why are swimmers soo bad at basketball?
2007-04-12 00:54:43 · 13 answers · asked by rozker247 1 in Sports ➔ Swimming & Diving
Nonsense. My big aerobic capacity from swimming used to mak all the difference in the fourth quarter.
2007-04-12 01:00:58 · answer #1 · answered by Icy Gazpacho 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Swimmers are focus on REAL sports. Come on, anybody can dribble a basketball, and make a few baskets every once in a while. But how many people can SERIOUSLY swim a mile, or swim for an entire 2 hours? Huh? Exactly, NOT basketball players.
By the way, I don't have a problem with basketball. I play basketball all the time at the gym-I just get tired of people saying the basketball, football, and baseball are the "hardest" and "best" sports.
2007-04-12 10:42:43 · answer #2 · answered by Reggie's Bud 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
because basketball (or any sport involving balls) requires hand-eye coordination. Also, if swimmers never practice basketball, they will not be good at it. I am a swimmer who used to play softball and volleyball, and while i have some hand-eye coordination from those sports, I never practice basketball and that's why I am horrible at it (even though I have the height for the sport).
2007-04-12 04:43:55 · answer #3 · answered by SwimnLaur03 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Total stereotype, some of my friends are great swimmers and are good at basketball too.
2007-04-13 04:34:49 · answer #4 · answered by Gatorfan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The same reason most basketball players suck at swimming - it's an entirely different skill set and body type! That's why you don't see Michaal Jordan in the pool or Michael Phelps on the court...
2007-04-12 03:44:40 · answer #5 · answered by Kristy 7 · 5⤊ 0⤋
a million. they are 2 distinctive activities, yet i think of that for persistence it kinda relies upon. In soccer there's no such ingredient as a play. The clock in no way stops every time the ball is going out of bounds in assessment to soccer. There are surely no time outs for coaches to speak to the gamers yet i'm not sure in the event that they do media timeouts. in the event that they try this is particularly not as oftentimes as soccer. What i'm getting at is that because of the fact the game stops lots decrease than soccer it has a tendency to bypass speedier and shop a sluggish p.c... 2. i don't discover something puzzling some pastime the place harm happens lots. only because of the fact something is risky and can particularly injury your physique does not inevitably make it puzzling. So asserting that soccer is extra durable because of the fact it is composed of slamming into human beings isn't very valid. 3. soccer gamers additionally carry weights! have you ever considered Manchester United's weight room? That place is physique builder paradace haha. Lifting weights does not only build muscle notwithstanding it additionally facilitates to dodge harm. working example, you're much less in all probability to tug or tension a muscle if that muscle is often labored out to the factor the place this is used to being strained slightly. 4. soccer is all approximately speed. no count in case you are the keeper, striker, midfielder or defender while you at the instant are not speedy and have sluggish reflexes you would be poor. A soccer participant desires to be very all around and versatile. working example, in soccer i've got confidence to be a punter this is positive to be particularly lean collectively as a protection handle must be way heavier. If I line up 11 soccer gamers factor via factor it is going to likely be not fairly undemanding to tell a midfielder aside from a forward because of the fact weight and how lots seen muscle you have does not actually matter extensive type for soccer. So those are a number of my motives. don't get me incorrect, i'm going to be sitting on my settee gazing the Superbowl collectively as eating wings and chips like another American yet whilst it comes right down to the two i'm going to be extra excited to visual show unit numerous days of distinctive worldwide places worldwide sending their maximum suitable gamers to compete in the worldwide cup with hundreds of thousands worldwide tuning in.
2016-10-28 12:19:14 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your sources are full of $hit. That is totally not true! If someone sucks at B-Ball, but is good at swimming, that is a whole nother story. The two have nothing to do with each other. You could be good at both!
2007-04-12 11:47:26 · answer #7 · answered by Roadkill 4 lunch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
swimming and basketball are completely different......and in swimming you practice all year long!! not just a season..and why do you think basketball players are so bad at swimming??
2007-04-12 13:08:46 · answer #8 · answered by Tim 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I swim, and I'm pretty good at basketball.
2007-04-12 10:11:07 · answer #9 · answered by GTOWN 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
the two sports have very little in common. Basketball requires excellent hand eye coordination and vision.
Swimming just takes practice, and strength. Also, you could do it blind.
2007-04-12 00:59:33 · answer #10 · answered by Nick 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋