Let me get your guys' opinion on this. What is your favourite sport and why?
For me, it is definitely got to be football (soccer for you American folk). Why? Because it's a sport that is just so packed with action to watch & to play. It brings people from all over the world together (World cup for example) and it ends up bringing nations together and bringing our inner patriot out. Playing football till the level of semi-pro I gotta say the level of complexity in formation and tactics makes the game even more interesting.
PS: How do people watch golf on TV for fun? Like seriously wtf...
Favourite sports have to be football, rowing, basketball and cricket
Football, basketball and cricket - same reasons you mentioned for football and because they’re fun. Actually like football and cricket because I was forced to play and were the only games I knew how to play for a long time before trying out basketball
Rowing - even though race lasts anywhere between 6 minutes and 15-20 minutes, shorter than pretty much a lot of sports, it’s so mentally and physically challenging. Before every race you need to plan how you’re going to approach it, and all the guys in the boat need to stay in sync in order to do well
How long have you been rowing for? Did you guys have to do loads of gym seshs to get that upper body strength peak?
I’ve been rowing for 2 years. Rowing is actually 70% legs, 20% core and 10a-% arms or something like that, but definitely most of the power comes from the legs. So a lot of elite rowers would have ripped legs along with lean bodies. My college team practices 5x a week on the water with sometimes 2x a day practice
Sounds more like you want to tell us that you watched the World Cup and now you want to be a soccer fan. None of the European or Hispanic/South American people I know talk about any of the shit you just said. It's just what they grew up playing, what their friends are into, and they watch it as part of keeping up with their own cultural going-ons the way plenty of Americans are into football simply because everyone else is. Who the fuck talks about "bringing nations together" and "bringing our inner patriot out"? Unless you're talking about Tom Brady, that sentence makes you retarded. Anyway, my favorite sport is fucking.
Damn, never knew it was this easy to trigger someone? Might make it a full-time gig.
Also btw, idk if you guys are big into it in the States but its definitely a huge thing that brings the country together here (UK/Germany).
The poster above is correct buddy. You sound like a moron - no football lovers talk about it like you did there in your OP.
Also played “semi-pro”. Lol.
People don't always talk about bringing nations together but that's the beauty of it - it happens without many noticing. In 2006, Côte, D'Ivoire qualification halted most of their civil war and helped unify the people. Then again...at times football rivalry can separate cities and countries...
Yeah exactly, the Africans felt like the French win of the WC 2018 was a win for them too and made any African feel proud because the French team was made from a majority of African descent.
You're fuckin hardcore dude
Best sport to play over a lifetime: GOLF, not even a close second! Competition Thought process (mental game) Camaraderie Competing against opponent and yourself Every day and every course is different Business netowroking Buddy weekends!
The golf course is basically an extension of the office.
Curling. /s
Probably weightlifting really. Can do it by yourself and keeps you heathy.
If you mean to watching, I'd say NBA or soccer. I used to watch a ton of NFL but realized recently its absolutely garbage. Baseball, golf, and nascar are all neck and neck in terms of boredom.
What has gotten worse about the NFL? I only recently starting getting into American football so I dont really know too much about it.
Some people hate it because of the politics. Fuck that stuff in my opinion, I'm here for the game. It's gonna be a fun season!
"Sports feminize men and masculinize women." ~Nassim Taleb
I'd throw shit at you, if I could...
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female volleyball
I couldn't agree more
distance running
Watching: Basketball Doing: rather nothing. However, the other day I read about this 'new' sport called napersice. Participants of this sports class will find single beds, “atmospheric” sounds and a temperature which promotes calorie burning during sleep. The class will take place in the mid-afternoon. A sleep expert said the class actually can lead to positive fitness effects too. “Sleep is a lot more important than people realise,” she said. “We tend to focus on the short-term effects such as being tired or lacking concentration but it is also essential for our long-term physical and mental wellbeing too. And apparently, participants can expect to "burn the odd calorie" as the body continues to burn them during sleep. :D
(here the link to the article: https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/napercise-…)
MMA. Brings out a part of the human spirit that’s lost in modern civilization, unrivaled comeraderie, and teaches desirable athlete traits (discipline, persistence, etc) tenfold.
The one caveat of course is that injuries tend to happen when the goal is trying to kill each other with your bones.
Mine is easily football, with baseball coming in at second.
Football is great because in the US, it brings so many families and friends together. Nothing beats getting together with people you care about and chomping down food and slugging brews while watching a game. Going to a game is a whole different story - and a fantastic experience. Football is something for people to look forward to all week. The seasons are small and the games are intense, so its easy for football teams to command massive insane fanbases and get support from their region often unrivaled by any other sport. It is something that everyone is involved in, and I love. It's the sport a lot of us grew up watching, watching our parents watching, and playing. Also super bowls are basically a religious holiday.
Gaming
Its actually called Cyberathletics
Football NFL College Basketball Post-Season Baseball Post-Season NBA
but the most athletic sport to play is Rugby.
Depends - team-based for me it is still Soccer cause of all the potential for surprising results and i just love myself a penalty-baed outcome.
Single player....Tennis, one of the few competitions where you can really see everyone go till their breaking point even even further, starts relaxed but becomes so full of suspense and frustration at the end.
Field hockey. Really entertaining to watch and play, no uneducated hooligans, fast-paced, not destroyed by corporate interests. And it's a great sport for both men and women.
Badminton. Fastest racquet sport in the world. :D
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