<p>I've been trying different sports and I love basketball. I adore basketball. I tried soccer and got hit in the face and got a minor concussion, although I did start my very last game. Soccer's no fun. You gotta find the sport that makes you happy, and that's not something anyone can tell you. Do everything. I like basketball because you meet new people, the guy I like is on the boys team and we go to games together :D, I have a great coach, the skills are fun to learn, and I love pushing myself to the edge in what I can do and showing my coach what I can do. I may not be helping in telling you to try everything, but it's the only way to figure it out. The thing about track is: it's just running, and if you're like me, you'll quickly tire of it. Don't get me wrong, I love track, I wish my school had it... I just like basketball the best! You should give it a try. When you start playing the right sport, you'll know. And there's no way you can be on a sports team with "minimal effort" unless you plan to be kicked off.</p>
<p>If you want to start exercising, do track or XC. Those are amazing sports that have given me so much confidence. When you run every day, you feel so much better - and improvement, especially for new or "slow" runners comes so quickly that it makes you feel really accomplished. I started XC with a 5K time of 35 minutes...walked about a mile of it...and then I finished the year on the state team with a time of 22 minutes. </p>
<p>It's such a great way to get exercise, and it's something that if you work hard at, you can excell.</p>
<p>Go to the gym, too, so you're not just a thin, nerdy runner :).</p>
<p>how about tennis??</p>
<p>tennis is fun :)</p>
<p>Basket weaving. If you can handle it, that is.</p>
<p>even if you're slow you should still try track or cross country. i was really slow when i started off and hated it, but i got better. it really helps get you into shape :)</p>
<p>There is no "hardest sport". Some come easier to others.</p>
<p>My suggestion: Try tennis, swimming, golf, basketball, soccer, track, volleyball (if you're female :D), etc., etc. Find out which one you enjoy the most, and work on becoming a better player. Practice makes perfect.</p>
<p>I play tennis. I started when I was 6 (now I'm 16), so I'm a really good player. I got onto my jr/sr high's varsity team in 8th grade. Could have done it in 7th, but there was no tennis at the time. The only way I became so good was from practice, practice, and practice. Every day. </p>
<p>You're better when you start younger, but if you start now, then it's better than not starting at all. You'll just have to commit more of your time to that sport than others, and get a coach/play in a league.</p>
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<p>Sure there is.</p>
<p>its really easy and i gets u in great shape.</p>
<p>I heard that wrestling was on of the hardest ones.</p>
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<p>If you say so...</p>
<p>In that case, the hardest sport is tennis. You are constantly running for hours upon hours. You need to have hand-eye coordination, good control, good pace, and endurance. Tennis requires the most skill out of any sport.</p>
<p>Read this article. It points out why tennis is the toughest.</p>
<p>Ya right Jman, "Yeah, I know I'm biased, but here is why I feel the way I do"</p>
<p>Since he did not mention Hockey or Soccer, I could careless what he thinks. </p>
<p>I guess we will always disagree on this, but if you ever played competitive soccer you would know that there is not really much that is harder.</p>
<p>Umm, you are on a TEAM. A TEAM. Please, there isn't much sport in that.</p>
<p>In tennis, it's just you...and your opponent. You don't have a team to back you up.</p>
<p>Oh, I found a good article on the most demanding sports. I still think tennis is the hardest overall, not so much for how demanding it is, but how hard the mental game is. Your mental game can determine whether you lose or win.</p>
<p>But if you want to know which sports demand the most physically, here's the list.</p>
<p>Boxing wins; I can see why, but it's not even on the same level as tennis in a mental aspect.</p>
<p>Tennis is 7th, Soccer is 10th.</p>
<p>Team sports are harder than individual sports, you can't be the star, you have to work with other people and you have to be good as a team not just the best player. </p>
<p>I run track, I'm okay at it, but being by yourself although there is a little more pressure, is a lot easier than working as a team.</p>
<p>Swimming is way underrated on that list. I know it's just going back and forth, but that's the point of why it is so hard. It can be incredibly strenuous, forcing yourself to swim back and forth distances that a lot of high school runners go per day. My practice this morning was 9000 yards backstroke/breastroke mostly, and we considered it a relatively easy practice.</p>
<p>You can join swimming, depending on your high school team. Some are incredibly fast and elite, but others usually let everyone on and are basically recreational. The serious swimmers tend to go swim in their own lane while there is usually a lane for new swimmers. Swimming is also a sport that people can be incredibly talented in and go to state their first year, or suck so bad and get last at every race. The latter was me my first year, but I swam club year-round and got team MVP after five years of training.</p>
<p>Track is also good, as there can be basically an unlimited number of kids on the team. The only thing is that you might not be able to run at every meet, but it seems like you want more out of the workout, which running is perfect for. If you went to my school, lacrosse would also be a good choice as we just started the program a couple of years ago and barely anyone knows how to play (we live in the southeast).</p>
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<p>I thought the same. It's really tough.</p>
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<p>I said you have a team to help you win. You aren't doing everything by yourself. Individual sports are tougher because every time you lose it is YOUR fault, and you can only blame your mistakes on yourself. Every time you lose a point, it's YOUR fault. Tennis and boxing are not sports for those who lose their cool and throw fits. You have to stay calm the entire time and stay focused.</p>
<p>Whereas, on a team, one player can screw up and the whole team can still win, in an individual sport, if the player screws up, he loses. You can't replace players with other players.</p>
<p>You get an injury on a team: it's not over. You get an injury in tennis: you lose the match.</p>
<p>definitely cross country or track...plus you make new friends.</p>
<p>also, at our school, everyone makes the badminton team :)</p>
<p>can someone explain to me a daily routines for track (like what you guys do every pratice)</p>
<p>Well this is what happened last season:
Warm up 800 meters (half mile)
stretch
got the team together, coach yelled at us for various things, ect
split up into distance, sprinters, jumpers, ect. Coaches told us our workout</p>
<p>-and from this point on I only know what happens to the distance people because I ran distance.-</p>
<p>Usual workout was 4-5 miles.
Then we came back and did circuits
Coach yelled at us some more</p>
<p>the brutal workouts were intervals
usually they were 4-5 800 meters with 1-2 min recovery time inbetween. Timed.</p>
<p>pre meet workouts were easy
usually a mile or two
a few easy circuits. </p>
<p>And thats about it...</p>
<p>I'd say running. At our school (and we're the reigning state track champions) there are people on the team who joined just to get in shape and they walk for half the workout--it's totally OK and frankly its admirable that they're making an effort in the first place. Track is largely individual--it's OK if you aren't "fast." Personal improvement is the key. There's little skill involved. I myself was a terrible athlete (and really, I still am) but a year ago I started running. A year ago, I ran a 12-minute mile. I could barely run for more than 20 minutes at a time. Now I can go for an hour and a half. I will never be "fast" but I feel good and I get exercise--I can't use my lack of motor skills as an excuse in this sport. Try it, you won't regret it. It's certainly a better option than a team sport, where your skill (or lack thereof) is visible and impacts the whole team. Or, don't join a sport, and run on your own.</p>