mcs328

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/ten-hardest-splash.htm

As of right now they're up to #6 and counting them down.
What do you think are the next few?

I would say boxing. You have to able to take a few punches in the face or gut and still be standing.

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revil

I would say going up against a gracie.

Cantacuzene

Hitting a homerun against a professional baseball pitcher will be #1. I can't think of anything harder.

mcs328

Alright...I give up...what's a gracie?

sizemic1

If you're a football player... #1 - Staying out of jail

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revil

The gracies do some bad ass jujitsu. They could probably kill you in a second if they wanted.

nickel

a hole in one

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eSDee

I have a Royce Gracie autographed baseball cap. He was my hero for a while, when he used to dominate the UFC's at only 185 lbs!

*edit: I think Tour de France is much harder than running a marathon. Ironman has gotta be up there, as well as that Sahara Desert death march.

Merlin

There you go talking about your hole again.

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Merlin

Without a doubt.

modena

hole in one and homerun have to be on there...how about something like a whole or half court basketball shot?

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coleslaw

I think that goes beyond the context of this "Top 10 list" because it is not something that players are REQUIRED to do on a day to day basis. Using the same idea, one could say "throwing a 100 yard pass" or "scoring with a bicycle kick from center field". Sure, it's something that could probably happen, but it's not something that players are required to do. I guess the only thing that does not follow this train of though is the quad jump, which is just an extension of any spinning jump in ice skating - which is hard anyway.

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faither

I liked today's: returning a 130mph tennis serve...now that would be tough. Looking forward to the next four.

NuTs62

Goalie?

Memo

50-60 year old men can run marathons, im' gonna have to say there are harder things to do.

Merlin

True, but how far do you think you could get? Or the average Joe for that matter? If you trained your a$$ off you could do most of those things. But that's the whole point, you'd have to train your a$$ off, just like those 60year olds.

cheapie

i would have to disagree with placing running a marathon ahead of riding the tour de france. the average person can train to run a marathon within a year or two. doing the tour de france is incredibly hard even for the professionals. many of the professional riders drop out because their bodies just simply can't do it. that never happens with professional marathoners. having said that, both are very difficult. i'm running a 1/2 marathon in may and just might run the chicago marathon this fall. i will most likely never spend the better part of a month riding the tour de france route, however much fun/pain/joy that would bring me.

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whitak24

i don't think that marathons should be on the list at all. face it, practically anyone, if they will themselves hard enough and dedicate themselves to training for it, can run a marathon in some way (they may not be fast, but they can do it).

but there are a lot of things -- the tour de france, hitting anything off a major league pitcher, etc -- that the average person could never do, no matter how hard they tried or practiced.

i guess i would judge the most difficult things to do in sports to be things that the the average person, or even the average athelete, could not do. they have to be something more than that....

gear02

I still think that running in a marathon AND FINISHING should be in the top 10. Even if most people could do it, it's still very hard and requires a lot of training. Even most of the athletes out there (basketball, baseball, football) couldn't do it unless they trained for it.

But I agree that it shouldn't be above the tour. That's should be the hardest thing. To ride a bike 100km every day for a month is just crazy. That shows how Lance Armstrong is the best athlete out there. He won 3 (4?) in a row after beating CANCER.

gear02

Good one. I think you couldn't put enough padding (and still be able to move and be within NHL standards) and not feel a 100MPH slapshot.

But if you're talking soccer, I'm not so sure. I guess it could be just as hard since you're expected to fly (literally) from one side of the goal to the other corner in a split second.

NuTs62

i was actually referring to hockey.. so being able to move so quickly... and catch the pucks... as well as avoid flinching... and having people skate right into you at however fast.. and occasionally getting knocked unconcious... then again, being a quarterback isn't too fun either... gotta concentrate on throwing the ball at the same time avoiding some 300 lb linebacker barreling down ready to tackle you and end your career.

xsiled2

9 is lame, soccer players miss so much.

and why is #5 a chick, the 100th male tennis player whipes the floor with the best of the women.

whitak24

i dunno man. if i were a top male tennis player, i don't know as i would want to challenge either of the williams sisters

xsiled2

i dont think they could go 5

modena

Yea because they train for 3, so given time to train for 5 like men do, i think they could give some if not a lot of men in the top 100 a run for their money. I would say they could probably beat quite a few as well.

modena

The new one: A Long Straught Tee Shot (in golf). I dont know if this one should be so high on the list. It is indeed difficult but just doesnt seem as hard as a marathon or the tour. I dont play much golf, but i can hit a fairly decent tee shot most of the time, and like I said, I hardly play.

cheapie

no way!!! the sisters are good. but they would get smoked by most, if not all of the top male players! don't confuse the lack of a dominant male player with a lack of skill in the men's tour. the men's tour is very deep. that's why there are so many upsets. while the sisters are very dominant in the women's tour, they are only really challenged by each other.

whitak24

i disagree with both cheapbastard and xsiled re: the williams sisters.

if you watch either of those girls play, they are completely dominant. they serve almost as hard as the men, and they have amazing return power. i think the gap between men's and women's tennis is virtually non-existant.

as for whether the sisters could go 5, quite frankly, i think they would take care of most of the men in 3 or 4.

eSDee

To be fair, Bobby Riggs was a shotty tennis player when he got his ass kicked. But I do believe that the Williams sisters would probably be in the top 100 men players. Lots of men have the power if not sure than the sisters, however the sisters have tremendous accuracy and great strategies. They are always "breaking ankles" of their opponents.

mcs328

How about hitting a bullseye in a game of Darts?
Bowling a perfect 300 game. It's uncommon more than it is rare but still tough for any professional player.