| Which sport is tougher on the body: hockey or soccer?
Posted: 4/15/2007 4:14:15 PM | Now now, boys. Play nice! No need for insults here.
The fact is that all sports are tough on the body in one way or another. See my earlier post regarding baseball for my reasons in this matter. OK, maybe golf and curling aren't tough, but I am not so sure I would even call them sports. Same with Bowling or darts. I figure any activity you can do while drinking is not really a "sport".
Want a tough sport? How about boxing or mixed martial arts? Even the training involves being hit in the head, etc. Now, THAT's tough! | |
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| Which sport is tougher on the body: hockey or soccer?
Posted: 4/15/2007 4:40:45 PM | Ya, well once again that list is a joke to be quite honest. Boxing gets and 8.5 for durability but MA gets a 5.88. Less than Water Polo? HAHAHAHA.
Here's THEIR definition of demanding:
DURABILITY: The ability to withstand physical punishment over a long period of time. Example: NBA/NHL players.
I mean I knew water polo was demanding but I guess it's a lot harder on the body than say Muay Thai? That's another thing; they put martial arts in one category but there are MANY MA. Muay Thai is probably MORE punishing than boxing because you have elbows and leg kicks and full power knees to the face. TKD and Karate allow kicks to the face WITHOUT padding on the feet. I do BJJ and I can tell you that constantly getting your arms and legs hyperextended (along with a myriad of other injuries) requires an extreme level of durability. Also BJJ tourneys often feature absolute divisons where all the winners of the weight classes have to fight each other. So you can have a 138 lb guy fighting a 275 lb guy.
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| Which sport is tougher on the body: hockey or soccer?
Posted: 4/15/2007 8:20:13 PM | Water polo? Those **stards have been hogging the limelight for years! LOL!
That game might be enduring, but, how in the hell is it hard on the body? I could see it wearing someone out real quick. But, there would be no physical price to pay at all. Except, maybe for sore muscles. | |
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| Which sport is tougher on the body: hockey
Posted: 4/25/2007 3:48:58 PM | ok ladies and gentleman the young buck will stop all of your thoughts and tell you which one is tougher. First please know i've player triple A soccer out of Petrolia and i've also played Triple Hockey out of london.
Toughness is based on many things: hits, speed, power, endurance, and a few other.
The Asswer, is hockey, you have hard hitting, fast skating and your constintly under pressure, you have low hitting and burst of fast play in soccer but that is entirely up to the team in control.
with soccer if you don't want the game to be fast you can slow the pace down and make it a slow drawn game, With hockey you only have so much real estate to work with before a guy slams you into the boards. | |
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| Which sport is tougher on the body: hockey
Posted: 5/1/2007 3:10:57 PM | Probably the easiest way to get the CORRECT answer is to line up 10 retired hockey players and 10 retired soccer players and see who can WALK the farthest. To the people that are arguing about how the equipment is protecting you, think about it for a minute. The equipment nowadays are actually used as weapons. I would rather be hit with a bare forearm then one with padding around it. And because you have a helmet one, does NOT protect from a concusion from a collision with a puck, legal body check or backstab shove into the boards.
And I dare say a lot of you have never sat in a hockey dressing room of high calibre team after a game. You NEVER see the real injuries on the TV nor will you ever. That's why you hear "upper body" injury or he has the "flu" during the playoffs. I never heard of a soccer player playing a game or playoffs with a broken bone in their foot.Crosby just finished playing a month or so with one. Just ONE example. There are many more. Some of those incidents thou could be blamed on the stubborness or stupidness (whichever you prefer)of Canadian players not knowing the word quit. Of course they could take a few lessons on how to do the funky chicken in the middle of a grass field when the "feel" something touch them from behind. | |
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| Which sport is tougher on the body: hockey
Posted: 5/2/2007 7:19:55 PM | ok first of all read my last post I played both sports at just as high a calibur and i'll tell you i've taken a puck to the face just above my eye and bleed something feerce, but i've also been kicked in the knee playing soccer and broke my leg, went through 6 months phsio, had the knee surgery, back to physio, learned to walk, then started playing again. Both sports have their moment but hockey is consistent with injuries. blocking shots DOES hurt and hurt alot.
About your stubbourne or stupidness comment of CANADIAN players. it's simply we play the game fro mthe heart we play to win not to lose and we dont' leave our teammates to fend for themselves, we get our ass off the bench and dig deep into the corners and score that goal, Top three goal scorers, St Louis, Lacavalier, and Crosby. THey all happen to be canadian. best goaltender MArtain broduer, also canadian. playing from the heart puts fans in the stands and goals on the board. all teams should try it sometime. | |
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| Which sport is tougher on the body: hockey or soccer?
Posted: 5/5/2007 11:05:49 PM | soccer is a non contact sport???
do you watch premier league football? it's quite different depending on which country the league is in so i'll be clear; english football is not non-contact.
i think hockey is tougher on the body. for one, you're wearing skates, not shoes. that alone creates an environment for massive blistering. | |
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| Which sport is tougher on the body: hockey or soccer?
Posted: 5/7/2007 12:39:29 PM | anyone stating football is not a contact sport shows a worrying ignorance.
then why is it that footballers often suffer the worst damage that a sportsman can ever have? i mean, knee ligaments broken | |
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| Which sport is tougher on the body: hockey or soccer?
Posted: 5/13/2007 8:13:12 PM | | Hockey by far. It's very amusing reading people trying to argue otherwise. The intangibles point to hockey being tougher to play and harder on your body. Hockey players have to be in great shape overall. They have to balance on skates, endure physical punishment, go all out in bursts but be ready to go out again and do it all while pursuing the black disc. The boards, the ice, other players, the puck and sticks are constantly subjecting players to phsyical punishment. There is always a risk of serious injury and this goes on for over 80 games. There is no comparison. | |
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| Which sport is tougher on the body: hockey or soccer?
Posted: 5/13/2007 9:52:31 PM | | I have played both, and they are both difficult on the body for a number of reasons. upper body (aside from the keeper in Soccer) is hands down hockey. However lower body, is hands down soccer. Overall hockey is more punishing. But both are equally a sport, and the ignorance to say otherwise is just that. Soccer players dont get a lot of respect in the states, but are typically the top physically fit athletes in sports. Hockey was the same for a long time, but gained market in the north, and then slowly moved down and gained popularity as people discovered the violent nature of it. | |
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| Which sport is tougher on the body: hockey or soccer?
Posted: 5/14/2007 1:16:04 AM | I shiver everytime I see the footage of goalie Clint Malarchuk hunched over with blood gushing out of his neck after being slashed by a skate - a potential life threatening injury. I think he'd rather the the torn knee ligament - something a lot of hockey players endure. All the padding in the world can't prevent those injuries.
Anyone remember Borje Salming getting the side of his face slashed open by a skate?
Yes, I've seen the pictures of soccer players with grossly twisted legs and ankles - we see those in baseball aswell as hockey . All sports definately have the risk of injury. Some are more dangerous as others. As far as the debate between soccer and hockey - I have to go with hockey. I used to play soccer and would rather be tripped on grass than smashed into the boards with padding and all. | |
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| Which sport is tougher on the body: hockey or soccer?
Posted: 5/14/2007 3:38:25 PM | | I have hyper-extended and broke my knee, (why I dont play pro) I have watched a friend dive for a save and break his neck. Now he cant walk. Broken bones and compound fractures were a weekly thing when I played competitive. It is pretty silly to sit and compare which sport is more dangerous. True there IS more potential for damage in hockey, which is part of the reason it is more popular. But I have been on both sides, and seen many of the same types of injuries from concussions to career ending fractures. You are comparing apples to oranges. | |
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| Which sport is tougher on the body: hockey or soccer?
Posted: 5/15/2007 11:34:48 AM | "true there is more potencial for damage in hockey, which is part of the reason it is more popular"
which part of the world are you referring to??? what do you mean by "more popular"??? only people from North America really care about hockey, we the rest of the world do not give a damn! | |
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