Which sport produces the best overall athletes? (poll)

[Boffman]

Picked MMA because there was no wrestling choice.

Wrestlers and Gymnasts are the best athletes over all. LO-phucken-L at the idea that american football produces the best overall athletes. They are literally just big explosive steroid cows.

[aestheticw]

no olympic lifting no care

this

[TobleroneLifts]

bro.....

That looks like loads of fun. Guys standing on top of each other to make interceptions, that's teamwork.

[_Ishy]

Ideal athlete would have:

Speed
Stamina/endurace
Muscle mass
Muscle tone
Height

American Footballers don't have the endurance. I'd go for rugby/aussie rules football or something.

[McFlavour]

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

what about brock lesnar. id say he's a better athlete than tubby cain velasquez yet he got his ass whopped by him

[McFlavour]

for overalll athletes NRL players are up there

even nfls owns reggie bush reckons jarryd hayne could play nfl tomorrow, then you have guys like greg inglis who are so much better than hayne

http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/spo...687cd879930f23

[John_Connor]

hockey and boxing got first by espn as sports that take the most skill.

[Creaso]

what about brock lesnar. id say he's a better athlete than tubby cain velasquez yet he got his ass whopped by him

Brock lesnar had just came back from a disease that almost killed him. He wasn't prime Brock and he never will be again, also he can't punch worth a crap. Looked like wwe punches when Cain beat his ass

[drlarsrobotnik]

decathlon

[SmurfCrusher]

Ideal athlete would have:

Speed
Stamina/endurace
Muscle mass
Muscle tone
Height

American Footballers don't have the endurance. I'd go for rugby/aussie rules football or something.

The "NFL players don't have the endurance" is the most ridiculous stereotype idiots like to perpetuate.

Adrian Peterson, Patrick Willis, Vernon Davis, and many others are in ten times better shape than ANY soccer and rugby player.

[Kreshnikkk]

Mma.

[Vincented]

legit LOL @ people who try to take a stab at linemen





brb running 40 yards in 4.92 seconds
brb 6'5
brb bench 225lbs 32 times
brb 28.5 inch vertical
brb 330lbs


Can a 330lb soccer/hockey/baseball player or mma fighter run that fast? Jump that high? Push that much weight?


Didn't think so

[MancChap]

Definitely rugby. Lol at American potatoes that vote for hand egg. Rugby requires insane strength, agility and stamina. Not just run for 5 seconds lol. That's why you get this in American football
'superior athlete'


and this physique on all rugby players.

[illTRON]

hockey

you have downs?!!?

top NHL draft prospect cant do ONE PULL UP

http://nesn.com/2014/06/nhl-draft-pr...-at-least-two/




he has been training and can now do atleast two... lol so lame

not the first time I have posted about this clown

wtf is a crosso?

wtf is a creaso??

[dragonbanana]

How do you define the "best" athlete though? Each sports trains for different things, how can we compare them all equally

[kaebow]

Crossfit produces the best athletes if they use correct technique (100% srs).

[ShweezyBTFO]

nfl punter

/thread



RIP in peace red ******* OP

[Creaso]

Definitely rugby. Lol at American potatoes that vote for hand egg. Rugby requires insane strength, agility and stamina. Not just run for 5 seconds lol. That's why you get this in American football
'superior athlete'


and this physique on all rugby players.

Lol not even all linemen look like that but that fat dood would pancake that rugby player with one hand.

Strong posting worst pic of nfler you can find and best pic of rugby player

[thehypocrit]

Most of you are retards

Each sport produces different types of athletes and bodies that can do different things

A cyclist can cycle extreme distances however couldn't run even half of that and the same goes for marathon runners

And you also need an exact criteria for "overall athlete" before you make this stupid thread

[Vincented]

Definitely rugby. Lol at American potatoes that vote for hand egg. Rugby requires insane strength, agility and stamina. Not just run for 5 seconds lol. That's why you get this in American football
'superior athlete'
[img]http://celebritiesgettingfat.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/nfl-andre-smith-running.jpg[img]

and this physique on all rugby players.

[img]http://sp.imgci.com/PICTURES/CMS/22300/22333.jpg[img]

rugby is where football rejects go

brb not good enough, I'll just go play rugby


no hate though, rugby players are tough as chit

[ChrisRamos007]

nfl punter

Is a ripped pec and some soft abs supposed to be impressive?

[Creaso]

you have downs?!!?

top NHL draft prospect cant do ONE PULL UP

http://nesn.com/2014/06/nhl-draft-pr...-at-least-two/




he has been training and can now do atleast two... lol so lame

not the first time I have posted about this clown







wtf is a creaso??

Ask your grandma

[PostMoves]

track and field

[Roody12]

The fact that linesmen are fat doesn't mean they're bad athletes.
BRB Clowney ... 120kg, 4.53 40 yards, 21 reps on bench, a ridiculous 38 inch vertical. To put that into perspective cristiano ronaldo has a 30 inch vert. http://ftw.usatoday.com/2014/03/cris...do-jump-height

[illTRON]

lol at people saying gymnastics...

not srs if you fools are srs

Ask your grandma

someone who cant do one pull up??

[Creaso]

Is a ripped pec and some soft abs supposed to be impressive?

It's a punter. Come on man. The biggest pussies in football

[drlarsrobotnik]

1. power
2. absolute strength
3. relative strength
4. developed oxidative system, lactic, and ATP-CP
5. coordination
6. agility
7. mobility
8. speed
9. mental strength


decathlon has the greatest combined total of all these demands. proper sprinting mechanics requires more coordination than most sports, and pole vault, high jump, long jump, hurdles, javelin, discus, shotput all have great technique requirements. these events are all power events so the greater the power, the better decathlon score you will get. running a decent time in the 1500m and 400m requires developed oxidative and anaerobic systems, and 100m is a good test for speed. all of the events require much greater mobility than is required in sports like football - just think about hurdling over 42" hurdles with very good form, and then the javelin requires a great amount of shoulder external rotation.

[Bulldognation99]

Is a ripped pec and some soft abs supposed to be impressive?

these guys almost never get drafted and are considered the 50th most important member on the team out of 52
just sayan

[DasPhilosopher]

MLG. not srs

[plsmire]

I'm a boxer and voted MMA.

Depends on what you mean athlete, if you mean athleticism as in how explosive, fast twitch fibre muscles someone has, then maybe its American Football. However if you mean overall athlete, that means qualities required to be successful in all sports, it's probably MMA, its the closest thing to crossfits 10 points of fitness. Endurance, strength, power, stamina, mental strength, speed, balance, agility, explosiveness, reflexes, flexibility, skill are all required. It doesn't lack in any department for what is required in the sport.