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Ronaldo's Goal and Other Great Athletic Feats
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Originally posted by jazzcyclist View PostThat play may have required and certain degree of prescience but it was pretty ordinary in terms of skill and athleticism.
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Originally posted by Conor Dary View PostThe announcer as usual is completely over the top....it's a nice play but hardly unbelievable...he just tosses to the catcher...who just a few feet away.....quick thinking and getting there but that's about it...
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The sky-high bounce pass from Stephen Curry to Giannis Antetokounmpo for a dunk in the NBA All-Star game this February will be remembered by NBA fans forever:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2hXbLvUWFg
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Originally posted by Conor Dary View PostIf they didn't practice that I would be amazed....
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then there's this collection of other-worldly shots from Federer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ScKohNh-1E8
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Originally posted by steve View PostIt's no 8 foot high jump or olympic floor exercise, but none of those athletes could have read that play and then executed it with that precision in that time frame. I guess I have a different definition of athletic feats/skill/athleticism.
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Originally posted by jazzcyclist View PostOf course a track athlete couldn't do it but the baseball players that could do it are a dime a dozen, while even Messi couldn't have made the play that Ronaldo did.
And I thought this thread was about the former.
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Originally posted by TN1965 View PostI don't think Messi is an exceptional "athlete" for a world class soccer player. But he has better ball skills than Ronaldo.
And I thought this thread was about the former.Last edited by jazzcyclist; 12-25-2019, 06:17 PM.
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I don't know why this has stuck with me for so long, but I always thought George Brett (pine tar!) had super-human reaction speed. The beginning of this video shows one incident.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mLqOPycN2RQ
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