The Best Sport (Think Carefully!)?

Question

Considering skill, effort required, training, commitment, practicality, and any other factors you can think of, what is the best sport? I would personally say lacrosse or football (both the English versions as I live in England!).

P.S. After reading some of the answers, I must say I forgot to mention that I love gymnastics as well and I have so much admiration for people who actually can do it well (unlike moi!)

P.P.S. In answer to gymnastic's question about why I don't try dance. I did dance for 7 years from the age of 4 until 11. I didn't want to stop because I was really good at it (I did the American modern ballet scheme even though i live in England!) but my mum made me saying, "You'll have so much homework in the evenings at secondary school you won't be able to fit it all in." I guess she had a point though, because I also have my piano practice, oboe practice and lacrosse training. But still...

Answer 1

Hockey, by far is the best.....This sport has everything, they skate on ice, have to work as a team to score, they get the crap knocked out of them all the time, and all for the mighty goal!!!!

Answer 2

Soccer is the best by far. no other sport captures the imagination of so many people around the globe. Other sports are mainly regional and only admired by people from certain countries.

Reasons why I wouldnt choose other sports? well rugby is the only game you have to go backwards in order to go forwards. Although its far more physical than american football as they need to wear protective gear, in rugby they dont bother. Cricket is the only game that can last for days and still finish in a tie!!! And why is it in baseball they call it the WORLD series, but the teams are all from America? Those guys have real ego problems.

Answer 3

I have to say Boxing. The training goes way beyond most other sports for the simple reason that if they are not at their absolute fittest they could get seriously hurt. Commitment goes without saying, as boxers can train for eight hours a day, waking up in the early hours of the morning to start the day with a long run before going into the gym to do a complete and thorough workout ensuring all their muscles are exercised, their reflexes are honed, and their stamina increased. As far as practicality is concerned, it can also be used as a form of self-defense, and given the fact that the streets aren't safe, with crime rising and more thugs around, it's fair to say that it can serve a very practical purpose. With Lacrosse and football there's nothing particularly practical about them, unless you want to play those particular games and you have the necessary equipment and a suitable place to play them. As far as skill is concerned, all sports/games require a skill and it is impossible to say which requires more because each is unique: How do you compare Maradona, Bjorn Borg, Gary Kasparov, Muhammad Ali? They are all geniuses and they all have a tremendous amount of skill within their own fields.

Answer 4

Commitment, effort, and training are requirements of all sports, nothing unique about football or lacrosse in that respect. Indeed marathon running or mountaineering, make the former sports look like armchair hobbies. Football has the advantage of being a simple game requiring minimal brain power- unlike chess or test cricket. Skill requirements for football are lower than fencing or archery, or facing the Australians on a rough wicket. Come to think of it the "skill" in an average game of football would amount to little more than a few minutes.Rowing at the professional level is a very tough sport, containing skill, effort, training, commitment etc, in large doses. Lacrosse, Hockey,and Hurling , are tough games - stamina, stamina, stamina. All in all, I vote for rowing, watch cricket, enjoy chess, admire fencing, love endurance running, and grow tired of football.

Answer 5

Oi! Ballet is not a sport! It is an art! (But I can say it is tougher than any sport I have even played!)


The best sport is TENNIS.
Football is fun too. AMERICAN football is the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen. They toss is little loaf of bread around and stop every 2 minutes or sooner, gee, doesn't sound too hard.

Answer 6

Some of the answers have mentioned darts and snooker, which are not really sports. I would define sport as a physical activity with general rules. I admire gymnasts, dart and snooker players, but I don't think of them as sportsmen/women. I like watching football[both types] and rugby league as they are the sports I would loved to have been good at.

Answer 7

With out a doubt Ice Hockey.
It's the fastest team sport in the world. The skill that some players show is awesome, belive me seeing Lukas Smital in full flow you'd think man had learnt to fly with out power!

Answer 8

Lacrosse is a team sport that is played by ten players (men) or twelve players (women), each of whom uses a netted stick (the crosse) in order to pass and catch a very hard rubber ball with the aim of scoring goals, each worth one point, by propelling the ball into the opponent's goal. The team scoring the most points after four "quarters", of varying length from competition to competition, and overtime if necessary, wins.

Most popular in North America, lacrosse is Canada's official national summer sport and the fastest growing sport in the United States .

In its modern form, men's lacrosse is played on a field of grass or artificial turf. Each team is composed of a 10 players on the field at a time: three attackmen, three midfielders, three defenders and one goaltender. In men's lacrosse, players wear protective equipment on their heads, shoulders, arms, and hands, as body-checking is an integral part of the game, and stick checks to the arms and hands are considered legal. Women's lacrosse is played in a similar manner except with two additional midfielders per team. Players of women's lacrosse need only wear protective eyewear (except for the goaltender, who wears additional padding, usually consisting of a helmet, shin guards, and chest pad, and most goalies do not wear arm pads), as contact is not permitted apart from minor stick-checks.

Hope this helps!

Answer 9

There are lots of great sports.It depends if you like team sports or you like to compete by yourself. I personally have played many sports,Soccer,American football,moto x,running,to name a few.The sport i have played for the longest time since i was a kid is Golf.Its great fun ,great socially but very rewarding,almost impossible to master and is never the same on each time you play.

Answer 10

you said you like gymnastics but your not really good at it why dont you try dance it has some of the same things hard work and some flexibility. you could also go for cheerleading i love both these are the ONLY sports i play. ( and yes DANCE is a sport )