Where are all the Nazr haters now?

[Solid D]

Nazr and Przybilla had been battling under the boards, back and forth, and when Manu caught it one-handed and put it back in, Nazr threw Przybilla's arm off of him and Joe "over-emphasized" it by throwing himself to the floor.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Sequ, I guess I gave you too much credit for actually having a brain.

I used to play baseball, soccer, and hoops growing up. I quit baseball because it was boring, there's long periods of inaction with brief periods of activity for 2-3 guys if that.

When a baseball player is on offense, the most he'll ever have with him is 3 guys, but that's very rare. Everyone else is sitting on their ass.

I'll give you soccer takes as much endurance as hoops does, but if you take the full mental and physical stamina and raw strength and power required into account, hoops is tops, easy.

[tlongII]

I hate Nazr!

[FilSpursFan]

I'm starting to like Nazr now since the GSW game. I hope he plays that way till playoffs. And I hope Big Dog's going to do a lot more too!

[Phenomanul]

Ok, I know this is wrong to do, but....

Football: Short bursts of extreme energy. Can take a toll on body do to impact injuries.

Basketball: Constant movement with sporadic bursts of energy, sometimes extreme. Injuries can occur do to jumping and planting of feet and legs. Not much contact.

Baseball: Little movement, except for sporadic bursts of energy. Frequency depends upon position. Right fielder to pitcher is order from least energy to most that will likely be expended by a player. Injury to ball strikes in at bat situations is possible, and although may be severe, is not regularly occuring.

Soccer: Constant running movement, in all cases except for goalie. Goalie may have extreme bursts of energy, or quick constant movement for brief periods of time. Forwards/sweepers will expend most amount of energy as the travel the farthest distances up and down the field of play. Injuries common to running and jumping common. Also accidental and sometimes intentional collisions between players may happen. (Soccer can be more dangerous to the fans!)

Hockey: Constant movement for all players except goalie. Extreme bursts of energy expended regularly. Injuries from impacts often occur. Player to player body hits. Stick to player hits. Player to player and wall hits. Puck to player hits. Players fighting.

I've played every sport I just listed except hockey. I'd say football has the most regular risk of getting injured seriously, while hockey leads to more injuries overall.

In order of endurence (High to low):

Basketball
Hockey
Soccer
Football
Baseball

In order of injury risk (high to low):

Football
Hockey
Soccer
Basketball
Baseball

You forgot to mention playtime.

In soccer you don't get subbed for rest. In hockey, Basketball, and Football you do. Stamina is not really required for Baseball so they are not even worth comparing.

Having played all the sports above: three at collegiate level the other at intramural level (albeit at M.I.T.). I would say Soccer demands more out of the body than Basketball. There are sequences when BAM BAM BAM successive bursts of speed are required and you have no time, or rule allocation to call a time out... If it was near the start of the season and my stamina was not in peak form, I would resort to kicking the ball out of the field as far as possible to get a quick breather.

Now if a star basketball player like LeBron or A.I. who play 48 minutes per game get little to no rest time then I would agree that the demand would be equal or be of negligible difference.

[jalbre6]

You forgot to mention playtime.

In soccer you don't get subbed for rest. In hockey, Basketball, and Football you do. Stamina is not really required for Baseball so they are not even worth comparing.

Having played all the sports above: three at collegiate level the other at intramural level (albeit at M.I.T.). I would say Soccer demands more out of the body than Basketball. There are sequences when BAM BAM BAM successive bursts of speed are required and you have no time, or rule allocation to call a time out... If it was near the start of the season and my stamina was not in peak form, I would resort to kicking the ball out of the field as far as possible to get a quick breather.

Now if a star basketball player like LeBron or A.I. who play 48 minutes per game get little to no rest time then I would agree that the demand was equal or be of negligible difference.

I played IM basketball and soccer as well in college, and I'd never really played organized soccer before. Actually, in high school we football players thought that soccer players played their sport because they didn't have the balls to come get hit with the rest of us.

I was wrong. Soccer was the most draining sport I've ever played. The worst part was that our team was coed, and we'd let the girls (and we had several that played in high school and were much better than the guys) use the subs utions becuase there were more of them on the team.

And I know exactly what you're talking about by kicking the ball as far upfield as possible to get a breather.

[SequSpur]

Sequ, I guess I gave you too much credit for actually having a brain.

I used to play baseball, soccer, and hoops growing up. I quit baseball because it was boring, there's long periods of inaction with brief periods of activity for 2-3 guys if that.

When a baseball player is on offense, the most he'll ever have with him is 3 guys, but that's very rare. Everyone else is sitting on their ass.

I'll give you soccer takes as much endurance as hoops does, but if you take the full mental and physical stamina and raw strength and power required into account, hoops is tops, easy.

We are talking professional sports, not your coed softball team.

[Aggie Hoopsfan]

Ouch, I'm talking through HS. Soccer is the only one that approaches the level of basketball.

The rest are distant pretenders when it comes to physical demands of the game.