**POLL**athletes: speed of strength?

[Corporate Thug]

regardless of the sport would u rather be fast or strong???

 

[Spoooon]

I'll take the speed of strength.

 

[Lithium381]

man i'd want to be a BUFF runner and a FAST shotputter

 

[Corporate Thug]

therein lies the problem, i'm talking about a GENERAL athlete no particular sport, so its a tough call

 

[conjur]

Neither....I'd prefer to have incredible stamina/endurance. That's what makes an athlete.

 

[Tetsuo]

Originally posted by: Spoooon
I'll take the speed of strength.

 

[Walleye]

alright, how bout we pick 1 sport?

let's say martial arts?

 

[vi edit]

Alright...since it's sport independent...then I'll say it depends on the position you are playing

A few sports benefit from bubba beefcakes, but in general, there really isn't a sport that would turn down a very quick athlete whereas being super strong and butt slow wouldn't work in many sports.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: Walleye
alright, how bout we pick 1 sport?

let's say martial arts?

picking one sports makes the question easy

i'm talking about a person that plays all types of sports

 

[Nebor]

Seems obvious to me... you can't outrun a car no matter how fast you are, but you could buckle down and stop it with your bare hands if you were strong.

 

[Gravity]

The amazing thing about chuck norris and bruce lee is their incredible speed. They can punch so fast that it doesn't matter how big/strong you are. You are going D o W n.

speed rules.

 

[LongCoolMother]

i chose speed. since im a 100m sprinter.

 

[huesmann]

Originally posted by: Nebor
Seems obvious to me... you can't outrun a car no matter how fast you are, but you could buckle down and stop it with your bare hands if you were strong.

If it were running right at you?

 

[MAME]

for sports, speed all the way. Doesn't matter what sport really (for the most part).

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: MAME
for sports, speed all the way. Doesn't matter what sport really (for the most part).

In wrestling...not that WWE/WWF crap...but real wrestling like you see in High School and College I would give the nod to the stronger guy over the faster guy...given the same weights.

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: conjur
Neither....I'd prefer to have incredible stamina/endurance. That's what makes an athlete.

Lance Armstrong for Elite!

 

[kevinthenerd]

Originally posted by: Nebor
Seems obvious to me... you can't outrun a car no matter how fast you are, but you could buckle down and stop it with your bare hands if you were strong.

NOBODY but nobody could really stop a car moving at 40 mph.

 

[kevinthenerd]

I said speed, and I don't even play sports.

KE=mv^2

double mass = double kinetic energy

double speed = quadruple kinetic energy

 

[EMPshockwave82]

Originally posted by: conjur
Neither....I'd prefer to have incredible stamina/endurance. That's what makes an athlete.

so what about those 100 meter dash runners... or the 50 yard / meter freestyle swimmers...

 

[Actaeon]

Speedy

 

[JBT]

Originally posted by: vi_edit

Originally posted by: MAME
for sports, speed all the way. Doesn't matter what sport really (for the most part).

In wrestling...not that WWE/WWF crap...but real wrestling like you see in High School and College I would give the nod to the stronger guy over the faster guy...given the same weights.

I'd have to dissagree with this statement I wrestled back in HS a good some of the moves were just about impossible to get out of if u weren't quick enough to react to them. Strength may help you a little bit here but most of the pinning moves required you to move faster than the other guy to have it work right. Strength may help you not get pinned but ur only going to be using your strength trying to unpin ur self.

 

[Rainsford]

Originally posted by: Lithium381
man i'd want to be a BUFF runner and a FAST shotputter

Yeah, seriously. It really depends on the sport. Some require one, some require both. There's no hard and fast rule.

 

[Mrburns2007]

Doesn't it depend on what sport your in ?

 

[pennylane]

Originally posted by: Tetsuo

Originally posted by: Spoooon
I'll take the speed of strength.

 

[habib89]

speed... you coudl be strong as hell, but if you can't catch me, you cant beat me