As a field hockey player will know, it's tough enough to dribble with a ball and stick on foot, but to do it at speed and on skates is incredible. One phrase often used to describe rugby is "a thug's game played by gentlemen"—well, it does seem a bit of a thug's game. Imagine playing football, without pads, but instead of stopping the game at every tackle, the teams pile in to a "ruck " and wrestle for the ball.
No forward passing means if you want to score, you have to go through the defence, not over it. This is one of the few sports in the world that has no flashy superstars; it can't Hit after hit, play after play known as phases in rugby these guys keep going, no breaks in play, no change of teams, even the kicker fly-half has to play the whole game and get involved with the tackling. Watch a game, then try to disagree with fourth place.
Boxing makes it in at No. Going into a ring and trying to hit another guy so hard he falls to the floor is pretty tough stuff. Scoring solidly throughout, it is no surprise that boxing's top marks came from physicality, closely followed by strength. Let down a little by skill, boxing still scores high enough to earn a place in the top three toughest sports in the world, scraping ahead of rugby which also scored 40 points because it was felt the mentality of going into a sport knowing you were about to be punched and hit deserved to win the tie.
Virtually unknown outside of Australia, " footy " as it is affectionately known to natives, is hugely popular, particularly in the Melbourne area. Played on a huge oval field, footy is played with a large football-shaped ball, with teams scoring points by getting the ball through a set of posts set up at two opposing ends of the oval.
Skill levels are high, with players needing to bounce the ball when running, and passing is restricted to kicking or punching the ball, throwing is not allowed.
Some of the catches, or " marks " as they are known, would make even the best NFL receivers gasp in shock. Contact is almost encouraged when a catch is contested, with pass interference almost unheard of! It would also be difficult to watch an entire match without cringing at the tackling, as the men not only play without pads but with incredibly short shorts and no sleeves, portraying the ultimate image of Australian manliness.
Having spent some time in Australia, I was ultimately tempted to try it, giving the "how hard can it be" talk before my first game. Well, damn hard, I tell you! The size of the playing area alone is enough to put on the majority. Often overlooked in discussions, this Olympic sport is officially the toughest sport in the world.
Also not a very difficult sport to play. Okay I have shown you 2 other dangerous sports. What you're essentially saying in this argument is that Hockey is a difficult sport to play, simply because it is dangerous. Just because a sport is dangerous, it doesn't mean that that sport is difficult to play.
Refutation 3: Pro says that "Because simple fundamentals of ice hockey require a lot of skill. Take passing, again. A player must have good hand eye coordination in order to keep the puck on his stick and under control, but then he must use that hand eye coordination in order to push the puck toward his teammate, most of the time while skating.
However, other sports require focus and hand-eye coordination as well. Hockey is not the only sport that requires this focus. In basketball, for example, you need good hand-eye coordination to score 3-pointers, to pass to your teammates. You need focus in order to score that layup, or that free throw.
In football, you need good hand-eye coordination to throw those long passes, to score that field goal. You need focus in order to run as far as you can to get a touchdown.
In badminton or tennis, you need good hand-eye coordination in order to even hit the birdie or ball. You need focus in order to predict where your opponent will hit the ball to.
As you see, hockey is not the only sport that requires hand-eye coordination and focus. I have shown you many other sports that require the same skills.
And just in case Pro says that skating is difficult to learn, I would say swimming is much harder to learn, as there are several different strokes that you need to learn. Therefore, hockey is not the hardest sport to play on the professional level, all sports are equally difficult. Arguments: Okay, let's get into some arguments. Skills All sports require some skill in order to play them at the professional level.
Hockey is not the only sport. It really differs from person to person. Some people may find skating easy to pick up, while others may find swimming much easier to learn. You cannot generalize all people under one category and just say that hockey is the most difficult sport to play. All sports have their advantages and disadvantages and the difficulty of each sport will vary from person to person. For example, let's use math.
Okay, so I'm asian, and you're probably european, I would assume. I find math easy to learn and do. You would probably find math difficult, and you can't understand certain concepts. However, when we learn about european history, it would be much easier for you, than for me. What I'm saying here is that some people find certain things easier than other people.
I can't just say that math is the easiet subject, because what about you then? Since you find math difficult, my statement would then be false. It is the same with this resolution. You're categorizing all professional players and saying that hockey is the hardest sport to play.
What if someone finds hockey easy? Like Wayne Gretzky for example. Then you're statement would be false. Conclusion: The only way you're statement can be true is if you can prove that all professional hockey players find hockey the most difficult sport to play at a professional level.
Then, you would also have to make sure that these pro hockey players also have to play other sports at a professional level, otherwise their opinion would be biased. There is no possible way you can do that. Therefore you have lost this debate. Vote Pro! Alright thanks for the quick response Pro.
I will try to organize these refutations as best as I can, as Pro's arguments and refutations are all over the place. Refutation 1: Pro says, "Each and everyday of their lives including their professional career they are constantly learning and re-mastering fundamental skills.
It is not just hockey where you need to re-learn and re-master fundamental skills. So by this basis, it is logical to assume that all sports are equally difficult. Pro also says, "In addition to mastering skating, which if anyone has ever tried before, you know it is very difficult to simply go slowly with your girlfriend, much less go balls out towards a puck with a defender hanging on your back.
Pro has not adressed why skating is much more difficult to learn then swimming, so I would assume that he agrees with me I will get more into this later. As Pro has said, professional players spend "Each and everyday of their lives including their professional career they are constantly learning and re-mastering fundamental skills. Pro also says, "A hockey player must also learn how to use his stick as an extension of his hands, which is not easy to get used to either because the stick is not a part of your body as in soccer or basketball where you can use your feet and hands respectively.
Your bat needs to be an extension of your hands, and you need the same hand eye coordination and focus that hockey has, or you'll get hit in the face with a ball travelling at 90mph. Therefore, by pro's logic, baseball and hockey and water sports would have equal difficulty, proving that hockey is not the hardest sport to play at the professional level.
And with jostling and learning where to move, and crucial positioning, in all sports there is some form of this. In basketball, you box out defenders to get the rebound, and in soccer you jostle defenders to get that head from the corner kick.
I guess what I'm really saying here is that a lot of the skills between sports are transferrable, like learning where to move and getting good positioning. Therefore, it would mean that all sports are equally difficult. If you break a leg severely, you will need to re-learn to walk.
If you break your arm, you will need to relearn how to throw a ball. It is the same with all sports.
Refutation 2: What Pro has provided in this refutation is examples of times where players have maintained focus in the face of danger. And he says this is why ice hockey is a difficult sport. There are many other sports that require the same focus in the face of danger. Like Pro, I can pull examples like these all day.
Let's start doing that actually. In football, the quarterback has to maintain focus in order to hit that long pass to his teammate. During this time, there are several pound people running at you trying to tackle you. But still, you need to get the timing right, and throw that pass, even if it means that you'll get crushed under several guys. In baseball, the batter has to maintain focus in order to hit the ball that is traveling at 90mph towards him.
Therefore, in all sports you need to maintain focus in the face of danger. Therefore, they are all equally difficult. Refutation 3: Exactly everything can be relative!
There is no actual proof that hockey is the hardest sport to play, that is merely an opinion. And you have not even been able to prove that hockey is indeed a difficult sport to play. I have already proved many times that alot of sports require the same skills, therefore making all sports equally difficult to play.
Pro also says that there are more people who can swim than skate. But that is not a sufficient measurement of difficulty. The only reason why this is true is because of certain conditions around the world.
Professional athletes train hard. They often endure brutal conditions and workout routines in an attempt to fine tune their bodies for physically demanding sports. But which sport is the most physically demanding? Some rely heavily on an optimized cardiovascular system. Others rely on speed, strength or agility. So, who are the toughest pro sports athletes in the world?
According to an extensive study done by ESPN called Sports Skills Difficulty , ice hockey ranks second behind only boxing among the 60 sports measured.
Football is ranked third, basketball fourth, baseball ninth and soccer tenth. The least tough athletes competed in bowling, curling, billiards and, understandably ranked dead last, fishing. The panel of eight experts was made up of sports scientists from the United States Olympic Committee, of academicians who study the science of muscles and movement, of a star two-sport athlete, and of journalists who spend their professional lives watching athletes succeed and fail.
They study measured ten categories: endurance, strength, power, speed, agility, flexibility, nerve, durability, hand-eye coordination, and analytic aptitude. Players compartmentalize their pain, especially come the playoffs, for the lure and thrill of winning the Stanley Cup. The two final teams battling for the prized hardware will each have played more than games of competitive hockey.
Each game is filled with vicious body checks, hits into the boards, high sticks, cross-checks, slashes, blocked shots and fights. Along the way, there are broken noses, broken jaws, stitches, separated shoulders, concussions, high-ankle sprains, black eyes and countless other injuries.
Whether the swelling and human destruction comes from a deflected puck, blocking a Shea Weber slapshot, an errant stick, an intended stick, Radko Gugas being Radko Gudas , or hitting a concrete wall the likes of Zdeno Chara, Tom Wilson or Dustin Byfuglien, pain soon follows. Tales of playing through pain are many. In , Bobby Braun blocked a Gordie Howe shot with his ankle and fell to the ice. In the playoffs, Gregory Campbell of the Boston Bruins blocked a blast from Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni that broke his fibula.
He picked himself up, then finished killing off the rest of the penalty. Goalies are given more pads, but there are still some holes in his armor. If a slap shot were to nail a goalie right in the jugular he would have to leave the game and possibly hospitalized.
They aren't afraid to hit or get hit. Hockey players play balls to the wall and show no remorse. Sometimes a players teeth happen to get in the way; a puck is always flying around the ice, elbows are being thrown, sticks are swung high sometimes and the boards are unforgiving. Hockey players, from what I understand, have the inability to cry. Pain does't work. Words don't work. Bringing up their mother doesn't work. I don't even think telling them a puppy is dying would do trick.
At the end of the day they might cry, but on the ice, not in a million years. Nowadays, many working adults, high school graduates, and retired lifelong learners are choosing to advance their careers, lives, and personal knowledge by completing school at home.
The rising popularity of online college and graduate school degrees has completely changed the face of education and student life. It's no longer necessary to pack up all your belongings and head off to a distant locale in order to earn a diploma.
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Many people still worry about the legitimacy of tele-study, while others wonder how to finance the coursework. So, if you're ready to become a distance learner, review all the relevant issues related to financing, checking credentials of schools, work-life balance, expenses, and what it takes to earn good grades.
Here are more details about each point. Non-traditional methods of earning degrees, primarily via computer-based courses, are fully legitimate. In fact, many of the world's top universities and colleges offer both in-person and distance curricula.
However, it is still imperative to check the credentials of any institution before making any payments. Check accreditation status, read reviews from former students, and call the admissions office to inquire about how to apply.
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That's primarily because class scheduling is highly flexible, most programs are self-paced, and you can do homework whenever it fits into your work week, assuming you hold a job while you're in school. Universities and colleges can earn high profit margins on e-courses because a vast majority of the classroom sessions are taped and can be viewed at any time.
In short, schools spend much less on e-students than on those who live and matriculate on campus. In general, expect to pay about half the cost of a traditional diploma when you are a remote learner.
One thing that's often overlooked when comparing all the differences between traditional and computer-based curricula is the discipline factor. If you intend to opt for an e-degree, make sure you have the self-control to watch every video lesson, take part in live discussions, study for exams, and write papers. For some, it's far too easy to give in to the temptations of TV, social media, and other distractions when earning a degree from the comfort of home.
I am saying one thing that I am thankful each day for until Thanksgiving. You try it to it will bring you joy. November 1st, I am thankful for God and Jesus. I put my faith in them, they protect and help me through the happy and the sad in life. I could not imagine a world without them. November 2nd, I am thankful for sweets.
I love them. Sweets can make me joyful when I am upset. They make my sweet tooth go at ease. Especially Lava Cakes. November 3rd, I love my family. They push me to be the best I can be. My family supports me and always cheers me up when I am down.
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