Poll: Most stressful positions in all of sports

[MisterPresident]

Personally, I think it comes down to either football kickers or hockey goalies. If there is something not in the poll, explain please.

 

[RaynorWolfcastle]

I'm gonna go with pornstar.

 

[MisterPresident]

Please, porn is not a sport, it's a way of life.

 

[TheBoyBlunder]

Goalie (any sport)/US football placekicker are probably the most stressful jobs. One mistake can cost your team a game or a title. It could also make you a pariah to millions of people you've never met.

 

[bootymac]

I'm not too sure about other sports, but for me, it's being in the back row for volleyball, and it's game point. I have the tendancy to screw things up when I'm in the back row

 

[Valhalla1]

havent you seen that fox nascar commercial.. nascar driver is racing and talking, making fun of how 'dangerous' the NFL is while he is nearly dying every few seconds

 

[NikPreviousAcct]

Race car driver - life is in the balance!

 

[RabidMongoose]

A chainsaw juggler competition is pretty stressful.

 

[Savij]

those lumber jack guys who climb a pole with an axe, chop the top off, drop down a few feet and chop another section off, drop a few more...

or maybe ballerina

 

[jinduy]

baseball pitcher

 

[Pepsi90919]

i rated you a 1 for asking what lacrosse was

 

[hdeck]

goalie of any kind

 

[GhettoFob]

first baseman

 

[MisterPresident]

Originally posted by: Pepsi90919
i rated you a 1 for asking what lacrosse was

You fool! I was joking... I play lacrosse.

 

[flxnimprtmscl]

I'd say either hockey goalie or the SS in baseball.

 

[Kipper]

Hockey goalies. Try stopping a 3.5 inch disc of rubber traveling at over 100 MPH while on Iceskates. While other positions in sports have breaks in action, a goalie can presumably fend off shots for over a minute until the clock is stopped.

 

[UncleWai]

ice skater?

 

[Haircut]

Soccer Referee

 

[ElFenix]

race car driver. one mistake and you could be dead

 

[dragonballgtz]

Hockey Goalie

In Detroit we love are goalies to death until they let in one bad goal. Once they let a bad goal go in we want to kick their a$$.

 

[raystorm]

Baseball Catcher... your body gets beat up big time during your career and usually a catchers career life is a bit shorter than those of other positions. The are also prone to more injuries which is why many catchers eventually shift to another position by the time they hit their mid 30's.

Certaintly being a driver can be stressful as well.. one small mistake could mean your life... imagine that.. participating in an event in which your life can be on the life every time. I don't care for nascar, but I respect what they do at those incredible speeds in those beast machines.

 

[axelfox]

You don't have referee.

 

[Whisper]

I'd say kicker for football. Honestly, I don't feel that race car drivers sit there the entire time they're in a car and imagine that they could be dying every second. They're probably just worried about posting the fastest lap time, or drifting around the next turn a little bit faster than the previous one. As such, I can't label that as stressful.

Hockey goalies have it pretty bad as well, but there's just something about the kicker in football...he's already the brunt of every joke imaginable...and then he has to come in only a few times a game, and is expected make sometimes impossible kicks. If he does it, yay. If he doesn't, he's a pu$$y that needs to be shot. And it's not just a few times a season that he has to deal with this situation...it's every damn game he plays in.

Baseball closer is pretty bad, too, but there are more games in a baseball season than a football season. As such, a football game is generally more "important" than a baseball game, unless it's playoff-level or something.

 

[rh71]

Originally posted by: MisterPresident
Personally, I think it comes down to either football kickers or hockey goalies. If there is something not in the poll, explain please.

I'd agree with this... but the kicker has more at stake since he's the one who's SUPPOSED to score those points unless it's a 50-yarder. Goalies simply can't stop everything... and he also has his teammates to blame for lack of coverage. First rule in hockey - it's never just the goalie's fault.

 

[Lonyo]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
race car driver. one mistake and you could be dead

Not so much of an issue now, what with all the safety measures. But still a small issue. (Big if it effects you).
The risk is nothing like previous decades (50's/60's etc).