Is billiards the toughest sport?

[enzo]

I believe you judge a sport in terms of difficulty by the best player in their sport. If the best player in a sport ,such as tennis,golf,pool,or whatever stands alone at the top then that sport is very difficult,reason being that no one has come close to the best in that sport. I believe Woods is the player that stands alone in golf,farther ahead of any other player in another sport. Then to me I would have to say golf is the hardest sport to master.

this is exactly right, the only way to rate a sports difficulty is on the ability and skill of your opponents.... as i've stated in this thread.

i guess 'how far ahead' a top performer is from his peers is a much harder question, and the one that should be being asked.

 

[kildegirl]

Pool

auto racing is much tougher. there are way more professionals and even to get started is tough. whereas in pool all u have to do is pick up a cue and get started. also, the thing with pool is, anyone can run out and if u can do that then u have a chance at winning. the master the game is hard but to learn to play it is easy with dedicated practice. auto racing on the other hand is very very hard, u slip up once and it could end ur race or career. it's also a lot harder to be competitive in racing than in pool. it's also a tougher sport to play/participate in. might be the toughest sport. looks easy but theres so many things that make it very very tough.

AND HOW FAR ALONG ARE YOU IN YOUR PROFESSIONAL POOL ENDEAVOR.

 

[DarkArtist]

I have seen the great ballcourt at Chichen Itza in the Yucatan.
You misunderstand the Mayan culture. Human sacrafice wasn't always a part of the game (Pok-Ta-Pok) but when it was, it was the winners that were sacraficed to the Gods. They competed for this high honor of being sacrificed. They sacrificed the winners, not the losers. Different culture than yours or mine.

Eddie

Hi Eddie,

I've been there too. Mind-blowing and beautiful!

I apologize, I was generalizing to make a point about the stakes of competition and when it becomes more than just sport.

Actually, archaeologists aren't sure who was sacrificed. The entire losing team? The winning team? The last I heard, as strange as it seems, there was a theory that only the winning captain was the one who was sacrificed. No one is sure. But to your point, if this is true, then it would have been an HONOR to be the one sacrificed. And as you imply, something very difficult for a westerner to comprehend.

Looking up at that stone ring high up on the wall, I thought you'd have to be combination of Michael Jordan and Sandy Koufax to get a ball through that hole!

 

[DarkArtist]

Ralphie Valederez (sp)

,,,or are you too young to know who he is.

Since I enjoyed listening to Dick Lane I might be old enough, but to be honest I was more of a wrestling fan. All them folks on skates looked the same to me. I did however, grow up with a fear of hard, metal railing, heheh.