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OAITW r.2.0

(28,896 posts) Mon May 24, 2021, 09:42 PM May 2021

Best athletes, teams-wise - Hockey or Basketball or Soccer or American football or Rugby? [View all]

Last edited Mon May 24, 2021, 10:15 PM - Edit history (1)

Same basic team concept, but totally different skills required. Hockey requires constant line changes to keep the game movings, but basketball requires a lot more endurance over the course of the game. Playing BB was a challenge, but skating with a stick was pretty damn physically exhausting....

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Best athletes, teams-wise - Hockey or Basketball or Soccer or American football or Rugby? [View all] OAITW r.2.0 May 2021 OP

Hockey players are in amazing physical shape. bottomofthehill May 2021 #1

I agree.....the energy needed to move and maintain balance takes it to another level, IMHO. OAITW r.2.0 May 2021 #2

Plus 200 pound bodies are constantly crashing into each outer bottomofthehill May 2021 #3

The hits can be brutal. OAITW r.2.0 May 2021 #4

When younger and in reasonably good shape bottomofthehill May 2021 #5

forwards change much faster than three mins... OneBlueDotS-Carolina May 2021 #7

Growing up, I played pond hockey....3 minutes was too much. OAITW r.2.0 May 2021 #8

Very good explanation of current shift times OneBlueDotS-Carolina May 2021 #10

NHL shifts are very different from "beer league" caraher May 2021 #13

LOL, great perspective! OAITW r.2.0 May 2021 #14

Soccer dem4decades May 2021 #6

Soccer and Hockey share a lot in terms of scoring concept. OAITW r.2.0 May 2021 #9

I remember when the old TV shows pitted athletes against each other to find the fittest. dem4decades May 2021 #11

I remember when I thought Bruce Jenner was the great American individual story....but not as OAITW r.2.0 May 2021 #12

Lacrosse is also very demanding unc70 May 2021 #15

More brutal than Hockey? OAITW r.2.0 May 2021 #16

Almost no padding, minimal protective gear unc70 May 2021 #17

I get it...the dudes that played Lacrosse at my school were a special breed. OAITW r.2.0 May 2021 #18

Hockey for conditioning, basketball for overall athleticism. bluedigger May 2021 #19