imo, like.
― Goths in Home & Away in my lifetime (darraghmac), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 20:06 (thirteen years ago) link
I watched the Margarito fight this weekend, my first time watching Manny fight. Manny is amazing! Best technique I've ever seen, I think.
― macaroni rascal (polyphonic), Tuesday, 23 November 2010 20:08 (thirteen years ago) link
I'm halfway through the fight and it's like jeez, manny has some sort of turbo button in his glove that he pushes when he unleashes a flurry
― _| ̄|○| ̄|○| ̄|○ (dayo), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 00:53 (thirteen years ago) link
would not be surprised that manny had the ability to slow time to halfspeed for everyone around him
― _| ̄|○| ̄|○| ̄|○ (dayo), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 00:54 (thirteen years ago) link
If you’re a great athlete, but only 5’5” and 125 pounds, your options are pretty limited if you want to make money in sports. Boxing may be your best or even only route.
um
― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 00:57 (thirteen years ago) link
sachintendulkar.jpg
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 00:59 (thirteen years ago) link
Soccer's a great sport for guys with low centers of gravity, no?
― Megatherium americanum (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:09 (thirteen years ago) link
Nimble attacking players or wing-players are often suited by a fast, low-centred running-style, but players down the core of the pitch or in defence above all must display vast physical stamina and strength to dominate their team's possession and disrupt the other team's. Tiny players can often outmuscled, so in addition to being small, you have got to be either very fast or very strong, preferably both. Many of the most celebrated 'geniuses' of soccer have been small, agile men with lightning feet (footwork is incredibly important in most physical sports), but on the whole, players tend to be quite physically-imposing.
Cricket is a fabulous sport for small men with low centres of gravity, especially ones with quick feet and sharp reflexes.
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:34 (thirteen years ago) link
Do you get (m)any pint-sized NFL players? That sport seems more about the ability to memorise loads and loads of contingencies, be down for a scrap, be fit as hell and be fucking built.
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:35 (thirteen years ago) link
apart from the quartermaster, nfl is about being the best at exercising
― caek, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:36 (thirteen years ago) link
but players down the core of the pitch or in defence above all must display vast physical stamina and strength to dominate their team's possession and disrupt the other team's
they dont call it the 'biscan role'
― Goths in Home & Away in my lifetime (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:36 (thirteen years ago) link
the average for a champions league player would probably be under 6' and 180lbs.....so i dunno about 'quite physically-imposing' compared to say nfl players where the average is about 6'2", 240lbs iirc
anyway, a low /relative/ centre of gravity is useful in just about all sports right?
― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:39 (thirteen years ago) link
not swimming surely
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:40 (thirteen years ago) link
'sports'
― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link
not ten pin bowling
― caek, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link
high jumping
― Goths in Home & Away in my lifetime (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link
snooker neither
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:41 (thirteen years ago) link
lol quartermaster makes nfl sound like an rpg
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:42 (thirteen years ago) link
slower than rpg iirc
― Goths in Home & Away in my lifetime (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:42 (thirteen years ago) link
like in boxing a lot of power is generated from the thighs/lower body
― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:43 (thirteen years ago) link
turn-based xp
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:43 (thirteen years ago) link
better costumes
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:43 (thirteen years ago) link
in cricket, fast-bowlers derive almost all their power from their lower body, and batsmen generate powerful strokeplay by shifting their whole bodyweight into a shot
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:44 (thirteen years ago) link
cricket fans, gtfo the boxing thread svp
― aerosmith: the acid house years (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:46 (thirteen years ago) link
cricket and boxing are incredibly similar tho, this is the hand of friendship u spurn :(
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:47 (thirteen years ago) link
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Tuesday, November 23, 2010 8:35 PM (4 minutes ago) Bookmark
There are positions where being short can be a real advantage, but those guys tend to be built really thick too - a running back is better off being on the short side than being too tall (imo), but you want him to have a thick butt and thighs. Defensive backs tend to be short and slighter of build, but that's because speed and fluidity of movement are prized - length/height are great if you can get it, but not at the expense of movement skills and footwork.
― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Tuesday, November 23, 2010 8:43 PM (3 minutes ago) Bookmark
its all about the hips imo
xp that's very rude mr. aerosmith!
― Megatherium americanum (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:50 (thirteen years ago) link
I said please!
― aerosmith: the acid house years (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:53 (thirteen years ago) link
can I just say again: footwork. footwork footwork footwork. the bedrock upon which cricket and boxing are founded (arguably more so than soccer, which is more about general movement, territorial whereabouts of the whole player, at least until you get to the top level, where a bit of nifty footwork comes in very handy)
defensive backs are the ones who have to intercept incoming runners who r jinking this way n that, and running backs are running with the ppl bursting forward to try and leap for the ball, right?
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:55 (thirteen years ago) link
running backs are the 5'10, 220lb dudes who carry the ball
defensive backs are the nimble dudes who intercept passes/runners
― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:57 (thirteen years ago) link
balance in football is crucially under-rated, an i thing that 'touch' gotta come under footwork too, so imma disagree with you riht there you carzy bastid. it's not called 'footbox' is it?
― Goths in Home & Away in my lifetime (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:57 (thirteen years ago) link
fucking cable
Defensive backs (defense) mostly defend forward passes, running backs (offense) are given the ball and then run forward with it with the intention of scoring.
― Megatherium americanum (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:58 (thirteen years ago) link
ah so running backs are explosive, hard to knock over etc
think i got the def back in one tho
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:58 (thirteen years ago) link
running backs are running with the ppl bursting forward to try and leap for the ball, right?
these are wide receivers i think
― caek, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
'touch' is foot to ball interface, for me 'footwork' is specifically foot-body-ground interface
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
stop it
― BIG MUFFIN (gbx), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 01:59 (thirteen years ago) link
and balance is a whole-body thing
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 02:00 (thirteen years ago) link
haha
lol
― Megatherium americanum (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 02:00 (thirteen years ago) link
i think lj is on the verge of a breakthrough here
― caek, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 02:00 (thirteen years ago) link
they are all good points, pity they dont count for shit on a boxing thread.
― Goths in Home & Away in my lifetime (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 02:01 (thirteen years ago) link
aw I always like the kumbaya vibe of these cross-cultural sports convos. We're ~learning about each other~!
― Megatherium americanum (Princess TamTam), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 02:03 (thirteen years ago) link
damn right
― calpolaris (nakhchivan), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 02:04 (thirteen years ago) link
aco/aero, bytcha$$ of ilxberry, full 12 rounds to follow pending license
dude always promised savage beatdowns, but what he doesn't suspect is my secret weapon - a cricket bat
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 02:06 (thirteen years ago) link
btw I am a firm believer in all sports being good, worthy and exciting, with one (1) exception, but I am not going to say what it is - other than that, I find it petty and excruciating that ppl display their ignorance by slagging off an entire sport which probably relates a lot to sports they like but with a funky twist
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 02:08 (thirteen years ago) link
dude always promised savage beatdowns,
fake football gtfo of a boxing thread!
― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 02:09 (thirteen years ago) link
with one (1) exception,
man the fuck up- it's baseball
― Goths in Home & Away in my lifetime (darraghmac), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 02:13 (thirteen years ago) link
do I make myself that obvious :(
― pro EVOO sucker (acoleuthic), Wednesday, 24 November 2010 02:13 (thirteen years ago) link
this is a good one to let go
― caek, Wednesday, 24 November 2010 02:14 (thirteen years ago) link