So recently MaxPreps a source for high school sports information posted a chart ranking sports by difficulty and Basketball was ranked harder than Wrestling. Now I get that there is a lot of people out there that are going to say oh well that's because that's the truth, and to that I say that is absolutely incorrect!
Basketball is considered a physically demanding sport with all the cardiovascular fitness required but with current regulations basketball isn't what it used to be and how it was played in the 80's/90's. Don't get me wrong yes basketball is a tough sport with all the Cardio that is done, but in wrestling you do as much cardio if not more. In non Covid times wrestling usually starts three months before actual matches begin. During those three months wrestlers do cardio till they puke and then some more, that's just before hitting the mats then pick up on technique and go live for 10-20 minutes. For those who don't know what going "live" is, it is when you and your partner fight till the coach tells you to stop. No brakes and no stopping.
Wrestlers also can cut a good amount of weight if done the right way, this is also another demanding task of wrestling having to maintain weight. Maintaining weight is one of the most difficult tasks of wrestling after we exert all this energy into practice we have to check our weight and see how much we weigh, how far till we reach our weight limit and see what we can put in our bodies without going over weight.
Wrestling is also a more physically demanding sport meaning that you have greater chances of getting in a situation where you can get hurt. Wrestlers have a greater chance of becoming concussed, physical damage such as broken bones, bloody noses, broken noses, eye gouges. Also, when it comes down to what happens during a match it is all on that wrestler it isn't on the coach for calling a wrong play it's not on a teammate for missing a shot or not doing what they were supposed to do. I do get that basketball is a hard sport and may just be one of the hardest but I completely disagree with MaxPreps with saying Basketball is more difficult than Wrestling
I imagine that this has to be true!
ReplyDeleteI also agree with you as a fellow wrestler and everything you just said is very factual, especially the maintaining weight and cutting weight, which I can relate too right now.
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