akshayxyz Posted November 20, 2011 Author Posted November 20, 2011 So - all the usual suspects, no new names.. except for I hadn't heard of Rocky Marciano.
Yoda-esque Posted November 20, 2011 Posted November 20, 2011 and there is a reason he would be miles behind likes of Woods :). John Daly is a professional golfer with 5 PGA tour wins There is something seriously wrong with a "sport" if you have to have somebody carry your equipment.
Alchemist Posted November 20, 2011 Posted November 20, 2011 American Football : Payton Manning, Tom Brady, Terrle Owens Basketball : Lebron Kames, Kobe Bryant. Rugy: Jonathan Lomu Soccer: The real Ronaldo R9.
akshayxyz Posted November 20, 2011 Author Posted November 20, 2011 Ronaldo - good mention, he was actually 'phenomenon' when at his best.
akshayxyz Posted November 20, 2011 Author Posted November 20, 2011 John Daly is a professional golfer with 5 PGA tour wins There is something seriously wrong with a "sport" if you have to have somebody carry your equipment. Don't judge on the basis of physical power output required by the sport - in comparison to athletically demanding sports. e.g. in Snooker/Pool/Billiards, even though all you have to do is bend over and execute the shot - but then it is same for everyone. It is not easy to maintain the high levels of concentration over the period of 20-30 frames, or say multiple sessions of billiards (Pool is a joke though, relatively). It takes a lot from the player mentally and physically, and it is very common to see mistakes due to fatigue, lapse of concentration (typical of any hand-eye coordination-skill based sport), and whoever makes it less as compared to competition - takes the cake. If you can manage to play 10 hours, guy next to you can do it better - and has to.
akshayxyz Posted November 20, 2011 Author Posted November 20, 2011 Another way to look at it - e.g. Tennis vs Snooker. In Tennis lets say you have to hit 100 serves within a box of lets say 2 ft by 2 ft. You can afford to miss 40% of them ( rough figure)... But in snooker, you will have to manage an accuracy of 1-2 inches more than 90-95% of the shots. That requires maintaining extreme concentration and muscle control for long periods. another dumbish analogy - IMO. it should be almost equally physically demanding to create a world record of standing, as compared to marathon... given the same level of competition.
akshayxyz Posted November 20, 2011 Author Posted November 20, 2011 So - in other words, if power throughput is the only parameter of "physical demands" off the sport - then the sorting is pretty obvious.
nikred Posted November 20, 2011 Posted November 20, 2011 All paki cricketers, they have naturally gifted raw tailunt. :dontknow:
Raghav_12 Posted November 21, 2011 Posted November 21, 2011 I don't know if Athletics is being considered as sport or not, but for me it got to be Usain Bolt.
yoda Posted November 21, 2011 Posted November 21, 2011 For me: Michael Jordan - The greatest ATHLETE of all time. If ever there was a clutch performer, it was MJ.
daryl1985 Posted November 21, 2011 Posted November 21, 2011 The real Ronaldo Puskas (was fat and still the best player in the world in his day) George Best (alcoholic and still one of the best British players ever) Usain Bolt (complete freak of nature, don't think his records will be beaten in my lifetime) Federer - Makes tennis look effortless. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (ridiculously talented but pretty lazy) Ronnie O'Sullivan Mohammad Amir (what a waste - could do almost everything with the ball at 18) Roy Jones Jr (back in his heyday obviously)
Rajiv Posted November 21, 2011 Posted November 21, 2011 Don't judge on the basis of physical power output required by the sport - in comparison to athletically demanding sports. e.g. in Snooker/Pool/Billiards, even though all you have to do is bend over and execute the shot - but then it is same for everyone. It is not easy to maintain the high levels of concentration over the period of 20-30 frames, or say multiple sessions of billiards (Pool is a joke though, relatively). It takes a lot from the player mentally and physically, and it is very common to see mistakes due to fatigue, lapse of concentration (typical of any hand-eye coordination-skill based sport), and whoever makes it less as compared to competition - takes the cake. If you can manage to play 10 hours, guy next to you can do it better - and has to. Big fan of snooker, played with Yasin Merchant - back in the day..Played at club level, but its been abt 10 years now There is nothing like a classic game of snooker
akshayxyz Posted November 21, 2011 Author Posted November 21, 2011 The real Ronaldo Puskas (was fat and still the best player in the world in his day) George Best (alcoholic and still one of the best British players ever) Usain Bolt (complete freak of nature, don't think his records will be beaten in my lifetime) Federer - Makes tennis look effortless. Zlatan Ibrahimovic (ridiculously talented but pretty lazy) Ronnie O'Sullivan Mohammad Amir (what a waste - could do almost everything with the ball at 18) Roy Jones Jr (back in his heyday obviously) Not sure if serious. :hmmm:
akshayxyz Posted November 21, 2011 Author Posted November 21, 2011 Big fan of snooker, played with Yasin Merchant - back in the day..Played at club level, but its been abt 10 years now There is nothing like a classic game of snooker I got a chance to play at Arvind Savur's place, with some of his "shishiyas" - upcoming players, but that was the last time I played snooker [He bluntly said you are too old to become any good :(( - at best nationals, if practice your ass off]. After that only show-off sessions at work-place pool tables :) Btw, from player's perspective Billiards is much more engaging.
Sachin=GOD Posted November 21, 2011 Posted November 21, 2011 Not sure if serious. :hmmm: Actually Mohd Amir was ridiculously talented.................but then spot fixing happened.
akshayxyz Posted November 21, 2011 Author Posted November 21, 2011 Actually Mohd Amir was ridiculously talented.................but then spot fixing happened. may be he was, haven't seen enough of him. but there have been lot of such, initially promising but later seen no-where, kind of talents.
Vijay.Sharma Posted November 22, 2011 Posted November 22, 2011 There were these couple of damn good badminton players from Indonesia in the late 80s-early 90s. I remember the girl's name was Susi Susanti. Boris Becker - Tennis Carl Lewis and Jackie Joyner Kersee - Sprint King and Queen Sergei Bubka - Pole Vault Matt Biondi - Swimmer The Buddha - Cricket
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