mma. People are going to pick there favorite sports obviously. But mma is centered on your own body and making it the best you can in order to defeat another person physicly. They lift, train endurance and they have to perfect the art of mastering the power to eliminate another person. Other sports revolve around mastering more specific skills like sprint running, controlling a stick, skating. your hand eye coordination, throwing an object at the right velocity, angle, getting your timing right on a swing ect. You cant dispute this
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I play football and will say hands down, basketball players are the best athletes in the world
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06-26-2014, 05:48 PM #13aka. the difficult brown
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El o fukking el at MMA...
I would say American football but the specialization of it brings down the quality of overall athleticism I think (OLinemen, kickers/punters). The skill positions though (WRs, RBs, LBs, etc) are easily in the argument for best athletes.
Adrian Peterson for example is arguably the best athlete in the world (from team sports).
But overall, I'd say basketball followed closely by soccer.
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Tennis. srs.
Best combination of endurance, strength, and technical ability.
brb play for 2+hours regularly and 3+hours at majors and sometimes 5+hours
brb have to play offense and defense alone
brb can't dog it like Randy Moss or Wade and still make millions
brb have to play without any coaching
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06-26-2014, 05:51 PM #16
Gymnasts. St Pierre says so lol.
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Do you guys think a UFC fighter like say Allstair Overeem could make an NFL Squad?
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im gonna say football because thats where the money is at.
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Obviously rugby.
Big, fast, strong, agile, fit and a well rounded skills base.A young bull and an old bull were standing atop a hill looking at a bunch of heifers in a field below.
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06-26-2014, 06:30 PM #24Brock lesnar tried to make the Vikings and failed. So no to allistar. But both of bones brothers are in the nfl.Originally Posted by YOLOdreaming
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06-26-2014, 06:56 PM #25them glutes
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not sure what you mean - what sport requires the most athletic ability, in one's opinion?
the way you posed it, it's like you're saying if you play a given sport you will become a certain caliber athlete.
based on numbers, soccer probably has the best athletes, because it's played around the world. The person who would be the best hockey player in the world has likely never laced up a pair of skates, because you not only need to live in a cold climate, you need to be fairly well off on top of that - hockey is an expensive sport.
I can play -and have played - just about every major sport, and hockey is by far my favourite. I also think it's a great sport because it requires coordination, speed, endurance, strength, and agility, and mental toughness. Given that it's a contact sport played in short bursts, football players probably require similar skills, although for most players on the field it's a lot more strength & size, and less on the coordination.| MISC KNEEDRAGGER |
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06-26-2014, 06:58 PM #26
water polo
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Picked something else
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06-26-2014, 07:00 PM #28
no olympic lifting no care
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gymnastics easily
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I know baseball is one of the most common sports you think of but it should be taken off just for the sake of trying to have a real discussion
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