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Originally posted by water_boy1999
Um...where do I start?
Well, decathletes are some of the most athletic people, due to the fact that a major part of their performance is agility and quickness. A lot of their ability is in shifting centers of balance, knowing how to compete on a mental and intellectual level....just like your linebackers.
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What are the events in decathalon? I know most but I'm not sure.
100m
1500m
High Jump
110m hurdles
400m
Discus
SHot Put
Pole Vault
Long Jump
Maybe hammer throw and 800m?
Of those events, the only ones that require agility are HJ Discus and Pole Vault. Quickness, just the 100m and discus. Long Jump is about speed, as are the other running events.
These posts seem to be turning into which sport requires the most endurance or is the toughest,, which isn't the same as atheltic ability. Endurance is part of it, but not the whole thing.
To bigdonkey, there are plenty of one dimentional, unatheltic baseball players. Most anyone playing first base or DH is a poor athelte. Many of the pitchers are too. Look at David Wells.
I'm still thinking linebacker requires the biggest combination of all factors, especially when you consider these guys are just huge, yet still incredibly fast.