Why do people say Athletes today are better

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Way more black people in professional sports and black people are more athletic than white people.

[Quickening]

Go look at athletic records, 100m, 200m etc... see how many were set 30 years ago

[KiiiiNG]

its simple

nutrition and training got better..

what.. we as a race evolved and got more/less athletic or something?

[Spurs5Rings2014]

Go look at athletic records, 100m, 200m etc... see how many were set 30 years ago

Andddd that's thread, people.

[LAZERUSS]

Go look at athletic records, 100m, 200m etc... see how many were set 30 years ago

BUT, how about this...

the world record in the 100m was set in 2009.

The world record in the 200m was also set in 2009.

The world record in the long jump was set in 1992.

What has happened in the last few years?


Oh, and how about swimming records?

Most, but not all, of the records below were established by swimmers wearing bodysuits or suits made of polyurethane or other non-textile materials allowed in the race pool from February 2008 until December 2009.[citation needed] On the eve of the 2009 FINA World Championships in Rome, the international governing body for five Olympic aquatic sports voted to ban the use of bodysuits and all suits made of non-textile materials starting 1 January 2010.

Now, for a REAL perspective on these "records"...

https://www.ted.com/talks/david_epst...ronger#t-56886

Bolt BARELY edges out....Jesse Owens in a 100m race.

[LAZERUSS]

Today's NBA players are more skilled...


wait....


In the 58-59 season the entire NBA shot .756 from the FT line.

Just THIS season.... how about .... .750 from the line.


Next...

[juju151111]

BUT, how about this...

the world record in the 100m was set in 2009.

The world record in the 200m was also set in 2009.

The world record in the long jump was set in 1992.

What has happened in the last few years?


Oh, and how about swimming records?




Now, for a REAL perspective on these "records"...

https://www.ted.com/talks/david_epst...ronger#t-56886

Bolt BARELY edges out....Jesse Owens in a 100m race.

Agreed I think your a Wilt wanker, but humans do not evolve over 40/50 years.

[LAZERUSS]

The "athletic" Kevin Love...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7TnbhJr8iY

[LAZERUSS]

I guess horses are WORSE today than they were YEARS ago...

http://www.horsehats.com/horse-racing-records.html

Hell, Secretariat STILL holds a record...some 42 years later.

[CavaliersFTW]

Obesity.

[CavaliersFTW]

Go look at athletic records, 100m, 200m etc... see how many were set 30 years ago

Go look at Track and Field surfaces. Shoes. Speedsuits. PEDS. How they all keep getting better being that they are examples of technology.

The raw athletes themselves on the other hand, being made of the same mixes of DNA...

[juju151111]

The only thing I see made a significant difference is perimeter play from the late 50s and early 60s. They were not that good. The great bigs were already good through.

[CavaliersFTW]

The only thing I see made a significant difference is perimeter play from the late 50s and early 60s. They were not that good. The great bigs were already good through.

They played under different rules. Both the bigs, and guards. Still, once you understand some of the rule changes, I don't think they look all that different.

You honestly think today's perimeter players look all that different than this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPDP1xGBdDw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWNAKxZPpIA

*EDIT* I see you specified early 60's and 50's.

Still, I think rule changes account for most of it. You didn't see shake and bake dribbling until guys like Archie Clark came along but that still doesn't mean the ball was any easier to steal from him than it was from say, Bob Cousy.

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[juju151111]

They played under different rules. Both the bigs, and guards. Still, once you understand some of the rule changes, I don't think they look all that different.

You honestly think today's perimeter players look all that different than this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zPDP1xGBdDw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWNAKxZPpIA

*EDIT* I see you specified early 60's and 50's.

Still, I think rule changes account for most of it. You didn't see shake and bake dribbling until guys like Archie Clark came along but that still doesn't mean the ball was any easier to steal from him than it was from say, Bob Cousy.

Bro I do understand the rule changes and I watch the tape. They got better with time. I have watched a lot of games that is provided. They just didn't impress me. That's the position I think mostly benefit with time. They were not has athletic and their dribbling skills were not good. Neither was the defense.