are soccer players the best athletes?
> world class sprinting speed
> terrific endurance and conditioning
> incredible hand eye coordination and reaction time
> massive lower body strength
how can other athletes even compete?
>>63987112
Nice meme
>>63987112
they play non faggot sports.
ability to hold their breadth underwater
soccer divers are all skinny as fuck, most of them weight below 70 kg
>>63987112
>athletes
>diving and flopping constantly despite no meaningful contact
>one guy literally stands in the goal and moves 5-6 times in 3 hours
>most of the team stands around watching 2-3 guys fight for the ball
yeah no
> Can controll a ball with their feet
>>63987112
>gaynaldo
He only runs fast when he eyes out a dick
>>63987147
> american athletes
not even once
he probably couldn't even do a pull up or run an 8 minute mile
Every sport has it's own ideals.
These days athletes get medically engineered to reach world class in very specific fields because you can't do all at once.
>le everyday is lats day man
>>63987168
and yet he's still more of an athlete than the flopping twigs that play divegrass
no
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lC-tPsXhi0w
>>63987254
no gymnast
>>63987112
It's wrestlers. I don't need to explain why.
nba players desu
>>63987112
depends how you define it. Many of them are very fast, have excellent endurance, harbor a lot of skill, and are pretty strong
Very few of them are explosive or strong as american football players, but those guys have very little endurance.
>>63987343
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Zm5lEzqWSM
pulling a C-130>>>>>>>>doing a roly poly
Defiantly darts players.
Still more entertaining than baseball.
>>63987112
>earns a living with his legs and feet
>upper body of a light heavy weight boxer
No roids here, nothing to be seen, move along
>>63987444
might be natty, he isn't unnaturally big
>>63987444
literally how stupid are you?
>>63987424
>very little endurance
Comparing to other sports sure, but that shit exhausting. Especially for the O-line and D-line.
>>63987482
as someone who went over to gridiron for a year from rugby and played defensive tackle it wasn't that exhausting. Strongman's a lot more knackering than football tbqh
Stop comparing athletes for different sports. It's silly.
Very Related:
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sportSkills?sort=total_rank#grid
>>63987463
>might be natty
Lol, the only part of his body that isn't easily achievable in a year is his lats
>>63987535
Where's the fun in that?
>>63987508
Idk what it's like in brit bong "gridiron", but in high school I remember pushing another strong ass guy 15 plays in rows then doing it again on D was fucking hard.
I guess that's what happens when you play both sides of the ball, or maybe you're just better conditioned than I was.
>>63987543
>Lol, the only part of his body that isn't easily achievable in a year is his lats
I know but that many athletes use gear for recovery and such that he may well not be natty
>>63987549
Fuck fun and also fuck weekends. I wish it was Monday.
>>63987581
not saying it was easy famalam, just not harder than strongman or rugby. I've always had pretty decent cardio for my size though
>>63987595
>fuck fun
Germany bringing the stereotypes.
>>63987583
I agree, I just don't think his body is the reason people should doubt whether he is natty or not
>>63987444
>that flag
>complaining about roids
>>63987112
>Ronaldo
>nowhere to be seen in the big game
>middle of the action for the big gay
>>63987168
he has the freedom to be fat if he wants, you should know this
>>63987543
Natural vascularity there
>>63987242
''No''
>>63987543
Good luck getting this body in one year while having the endurance to sprint around at top speed for 90 minutes. Stop deluding yourself. These fella is on the good stuff.
>>63987696
>le tap in man
>running around at top speed for 90 mins
more like hang around waiting for someone else to do the hard work and then run into the box
>>63987696
Ronaldo has been working out since he was like 17
>>63987740
I see you conveniently ignored the vascularity on his legs. All natural, working out since 17 kek
>>63987696
I reckon you could get a body looking like that with 2 years of lifting+proper eating with heavy cardio if you have the ability to do nothing else but focus on that
Jj watt could make any soccer player his bitch. The fact that someone who is 5'6" can be the best in the world shows the sport doesn't have the best athletes. It just lends itself to technical ability much more than athleticism.
>best tennis player in the world
>>63987887
spoopy
>>63987112
not sure if best but in top 5
as you already said soccer has many dimensions
>>63987946
>syria
>calling it "soccer"
>>63987112
I love soccer but I have t say the elite NFL'ers are at least equal.
I doubt there are many soccer players who can hang with Richard Sherman or Odell Beckham Jr.
>>63987990
spanish banter: surprisingly entertaining.
> world class sprinting speed
My favorite meme tbqh
>>63987832
Not with that kind of endurance, not without 'help'. And lets not forget the vascularity in his leg.
There isn't a soccer player in the world that would finish top 50 in the 100m.
>>63988063
There isn't a soccer player that would qualify for the DIII 100M nationals.
>>63988063
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Gemili
off season for dagenham last olympics friendo
>>63988017
Intra Middle East banter is usually p good
>>63987543
>Boxing #1
as expected
>Soccer #10, below Tennis and Baseball
diveball fags BTFO
>>63987543
wtf is nerve? how do they quantify that objectively?
>>63987543
>http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sportSkills?sort=total_rank#grid
>weightlifting requires little flexibility
list disregarded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YK5n3YTf8pI
>>63987867
yeah and lets see that guy run more than 1 mile without keeling over and dying
No, because football doesn't really require as much strength as other sports, only lower body like you said. But athletes such as boxers or motocross racers have all of what you mentioned plus more overall strength (upper and lower body) than football players.
Wrestling lads
>>63987696
>ronaldo
>running around at top speed for 90 minutes
>>63987168
That bloke fat m8
Greco Roman Wrrstlers
Swimmers
Boxers
all wrong
>>63988395
>ywn lift as much weight as a tiny asian man
>>63987696
>running at top speed for 90 minutes
>for 90 minutes
1. You don't watch him if you think this
2. You're either a fatfuck or skinny think if you think any athlete can run at top fuckmg speed for 90 minutes
>>63990828
*twink
>>63990790
can't wait for Rio
>>63987112
No, that goes to either rugby or water polo and it's not even close.
>>63987867
>The fact that someone who is 5'6" can be the best in the world shows the sport doesn't have the best athletes
>actually taking memes seriously
Jesus christ dude you have a problem
I would say hockey just because first you need to actually learn to skate before doing that sport. Essentially you need to learn how to walk again. Also obviously to become quick and good on skates and then add stick and puck control. Also very demanding physically.
I never really liked ice-skating and never learned to do it properly but still respect the athletes who do that on so high level.
>>63990892
water polo may be the most demanding sport, but it is relatively obscure, so the top athletes are nowhere near the level of the top athletes in other sports.
Freak athletes like LeBron or Odell Beckham probably could have gone pro in any sport they wanted, so why would they choose water polo?
>>63987112
Ironically, in cricket test fast bowlers are some of the best athletes
>bowl 20ish over a day
>200+balls a day, in which they run 30+ yards each ball
>Action means 5-10x bodyweight going through front leg's knee and ankle each ball
>If your action is wrong can lead to stress fractures of the back
>Every bone in your body has a chance of injury due to how fucking ridiculous a pounding your body takes
>run around a field when your not doing stupid bodybreaking shit
>get up the next day and potentially have to do it again, all the while your unironically in india in 40 degree heat with the shits because they cant into hygiene over there and it smells of poo and curry
cricket is a pussy sport tho lads
The answer is sprinters in road cycling.
They have the endurance to ride 6 hours through the Alps but also the power to put out 1600W in a sprint. Extremely low body fat and put up big numbers in the gym. Best combination of speed, strength and endurance.
Also worth mentioning 800m runners. The top guys are elite sprinters and elite at long distance.
>>63987194
Good post desu
>>63991048
This meme needs to die. Cricket has never, and will never, produce the greatest athletes
>>63991154
>distance anything as the best
lelll nice meme
>>63987740
So has this man.
He's two centimeters taller than Cristiano Ronaldo, about just as lean. But weighs 20 kilos more.
Who's the one on roids?
Here's your answer.
>6'6
>270 lbs. and still lean
>4.65 40 sprint
>strong as a motherfucker
he is a literal God
>>63992794
pic
>>63987112
M A N L E T S
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of course
>>63987112
Kek
This guy is a joke and could best your boy
>>63992848
Ronaldo is 6'1
>>63992884
Fair enough, but honestly
the sport is full of them
>>63992873
he worked his arms too much lol
get on those delts son
>>63991676
everyone posting bloated roid monkeys from ball sports.
obviously the greatest athletes are from endurance sports where 100% of your training is dedicated to becoming the GOAT athlete. ie cycling and track and field
>>63987147
That are points to be made,but yours really suck.
That are guys that play half the snaps and don't even get targeted once.
They still have a role on the play.
Just like all the other players that aren't at the ball also have a role in soccer.
Also
>thread about athletes
>comes up with critics against the sport
>implying he is better than porzingod
Ronaldo is often cited as soccer's greatest all-around athlete.
- 40 yard dash time (estimate from his 25m time on the show "Testing the Limit."): 4.64-4.70 seconds
- Vertical leap: 19" no step. 31" running.
A baseball player like Mike Trout is considerably more athletic than Ronaldo aside from stamina. More impressive size-to-speed ratio. Much higher vertical (see pic related. That's a no step). And faster. Trout can can cover a 90 foot basepath in less time than it takes Ronaldo to run the 25m (82 feet)
>Everyone knows Trout, who led off in his first four games with the Angels but got the day off on Wednesday, can really book it down the line. But 3.53 seconds is a personal best, and almost unheard of from the right side of the batter's box.
Ronaldo's 25m time in controlled conditions was 3.6 seconds.
Trout is also stronger, has better core strength (naturally being a baseball player), arm strength, etc.
Soccer players are unimpressive athletically relative to athletes in American sports.
>>63987168
>Baseball player
>Athlete
Pick one.
>>63987112
>how can other athletes even compete?
Track and Field athletes? I'm pretty sure they're better in every category you mentioned, except for eye coordination and reaction time, then again, baseball players and hockey players have a faster reaction time.
>>63993340
>No stamina required
Is that even a sport?
Reading this thread you understand why american sports are full of blacks.
What you consider an athlete is basically a gorilla, just strenght and wide body.
>>63987112
You ever see those into hardcore triathlons?
Obvious answer is golfers
You are all wrong it's e-sports players
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ironman_Triathlon
Might as well get down to the nitty gritty.
Let's stop pretending it isn't rugby:
>Actually have to run for ~80 mins unlike american sports
>Requires hand-eye skills and decision making unlike track&field
>Requires bulk and ability to take and give hits unlike soccer
No contest really. There used to be some meme tv show in Aus that pitted different top level sportsmen against each other in different events. a Rugby player was the best overall every time. Also forget the fucking roids and drugs and shit every professional sports player uses them no matter the sport.
>>63987112
Top Kek. Imagine if Lebron James trained his entire life to be a goalie, and Richard Sherman trained his entire life to be a soccer forward. They could be surrounded by no names and win every World Cup/premier cup or whatever it's called by a total of 50 goals.
>>63996145
how retarded are you?
>>63996156
Dude anyone can be a good soccer player if they play from when they are little kids. American blacks are superior athletes in every sport they put effort into, none of them play soccer. If they did, it would be exactly like basketball and we'd win every time. Wouldn't even be watchable t bh.
>>63996169
then why dont they play soccer? it is much safer and they would make much more money
Mens gymnastics is the only sport that will make me feel inadequate about my body.
>>63996145
Obviously lacking oxygen to the brain.
>>63996186
Because it isn't big here. Virtually no ghetto blacks have ever come up and made it big playing soccer, while hundreds have done so playing hoops and football. Also blacks enjoy tough sports/glamour sports, intentionally diving on the grass constantly and feigning injury is very beta and that goes against the black culture.
>>63996169
yeah becuse freddy adu ended up being the GOAT right?
>>63996198
so why arent african countries good at soccer?
>>63996209
African Americans are much different than Africans.
>>63996187
this is true, except you must be a manlet to be elite
>>63987112
>those ab insertions
>>63987112
sprinting speed goes to short-jump sports like us. football and rugby, hockey has the most coordination
soccer's big thing is punishing mental mistakes, unlike american football there's really no position that a complete fucking retard can play at high level without finding a way to constantly lose games
>>63996198
I think the sociological reason american black people don't play soccer is because our ghettos have basketball courts, but not soccer fields, only the suburbs have soccer fields and suburban middle class folks are bad at basically everything
Hockey, basketball, boxers all better
boxing, lad. you need better endurance and conditioning for boxing, the competition is harder, you can't JUST dive and even if you "dive" you lose the match. Reaction time is undoubtedly much better. I'll give footballers better lower body strength I guess, but it's highly debatable.
>>63987543
Handball is vastly underrated in this list
>>63997038
Boxing is much more about technique and training than raw athletic ability
Wrestlers are much more athletic than boxers
>>63996209
Their individual players are actually good, it's just that their governing bodies are corrupt and they don't have adequate scouting infrastructure
>>63993340
Why would a baseball player need to be athletic? They spend 90% of the time being stationary
No Crossfit love?
>>63998999
crossfit is not about how much you can lift but about how much you look like you can lift.
Crossfit is to fitness what Scientology is to religion.
It's bascially invented by people who suck at every other sport so they created their own
>>63987112
hockey players
gymnasts
cyclists
biathletes
chessboxers
are all better athletes than soccer players
herschel walker is more fit today than any athlete itt so far desu suduko senpai
>>63998436
Don't confuse athleticism with fitness. It takes extraordinary athleticism to hit a curveball, you just don't need to be particularly fit to do it.
>>63987112
ice hockey is pretty much that,
>>63987112
>mfw people think ice hockey is more difficult than field hockey
>>63999948
Nobody gives a shit Pakistan
>>63999991
Apparently you do, Jap.
>>63999948
>playing on field is harder than playing on a slick surface
>>64000238
>sliding around on blades is more difficult than running around bent over
>>63998999
Cross fit is dogshit>>64000112
Calling him a jap isn't an insult you paki swine
Anyways
Soccer players will run 6-8 miles minute game.
Endurance no so much
Can't use half their upper body in the sport
So hand eye coordination doesn't really have to exist unless you are all goalie
Massive lower body
Compare led to who?
Soccer players are glorified middle distance runners who take breathers and occasionally kick a ball
Most athletic overall
Gymnast
More athletic with size factored in its the nfl
Soccer fans don't really understand guys like Julius peppers, Mario Williams etc
We are taking 6'6 300 lbs men who are lower in body fat, stronger, bigger, faster and have better endurance than renaldo
Take for instance strahan
Dude retired. Years ago. In his own words he's not as in good shape as he was. And he looks like this.?he could literally chase down renaldo, pick him up with one arm and rape him without breaking a sweat.
Soccer players honestly are jokes
>>64000448
>>64000448
Forgot pic
>>64000355
Pretty sure sliding around on razors on ice bent over is harder Mohammed. Go read the Quran and tell your buddies to stop bombing us
>>64000448
>American in charge of insults
>American in charge of sports knowledge
I hope it isn't long before you get shot
>>63987543
>No hurling
Shit list.
>>64000497
>sliding
>less loading/unloading per unit distance covered
>actually easier if bent over
>hitting a cylindrical puck
Try studying a little mechanics, Cletus. Or just studying.
>>64000517
A Pakistani talking about violence. Man I don't even have to hope for you to get shot. Pakistan lol
After you throw acid on a girls face for going to school and you drop the food off at the hidden terrorist cave when you are going to "I am going to blow myself up" school for millionaire terrorist who use you as a martyr to grab money from some state bad boy emir, can you tell your mother "sorry I putout kibbles and bits not puppy chow last night for you" for me
Thanks
#merica
>>64000448
>nfl
typical american thinking those roided up retards and your so-called 'sport' has the top athletes.
>>64000788
Despite being a 3rd world shithole, we still have fewer deaths due to guns than you.
If you don't have anything to contribute to the thread, kindly shoot yourself in the face.
>>64001020
Quiet Mohammed
did you need an excuse to post your nude pics of Ronaldo?
>>63987242
>Americans
>>64000448
Football requires agility as well as endurance, speed
Football players are like gracious swans gliding over the field compared to your fucking brutes that need 50m to take a turn
>>63993340
use your brain, have you ever tried to squat etc while doing heavy cardio? they lose lots of explosiveness because they cannot train lower body as hard as your lolnocardio sports so any kind of parity is explosiveness in a 'soccer' should be unheard of
>>64004196
bitch that doesn't even make sense
>>64001020
the nfl vaunts some of the top athletes in the world, they are freaks of nature. soccer players can't compare from an athletic standpoint. you can say all you want about the sport but those are world class athletes.
>>64000355
>sliding around on blades is more difficult than running around bent over
exactly, you get it now
>>63987112
Best athlete to me could be taken from their chosen sport and put into any other and thrive...
It's hard to argue against football players, probably the best pure athletes in sports.. although i could see an arguement for basketball players
But also the hardest thing to do in sports is hit a baseball, but baseball players definitely dont have to be athletes just have specific skills
>>63996142
I went to a rugby match (usa vs japan) two years ago... don't fool yourself by saying they dont stand around
>>64005012
It not though. Sliding makes more use of momentum. It's more efficient than running.
>>64005265
Stopping to check the videos for a minute isn't the same as a 4 hour game with 25 minutes of actual running in it.
>>63987437
If Americans took darts seriously, could they dominate the sport? They have everything required to be the perfect darts players.
>>64005293
ok paki i get it, you've never seen ice in your life, except maybe in your fridge
>implying you can afford one
>>64005554
Nice ad hominem there. If you've got an actual argument, make it.
Also,
>ice
>in the fridge
Retard.
>>64005554
>implying you can afford one
Fucking hilarious coming from the Shitalian.
>>64005861
there's no point in arguing with someone who thinks that running on a surface that's natural to our species, on which we learn to stand as babies,on which we walk and run and do everything, is harder than keeping your balance on a surface that's completely foreign to us and is made to make you fall, slip, slide and break your bones. clearly you have no experience with ice, and your statement stems from the fact that you like field hockey therefore ice hockey is easier
>>64005908
>a country that's not in europe or north america
trash
Rugby athletes are the best ones
>>64006654
Both walking and skating are gaits that simply have to be learned. The reason walking and running seems easier is cause land is more common than ice. But in place where ice is common, you have kids doing that shit. Once you learn both, they're equally easy.
However, running is more exhausting because of its mechanics.
>fall, slip, slide and break your bones
>implying that can't or doesn't happen on land
>your statement stems from the fact that you like field hockey
Please quote where I made that statement.
>>63987112
Nice gaysex you have going here murrica
