Iapyi
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the soccer dudes aren't even close to the awesomeness of NHL guys, plus the hockey guys aren't rolling around faking injuries and standing around doing nothing 77% of the time
What does one have to do with the other? Is Michael Phelps not a world class athlete because he doesn't bodycheck anyone in the pool?
Hockey players don't dive like footballers do . Well it's not as common anyways for rolling around looking like they got shotHow can you watch hockey and come at another sport for diving? Happens a ton in the nhl
the soccer dudes aren't even close to the awesomeness of NHL guys, plus the hockey guys aren't rolling around faking injuries and standing around doing nothing 77% of the time
Well the NHL has players like Phil Kessel who I doubt could run a full soccer pitch
elite physical peak?
Its a non contact sport, they dont use their upper body at all
Im pretty sure that from the start of a hockey game to the final buzzer, hockey players are sat around doing nothing for a far higher percentage of the time.
Doesn't mean the soccer people can claim the players are on the field for 90 minutes as a testament to their fitness. We all know hockey is at minimum 1000.08% more physically demanding.
Doesn't sound like you've ever played soccer.
Soccer physicality is shaped around being able to run for 90 continuous minutes and hockey physicality is shaped around less than minute spurts with everything they got - until they do it again.Not a whole lot but I have played it enough to know that it is at least 1000.08% less physically demanding than hockey. Any suggestion it isn't is preposterous. I live in Canada and we have the benefit of several different sport options so playing a child's game like soccer doesn't have much appeal for an athlete here.
It is a great activity for kids under 10 though, you can just throw a ball on a field and let the little guys run around to get in shape.
Soccer physicality is shaped around being able to run for 90 continuous minutes and hockey physicality is shaped around less than minute spurts with everything they got - until they do it again.
Completely different and therefore can't be compared seriously imo
Soccer physicality is shaped around being able to run for 90 continuous minutes and hockey physicality is shaped around less than minute spurts with everything they got - until they do it again.
Completely different and therefore can't be compared seriously imo
Not a whole lot but I have played it enough to know that it is at least 1000.08% less physically demanding than hockey. Any suggestion it isn't is preposterous. I live in Canada and we have the benefit of several different sport options so playing a child's game like soccer doesn't have much appeal for an athlete here.
It is a great activity for kids under 10 though, you can just throw a ball on a field and let the little guys run around to get in shape.
the soccer dudes aren't even close to the awesomeness of NHL guys, plus the hockey guys aren't rolling around faking injuries and standing around doing nothing 77% of the time
Hockey players don't dive like footballers do . Well it's not as common anyways for rolling around looking like they got shot
There is no point in comparing the two since NHLers train to be in peak form for 45 seconds shift, 2-3 minutes rest, and go back out again. Also skating and getting hit drains way more energy than just running around.
Soccer players need endurance for 90 minutes, but they do have some off time on the pitch that they can walk and rest. Also, they only play once or twice a week.
They also have light travel compared to the NHL. I mean, how big is England compared to North America? Most of their travel time is similar to Toronto playing Ottawa. NHLers have complaied a lot about traveling in the past, it's a real factor.
I'd say hockey is much tougher. Plenty of people can run marathons, not many could do what NHL athletes do.
I would have had the same opinion if I had only played soccer as a kid. I started up again in my late 20s in the hockey offseason and I can tell you soccer can be brutal if you're playing all out vs grown men. I come away bloody more often than in hockey.
No defense of diving, but my guess is that much of the time people see someone rolling around in soccer they don't realize that someone might actually be really hurt. Having someone run across your foot in cleats feels a lot like taking a hard slapshot in the laces.
But only play 38 games.EPL players have about 1 month long summer vacations, though. And that's it.
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I would have had the same opinion if I had only played soccer as a kid. I started up again in my late 20s in the hockey offseason and I can tell you soccer can be brutal if you're playing all out vs grown men. I come away bloody more often than in hockey.
No defense of diving, but my guess is that much of the time people see someone rolling around in soccer they don't realize that someone might actually be really hurt. Having someone run across your foot in cleats feels a lot like taking a hard slapshot in the laces.
- I don't know what you mean by "drains more energy". The caloric output in a 90 minute soccer match is greater. The muscular endurance (say in your quads) from stopping and starting is harder in hockey, it takes longer to refill those muscles with glycogen. You were closer to the right track when you said there's no point in comparing the two. Two different sets of demands.
- Sometimes attackers and defenders get to rest on the field, because they have to sprint (more similar to hockey), but midfield types like me usually don't rest. I don't need to. I can run 90 straight.
- How many marathons have you run in a decent time? There's actually a lot of people who try it and fail. A lot of people want to be a soccer midfielder and can't get there despite a lot of training.
- It seems like you're trying to make a comparison between the elite of the elite (the NHLers) with average blokes who run a lot.
But only play 38 games.
...or could he?Well the NHL has players like Phil Kessel who I doubt could run a full soccer pitch
Sure thing boss
those throw-ins, huge arm pump
Im sorry but any suggestion that soccer uses the upper body more or even close to as much as hockey players is just flat out wrong and a shit takelet it go…like the guy said you've probably never played with the statement that you made