Originally posted by aging blitzerThat website is a off the mark I’d say. Softball/baseball ranked above football (soccer)? You have got to be kidding me right?
ESPN thought Ice Hockey came second only to Boxing
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sportSkills
And the NFL rank is skewed as well. The only reason why the NFL is ranked so high is that it has a wide variety of players who specifically train in different areas and vary massively in fitness and stature. You trying to tell me a blocker (or whatever they are called) are better athletes than tennis players?
Originally posted by EsotericNo, those blockers are no more than American sumo wrestlers.
That website is a off the mark I’d say. Softball/baseball ranked above football (soccer)? You have got to be kidding me right?
And the NFL rank is skewed as well. The only reason why the NFL is ranked so high is that it has a wide variety of players who specifically train in different areas and vary massively in fitness and stature. You trying to tell me a blocker (or whatever they are called) are better athletes than tennis players?
After a 20 yd sprint they're gassed.
Baseball players are very skilled with the eye-hand co-ordination thing.
NBA has some great athletes that run and jump like deer.
Hockey takes a lot of skill, stamana .. and toughness.
That's the Big 4 in the USA.
Golf takes skill, but I consider it a game, not a sport. those guys aren't athletes IMO.
I'll stick to my original post .. track and field and the best athletes in that group are the decathletes IMO.
At least the best "all around"
