ESPN has come up with a ranking of "toughest" sports and swimming seems, at least to me, to come up a bit short.
sports.espn.go.com/.../sportSkills
Of course, since it ranks Badminton as equal with Nordic Skiing, it MUST be right. ;)
-LBJ
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1) I don't think this panel was per se biased against aquatic sports because look where water polo (11-T) ends up. I betcha an honest evaluation of synchronized swimming using these categories would put it even higher. However, look at the examples used in the "Key" at the bottom of the chart, and you will get a clear picture of what sports measure up for the folks who completed this list.
2) Please note all you sprinters that you are at 45, whereas we distance swimmers are at 36. Here we have it; pseudo-scientific "proof!" It must be true.
3) These charts and tables are great to start bar-stooling debates, but since people get to pick the criteria and use subjective measurements, they don't "prove" a darn thing to any standard that would survive scientific, peer-reviewed scrutiny.
Matt
1) I don't think this panel was per se biased against aquatic sports because look where water polo (11-T) ends up. I betcha an honest evaluation of synchronized swimming using these categories would put it even higher. However, look at the examples used in the "Key" at the bottom of the chart, and you will get a clear picture of what sports measure up for the folks who completed this list.
2) Please note all you sprinters that you are at 45, whereas we distance swimmers are at 36. Here we have it; pseudo-scientific "proof!" It must be true.
3) These charts and tables are great to start bar-stooling debates, but since people get to pick the criteria and use subjective measurements, they don't "prove" a darn thing to any standard that would survive scientific, peer-reviewed scrutiny.
Matt
