What Sport Has The Best All-Around Athletes?

[DCT]

i couldn't agree more. hockey is a close second.

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What Sport Has The Best All-Around Athletes? | Cognoscenti

[Too Tall]

I was going to say floor gymnastics.

[Matthew Strongin]

Parkour?

[chasea]

Porn.

[DCT]

With no disrespect to all of us, it's certainly not cycling. :)

[jmgorman]

Porn.

Oh, come now. Even with your haberdasher thread, we're none of us handsome enough to f^ck for sport.

[maunahaole]

Neither is Ron Jeremy for that matter

[treadonme]

Motocross.
Yep.

[fortyfour]

Personally, I'd have to say hockey players. There's a lot going on with speed, power, endurance, strength, eye / hand coordination, all while skating on ice, forwards and backwards with people trying to knock you off your skates. ...And there's fist fights.

[Matthew Strongin]

This thread is taking an awful turn. Apologies for my role in that.

With no disrespect to all of us, it's certainly not cycling. :)

This is very, very true. I'd actually say it's made me a worse athlete.

[joosttx]

I always thought tennis too. Followed by soccer.

[Christian Fox]

This is good bar argument fodder. Downhill skiers are freakish athletes. Having the strength and coordination to guide yourself down a mountain at 70-80 mph is a rare gift. I worked for years with a world cup caliber skier; his reflexes were mind boggling. NBA players are the best athletes of the "Big 3".

[SteveP]

i always thought a basketball guard.
but i wont quibble about tenni w/ darren... esp after watching the us open final the other day and having played a lot of tennis years ago.
those guys are playing a different game than the top guys when i played.
( laver, emerson, newcombe, rosewall, all the aussies )
really... serena williams would kill those guys.

[DCT]

This is good bar argument fodder. Downhill skiers are freakish athletes. Having the strength and coordination to guide yourself down a mountain at 70-80 mph is a rare gift. I worked for years with a world cup caliber skier; his reflexes were mind boggling. NBA players are the best athletes of the "Big 3".

i guess that means i should have a dales pale ale and burn up the heat.

[ron l edmiston]

-- the boston bruins..
& cornel wilde in the 1966 movie -- "the naked prey.."

ronnie

[Christian Fox]

i guess that means i should have a dales pale ale and burn up the heat.

whoa...I love me an IPA, but drinking a Dale's is an athletic feat in it's own right

[prcrstn8]

Formula 1

whoa...I love me an IPA, but drinking a Dale's is an athletic feat in it's own right

Try a Sixpoint Resin. Seriously.

[Mark Kelly]

XC ski racers. Requires the highest aerobic capacity of any sport; balanced upper and lower body strength; the balance to glide for several metres on one 44mm wide ski and the co-ordination to downhill on skis with no side cut nor metal edges and no heel binding.

[DCT]

XC ski racers. Requires the highest aerobic capacity of any sport; balanced upper and lower body strength; the balance to glide for several metres on one 44mm wide ski and the co-ordination to downhill on skis with no side cut nor metal edges and no heel binding.

only thing missing is chasing a ball or puck going 120mph

[Jonathan]

Motocross.
Yep.

This is my vote. The Motorcross racers are amazingly fit, work their whole bodies, have incredible coordination, vision, stamina etc..