<p>And Kriegz, though we're all very proud of how you are totally individual and do things for yourself, you're not the only one. Trust me, being tall, skinny and wrestling kids who can tear you apart isn't worth it unless you love it. As for your stipulation that track athletes are the most fit, you're right...and there are a buttload of wrestlers who take track to stay fit. They're different sports, require different mindsets...but I guarantee you that it's easier, mentally and physically, to run for 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 3 minutes, to throw a heavy ball, to chuck a heavy frisbee, to jump in the air, than to lock in combat for six minutes with a guy (or in some cases, a girl...which really sucks) who wants to kick your ass just as much as you want to kick theirs. There really is a difference between bleeding out your teeth and fighting to pin your opponent to the matt and racing across a finish line. Don't even start getting a superiority complex because you run.</p>
<p>I don't think emperor was trying to be offensive. . . . I understand his point (while I understand the individual viewpoints of those who are offended). The reality is that everything is as hard or as easy as you make it to be. Person A could be on the softball team, play a few games, while Person B could be a dedicated golfer. </p>
<p>I also understand the "stereotypes." While I love tennis, in my community, it is usually the "wealthy" types who play tennis--they were taught by their SAHMs who are often married to doctors/lawyers/professionals, etc. So he's got a point here---a black kid who plays basketball recreationally might look more "disadvantaged" ON PAPER than a white girl who plays tennis. While the black kid's parents may be upper-middle class and the white girl may hail from the lower-middle class, it doesn't appear that way on paper. </p>
<p>But, I say, do what you enjoy and make the most of it.</p>
<p>Say what you want about golf, but there are tons of golf scholarships out there for women golfers. Fore!!!</p>
<p>Varsity Wiffle Ball.</p>
<p>Spin Doctor - Not all runners or track athletes are skinny. Sprinters and throwers are often not skinny - those people are mainly distance guys who also run cross country (when i think of "track," i think of justin gatlin and such...)</p>
<p>And if you're saying that athleticism requires someone to grope another person, and then proceeed to beat the living **** out of them, you're wrong. But i do concede, i was a bit overboard on my post. Albeit, it is truly pointless to argue over which sport requires someone to be "athletic." there are a number of ways to be athletic.</p>
<p>And if you think i went at everyone with a superiority complex (to which i just apologized for), I'd have to the say the same thing to you.</p>
<p>Haha my friend, I was saying that I'm skinny. And I wrestle. My best friend is a star track runner at our school, I'm well aware that they can be big (he's 3 inches shorter than me and weighs 20 lbs more). And I have to remind us both that the Greeks started sports in general with two: running and wrestling. So, truly, we are arguing for no reason; we both partake in the original sports, and far be it from us to judge the athleticism of the Greeks.
And I apologize for the superiority complex, I'm just used to defending wrestling from fools who consider it to be not the most...how do I say...straight of all sports.</p>
<p>Ah yes, I see. Reading fast...causes problems.</p>
<p>I truly admire wrestlers. Strong people.</p>
<p>We have a varsity clay (ceramics) team at school.</p>
<p>this thread is pointless..."come home very tired"...please</p>
<p>You don't think a 2 hour basketball practice after school makes you so tired that homework is almost impossible to do?</p>
<p>No. I did it during middle school. 3.5 hour practices. I have track meets that run until 9, and i get home at 11. i still get everything done (at school the next day)</p>
<p>Arguing which sport is harder is futile. All that matters is how hard you apply yourself. A kid on the golf team could work out and practice golfing for 4 hours a day, every day. That same kid could join track and jog 3 miles every day. Does that mean golf is "better" than track? No. Why? Another kid could be on track and run 60, 70, even one hundred miles per week, in the pouring rain or the blistering heat, alone, and do everything to be the best and go to golf practice to mess around. The hardest sport is the one you work the hardest towards. And that better be the sport you love.</p>
<p>makes you tired and not want to do it? yes</p>
<p>almost impossible? no way</p>
<p>the varsity sport that looks best is the one that you can personally excel and achieve the most in.</p>
<p>OK, if anyone compares golf to track and wrestling again, I might cry.</p>
<p>SpinDoctor :"but I guarantee you that it's easier, mentally and physically, to run for 10 seconds, 20 seconds, 3 minutes, to throw a heavy ball, to chuck a heavy frisbee, to jump in the air, than to lock in combat for six minutes with a guy"</p>
<p>YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT...TRACK TAKES A LOT OF MENTAL AND PHYSICAL STRENGTH...its not as simple as it sounds...i broke my freaking arm doing hurdles...those things are hard core:(</p>
<p>hahaha my apologies. I watched a kid get a compound fracture in his arm (bone through skin) because he was tossed funny, I've bled from too many places to count, have a scar near my eye, and have some weird-ass back problems cuz of wrestling; lets not compare physical injury in our sports. Besides, I JUST SAID that track was savage, please, keep updated...</p>
<p>I once got 2nd place in an eating contest- that took mental and physical stamina. Weird stuff too- it was like mango pie.
Hahaha</p>
<p>Dude, I'm indian. Mango is the *****. Yeaaaaa</p>
<p>Go play a top nationals USTA tournament and come back and tell me tennis isn't demanding. Thanks.</p>