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We used to play dodgeball with golf balls. Now that's a risk.

Author: ELP (11281 Posts - Joined: Oct 18, 2020)

Posted at 10:25 pm on Sep 16, 2024

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Replies to: “We used to play dodgeball with golf balls. Now that's a risk.”

Is modern athletics straining the human body beyond its natural strengths? - Curly1918 - 7:04pm 9/16/24 (19) [View All]
- In the 1890s, football was almost banned because of deaths. Sports have always involved risk... [LINK] - jrdjr84 - 8:28pm 9/16/24
  - Without question, in its infancy, college football was brutal and sometimes fatal [LINK] - Nigel Tufnel - 12:32pm 9/17/24
  - Thank God it wasn't our university would have dissolved. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 10:41pm 9/16/24
  - We used to play dodgeball with golf balls. Now that's a risk. [NT] - ELP - 10:25pm 9/16/24
    - ELP that is a little nuts, but you weren't hitting with clubs were you? [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 10:39pm 9/16/24
      - We'd line up guys against a giant brick wall and hurl golf balls. - ELP - 10:45pm 9/16/24
        
        I was born in 1950 and I remember in grade school playing in gym class, what we called murder ball - THEISMANCARR - 11:45pm 9/16/24
        
        Murderball you say? [NT] [LINK] - Chrisb - 5:27pm 9/17/24
- I feel sorry for these kids. Every sport is year round. Muliple sport kids are rare these days. - murph92675 - 8:13pm 9/16/24
  - Absolutely true, each high school coach thinks his or her sport is the one that should get the most - THEISMANCARR - 8:30pm 9/16/24
- IMO, it is because athletes start specializing at an early age. - Shadow_of_the_Dome - 7:31pm 9/16/24
  - My youngest grandson plays HS football. It seems like he's always in training, lifting, working out. - ELP - 7:56pm 9/16/24
    - U trade knee injuries for back ones in golf. Swing too damn hard [NT] - ndphysics - 8:19pm 9/16/24
      - The reverse C position that Nicklaus lived by was deadly on the backs. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 11:46pm 9/16/24
      - The reverse C position that Nicklaus lived by was deadly on the backs. [NT] - THEISMANCARR - 11:46pm 9/16/24
- Either that or people are too muscular and tight. The number of injuries - ndphysics - 7:16pm 9/16/24
  - Re: baseball pitchers. The thinking is that reduced batters faced = pitchers over-throwing. [NT] - SteveM - 7:33pm 9/16/24
    - Yep a good start now is lasting 6 innings. I miss the complete game pitcher but they didn't throw - THEISMANCARR - 10:45pm 9/16/24
      - Yeah, when I first saw Tim Lincecum throw like an explosion, I thought that arm wouldn't last long. [NT] - SteveM - 11:57pm 9/16/24

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