Worst Sports

Blue Man wrote: Cycling. Awful, awful sport

It's a hobby
Not keen on cricket,baseball,motor racing,basketball

I watch more or less everything. Love a good F1 race (would watch most of the races - up to the last race this year, the title was on the line), cricket (actually prefer test to T20 - it's a real battle of wits and concentration - wickets are about as frequent as goals in football in test cricket - usually watch most of the ashes in the UK, and other England tests if they are on and there's nothing else), baseball (nothing beats a home run, and they are about as frequent as goals in football as well - but pitching is an art form), NFL (the skill of the QBs, the speed and trickery of the RBs and WRs, the tackles and the physicality of the defences - it's an awesome spectacle), cycling (usually only the TDF, but sometimes the Giro as well - it's all about the tactics - and the sprint finishes are a great spectacle too when they happen and the climbing ability is incredible, literally, in the way the riders crack and the top top few manage to defeat the mountains day after day), tennis (the athleticism is great, i got up to watch the Aussie open final and semi for Andy Murray last week - I'd probably rank them Murray, Federer, Djokovic, Nadal in my personal preference rankings - I love the whole angry scot persona), golf (who didn't watch the Ryder Cup and love it, and there is little to beat the back nine of a major for drama - the choker and the player surging up the field, it's almost always guaranteed drama), snooker (if you have ever played, you appreciate the difficulty and the skill, it's incredible), darts (same as snooker - if you play, you know that at the bottom end, it is a game but at the top, there is no doubt but that it is a sport), hell, even bowls can be exciting.

That said, I have no time for the "you attack, we attack" sports of ice hockey and basketball. Ice hockey, in particular, seems to be relatively a matter of luck given the really high percentage of shots that are saved and hit the post. Winning in ice hockey, while it involves skill, seems to me to require a bit of luck in that you are hitting the puck in the direction of the net and just hoping it squirms in. Frankly, in a lot of the games, especially the close ones, the winner is determined much, much more by luck than close games in other sports.

And basketball is horsewank. Especially near the end of close games with all the fouling that goes on to save time. Pile of sh*te.

I'd watch anything at a high level, love Darts world championships, no time for the rest of the year, love cricket World Cu, wouldn't watch the rest of the year, Ice Hockey I got into when living in Canada, cycling would watch the TDF.

Can't think of any sport where I wouldn't watch one event of it a year, snooker perhaps, Rugby League too (although no doubt if i lived in oz I'd probably get into it).  Show jumping?

its not a sport unless it has a ball

Shedite wrote: I'd watch anything at a high level, love Darts world championships, no time for the rest of the year, love cricket World Cu, wouldn't watch the rest of the year, Ice Hockey I got into when living in Canada, cycling would watch the TDF. Can't think of any sport where I wouldn't watch one event of it a year, snooker perhaps, Rugby League too (although no doubt if i lived in oz I'd probably get into it).  Show jumping?

Event junkie.

But seriously, you've covered more or less my viewpoint too, except I don't like Ice Hockey. The pinnacle of any sport is usually good. I did watch the Stanley Cup finals when the Bruins won two years ago (?) but I'm not a fan.

Cricket World Cup is not the highlight of cricket, it's day four and five of the deciding test of any series.

Used to watch a lot of cricket, but think its been over killed with so much of it on and in so many different forms of the game now.

everyone against motorsports

Baldrick wrote:   He is making statements of fact.  Subtle difference. If you notice in my post I said, I do not enjoy Basketball or Baseball but I would not state that they have no skill etc.

He never said it is a fact, that is his opinion and he is entitled to it, which you've been preaching a lot recently

http://www.bikeradar.com/fitness/article/beginners-guide-to-essential-cycling-skills-30693/This should clear everything up.