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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 1/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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Originally posted by JaCory Wrong. Anyone guilty of using performance enhancing drugs should be banned from all forms of competition, in any form of sport, as well as being banned from training on official facilities or with other current players, for a minimum of 2 years. That is the precedent and current policy, and it is fair if it is kept consistent. Tris |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 2/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| Skydiving and Surfing - there's no freer feeling than those two. Boofa |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 3/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 4/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| Yeah I played handball for a season in high school (I've played pretty much everything except ice hockey, gridiron and caber toss. And curling) It's a good game, pretty fast and fun, but International Rules Football is along the same lines but way, way better. Tris |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 5/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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Originally posted by woplock It is incredibly doubtful that there is any evidence proving this statement besides your own personal opinion, which counts for naught. It is realistically impossible to compare skills require across different sports, and they would all merit their own difficulty. I'd say something like 'The Doosra' (cricket delivery) is scientifically much more difficult anyway, considering the delivery seems to defy the laws of physics, and there is only one man in the world who can perform it. And I'm not knocking baseball, but a cricket Test goes for up to 5 full days, so in terms of skills required over a length of play you'd have to rate it ahead. Tris |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 6/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| Your evidence for the statement is another person's opinion? *claps* Notice how cricket doesn't even rate a mention in the USA Today Sports "10 hardest things to do in sport" survey? (due to the fact few people in america can play the game?) Notice how the 'scientific' analysis consists of only one physicists opinion, and nowhere does he show the evidence or studies that led him to this claim? Notice that this physicist never actually claims it is the hardest thing to do in sports? Notice the quote "we can reveal USA TODAY's choice for the hardest thing to do in sports"? Notice how your own original quote "because you are trying to hit a round object, with another round object" does not feature in the article? Notice the flaw in your source? If you have something credible, which I might point out can't exist objectively, please give me a link for that. Tris |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 7/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| Was hoping a few of you baseball nuts could help me out. I was talking to an american student about baseball & cricket, and came to the conclusion that the reason I like cricket is probably the same reason why I should like baseball. In cricket, a lot of the art & appeal in bowling is subtle variations in the type of ball delivered. A wrist spinner may have 10+ different types of deliveries - one may spin away from the batsmen, one into, one straight on. One may skid, and so on. Many of them look like they're being bowled the same way too, in action. I know in baseball this rings true for pitchers too - I've heard of curveballs and flyballs and balls that drop quickly. But I don't know what they do. Could someone give a quick rundown of classical pitching deliveries, roughly how they're bowled and what they do in the air? If anyone wants, I can runt throw the same thing with cricket bowlers too. Ta, Tris |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 8/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| Taryn, I hope things are starting out well. It might end up being a long road but don't lose heart along the way - a long road is ok if you only have to walk it once. Exercise is great. Do you swim? I remember you had an interest in surf lifesaving. That would be perfect! Exercise and heaps of fun. And, as Ambi said, heaps of endorphins  As for Zoloft...I'm not a pharmacist, but what are you like without them? Side effects can be worse than the condition itself sometime. Maybe run it by your GP or hypno about trying to wean off them? The only advice I can say is that in the end, it's on you. No one else can solve the problem of depression, they can help, but you're the one who does the work. You already know this, but no matter how you feel like you're walking in circles it stands true. And there's a heap of people who really want to see you well. So please take care. Tristan |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 9/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| Is there other people here who work/study in the Medical/Health Care profession, who may worry about the lack of evidence based practice that occurs in some of their own and other related fields? It scares me to hear of the amount of treatments being sold to patients that simply either have not been proven or have been shown to be of little benefit? Should there be a closer eye on 'professionals' who practice methods that have clearly been discounted or useless in substantial literature? Others in the industry, what is your own personal philosophy on this topic? Tris |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 10/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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Originally posted by paradoxwell, there's that 1 in a 1,000,000,000 chance that you might get a tennis ball lodged at your head completely decapitating you Bullshit. |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 11/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| Paradox: No, I didn't detect the sarcasm, and I think I'm entitled to miss it. Especially since you're continuing to argue the point that you claim was sarcastic. "jumping back to Realistic [?SIC] measures, tennis players fall on the court quite often, fight happen to (rarely) so this would be considered a dangerous sport, you could call, break a jaw...die from exhaustion...and that proves my theory why all sports can be considered dangerous." Can you tell me please then how many people have died from a cause directly related to the game of tennis? Your theory is directing us to a point that anything could be considered dangerous - ie, turning your next to look out a window because you may have a stroke, or sitting on a chair at a computer because your house may fall down on you. These 'freaky' things can't be attributed to the sport itself, so you can't really claim that tennis is a dangerous sport because of them. Tris |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 12/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| I played a few games in High School a while back. It was pretty fun to be honest, mainly because I found it easy to scoop the ball up where other people didn't. I don't think I'd watch it if it were on TV. In saying that, it'd probably be more interesting that hockey - seems a little less erratic. Tris |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 13/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| [we have a new idiot on acmlms board I've been coming here for almost a year and am probably one of few newer members who have read the Faq, obeys the rules, and not post stupid posts. And I really don't appreciate being called an idiot by someone who has absolutely no gorunds to do so. I can only guess you're trying to impress someone, that's why you use 'we'. you try playing tennis in 100 degree weather for about an hour....wouldent you get exhausted? I'm seriously doubting you know what it actually takes to die from exhaustion. By the way, your 100 degrees is about 38 degrees C, right? Welcome to down under - I've played tennis in 42 C heat and I'm still here. Try keeping your balance while running towards the ball so the other player wont score... Even with two dodgy ankles I can't recall ever tripping whilst playing tennis...and I'd have to have a look, but it wouldn't surprise me if the majority of injuries were overuse and upper limb ones. that's how injuries happen in sports This is why you should have some idea who you're trying having a go at here. just because no injuries happened yet does that mean it will never happen? didn't think so. I didn't say that no injuries had happened yet. I asked you if you could tell me how many people had died from playing tennis. Of course injuries happened in all sports, but I don't see how something can be called 'extreme' unless there's a higher risk of a serious/life-threatening injury. Tris (edited by The Wrong 'Un on 04-12-04 02:18 AM) (edited by The Wrong 'Un on 04-12-04 02:28 AM) |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 14/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| This thread is a breath of fresh air! I've loved bowling ever since my first game about 8 years ago but am strictly a social player only. It's ace fun My best is 141, which I'm always trying to beat. Sometimes I'll start off with a flyer but throw in a couple of '9's and your score really slows down. Highest score I've witnessed is a 181. Tris |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 15/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| I know you didn't write that from the top of your head, so can you please provide references for the material you use in future? The fact that you've left much irrelevant background material in, (such as screening recommendations that I assure you I am well aware of), as well as subject headings, points me to this reasoning. Firstly, this seems to be a new point from you. Nothing here is related to exhaustion etc. But since I asked you to tell me how many people have died due to a directly tennis related cause, I have had a look over your research. I must admit if you understand everything you've posted, I'm mightly impressed. However, not much of it backs up your point. Congenital cardiovascular abnormalities are the main cause in athletes under 35 years of age A death due to a congenital condition can't therefore be attributed to the sport of tennis. If there's a defect there from birth, and it's going to be a problem, it'll be a problem no matter what is happening in the person's life. The most prevalent diagnosis was atherosclerotic heart disease Again, see above. This is not due to tennis itself, it's due to a co-existing morbidity. This person may have a AMI running to the bus, but does that make running to the bus an 'extreme' & 'dangerous' task? and EKG are recommended for players participating at elite level Can you tell me what EKG stands for, please? I commend you for a small effort in researching a topic instead of launching into statements, or flames, which is what many in your position would do. But you're arguing an impossible point, and the fact that you've brought up all this cardio stuff shows you might be a little lost. As I said earlier, I don't see how something can be called 'extreme' unless there's a higher risk of a serious/life-threatening injury. There isn't really a case to argue this in the example of tennis. If you have more to add to your argument, please feel free to post it and we can continue the debate. But I'm doubting there's anything out there. Tristan EDIT: http://www.stms.nl/june2001/artikel11.htm#top I found your source out of curiousity. Nice cut and paste job, mate. You should really have accredited Babette M. Pluim, MD., Ph.D., with the reference. EDITx2: Sorry, I'm not finished yet. Did you read this: http://www.stms.nl/maart1998/artikel13.htm (care of Dr. Irving Glick, Medical Commission ITF) -Sudden cardiac death in sports is almost exclusively related to an underlying disease of the cardiovascular system Further searching of the site yields no other causes of death in tennis besides sudden death. (edited by The Wrong 'Un on 04-13-04 03:52 AM) (edited by The Wrong 'Un on 04-13-04 03:59 AM) |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 16/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| Well, Matthew Hayden's world record didn't last all that long in the end. In the last test of the West Indies vs England series, WI captain Brian Lara has reclaimed the titled (Hayden broke is previous mark of 375 runs) and become the first player in Test History to break the 400 runs barrier. http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/STATS/TESTS/BATTING/TEST_BAT_HIGH_INNS_SCORES.html Read all about it here. This is really quite phenomenal, I'm not saying there's a way to compare it to other sports but what's the record of goals scored by an individual in soccer? Thinks double figures? Tris |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 17/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| lol, who said I wrote it from the top of my head To give you benefit of the doubt that I strongly disbeleive you require, you should realise what you did above was plagiarism. You took, word for word, someone else's work, posted in under your own name without any recognition or acknowledgement of the original author. To rely on me to acknowledge them for you is poor. To laugh about it is incredibly foolish. but anyway why do you continue on wasting your time trying to win this when you know just as well as I do any sport can be considered dangerous You have failed to provide any convincing evidence to prove this point. To speak bluntly, you've been clutching at straws the whole time. Common knowledge forces me to agree with you that injuries occur in sports, but this not necessarily means that they should be labelled "dangerous". Continuing to use tennis as the example, the worst sort of injuries tennis is directly responsible for are things like soft tissue injuries, overuse injuries especially in the shoulder, and some ligament/cartilage damage in knees. None of these are life-threatening, and all can generally be recovered from fairly rapidly. By your argument, everything in life could be considered dangerous. Do you know how many chronic lower back pain patients I've seen, whose injuries occur from seemingly simple work-related tasks? Just recently I saw a librarian who had horrible chronic neck pain from her job which involved many hours a day in front of a computer. This was serious, debilitating pain with associated headaches. You claim sitting at a computer to be considered dangerous? By your argument, waking up in the morning is dangerous, because a common cause of a 'wry neck' is an unguarded movement seconds after waking, where muscles are too relaxed to protect the zygoapopheseal-joints. If you wish to continue your belief that you are correct with this argument, I can't convince you otherwise. But living your life considering that everything you could possibly do is dangerous must be pretty stressful. Tristan |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 18/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| Played soccer (striker), basketball(centre) and track/field in high school days. Now about to finish uni and playing Australian Rules Footy for my old high school. Mainly in a defensive position. Tris |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 19/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| There is no rivalry in international sport greater than a Test match against the Old Enemy. I'm speaking of course, of The Ashes. Australia vs England. Cricket, mate. Tris |
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The Wrong 'Un Red Paragoomba Level: 14 Posts: 20/64 EXP: 12415 For next: 656 Since: 03-24-04 Since last post: 116 days Last activity: 79 days |
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| Incredibly vague poll... By Football I'm assuming you mean American football, and by hockey I'm assuming you mean ice Hockey. For mine, I've never seen an american football game but I've seen bits and pieces and it seems to run a little like rugby, but maybe a bit more flamboyant. Rugby is pretty cool but not my favourite. Soccer is...really dull and boring. I guess it must be an aquired taste because a lot of people love it, but I'd only watch like a World Cup final or Australia vs. Someone. Hockey is worse than soccer because it is boring and erratic. Ice hockey I haven't seen, but I reckon it'd be pretty cool...pun intended. I like basketball. Cricket is awesome but again, it's an aquired taste and the thing I appreciate is the subtle tactics and intricacies. But for all the action and excitement, you can't go past Australian Rules Football. A good game of that rocks that house. And if you get a chance, International Rules Football is even better. Tris |
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