Was there ever a sport you tried you weren’t good at?

[Royale with Cheese]

1 hour ago, Logic said:

It always cracks me up when the topic of "how many passes do you think you could complete in an NFL game?" or something similar comes up. The level of delusion of most people who respond kills me.

We saw an actual non-QB NFL athlete, Kendall Hinton, have to fill in at QB during the COVID season. And how did he do? 1/9 for 13 yards, with 2 interceptions. And that's an NFL athlete! So when Antony D'Ambrosio from the Northtowns swears he could complete three passes in an NFL game, all I can do is laugh. We've seen things like the replacement players games from the 80s strike years, or even all-Spring League players get their shot in the NFL and get absolutely smoked.

I used to love the show "Pros Vs Joes" when it briefly aired, because it showed just how massive this gulf between average people and athletes really is. Most people have no idea.

 

6% of US men think they could kill a grizzly bear with his hands lol.

 

I love watching the videos of regular guys walking into a boxing/mma/bjj gym and think they can take the guys there.  This is not an exaggeration, a professional level fighter could defeat a regular grown man as easily as a pit bull could kill a squirrel.  

 

I have been training for 7+ years and with most guys in my class, I can submit them without breaking much of a sweat.  But when I go up against the pro level guys, literally will have me tapping in under 30 seconds every single time.  I have had moments where the guy I'm going with, he's watching another match and coaching them while he's strangling me at the same time.  When someone can do that to you when they're not even looking at you, it's humbling.

 

Brandon Vera, former UFC fighter came into my gym once to train.  He sparred against our top instructor, a guy with 20+ years experience and was dominant in the regional circuits in Atlanta.  Vera absolutely mopped the floor with him and in between each round, he jogged around the ring while my coach was sitting in his stool barely having motivation to get up.  This was Pro vs Elite World Level Pro and it was as lopsided as game between the NBA All Stars and WNBA All Stars.  The levels are crazy.  

[Miyagi-Do Karate]

Baseball.
 

I was a pretty terrible little leaguer. I could never really judge a fly ball, was always afraid of getting hit while at bat, developed chuck knoblock throwing errors when playing 2nd base, and at best hit a single to right here and there.

 

that said, playing little league was also probably one of the most important developmental experiences of my life. Taught me that there are some things in life that I am definitely going to be bad at, but I still need to work hard and have a positive attitude and deal with it.

 

[Augie]

3 hours ago, Simon said:

 

I've had the (mis?)fortune of starting in a competitive league both with and against several former NFL players.

I am 100% convinced that the vast majority of folks have no idea whatsoever of the true size of that gulf in athleticism between them and us.

The first time I realized that there were guys that weighed 100+ lbs more than me that I could not run down on my best day was unbelievably humbling. 

 

 

I played rugby in college, and we had a strong program. Our Old Boys won the St Patrick’s Day tournament where teams come from about 40 states to participate. Some of our guys used to go to Europe for tournaments, so we thought we were kinda hot stuff. Then one season a new guy shows up, and humbling does not adequately describe things. He was a DB for the Redskins and managed to just hang around on the fringe for a couple seasons. He never made an active roster. I remember thinking if this guy can’t make an NFL roster, those guys must be a different species or something! 

 

Not only was I not good at hitting a baseball, but I remember taking the kids to the batting cages and it hurt my hands to make contact with the ball. I took zero joy from that experience. Maybe deep down I didn’t want to hit the damn ball! 

[LewPort71]

Baseball.  Great glove, terrible arm, poor hitter.  I could catch anything but throwing to first base was a mystery.

 

Snow skiing.  Nope, just never could do that.

 

[Doc Brown]

4 hours ago, Logic said:

It always cracks me up when the topic of "how many passes do you think you could complete in an NFL game?" or something similar comes up. The level of delusion of most people who respond kills me.

Yup.  Nathan Peterman was the closest we ever had to answering that question.

[Augie]

6 minutes ago, LewPort71 said:

Baseball.  Great glove, terrible arm, poor hitter.  I could catch anything but throwing to first base was a mystery.

 

Snow skiing.  Nope, just never could do that.

 

 

Snow skiing was totally demoralizing as I watched 4 year olds gliding effortlessly all around me!!!  😂 

 

 

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Edited Wednesday at 07:14 PM by Augie

[BillsPride12]

19 hours ago, Southern McButterpants. said:

Darts! (Not sure if it qualifies as a "sport") During the heyday of the 80's - 90's pub darts craze, i got seriously hooked. Bought a few sets of darts, had lots of different flights, my own bristle board, etc.  i spent hours, days, weeks, months (yes - probably invested a good 8 months in this)  in my parent's basement practicing. 

 

I got marginally better, but (like golf) was wildly inconsistent and could never rely on a shot going exactly were i aimed it.  Sigh . . . 

 

There's a nice pub a few towns over called the "British Bulldog." they have TONS of dartboards and even have league. I've stayed away....

The secret to playing Darts is the drunker you get the more accurate you become 

[Just Jack]

Tennis.  I could hit a ball fine against a wall, but against another person? Nope. 

 

Now basketball, here's something I do not understand. Free throws, these college and pro guys should be able to hit them all the time. Back in my younger days, I could easily hit 7/8 out of 10. Just could not do anything else. So, I never tried to play except when made to in gym class. 

 

 

16 hours ago, Augie said:

Snow skiing was totally demoralizing as I watched 4 year olds gliding effortlessly all around me!!!  😂 

 

My first and only time skiing I could not make more than one turn. So I would go to the top of the main run, point my skis downhill and just go. Did I mention I could not stop either? So I would butt plant when I hit the bottom.  

[frostbitmic]

I was really good at most sports growing up with Baseball probably my best. As kids, we were outside playing sports from sunrise to sunset. The only thing I really couldn't get was Ice skating, maybe it was my ankles or my balance on ice but it usually ended with me looking awkward before ending up on my azz. I see Hockey players and am just amazed what they can do.

[BarleyNY]

I was a good all around athlete, but am abysmal at racquetball. Way back in college I had a roommate that liked sports and we’d go play different ones. I was always noticeably better than him. Then he asked me to go play racquetball. I told him “Sure, but I suck at it.” He gave me a “whatever” look and we went to play. About ten minutes into the game he was serving and just started laughing. He turned around and just said “Oh my god! You weren’t kidding! I thought you were screwing with me.”

[Bray Wyatt]

1 hour ago, frostbitmic said:

I was really good at most sports growing up with Baseball probably my best. As kids, we were outside playing sports from sunrise to sunset. The only thing I really couldn't get was Ice skating, maybe it was my ankles or my balance on ice but it usually ended with me looking awkward before ending up on my azz. I see Hockey players and am just amazed what they can do.

 

This sounds like me as well! I couldnt stop or change directions for the life of me when skating on ice. 

[Augie]

21 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

6% of US men think they could kill a grizzly bear with his hands lol.

 

I love watching the videos of regular guys walking into a boxing/mma/bjj gym and think they can take the guys there.  This is not an exaggeration, a professional level fighter could defeat a regular grown man as easily as a pit bull could kill a squirrel.  

 

I have been training for 7+ years and with most guys in my class, I can submit them without breaking much of a sweat.  But when I go up against the pro level guys, literally will have me tapping in under 30 seconds every single time.  I have had moments where the guy I'm going with, he's watching another match and coaching them while he's strangling me at the same time.  When someone can do that to you when they're not even looking at you, it's humbling.

 

Brandon Vera, former UFC fighter came into my gym once to train.  He sparred against our top instructor, a guy with 20+ years experience and was dominant in the regional circuits in Atlanta.  Vera absolutely mopped the floor with him and in between each round, he jogged around the ring while my coach was sitting in his stool barely having motivation to get up.  This was Pro vs Elite World Level Pro and it was as lopsided as game between the NBA All Stars and WNBA All Stars.  The levels are crazy.  

 

I’d suggest we go ahead and thin the herd by about 6%.  😊 

[OGTEleven]

Mine was probably basketball because I wasn't able to get much better despite playing pretty frequently.  I was good with effort which allowed me to be useful defending and rebounding.  Beyond that and brief spurts of hitting jumpers for a two minute span (with a three week wait in between spurts), I wasn't good.

 

I was worse at tennis but at least have the excuse of not playing a lot.  I could never get the hang of serving. 

 

Is pool a sport?  If it is, that would be my worst.  We had a nice table in my college apartment and decided to keep standings.  There were four of us and we decided to play each other thirty three times each to end up with ninety nine games each.  Is 2-97 a good record?  I had one legitimate win and another time when my opponent scratched on the 8 ball.  My roommates were all good players but 2-97 is 2-97.

[Royale with Cheese]

27 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

I’d suggest we go ahead and thin the herd by about 6%.  😊 

 

There isn't a worse way to die than Grizzly Bear.  They place their giant paw on top of you so you can't move.  Then the bear starts with your feet and works his way up.  They eat you alive.

[Simon]

43 minutes ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

There isn't a worse way to die than Grizzly Bear.  They place their giant paw on top of you so you can't move.  Then the bear starts with your feet and works his way up.  They eat you alive.

 

Brown bears are one of the only three things I'm afraid of in this life. 

[US Egg]

Bears are worse.

 

 

[Just Jack]

1 hour ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

There isn't a worse way to die than Grizzly Bear.  They place their giant paw on top of you so you can't move.  Then the bear starts with your feet and works his way up.  They eat you alive.

 

Like Timothy Treadwell

 

 

[Captain Caveman]

Pretty much all of them.  I'm not an athlete.

[Augie]

2 hours ago, Royale with Cheese said:

 

There isn't a worse way to die than Grizzly Bear.  They place their giant paw on top of you so you can't move.  Then the bear starts with your feet and works his way up.  They eat you alive.

 

Won’t those cocky bastards be surprised!  😂 

[ExiledInIllinois]

No.  Not that I know of.  They told me I am great at everything!