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JackHammer515 09/03/18 8:29:42 AM #1:	I'm thinking that it is boxing. <cite>JackHammer515 posted [p:908022500] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>I'm thinking that it is boxing.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gp1829 09/03/18 8:30:44 AM #2:	Baseball <cite>gp1829 posted [p:908022530] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>Baseball</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ryven 09/03/18 8:30:59 AM #3:	Hockey, more specifically goaltending. --- 'We're not gonna make it, are we? People i mean.' 'It's in your nature to destroy yourselves.' <cite>Ryven posted [p:908022535] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>Hockey, more specifically goaltending.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Ultima Dragon 09/03/18 8:31:50 AM #4:	Ryven posted... Hockey, more specifically goaltending. This would be my answer, tbh. I can't think of a faster game than ice hockey. --- "We know things can move faster than the speed of light because liberal tears are on the ground before something offensive even happens" - Coffeebeanz <cite>Ultima Dragon posted [p:908022555] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote><cite>Ryven posted...</cite> <quote>Hockey, more specifically goaltending.</quote> This would be my answer, tbh. I can't think of a faster game than ice hockey.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YOUHAVENOHOPE 09/03/18 8:32:17 AM #5:	gp1829 posted... Baseball from what I heard they're not reacting to the ball so much as they are trying to hit a sweet spot the idea being that if you're reacting to what you can see you've already missed if I had to guess, it'd be hockey goaltending, followed by freestyle wrestling --- https://imgur.com/kpXTakw https://imgur.com/Pto3yPa http://media.giphy.com/media/NBVBnHv8bV13q/giphy.gif <cite>YOUHAVENOHOPE posted [p:908022566] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote><cite>gp1829 posted...</cite> <quote>Baseball</quote> from what I heard they're not reacting to the ball so much as they are trying to hit a sweet spot the idea being that if you're reacting to what you can see you've already missed if I had to guess, it'd be hockey goaltending, followed by freestyle wrestling</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Delirious_Beard 09/03/18 8:32:27 AM #6:	gp1829 posted... Baseball --- https://i.imgtc.com/hB9W4JK.gif "Does our ruin benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too?" <cite>Delirious_Beard posted [p:908022570] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote><cite>gp1829 posted...</cite> <quote>Baseball</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
stone 09/03/18 8:33:19 AM #7:	Fencing? --- PONG WAS REAL? I thought that was just a story parents told kids to scare them <cite>stone posted [p:908022591] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>Fencing?</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
gp1829 09/03/18 8:34:24 AM #8:	Hockey goaltending would be there as well. Any sport at an elite level is going to require great reaction time minus slower ones like golf. <cite>gp1829 posted [p:908022616] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>Hockey goaltending would be there as well. Any sport at an elite level is going to require great reaction time minus slower ones like golf.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
WafflehouseJK 09/03/18 8:36:58 AM #9:	Ping pong --- "She was like, 'Oh, did you see that firefighter? Hes so cute.' And I was like, Mom, I just got blown up." <cite>WafflehouseJK posted [p:908022669] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>Ping pong</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ALIEN_WORK2HOP 09/03/18 8:37:47 AM #10:	ping pong --- If you have selfish, ignorant citizens, you're going to get selfish, ignorant leaders. <cite>ALIEN_WORK2HOP posted [p:908022686] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>ping pong</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Leanaunfurled 09/03/18 8:45:33 AM #11:	First thought was tennis and table tennis. Boxing would too, I imagine. --- Currently Playing: Ace Attorney https://imgur.com/jycEJAt https://imgur.com/iOC77WJ <cite>Leanaunfurled posted [p:908022882] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>First thought was tennis and table tennis. Boxing would too, I imagine.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
AsucaHayashi 09/03/18 8:46:06 AM #12:	ping pong --- http://abload.de/img/pcgamingxtuvt.jpg https://imgur.com/9Yv0R2Z <cite>AsucaHayashi posted [p:908022894] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>ping pong</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
alphagamble 09/03/18 8:48:14 AM #13:	stone posted... Fencing? --- ooh <cite>alphagamble posted [p:908022959] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote><cite>stone posted...</cite> <quote>Fencing?</quote></quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Looked gf 09/03/18 8:49:29 AM #14:	League of Legends --- https://giant.gfycat.com/ShowyWarmheartedCuscus.gif <cite>Looked gf posted [p:908022991] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>League of Legends</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
alt_no_1_loves 09/03/18 8:51:56 AM #15:	Tennis --- sig poll: buzz cola or duff beer 1 - 1 thus far (after like 2 years) <cite>alt_no_1_loves posted [p:908023059] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>Tennis</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Delirious_Beard 09/03/18 9:01:57 AM #16:	YOUHAVENOHOPE posted... gp1829 posted... Baseball from what I heard they're not reacting to the ball so much as they are trying to hit a sweet spot the idea being that if you're reacting to what you can see you've already missed if I had to guess, it'd be hockey goaltending, followed by freestyle wrestling not always, but i believe hand-eye coordination is more important for baseball there will be times when a hitter is looking for a pitch in a certain spot but that isn't always the case i think i read somewhere hitters have about a tenth of a second to track a pitch and decide whether to swing there are other factors, such as being able to see the pitcher's hand and grip on the baseball and get a better idea of what pitch is coming, but most pitchers try to limit this as much as possible by hiding the baseball and having the same release point i believe there was a trainer whose job was to test athletes in reaction time, hand-eye coordination, etc, and barry bonds (arguably the greatest player of all time) apparently was far and away the best he had ever seen --- https://i.imgtc.com/hB9W4JK.gif "Does our ruin benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you, too?" <cite>Delirious_Beard posted [p:908023323] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote><cite>YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...</cite> <quote><cite>gp1829 posted...</cite> <quote>Baseball</quote> from what I heard they're not reacting to the ball so much as they are trying to hit a sweet spot the idea being that if you're reacting to what you can see you've already missed if I had to guess, it'd be hockey goaltending, followed by freestyle wrestling</quote> not always, but i believe hand-eye coordination is more important for baseball there will be times when a hitter is looking for a pitch in a certain spot but that isn't always the case i think i read somewhere hitters have about a tenth of a second to track a pitch and decide whether to swing there are other factors, such as being able to see the pitcher's hand and grip on the baseball and get a better idea of what pitch is coming, but most pitchers try to limit this as much as possible by hiding the baseball and having the same release point i believe there was a trainer whose job was to test athletes in reaction time, hand-eye coordination, etc, and barry bonds (arguably the greatest player of all time) apparently was far and away the best he had ever seen</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Awesome 09/03/18 9:14:31 AM #17:	boxing if you call it a sport, boxing is the hardest activity on the whole planet. --- https://imgur.com/gWCYPlD https://imgur.com/J9kjYjA https://imgur.com/Ls3OgWR <cite>Awesome posted [p:908023680] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>boxing if you call it a sport, boxing is the hardest activity on the whole planet.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
-Van_Zan- 09/03/18 9:25:54 AM #18:	Obvs ping pong --- \|Kentucky Irregulars\| https://imgur.com/LesXYEu <cite>-Van_Zan- posted [p:908024034] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>Obvs ping pong</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SageHarpuia 09/03/18 9:26:36 AM #19:	esports --- "You will pay dearly for your futile resistance!" <cite>SageHarpuia posted [p:908024059] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>esports</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YOUHAVENOHOPE 09/03/18 11:49:02 AM #20:	Delirious_Beard posted... i think i read somewhere hitters have about a tenth of a second to track a pitch and decide whether to swing god is that even enough time for our biology to generate a response time what's the clock speed on our amygdalas and whatever lmao --- https://imgur.com/kpXTakw https://imgur.com/Pto3yPa http://media.giphy.com/media/NBVBnHv8bV13q/giphy.gif <cite>YOUHAVENOHOPE posted [p:908029557] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote><cite>Delirious_Beard posted...</cite> <quote>i think i read somewhere hitters have about a tenth of a second to track a pitch and decide whether to swing </quote> god is that even enough time for our biology to generate a response time what's the clock speed on our amygdalas and whatever lmao</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HydraSlayer82 09/03/18 11:50:08 AM #21:	Goalies in hockey hands down. --- Sigless user <cite>HydraSlayer82 posted [p:908029598] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>Goalies in hockey hands down.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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YUHH 09/03/18 11:51:34 AM #23:	Formula 1 --- https://imgur.com/QusJhjm <cite>YUHH posted [p:908029680] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>Formula 1</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CanuckCowboy 09/03/18 11:54:16 AM #24:	Awesome posted... boxing if you call it a sport, boxing is the hardest activity on the whole planet. Why wouldn't you call it a sport? Lol. Also no it's not its just harder in a different way than something like wrestling or hockey. --- "I got a rollatruc, look." <cite>CanuckCowboy posted [p:908029800] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote><cite>Awesome posted...</cite> <quote>boxing if you call it a sport, boxing is the hardest activity on the whole planet.</quote> Why wouldn't you call it a sport? Lol. Also no it's not its just harder in a different way than something like wrestling or hockey.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
furb 09/03/18 11:54:27 AM #25:	Ping pong --- You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains. -Jane Lane <cite>furb posted [p:908029809] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>Ping pong</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
furb 09/03/18 11:55:05 AM #26:	Take this for what you will http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/sportSkills --- You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains. -Jane Lane <cite>furb posted [p:908029844] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>Take this for what you will http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/sportSkills</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CanuckCowboy 09/03/18 11:56:14 AM #27:	furb posted... Take this for what you will http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/sportSkills Seems reasonable. As someone who played basketball in HS and has wrestled I don't get how wrestling is below basketball though. --- "I got a rollatruc, look." <cite>CanuckCowboy posted [p:908029903] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote><cite>furb posted...</cite> <quote>Take this for what you will http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/sportSkills</quote> Seems reasonable. As someone who played basketball in HS and has wrestled I don't get how wrestling is below basketball though.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
furb 09/03/18 11:58:57 AM #28:	CanuckCowboy posted... furb posted... Take this for what you will http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/sportSkills Seems reasonable. As someone who played basketball in HS and has wrestled I don't get how wrestling is below basketball though. Looks like its due to the hand-eye catagory. This list is pretty old, but I think it's pretty accurate on the whole. not that there's no room for debate of course. --- You know how fads are. Today it's brains, tomorrow, pierced tongues. Then the next day, pierced brains. -Jane Lane <cite>furb posted [p:908030052] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote><cite>CanuckCowboy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>furb posted...</cite> <quote>Take this for what you will http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/sportSkills</quote> Seems reasonable. As someone who played basketball in HS and has wrestled I don't get how wrestling is below basketball though.</quote> Looks like its due to the hand-eye catagory. This list is pretty old, but I think it's pretty accurate on the whole. not that there's no room for debate of course.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Awesome 09/03/18 12:03:37 PM #29:	people who have done the major 4 american sports and tried boxing always say boxing is the hardest, because it is. --- https://imgur.com/gWCYPlD https://imgur.com/J9kjYjA https://imgur.com/Ls3OgWR <cite>Awesome posted [p:908030282] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>people who have done the major 4 american sports and tried boxing always say boxing is the hardest, because it is.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YOUHAVENOHOPE 09/03/18 12:04:53 PM #30:	Awesome posted... people who have done the major 4 american sports and tried boxing always say boxing is the hardest, because it is. but the topic is about what sport requires the best reaction time at the elite level i'd still agree (now that i've re-evaluated my positions) that boxing is at the top that's some preternatural instinct coming out of people man --- https://imgur.com/kpXTakw https://imgur.com/Pto3yPa http://media.giphy.com/media/NBVBnHv8bV13q/giphy.gif <cite>YOUHAVENOHOPE posted [p:908030338] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote><cite>Awesome posted...</cite> <quote>people who have done the major 4 american sports and tried boxing always say boxing is the hardest, because it is.</quote> but the topic is about what sport requires the best reaction time at the elite level i'd still agree (now that i've re-evaluated my positions) that boxing is at the top that's some preternatural instinct coming out of people man</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HydraSlayer82 09/03/18 12:04:58 PM #31:	furb posted... Take this for what you will http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/sportSkills This is interesting but at the same time skaters and goalies in hockey are like playing two different sports. --- Sigless user <cite>HydraSlayer82 posted [p:908030343] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote><cite>furb posted...</cite> <quote>Take this for what you will http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/sportSkills</quote> This is interesting but at the same time skaters and goalies in hockey are like playing two different sports.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CanuckCowboy 09/03/18 12:06:35 PM #32:	furb posted... CanuckCowboy posted... furb posted... Take this for what you will http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/sportSkills Seems reasonable. As someone who played basketball in HS and has wrestled I don't get how wrestling is below basketball though. Looks like its due to the hand-eye catagory. This list is pretty old, but I think it's pretty accurate on the whole. not that there's no room for debate of course. Oh yea I guess I can see that. --- "I got a rollatruc, look." <cite>CanuckCowboy posted [p:908030429] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote><cite>furb posted...</cite> <quote><cite>CanuckCowboy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>furb posted...</cite> <quote>Take this for what you will http://www.espn.com/espn/page2/sportSkills</quote> Seems reasonable. As someone who played basketball in HS and has wrestled I don't get how wrestling is below basketball though.</quote> Looks like its due to the hand-eye catagory. This list is pretty old, but I think it's pretty accurate on the whole. not that there's no room for debate of course.</quote> Oh yea I guess I can see that.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
DarthWendy 09/03/18 12:07:22 PM #33:	CoD4. --- Ave Caesar, Rosae Rosam et Spiritus Rex ! - Voila, ca ne veut absolument rien dire mais l'effet reste le meme https://i.imgtc.com/eRE0ORV.jpg <cite>DarthWendy posted [p:908030477] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>CoD4.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Awesome 09/03/18 12:07:50 PM #34:	YOUHAVENOHOPE posted... Awesome posted... people who have done the major 4 american sports and tried boxing always say boxing is the hardest, because it is. but the topic is about what sport requires the best reaction time at the elite level i'd still agree (now that i've re-evaluated my positions) that boxing is at the top that's some preternatural instinct coming out of people man in boxing if you have slow reaction time you can end up in a coma or with brain damage from a 1-4 punch combination, the point is that in other sports the goal of the game isnt to beat the crap out of the other guy. --- https://imgur.com/gWCYPlD https://imgur.com/J9kjYjA https://imgur.com/Ls3OgWR <cite>Awesome posted [p:908030497] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote><cite>YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...</cite> <quote><cite>Awesome posted...</cite> <quote>people who have done the major 4 american sports and tried boxing always say boxing is the hardest, because it is.</quote> but the topic is about what sport requires the best reaction time at the elite level i'd still agree (now that i've re-evaluated my positions) that boxing is at the top that's some preternatural instinct coming out of people man</quote> in boxing if you have slow reaction time you can end up in a coma or with brain damage from a 1-4 punch combination, the point is that in other sports the goal of the game isnt to beat the crap out of the other guy.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
YOUHAVENOHOPE 09/03/18 12:08:36 PM #35:	CanuckCowboy posted... Oh yea I guess I can see that. lol its so true once the basketball team didn't have a practice so we took a bit of free time on the bball court after wrestling practice man we all suck lmfao but i'd also like to see one of those basketball players try their hand at some of the wrestling moves --- https://imgur.com/kpXTakw https://imgur.com/Pto3yPa http://media.giphy.com/media/NBVBnHv8bV13q/giphy.gif <cite>YOUHAVENOHOPE posted [p:908030537] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote><cite>CanuckCowboy posted...</cite> <quote>Oh yea I guess I can see that. </quote> lol its so true once the basketball team didn't have a practice so we took a bit of free time on the bball court after wrestling practice man we all suck lmfao but i'd also like to see one of those basketball players try their hand at some of the wrestling moves</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CanuckCowboy 09/03/18 12:13:11 PM #36:	YOUHAVENOHOPE posted... man we all suck lmfao but i'd also like to see one of those basketball players try their hand at some of the wrestling moves I actually shot around a week or two back for the first time in years and man talk about sucking. 15 year old me would absolutely smoke current me at basketball....i could kick that cock little fuckers ass though. Lol. I threw up so many airballs it was embarrassing as fuck. --- "I got a rollatruc, look." <cite>CanuckCowboy posted [p:908030746] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote><cite>YOUHAVENOHOPE posted...</cite> <quote>man we all suck lmfao but i'd also like to see one of those basketball players try their hand at some of the wrestling moves</quote> I actually shot around a week or two back for the first time in years and man talk about sucking. 15 year old me would absolutely smoke current me at basketball....i could kick that cock little fuckers ass though. Lol. I threw up so many airballs it was embarrassing as fuck.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
SF_Okami 09/03/18 12:13:58 PM #37:	Hockey easy. Goals can happen in fractions of a second --- ~Bird Pokemon Master~ Fueled by EDM, fashion, and sports. <cite>SF_Okami posted [p:908030775] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>Hockey easy. Goals can happen in fractions of a second</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CanuckCowboy 09/03/18 12:16:00 PM #38:	SF_Okami posted... Hockey easy. Goals can happen in fractions of a second But how do you explain this? http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-asmpLuRLKg0/TrwKm46CGEI/AAAAAAAAAJI/wCX0EWiuVOQ/s1600/clouts1.bmp --- "I got a rollatruc, look." <cite>CanuckCowboy posted [p:908030863] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote><cite>SF_Okami posted...</cite> <quote>Hockey easy. Goals can happen in fractions of a second</quote> But how do you explain this? http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-asmpLuRLKg0/TrwKm46CGEI/AAAAAAAAAJI/wCX0EWiuVOQ/s1600/clouts1.bmp</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
stone 09/03/18 12:16:45 PM #39:	CanuckCowboy posted... SF_Okami posted... Hockey easy. Goals can happen in fractions of a second But how do you explain this? http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-asmpLuRLKg0/TrwKm46CGEI/AAAAAAAAAJI/wCX0EWiuVOQ/s1600/clouts1.bmp He didn't react fast enough. --- PONG WAS REAL? I thought that was just a story parents told kids to scare them <cite>stone posted [p:908030899] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote><cite>CanuckCowboy posted...</cite> <quote><cite>SF_Okami posted...</cite> <quote>Hockey easy. Goals can happen in fractions of a second</quote> But how do you explain this? http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-asmpLuRLKg0/TrwKm46CGEI/AAAAAAAAAJI/wCX0EWiuVOQ/s1600/clouts1.bmp</quote> He didn't react fast enough.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
sktgamer_13dude 09/03/18 12:17:17 PM #40:	Baseball You blink and you miss the pitch and then you have to watch for comebackers at 100+ mph. --- https://imgur.com/jWVrg9U https://imgur.com/g2efUtT https://imgur.com/5dOwhaP https://imgur.com/LVdqu8J Go Cougs and M's #DI4B <cite>sktgamer_13dude posted [p:908030921] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>Baseball You blink and you miss the pitch and then you have to watch for comebackers at 100+ mph.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
bknight 09/03/18 12:18:32 PM #41:	Crossfit, fight me I dare you. <cite>bknight posted [p:908030972] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote>Crossfit, fight me I dare you.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
CanuckCowboy 09/03/18 12:19:30 PM #42:	bknight posted... Crossfit, fight me I dare you. The funny part is that crossfitters would actually think that. --- "I got a rollatruc, look." <cite>CanuckCowboy posted [p:908031019] in What sport... [t:76962404]...</cite> <quote><cite>bknight posted...</cite> <quote>Crossfit, fight me I dare you.</quote> The funny part is that crossfitters would actually think that.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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