What Would Be The Most Difficult Single Thing to Do in Sports For an Average Person?

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2016-04-28, 09:48

and I'm not talking a between the legs, 360 tomahawk dunk.. but..

hit a major league curve ball?

hit a 40 yard field goal?

run a 4:00 mile?

one lap around a NASCAR track, bumper-to-bumper at 160 mph without causing a wreck?

hit a 30 foot putt?

stop a free kick or a PK in European soccer?

by **NigelUno** 2016-04-28, 09:51

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by **Rocinante** 2016-04-28, 09:53

Curve ball not super hard to hit if it hangs. 100 mph fastball, nearly impossible for an average schmuck.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2016-04-28, 09:53

Robert J Sakimano wrote:and I'm not talking a between the legs, 360 tomahawk dunk.. but..

hit a major league curve ball?

hit a 40 yard field goal?

run a 4:00 mile?

one lap around a NASCAR track, bumper-to-bumper at 160 mph without causing a wreck?

hit a 30 foot putt?

stop a free kick or a PK in European soccer?

I'll go with creating a poll.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2016-04-28, 09:55

Rocinante wrote:Curve ball not super hard to hit if it hangs. 100 mph fastball, nearly impossible for an average schmuck.

see, I'd be bailing out of the box if that hanging curve was comin' at my head... right before it took a dip across the plate..

but I know where you're coming from. 100 mph fast ball.. not even sure I'd want to stand there to watch it go over the plate.

by **WhiteBoyHatcher** 2016-04-28, 09:57

I'm Not Entirely Sure But I Will Think About It.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2016-04-28, 09:57

I've hit thirty foot putts, but that's just blind stupid luck.

A pk In soccer depends on the shot. If it's a perfect shot then no one can stop it. If it's a decent shot then no average schumcks gonna stop it. They could always just screw up and hit it right at you though if you just stand there.

Anyway, I'm gonna go with throw a perfect game Bob.

by **Cameron** 2016-04-28, 10:01

I'd say something hockey related for the simple reason that if you can't skate, you can't do any of it, and lots of people don't know how to skate.

Stopping a breakaway goal, maybe? Or scoring on an NHL goalie, that would probably be harder to luck into.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2016-04-28, 10:02

Apparently it's fire Brad Ausmus.

by Clarett's Folly 2016-04-28, 10:08

I'm thinking that hitting a major league pitch, blocking a Premier League pk, and sinking a 30 foot putt could all be accomplished by an average shmuck at the point where odds intersect with blind luck. The NASCAR thing, while extremely difficult, also seems like it is something for which a novice could also find a groove and luck in to completing a single lap.
If you've ever seen those awful promotional events at football games where they pull someone out of the stands to attempt a 15 yard FG for 1000 dollars only for the participant to dribble a crappy kick 5 yards along the ground you'll understand why I rank that #2.
Running a 4:00 mile for the untrained seems like a feat on par with unassisted flight and, for that reason, I'm ranking that #1.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2016-04-28, 10:15

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:Apparently it's fire Brad Ausmus.

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by **Robert J Sakimano** 2016-04-28, 10:16

Travis of the Cosmos wrote:I've hit thirty foot putts, but that's just blind stupid luck.

A pk In soccer depends on the shot. If it's a perfect shot then no one can stop it. If it's a decent shot then no average schumcks good stop it. They could always just screw up and hit it right at you though if you just stand there.

Anyway, I'm gonna go with throw a perfect game Bob.

that's a good one.. but I was thinking more of a single act vs something over a period of time.. like winning the Ironman or something.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2016-04-28, 10:34

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
Travis of the Cosmos wrote:I've hit thirty foot putts, but that's just blind stupid luck.

A pk In soccer depends on the shot. If it's a perfect shot then no one can stop it. If it's a decent shot then no average schumcks good stop it. They could always just screw up and hit it right at you though if you just stand there.

Anyway, I'm gonna go with throw a perfect game Bob.
that's a good one.. but I was thinking more of a single act vs something over a period of time.. like winning the Ironman or something.

I know, I was just teasing you.

I'm gonna go with hitting a major league fast ball. And also not immediately dying after getting hit in an NFL game.

by **tGreenWay** 2016-04-28, 10:36

Wear one of those sumo wrestler diapers in public. Those things are enormous, and my tiny nutsack would be exposed for all the world to see.

by Guest 2016-04-28, 10:39

Dunk a basketball.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2016-04-28, 10:42

LooseGoose wrote:Dunk a basketball.

Dunking a basketball isn't really a skill. It's mostly genetics. Are you tall? Can you jump fairly high? That's all there is to it.

by **tGreenWay** 2016-04-28, 10:44

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:
LooseGoose wrote:Dunk a basketball.

Dunking a basketball isn't really a skill. It's mostly genetics. Are you tall? Can you jump fairly high? That's all there is to it.

It's a skill, like juggling. And reading lips.

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2016-04-28, 10:46

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:and I'm not talking a between the legs, 360 tomahawk dunk.. but..

hit a major league curve ball?

hit a 40 yard field goal?

run a 4:00 mile?

one lap around a NASCAR track, bumper-to-bumper at 160 mph without causing a wreck?

hit a 30 foot putt?

stop a free kick or a PK in European soccer?
I'll go with creating a poll.

by **Tim Wakefield** 2016-04-28, 12:04

The pitch you'd have to worry about in the big leagues would be the change up. It's possible to ID arm slot or whatever..hard as fuck, but possible. But when you're waiting for 95 and King Felix drops this MFer on you... the average person would swing every time and miss by a foot every time.

Even in HS/travel ball, a kid with a good change up could dominate a game and make everyone look stupid, including me. Never mastered the pitch; 1) because i threw 75 mph and 2) half my pitches were knuckleballs. I was ok with that.

But the guys who threw 80-85 with an accurate change up were some of my worst ABs of my life

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2016-04-28, 12:07

Tim Wakefield wrote:The pitch you'd have to worry about in the big leagues would be the change up. It's possible to ID arm slot or whatever..hard as fuck, but possible. But when you're waiting for 95 and King Felix drops this MFer on you... the average person would swing every time and miss by a foot every time.

Even in HS/travel ball, a kid with a good change up could dominate a game and make everyone look stupid, including me. Never mastered the pitch; 1) because i threw 75 mph and 2) half my pitches were knuckleballs. I was ok with that.

But the guys who threw 80-85 with an accurate change up were some of my worst ABs of my life

I guess that depends on if you're talking about someone with experience or not. You have to know what a 100 mph fastball looks like to get fooled by an 80 mph change up. If you've never seen either then something like arm slot isn't going to matter.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2016-04-28, 12:10

Tim Wakefield wrote:The pitch you'd have to worry about in the big leagues would be the change up. It's possible to ID arm slot or whatever..hard as fuck, but possible. But when you're waiting for 95 and King Felix drops this MFer on you... the average person would swing every time and miss by a foot every time.

Even in HS/travel ball, a kid with a good change up could dominate a game and make everyone look stupid, including me. Never mastered the pitch; 1) because i threw 75 mph and 2) half my pitches were knuckleballs. I was ok with that.

But the guys who threw 80-85 with an accurate change up were some of my worst ABs of my life

I do recall you being the Godfather of the knuckleball.

when I was a kid, Phil Niekro had a mean one.. early 80's. Would be difficult to hit, I imagine.

by **Floyd Robertson** 2016-04-28, 12:11

Listen to Desmond Howard on TV. I don't know how anyone can do that.

by **Tim Wakefield** 2016-04-28, 12:18

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
Tim Wakefield wrote:The pitch you'd have to worry about in the big leagues would be the change up. It's possible to ID arm slot or whatever..hard as fuck, but possible. But when you're waiting for 95 and King Felix drops this MFer on you... the average person would swing every time and miss by a foot every time.

Even in HS/travel ball, a kid with a good change up could dominate a game and make everyone look stupid, including me. Never mastered the pitch; 1) because i threw 75 mph and 2) half my pitches were knuckleballs. I was ok with that.

But the guys who threw 80-85 with an accurate change up were some of my worst ABs of my life
I do recall you being the Godfather of the knuckleball.

when I was a kid, Phil Niekro had a mean one.. early 80's. Would be difficult to hit, I imagine.

Speaking for myself (and for real Tim Wakefield)... When my ball wasn't moving much or an ump didn't give me a generous zone, I got my shit rocked. A floating, 60 mph pitch isn't gonna fool many people. My leash was very short What Would Be The Most Difficult Single Thing to Do in Sports For an Average Person? 502811600

Most times I got a bit of a bigger zone cause the ump never saw a true knuckleball. It was nice throwing a knuckler 4 inches off the plate and wringing the guy up. Wind also helped a lot..whenever it was a real windy day, I started on the rubber, no questions asked

by Triple Sparty 2016-04-28, 12:19

Wait, Bob knows Tim?

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2016-04-28, 12:25

Tim Wakefield wrote:
Robert J Sakimano wrote:I do recall you being the Godfather of the knuckleball.

when I was a kid, Phil Niekro had a mean one.. early 80's. Would be difficult to hit, I imagine.

Speaking for myself (and for real Tim Wakefield)... When my ball wasn't moving much or an ump didn't give me a generous zone, I got my shit rocked. A floating, 60 mph pitch isn't gonna fool many people. My leash was very short

Most times I got a bit of a bigger zone cause the ump never saw a true knuckleball. It was nice throwing a knuckler 4 inches off the plate and wringing the guy up. Wind also helped a lot..whenever it was a real windy day, I started on the rubber, no questions asked

baseball was not my sport in high school.. I got rocked regularly. In fact, 30 years later, I'm certain the only reason I made the team was so I could throw BP and give my teammates some confidence.

by **Tim Wakefield** 2016-04-28, 12:29

Triple Sparty wrote:Wait, Bob knows Tim?

A lot of people know me.

You might recognise me here, giving up a walk off HR to my main rival in Game 7 of the ALCS:

by **Other Teams Pursuing That** 2016-04-28, 12:42

Triple Sparty wrote:Wait, Bob knows Tim?

I know Tim and Bob once gave me $10 if that counts for anything.

by **Robert J Sakimano** 2016-04-28, 12:45

Other Teams Pursuing That wrote:
Triple Sparty wrote:Wait, Bob knows Tim?

I know Tim and Bob once gave me $10 if that counts for anything.

#NeverForget

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2016-04-28, 14:22

Robert J Sakimano wrote:
Tim Wakefield wrote:The pitch you'd have to worry about in the big leagues would be the change up. It's possible to ID arm slot or whatever..hard as fuck, but possible. But when you're waiting for 95 and King Felix drops this MFer on you... the average person would swing every time and miss by a foot every time.

Even in HS/travel ball, a kid with a good change up could dominate a game and make everyone look stupid, including me. Never mastered the pitch; 1) because i threw 75 mph and 2) half my pitches were knuckleballs. I was ok with that.

But the guys who threw 80-85 with an accurate change up were some of my worst ABs of my life
I do recall you being the Godfather of the knuckleball.

when I was a kid, Phil Niekro had a mean one.. early 80's. Would be difficult to hit, I imagine.

In high school I could throw a knuckleball that would work 25% of the time. I tried it once in a game. it didn't break and the batter hit it about 450 feet. Luckily it was so slow he pulled it foul. My coach pulled me after that inning. He said it would have been sooner but no one was warmed up. :(

by **Blanch32** 2016-04-28, 16:30

How about stop a one timer? Have fun in goal with that.

That or block any DEs pass rush

by **Blanch32** 2016-04-28, 16:30

...fuck tackle a single NFL rb

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2016-04-28, 16:41

Jean Claude Van Damme can stop a breakaway. (Couldn't find the exact clip so go to 1:45:00 if you care)

by **steveschneider** 2016-04-28, 16:43

Could anyone here stand comfortably in a batters box as a pitcher like Chapman aka the Cuban Missile throws 100mph heaters?

by AnomanderRake 2016-04-28, 16:43

Blanch32 wrote:...fuck tackle a single NFL rb

Yeah the average person definitely could never bring down a NFL RB. You'd have to catch them at full speed and trip them which would never happen.

I think landing a single hit to the chin of a professional boxer/fighter would also be impossible for the average person.

by **Watch Out Pylon!** 2016-04-28, 16:44

steveschneider wrote:Could anyone here stand comfortably in a batters box as a pitcher like Chapman aka the Cuban Missile throws 100mph heaters?

They have a pitching machine that throws 100 mph fastballs behind plexiglass that you can stand near a simulated batters box at the Louisville Slugger factory. Scary shit.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2016-04-28, 16:52

AnomanderRake wrote:
Blanch32 wrote:...fuck tackle a single NFL rb

Yeah the average person definitely could never bring down a NFL RB. You'd have to catch them at full speed and trip them which would never happen.

I think landing a single hit to the chin of a professional boxer/fighter would also be impossible for the average person.

Good one.... Here's a clip of Michael b Jordan, who trained as a boxer for the role, getting hit by his nemesis during filming of Creed. The other guy is a professional boxer. Apparently it's a rocky tradition to actually get hit once. Drago put Stallone in the hospital for four days.

by **steveschneider** 2016-04-28, 16:58

Watch Out Pylon! wrote:
steveschneider wrote:Could anyone here stand comfortably in a batters box as a pitcher like Chapman aka the Cuban Missile throws 100mph heaters?

They have a pitching machine that throws 100 mph fastballs behind plexiglass that you can stand near a simulated batters box at the Louisville Slugger factory. Scary shit.

I'd love to experience that and I can't imagine what it would be like without that glass.

The pros really make that shit look so easy and so routine.

by **SeeRockCity** 2016-04-28, 17:13

Pitch a perfect game against a major league team.

by **Travis of the Cosmos** 2016-04-28, 17:20

SeeRockCity wrote:Pitch a perfect game against a major league team.

I wish that you wouldn't constantly copy my posts seerockcity.

by **Tim Wakefield** 2016-04-28, 17:54

steveschneider wrote:Could anyone here stand comfortably in a batters box as a pitcher like Chapman aka the Cuban Missile throws 100mph heaters?

Being a lefty hitter... i'd be scared of him, Randy Johnson, and any submarine leftys. I'd like to face a righty flamethrower just to see what it's like.

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