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Today I came across a sports debate with my friend that never seems to get solved: Which is the most athletic sport? So I googled this question, and came across this article that tries to break it down based on categories:
For the most part it's accurate, but let me weigh in on this. Ask me this 5 years ago when I was uneducated and my opinion would simply be hands down "boxing". However, I was ignorant of many sports and everyone will always be biased, not giving an objective opinion. Now that I have played multiple sports, some you've probably never heard of, there is no real answer to this debate, regardless of what you think. Everyone will always be biased to the sport they play or grow up watching. Basketball argument goes like this: "they jump the highest, they're explosive, etc.", football argument goes "they runt he fastest, can tackle", boxing goes "there are 12- 3 minute rounds". The thing is they are both right, and I can find people in each sport who are extremely athletic, and can probably play multiple sports at a professional level and I can also find players in each sport who are extremely nonathletic (e.g. Tom Brady had the slowest ever shuttle time in the history of the combine). Sometimes we are so stubborn we want to believe that the sports we play or played growing up are the most challenging, but the truth is every sport is challenging and if you want to take it to the next level and go pro then you're going to be the best of the best. You probably have the work ethic and dedication to go pro in every sport. Every sport is hard, every sport has a fair share of athletes as well as a group of non athletes, and every sport is hard in it's own way. What are your thoughts?
For the most part it's accurate, but let me weigh in on this. Ask me this 5 years ago when I was uneducated and my opinion would simply be hands down "boxing". However, I was ignorant of many sports and everyone will always be biased, not giving an objective opinion. Now that I have played multiple sports, some you've probably never heard of, there is no real answer to this debate, regardless of what you think. Everyone will always be biased to the sport they play or grow up watching. Basketball argument goes like this: "they jump the highest, they're explosive, etc.", football argument goes "they runt he fastest, can tackle", boxing goes "there are 12- 3 minute rounds". The thing is they are both right, and I can find people in each sport who are extremely athletic, and can probably play multiple sports at a professional level and I can also find players in each sport who are extremely nonathletic (e.g. Tom Brady had the slowest ever shuttle time in the history of the combine). Sometimes we are so stubborn we want to believe that the sports we play or played growing up are the most challenging, but the truth is every sport is challenging and if you want to take it to the next level and go pro then you're going to be the best of the best. You probably have the work ethic and dedication to go pro in every sport. Every sport is hard, every sport has a fair share of athletes as well as a group of non athletes, and every sport is hard in it's own way. What are your thoughts?
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