Easiest Sport?

[Cockeymofo76]

What sport is the easiest of the list above... this is including all secitions of the sport

[Xiomera]

Poker . . . because it isn't a sport. No athletic ability required.

[firebak23]

exactly what xiomera said

[Cockeymofo76]

Poker . . . because it isn't a sport. No athletic ability required.

Yes but mentally it beats all of those... no match up..

[wingboy2999]

Curling.

[richdg]

you don't even have to be a human to play poker. ie computers monkeys etc....

[Xiomera]

Curling.

No, no, no . . . shuffleboard, its the same as curling, only not played on ice and old people can play it.

[wingboy2999]

Or dogs. Dogs play poker.

"They're dogs.....AND THEY'RE PLAYING POKER.....AHHHHHH" - Homer Simpson

[4U2NV]

I said baseball. It's the only real sport where you can be and overweight tub of lard and still make millions of dollars for swinging a stick at a ball. (see Bobby Bonilla)

[Xiomera]

I said baseball. It's the only real sport where you can be and overweight tub of lard and still make millions of dollars for swinging a stick at a ball. (see Bobby Bonilla)

And Mo Vaughn

[Cockeymofo76]

you don't even have to be a human to play poker. ie computers monkeys etc....

No... computer works on loogic problems... Humans often aren't logical... You have to have inputs how good are people around you... are they good enought to lie.. are they lieing ... and than through all this you come out with should you raise.. should you check... should you call..

[wingboy2999]

I said baseball. It's the only real sport where you can be and overweight tub of lard and still make millions of dollars for swinging a stick at a ball. (see Bobby Bonilla)

And Mo Vaughn

CECIL FIELDER!!!!!

[Xiomera]

Sport: A Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.

Poker simply isn't a sport.

[Cockeymofo76]

Sport: A Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.

Poker simply isn't a sport.

Baseball: a joke

[wingboy2999]

Sport: A Physical activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively.

Poker simply isn't a sport.

This I agree with. Golf is stretching it for me too.

[Xiomera]

My vote is for NASCAR. Not a sport!

[Cockeymofo76]

ThiS IS DONE EVERYONE TO THE ACTUAL POLL

[wingboy2999]

CECIL FIELDER!!!

[badgerbacker]

In my opinion, poker isn't a sport, and neither is golf. Something must have 3 things for it to be considered a sport by me.

1. There has to be athletic ability involved and a risk for injury. (Golf, poker out) Also, an animal or machine can't do the majority of the work. (Horse racing, NASCAR, polo out)

2. There has to be an OBJECTIVE winner. (Figure skating, diving, anything that's "scored" by judges out)

3. It has to be a game with rules and scoring. (Track, pretty much all racing out)

You can argue these if you want, but this is just what I consider to be the criteria for sports.

[wingboy2999]

Track is a sport.

[badgerbacker]

To me, track isn't a sport. It isn't a game. It meets 2 out of my 3 criteria. And don't get mad because I'm not saying that there isn't athletic ability involved, because there is. It just isn't a sport.

[nobodyinparticular]

There is a scoring in track. It's the time. Same with swimming.

[TCU]

Swimming is pretty damm easy.

[badgerbacker]

I'm saying that they aren't games though. Basically I'm saying a game is like something you can play with your buddies. Track and swimming however are closer to sports than figure skating and dance though.

[ChiBear]

Badminton!

[tigerz2350]

Swimming is pretty damm easy.

swimming is pretty damn hard to do well

r we talking about the easiest to do or the easiest to be good at?

[ChiBear]

r we talking about the easiest to do or the easiest to be good at?
Easiest to do ma'am.

[frogstomp]

The only way to know is to match up a pro vs a beginner, and see which pro does worst. I'd assume it would be in baseball... but no idea.

[FlutiesDropKick]

Badminton!

to be good at badmitton actually requires some skill. when you have people who can play it can get INTENSE

In my opinion, poker isn't a sport, and neither is golf. Something must have 3 things for it to be considered a sport by me.

1. There has to be athletic ability involved and a risk for injury. (Golf, poker out) Also, an animal or machine can't do the majority of the work. (Horse racing, NASCAR, polo out)

2. There has to be an OBJECTIVE winner. (Figure skating, diving, anything that's "scored" by judges out)

3. It has to be a game with rules and scoring. (Track, pretty much all racing out)

You can argue these if you want, but this is just what I consider to be the criteria for sports.

track has rules and scoring

[FlutiesDropKick]

and why is another year old thread being raised from the dead?

[P-L]

Baseball is by far the hardest sport to play. Any of you want to step up to the plate with a Randy Johnson or Roger Clemens in their prime? I would almost guarantee it is much easier to score a basket, score a goal, or score a TD than it would to be to hit a 95-100 mph fastball or gun a runner down at the plate on a sac fly.

[FlutiesDropKick]

In my opinion, poker isn't a sport, and neither is golf. Something must have 3 things for it to be considered a sport by me.

1. There has to be athletic ability involved and a risk for injury. (Golf, poker out) Also, an animal or machine can't do the majority of the work. (Horse racing, NASCAR, polo out)

2. There has to be an OBJECTIVE winner. (Figure skating, diving, anything that's "scored" by judges out)

3. It has to be a game with rules and scoring. (Track, pretty much all racing out)

You can argue these if you want, but this is just what I consider to be the criteria for sports.

track has rules and scoring

also you can injure yourself playing golf, pulling out your back, your hands can be greatly pained and i've even seen someone break their ankle walking down a hill on a golf course

[tigerz2350]

Baseball is by far the hardest sport to play. Any of you want to step up to the plate with a Randy Johnson or Roger Clemens in their prime? I would almost guarantee it is much easier to score a basket, score a goal, or score a TD than it would to be to hit a 95-100 mph fastball or gun a runner down at the plate on a sac fly.

trying getting a basket with dwayne wade covering u, try scoring a touchdown against the best cornerback, try beating the best swimmers in the world in 200 meters...

[ny10804]

Baseball is by far the hardest sport to play. Any of you want to step up to the plate with a Randy Johnson or Roger Clemens in their prime? I would almost guarantee it is much easier to score a basket, score a goal, or score a TD than it would to be to hit a 95-100 mph fastball or gun a runner down at the plate on a sac fly.

trying getting a basket with dwayne wade covering u, try scoring a touchdown against the best cornerback, try beating the best swimmers in the world in 200 meters...

You would eventually hit the fastball, but you would never beat the swimmer.

[jkpigskin]

its no contest...out of those its poker... all of the other sports have to do with talent and physical punishment... poker, though it may require skill, does not have any physical requirments.... plus i think it will be easier to become decent at poker than any other those sports

[ATLDirtyBirds]

Baseball is by far the hardest sport to play. Any of you want to step up to the plate with a Randy Johnson or Roger Clemens in their prime? I would almost guarantee it is much easier to score a basket, score a goal, or score a TD than it would to be to hit a 95-100 mph fastball or gun a runner down at the plate on a sac fly.

trying getting a basket with dwayne wade covering u, try scoring a touchdown against the best cornerback, try beating the best swimmers in the world in 200 meters...

You would eventually hit the fastball, but you would never beat the swimmer.


But a fastball doesnt come in everytime. There is curves, and sliders and change-ups. Baseball is an extremely hard game.

[Smokey Joe]

The hardest sport is by far baseball.

The easiest, umm... Poker doesn't count, niether does bike riding or driving a car, so I will go with, out of all the REAL sports, lacrosse.

[iworshipbender]

swimming is easy to do, but to be good at swimming is extremely difficult

[Smokey Joe]

Baseball is by far the hardest sport to play. Any of you want to step up to the plate with a Randy Johnson or Roger Clemens in their prime? I would almost guarantee it is much easier to score a basket, score a goal, or score a TD than it would to be to hit a 95-100 mph fastball or gun a runner down at the plate on a sac fly.

trying getting a basket with dwayne wade covering u, try scoring a touchdown against the best cornerback, try beating the best swimmers in the world in 200 meters...

You would eventually hit the fastball, but you would never beat the swimmer.
You could eventually hit the fastball, but if you did it would be foul or just a little tapper back to the pitcher for an out. So you still lose. Also, a pitcher never only throws fastballs, all pitchers have at least 3 pitches that they throw. Swimming is a sport, but not a real sport, IMO.

[P-L]

Baseball is by far the hardest sport to play. Any of you want to step up to the plate with a Randy Johnson or Roger Clemens in their prime? I would almost guarantee it is much easier to score a basket, score a goal, or score a TD than it would to be to hit a 95-100 mph fastball or gun a runner down at the plate on a sac fly.

trying getting a basket with dwayne wade covering u, try scoring a touchdown against the best cornerback, try beating the best swimmers in the world in 200 meters...

Really doen't prove much. They all would require an immense amount of luck. Anything can happen in any of these sports. A pitcher could hang a slider over the plate but Dwayne Wade could just as easily mis-step and leave you open for a jumer, the CB could trip up and allow you to run right by him, the swimmer could make a mistake and you could win. All you are saying is that these sports are hard to do against the best people. All sports will be hard against the best. It doesn't really prove one is harder than the other.

[DHVF]

Poker is as much of a sport as math.

Baseball is by far the hardest sport to play. Any of you want to step up to the plate with a Randy Johnson or Roger Clemens in their prime? I would almost guarantee it is much easier to score a basket, score a goal, or score a TD than it would to be to hit a 95-100 mph fastball or gun a runner down at the plate on a sac fly.

trying getting a basket with dwayne wade covering u, try scoring a touchdown against the best cornerback, try beating the best swimmers in the world in 200 meters...

You would eventually hit the fastball, but you would never beat the swimmer.
You could eventually hit the fastball, but if you did it would be foul or just a little tapper back to the pitcher for an out. So you still lose. Also, a pitcher never only throws fastballs, all pitchers have at least 3 pitches that they throw. Swimming is a sport, but not a real sport, IMO.

swimming is just as much of a sport as track and cross country are. it takes alot of skill, training and hard work

[Smokey Joe]

My defenition of a TRUE sport is this...

TRUE Sport: A sport that requires: skill, strength, strategy, defense, offense, brains, and a team.

[Smokey Joe]

Baseball is by far the hardest sport to play. Any of you want to step up to the plate with a Randy Johnson or Roger Clemens in their prime? I would almost guarantee it is much easier to score a basket, score a goal, or score a TD than it would to be to hit a 95-100 mph fastball or gun a runner down at the plate on a sac fly.

trying getting a basket with dwayne wade covering u, try scoring a touchdown against the best cornerback, try beating the best swimmers in the world in 200 meters...

You would eventually hit the fastball, but you would never beat the swimmer.
You could eventually hit the fastball, but if you did it would be foul or just a little tapper back to the pitcher for an out. So you still lose. Also, a pitcher never only throws fastballs, all pitchers have at least 3 pitches that they throw. Swimming is a sport, but not a real sport, IMO.

swimming is just as much of a sport as track and cross country are. it takes alot of skill, training and hard work
I don't think any of those sports you just listed are true sports. Just athletes running around.

[BuckNaked]

Baseball is by far the hardest sport to play. Any of you want to step up to the plate with a Randy Johnson or Roger Clemens in their prime? I would almost guarantee it is much easier to score a basket, score a goal, or score a TD than it would to be to hit a 95-100 mph fastball or gun a runner down at the plate on a sac fly.

trying getting a basket with dwayne wade covering u, try scoring a touchdown against the best cornerback, try beating the best swimmers in the world in 200 meters...

You would eventually hit the fastball, but you would never beat the swimmer.
You could eventually hit the fastball, but if you did it would be foul or just a little tapper back to the pitcher for an out. So you still lose. Also, a pitcher never only throws fastballs, all pitchers have at least 3 pitches that they throw. Swimming is a sport, but not a real sport, IMO.

swimming is just as much of a sport as track and cross country are. it takes alot of skill, training and hard work
I don't think any of those sports you just listed are true sports. Just athletes running around.

Yeah I agree.

My defenition of a TRUE sport is this...

TRUE Sport: A sport that requires: skill, strength, strategy, defense, offense, and brains.

if you ever swam or ran you would understand that all of that is involved

[Hawks, Sox and Bears o my]

Basketball. Baseball takes too amazing hand eye coordination.

Poker takes a lot mentally and the ability to read otheres.

LaCrosse is very physical sporty that also takes good hand eye coordination

and soccer and swimming are two of themost physically demanding, unless you are obcenely skilled at soccer, like Beckham was, you need to be a great athlete.

[ny10804]

Easiest sport to play and be OK at = slow-pitch softball.

Easiest sport to play and be OK at = slow-pitch softball.

i completely agree

[Eaglez.Fan]

Who ever voted soccer is an idiot

[Bigbadbob72]

I said baseball. It's the only real sport where you can be and overweight tub of lard and still make millions of dollars for swinging a stick at a ball. (see Bobby Bonilla)

true but those guys are soo strong its crazy. I could say the samething about basketball that it is a sport where you can be really weak and make alot of money. (see steve nash)

[critesy]

1.poker
2.lacross
3.basketball
4.baseball
5.soccer
6.swimming

[The Legend]

Poker Is Hard You Have Read People Minds
Swimming Now Thats And Easy Sport

[iworshipbender]

soccer is easiest as far as concept is concerned
poker is the easiest on your body
swimming is easiest to learn
basketball is the easiest to be good at
baseball is easiest as far as keeping you physique toned is concerned

lactrosse shouldnt even be on the list

[Jimmy]

for me, baseball, because i have natural athleticism, so even though i never played, i can still jack the ball pretty far, and make the catches,

[rainbeaukid2]

croquet is the easiest sport.

[djp]

People that don't think baseball is hard have never played it. It's just as much mental as it is physical, unlike other sports.

[Eaglez.Fan]

soccer is easiest as far as concept is concerned

No. Have u ever played a high level of soccer? i doubt it, cuz it's very hard and complicated

[iworshipbender]

soccer is easiest as far as concept is concerned

No. Have u ever played a high level of soccer? i doubt it, cuz it's very hard and complicatedthe concept of soccer is to kick a ball around. but auctually getting into the strategy is a whole nother topic

[TimDris]

Poker . . . because it isn't a sport. No athletic ability required.

Yes but mentally it beats all of those... no match up..

i disagree. mentally being a goalie in hockey, lacrosse, or soccer is harder than poker. being a QB is mentally harder. being a tennis player (singles or doubles) or even being a team captain is mentally harder. I've been all these things (cept soccer) and really the mental game is just as important in these sports as the physical... poker is hard mentally but no where near other stuff

[getwellchad]

Anyone who says that lacrosse is an easy sport to play, has never played lacrosse.

[Smokey Joe]

Anyone who says that lacrosse is an easy sport to play, has never played lacrosse.
I voted lacrosse, but yet never played it. I don't even know the exact rules, All I know is that you whip a ball into a net. I figue it is pretty easy.

[iworshipbender]

Anyone who says that lacrosse is an easy sport to play, has never played lacrosse.
I voted lacrosse, but yet never played it. I don't even know the exact rules, All I know is that you whip a ball into a net. I figue it is pretty easy.http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f66/123yadot/iwatalol.gif

[DHVF]

soccer is easiest as far as concept is concerned
poker is the easiest on your body
swimming is easiest to learn
basketball is the easiest to be good at
baseball is easiest as far as keeping you physique toned is concerned

lactrosse shouldnt even be on the listHaha, no way is basketball the easiest to be good at.

[iworshipbender]

soccer is easiest as far as concept is concerned
poker is the easiest on your body
swimming is easiest to learn
basketball is the easiest to be good at
baseball is easiest as far as keeping you physique toned is concerned

lactrosse shouldnt even be on the listHaha, no way is basketball the easiest to be good at.what is easier?

[Smokey Joe]

Anyone who says that lacrosse is an easy sport to play, has never played lacrosse.
I voted lacrosse, but yet never played it. I don't even know the exact rules, All I know is that you whip a ball into a net. I figue it is pretty easy.http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f66/123yadot/iwatalol.gif
Can you explain to me what is so tough about lacrosse. I find it dificult to believe that throwing a ball past a goalie into a net is not very difficult, especially only when the goalie has a stick or whatever to block the ball.

[Smokey Joe]

Of the 6 on the list (in order of how difficult)...

Baseball
Basketball
Soccer (football for women :P )
Lacrosse
Swimming (not a TRUE sport)
Poker (not a TRUE sport)

[Smokey Joe]

soccer is easiest as far as concept is concerned
poker is the easiest on your body
swimming is easiest to learn
basketball is the easiest to be good at
baseball is easiest as far as keeping you physique toned is concerned

lactrosse shouldnt even be on the listHaha, no way is basketball the easiest to be good at.what is easier?
poker

[iworshipbender]

have you ever been hit with a lacrosse ball?

[Smokey Joe]

have you ever been hit with a lacrosse ball?
No, but I am sure it is painfull. But, I have always played through pain and injuries.

Have you ever been beaned with a fastball? Or get into a head to head collision in a football game?

[keylime_5]

Poker is not a sport. Just because ESPN shows it doesn't mean that it's a sport (for example, they show the national spelling bee and cheerleader championships, neither being a sport)

[iworshipbender]

have you ever been hit with a lacrosse ball?
No, but I am sure it is painfull. But, I have always played through pain and injuries.

Have you ever been beaned with a fastball? Or get into a head to head collision in a football game?have you disloacated your kneecaps during football?

[Smokey Joe]

have you ever been hit with a lacrosse ball?
No, but I am sure it is painfull. But, I have always played through pain and injuries.

Have you ever been beaned with a fastball? Or get into a head to head collision in a football game?have you disloacated your kneecaps during football?
No, but that has gotta hurt. I have never had any major injuries. Just broken fingers, strained muscles, sprained ankles, and possibly a concusion or two, but have played through all of them.

[iworshipbender]

have you ever been hit with a lacrosse ball?
No, but I am sure it is painfull. But, I have always played through pain and injuries.

Have you ever been beaned with a fastball? Or get into a head to head collision in a football game?have you disloacated your kneecaps during football?
No, but that has gotta hurt. I have never had any major injuries. Just broken fingers, strained muscles, sprained ankles, and possibly a concusion or two, but have played through all of them.the only thing that has rivaled that pain is when i had an appendectomy and the morphine was wearing off.

[Smokey Joe]

have you ever been hit with a lacrosse ball?
No, but I am sure it is painfull. But, I have always played through pain and injuries.

Have you ever been beaned with a fastball? Or get into a head to head collision in a football game?have you disloacated your kneecaps during football?
No, but that has gotta hurt. I have never had any major injuries. Just broken fingers, strained muscles, sprained ankles, and possibly a concusion or two, but have played through all of them.the only thing that has rivaled that pain is when i had an appendectomy and the morphine was wearing off.
How did you dislocate your knee caps? One time I was running in my basement, and I slipped and my knee cap hit the floor hard, and I like started crying from the pain. Dislocating them most be so painful words can't describe it.

have you ever been hit with a lacrosse ball?
No, but I am sure it is painfull. But, I have always played through pain and injuries.

Have you ever been beaned with a fastball? Or get into a head to head collision in a football game?have you disloacated your kneecaps during football?
No, but that has gotta hurt. I have never had any major injuries. Just broken fingers, strained muscles, sprained ankles, and possibly a concusion or two, but have played through all of them.the only thing that has rivaled that pain is when i had an appendectomy and the morphine was wearing off.

how about those paper cuts from the poker cards or the bitter beer

[iworshipbender]

have you ever been hit with a lacrosse ball?
No, but I am sure it is painfull. But, I have always played through pain and injuries.

Have you ever been beaned with a fastball? Or get into a head to head collision in a football game?have you disloacated your kneecaps during football?
No, but that has gotta hurt. I have never had any major injuries. Just broken fingers, strained muscles, sprained ankles, and possibly a concusion or two, but have played through all of them.the only thing that has rivaled that pain is when i had an appendectomy and the morphine was wearing off.
How did you dislocate your knee caps? One time I was running in my basement, and I slipped and my knee cap hit the floor hard, and I like started crying from the pain. Dislocating them most be so painful words can't describe it.i dont remember exactly what happened, i was playing DT, and on the last play of the half (and the game because they forefitted) i was getting close to the halfback but he gets by me and i was still being blocked, my foot must have been planted and my leg was turned funny i guess. i fell on the ground screaming in pain, god it was horrible, the trainer didnt come until about 5-6 minutes later (it felt like an eternity.) i also have been trained how to relax and control my breathing so i know how not to black out (it probably was enough to have some people black out i guess), when it was slid back into place, it was one of the greatest feelings of relief ever. that was my left one.

my right one, i was 15 minutes into the first day of conditioning, and we were doing drills where lay down with our heads together then we get up as fast as possible and chase the other guy and try to tag him, i got up funny and it just popped out. that one wasnt as painful, but still really hurt.

[TimJim]

Anyone who thinks swimming is easy or isn't a sport must live somewhere cold where they dont swim competively. 5 hours in a pool and 1 hour in a gym, 5 days a week.

In Australia, its one of our national sports and the swimmers are the most athletic people at school (with the rugby players) and stars of the australian swimming team are close to the biggest stars of the country.

It seems like swimming isn't as a big of a deal in the USA. Their swimming stars get bigger receptions over here in Aus, then they do at home.

[Belish]

Of those, I'd pick poker, just for the luck element. You can have absolutely no skill, but you're going to do something with pocket aces.

Baseball is probably the hardest. Any sport where, at the highest level, one is considered a star if they only fail 1 out of 3 times has to be pretty difficult.

[ShutDwn]

Who ever voted for any of those sports other then poker needs to rethink everything.

Swimming is an INCREDIBLY hard sport. HS swimmers are the hardest working athletes in the whole school. There is NO offseason for them, and they practice an insane amount. Try swimming for 2 hours at 5 am and then 2 hours again at 3 pm.

Swimming is the most physically demanding sport, period.

[nobodyinparticular]

What sport is the easiest of the list above... this is including all secitions of the sport

Of the real sports, I will admit that baseball is the least physically taxing sport. Swim practices can get nasty and soccer players do a ton of running. Baseball though is pretty easy for someone who is in shape. Easy from a physical standpoint, but to actually perform the task of hitting a 95 MPH fastball or a 12-6 curve is not easy at all.

I mean, come on, the only time I've ever gotten a good physical workout during baseball was when I hit a triple or legging out an inside the park homer.

[jetvilma51]

What sport is the easiest of the list above... this is including all secitions of the sport

Of the real sports, I will admit that baseball is the least physically taxing sport. Swim practices can get nasty and soccer players do a ton of running. Baseball though is pretty easy for someone who is in shape. Easy from a physical standpoint, but to actually perform the task of hitting a 95 MPH fastball or a 12-6 curve is not easy at all.

I mean, come on, the only time I've ever gotten a good physical workout during baseball was when I hit a triple or legging out an inside the park homer.

thats why i votedf baseball

sex is the easiest sport