What's the easiest sport to get pretty good at?

[Street Hunger]

What is the easiest sport to get pretty good at, and why?

Not talking about becoming a pro at a sport. That is never easy.

But what can you become pretty good at in literally just a few months of training or even just a few weeks?

[MrFonzworth]

Basketball

[FultzNationRISE]

Running, swimming.

Whether or not you become elite basically boils down to genetics.

But in terms of being able to actually mimic every technique the best performers use... it's pretty straightforward and simple. So in that sense it's easy to become "good" at it.

[Overdrive]

What is the easiest sport to get pretty good at, and why?

Not talking about becoming a pro at a sport. That is never easy.

But what can you become pretty good at in literally just a few months of training or even just a few weeks?

Darts. Fat drunkards are pros in this "sport" so it's pretty obvious.

[SaltyMeatballs]

Basketball

If you're average or below-average physically and athletically, you're severely limited. I've seen so many dudes who sucked at shooting but still dominated games just because they were athletic and tall

[ArbitraryWater]

Stuff that just involves exercise/repetition, as mentioned running or swimming, also swimming again is far more technical, so, running...

lame but if you consider that a sport its the obvious answer.


Anything else starts involving mechanics and hand eye coordination and there is no right answer, its a matter of personal aptitude.

[Jasper]

running is a good option if you are thin or medium built

But I would say bowling (individual sport)

[Off the Court]

Running, swimming.

Whether or not you become elite basically boils down to genetics.

But in terms of being able to actually mimic every technique the best performers use... it's pretty straightforward and simple. So in that sense it's easy to become "good" at it.

Short distance running is a maybe. But long distance running takes a lot to work up to.

No one who doesn't run could just jump out of their seat at run a marathon. It would take a long time to work up to that.

Competitive swimming also takes a lot of practice and technique and know-how.



If you were born Usain Bolt, then sure you have a point. You're probably really good at short distance sprints with little to no training.

[diamenz]

basketball americans have an unfair advantage in track because they start running from the police at such an early age.

[FultzNationRISE]

Short distance running is a maybe. But long distance running takes a lot to work up to.

No one who doesn't run could just jump out of their seat at run a marathon. It would take a long time to work up to that.

Competitive swimming also takes a lot of practice and technique and know-how.



If you were born Usain Bolt, then sure you have a point. You're probably really good at short distance sprints with little to no training.


Anyone can do the things required to be a great runner, or even swimmer. Aligning your feet a certain way, breathing with correct technique and so on. You might not have the natural endurance to be great but the average body is wired for those activities. They arent difficult to *become* good at.

A lot of people cannot throw a baseball accurately no matter how much they practice. They lack the coordination and dexterity to even perform a proper pitching motion. Same with throwing a football etc. It's a less natural human motion and therefore fewer people can do it well.

Anyone could be a *good* runner or swimmer with a bit of practice. Obviously to become elite there are genetic components. But they are comparatively easier endeavors than sports requiring the manipulation of objects or unnatural athletic motions.

[fsvr54]

Basketball

False. Basketball is hard and requires a lot of skill

[Off the Court]

Anyone can do the things required to be a great runner, or even swimmer. Aligning your feet a certain way, breathing with correct technique and so on. You might not have the natural endurance to be great but the average body is wired for those activities. They arent difficult to *become* good at.

A lot of people cannot throw a baseball accurately no matter how much they practice. They lack the coordination and dexterity to even perform a proper pitching motion. Same with throwing a football etc. It's a less natural human motion and therefore fewer people can do it well.

Anyone could be a *good* runner or swimmer with a bit of practice. Obviously to become elite there are genetic components. But they are comparatively easier endeavors than sports requiring the manipulation of objects or unnatural athletic motions.

Most people could be a good runner or swimmer of they put in the work and effort, true.

That doesn't make it easy, but sure, easier than baseball I suppose.

[iamgine]

Easy is relative.

Like running, it's hard to get a good run if you live in a sketchy neighborhood with no park or gym nearby. It's easy with a treadmill at home.

Tennis, if you get coaching 4x a week, you'll be pretty good in 3-6 months.

Basketball, if you're really tall and not afraid of the ball you can be decent at certain roles right away at your local park.

[SATAN]

Miniature golf requires zero energy. Just some coordination.

[jstern]

The difference in IQ between FultzNationRISE and Off the Court is night and day. One gives a perfect explanation about running involving natural evolved human movements and why he thinks that would make it the easiest sport for an average Joe to get good at, and the other one just doesn't quite comprehend the OP's question.

[Off the Court]

The difference in IQ between FultzNationRISE and Off the Court is night and day. One gives a perfect explanation about running involving natural evolved human movements and why he thinks that would make it the easiest sport for an average Joe to get good at, and the other one just doesn't quite comprehend the OP's question.

How easy is the sport of sucking d@#k?

You make it look pretty easy.

[tpols]

I'd say ping pong or badminton. You'll never beat the asians but it doesn't require much athleticism which most other sports do.

[j3lademaster]

Fonzworth once again proving he's the goat.

[ArbitraryWater]

I'd say ping pong or badminton. You'll never beat the asians but it doesn't require much athleticism which most other sports do.

the hand eye coordination is pretty genetic much like innate athleticism, though.

[ArbitraryWater]

Id say badminton or this new paddle ball tennis thing, but how good are you really when everyone is good.


I dont think theres an answer to this.


But youre definitely wrong about table tennis.

Mastering table tennis is no easier than tennis.

[Overdrive]

Id say badminton or this new paddle ball tennis thing, but how good are you really when everyone is good.


I dont think theres an answer to this.


But youre definitely wrong about table tennis.

Mastering table tennis is no easier than tennis.

I played both tennis and table tennis as a kid, tried both in a club. The gap between playing for fun and being an amateur in table tennis is much much bigger. All the basics you learn the first few hours in tennis apply just as much later on. In table tennis excellent technique becomes important very fast.

[tpols]

Id say badminton or this new paddle ball tennis thing, but how good are you really when everyone is good.


I dont think theres an answer to this.


But youre definitely wrong about table tennis.

Mastering table tennis is no easier than tennis.


I... totally disagree. I've played tennis and its an extremely demanding physical sport. You have to sprint side to side over considerable distance and take the equivalent of baseball swings at the ball but with finer precision. Ping pong requires minimal exertion. It's just about having really smooth fine tuned movements. It's a million times harder to get into tennis compared to ping-pong. You have to be in real good shape for the former and the latter not at all.

[Off the Court]

I... totally disagree. I've played tennis and its an extremely demanding physical sport. You have to sprint side to side over considerable distance and take the equivalent of baseball swings at the ball but with finer precision. Ping pong requires minimal exertion. It's just about having really smooth fine tuned movements. It's a million times harder to get into tennis compared to ping-pong. You have to be in real good shape for the former and the latter not at all.

He's talking about pickleball that is trending all over, not tennis. And he's right, pickleball is something almost everyone can pick up immediately. Which is why it's so popular right now, anyone can do it.

Tennis is hard AF.

[ArbitraryWater]

I... totally disagree. I've played tennis and its an extremely demanding physical sport. You have to sprint side to side over considerable distance and take the equivalent of baseball swings at the ball but with finer precision. Ping pong requires minimal exertion. It's just about having really smooth fine tuned movements. It's a million times harder to get into tennis compared to ping-pong. You have to be in real good shape for the former and the latter not at all.

And someone above you had a totally different experience.

I play TT in a cub and Im not saying its harder, its just a big misconception about TT being easier cause its practical to play anywhere. So people mistake their idea of table tennis, the ping pong they see on stone tables (no spin) as remotely close to table tennis.

I see some brutes play tennis nowadays that could also be linebackers.

If youre tall-ish and have good power, you can be a tennis payer.

That wont cut it for table tennis.

On the other hand you can be skinny or overweight and have superb touch and be a really good table tennis payer.

Tennis is more physical, tabe tennis is more skill based.

But you cant say becoming pro or really good is easier in one or the other. Absolutely not.

I can give a closer example taking myself in relation to professional table tennis later.

[Bawkish]

E-Sports

[Bimbo Coles]

Touch footy

[Overdrive]

I... totally disagree. I've played tennis and its an extremely demanding physical sport. You have to sprint side to side over considerable distance and take the equivalent of baseball swings at the ball but with finer precision. Ping pong requires minimal exertion. It's just about having really smooth fine tuned movements. It's a million times harder to get into tennis compared to ping-pong. You have to be in real good shape for the former and the latter not at all.

In most other sports hobbyists aslong as they know some basics they will be able to keep up just a little bit.

In table tennis the moment spin comes into play your average hobbyist won't be even able to return a ball to the table. Not even once.

[BurningHammer]

I'd say ping pong or badminton. You'll never beat the asians but it doesn't require much athleticism which most other sports do.

For a similar reasons, pickleball.

[FKAri]

If you have size then it's easily basketball.


I'd say ping pong or badminton. You'll never beat the asians but it doesn't require much athleticism which most other sports do.

Sports that require athleticism are much easier to get good at if you have athleticism. Whereas with skill based sports, you need to put in the work regardless.

[Patrick Chewing]

Definitely boxing. Boxing is about style and endurance. Shadowbox in front of a mirror for 30 mins while bobbing and weaving and you'll not only leave a puddle of sweat on the floor, but you'll feel like you can get in the ring with anyone.

[tpols]

In most other sports hobbyists aslong as they know some basics they will be able to keep up just a little bit.

In table tennis the moment spin comes into play your average hobbyist won't be even able to return a ball to the table. Not even once.

You could say the same thing about a guy who can serve @100 mph in Tennis and that's an amatuer. Anybody trying to get into tennis would be floored by that. Pros serve @120.

Ping pong is tennis without an athletic requirement.

[ArbitraryWater]

You could say the same thing about a guy who can serve @100 mph in Tennis and that's an amatuer. Anybody trying to get into tennis would be floored by that. Pros serve @120.

Ping pong is tennis without an athletic requirement.


The stroke in tennis is far less technical than in table tennis, thats why there is more spin in table tennis. And the shots themselves can reach similar levels to tennis so the reaction time needed is far greater.

[warriorfan]

ping pong lmao? you are so gay

[tpols]

It's really not less technical by more than what it takes to hit a tennis ball fast but with precision. In Tennis you have to throw your entire body into it and also just barely clear the net. Ping pong is more handspeed and reflexes.

You guys are saying a novice couldn't return a spin shot from a semi-pro. No shit. A tennis novice wouldn't have a snowballs chance in hell at returning a serve or holding a volley from a semi-pro or even amateur tennis player that has experience either.

And forget volleys, it's much harder to develop expert serving power and technique in tennis than in ping pong. Slamming the ball @ 100+ miles per hour while putting it 1cm over the net with placement is NOT something an older person novice will be able to develop.

You said a bunch of linebacker goons were dominating tennis when you played. I call bullshit. I knew kids on the school tennis team and played against them recreationally and they were all lanky skinny dudes. And if you look at top pros none of the best were big and muscular at all.

[Overdrive]

It's really not less technical by more than what it takes to hit a tennis ball fast but with precision. In Tennis you have to throw your entire body into it and also just barely clear the net. Ping pong is more handspeed and reflexes.

You guys are saying a novice couldn't return a spin shot from a semi-pro. No shit. A tennis novice wouldn't have a snowballs chance in hell at returning a serve or holding a volley from a semi-pro or even amateur tennis player that has experience either.

And forget volleys, it's much harder to develop expert serving power and technique in tennis than in ping pong. Slamming the ball @ 100+ miles per hour while putting it 1cm over the net with placement is NOT something an older person novice will be able to develop.

You said a bunch of linebacker goons were dominating tennis when you played. I call bullshit. I knew kids on the school tennis team and played against them recreationally and they were all lanky skinny dudes. And if you look at top pros none of the best were big and muscular at all.

I'm not talking about semi pro, but a kid that trained at a club for a few month is too much already for a recreational player.

[tpols]

I'm not talking about semi pro, but a kid that trained at a club for a few month is too much already for a recreational player.


A kid that trained at a club for a few months in any sport they never played is still a recreational player. You're kinda making the point that it only takes a few months to be really good at ping-pong.



I played against koreans in college who played for years and could put top or side spin to a crazy degree on every shot and still volleyed with them.

[ArbitraryWater]

A kid that trained at a club for a few months in any sport they never played is still a recreational player. You're kinda making the point that it only takes a few months to be really good at ping-pong.



I played against koreans in college who played for years and could put top or side spin to a crazy degree on every shot and still volleyed with them.


Show yourself executing this topspin effortlessly against guys that played for years, please.

let us have a laugh.

It genuinely feels like you never saw actually good players play, which is why you call it ping pong also.

[ArbitraryWater]

https://streamable.com/li2ayx


Im pretty good but not close to professional but the fact is even the average guy if he were to try and invest training would never get to this point.

And I dont know what you imagined those koreans to be doing but youre not picking up a racquet and being competitive against that speed/spin.

[egokiller]

ping pong lmao? you are so gay

Saw a vid of some asian cat playing ping pong while doing cartwheels n shit.

[Nanners]

While I wouldnt say that golf is an easy sport, its def a sport where a person can become become good regardless of their athletic fitness. Also theres no feeling on earth as satisfying as crushing a drive in golf, and I say that as someone who swished a lot of 3 pointers and scored a lot of soccer goals back in high school.