Well occasionally tennis players have to play 5 sets. You have to be in really good shape to play that long. Especially on clay courts where points last long. It takes a lot of endurance to win the French Open.
tennis like people said before..i never really thought about that thoughand football definitly..speaking from experience..the practices are just a start..you're expected to perform at your best in even the snow
i played a 3 hour 7 minute, 3 set battle today on clay in the first round of a tournament vs the one seed, and holy sh*t all my muscles are just like bleeeeeeeeeeeeh, and i feel like i just got hit by a bus. my shoulder is sore, my calves and thighs are cramping.. christ.
Cross Country, you run 4 miles continuesely and tell me it's not demanding, i'm sore all over, can't even run normal.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Something-To-Say @ Aug 27 2006, 01:49 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>3 hours? Jeez. WTF u playin for 3 hours for? lol</div>desire and drive to win? gotta dig deep. gotta battle.
Soccer is by far the most demanding sport. Look at this years World Cup. There were days were they were playing in 100 Degree heat. Eac game is generally about 93 minutes long, and the only stop they get is at halftime. That means very few water breaks, on a massive field. There's simply no comparison
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (KMart @ Aug 27 2006, 06:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Soccer is by far the most demanding sport. Look at this years World Cup. There were days were they were playing in 100 Degree heat. Eac game is generally about 93 minutes long, and the only stop they get is at halftime. That means very few water breaks, on a massive field. There's simply no comparison</div>That's something else I was thinking about today. Soccer players play outside in the heat while basketball players are also in an air condiditioned stadium.If you talk about weather conditions though football does go up in the list. They play in ANYTHING. Heat, rain, snow, any weather condition minus natural dissasters.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (ArizonaFan @ Aug 21 2006, 09:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It's half the length of a soccer game with 15-20x more breaks in between. I know it's hard, trust me i've nearly thrown up trying to push myself in a bball game but there's plenty of running in soccer, especially for forwards. They look more tired near the end of the game than any other athletes i've watched.</div>I agree in soccer you have to run ALOT.
I hate when these fat pieces of sh*t on their couches drinking beer and watching sh*t football teams like Eagles v Raiders or something start bashing soccer. They obviously never played it/played it correctly.
i KNOW righti mean i personally dont like the sport but i respect the work ethic...im more of a football guy because i play it myself but i've played soccer and watched games live as well as on TV for a while..its very intense and demanding..you need a lot of endurance for it
You play Soccer in the rain, something-to-say. I know I did two years ago on my school team.That was my first year playing, and I made it to starter after a few games. I honestly don't think it is as demanding as basketball is, but maybe I just think that because I have only played one season, which was on my school team in 7th grade. But I practice basketball all the time. When I don't have an official practice, I go on my court in the backyard and shoot a bit.
whoever said basketball is the most demanding is lying. you can be slow and still be successful in the sport (see, Tony and myself).seeing as a few football players have LITERALLY WORKED THEMSELVES TO DEATH, i'll have to go with football.
