Sports Noobs against Pros - spawned from tdarko\'s tennis thread
 

OK.. thought this deserved it's own thread...

Here are the rules:

Pick a sport in which you feel any noob (read as : this person has never played this sport before) would have any flying chance at against a pro. Assume noob is an overall decent athlete though.

The game has to be more than just a one time thing like, first to make a free throw, noob shoots first. But things like 10 penalty shots against a goalie in soccer are reasonable.

Here are some possible criteria for various sports.

Tennis - Win one game in 3 sets
Baseball - 3 or more fairballs hit (no bunting) in 27 outs.
Basketball - score 2+ baskets in a race to 15 winner takes out.
Table Tennis - score 2 pts in a 21 pt match
Bowling - within 200 pts in a 3 game match.
Boxing - last 5 rounds
Golf - win 2 holes out of 18, for a total noob even one would be too much I guess.

Let's get creative. Also what would be the worst odds against any pro?

Let's start then...

Someone already mentioned a shootout against a soccer goalie and I think it may be one of the best... pretty much a crapshoot.

Biggest longshot? Probably something like chess if we want to consider that. But oh the possibilites for fun...just for the pleasure of watching.. a 5 round boxing match. Yes, the noob could get lucky, but even getting lucky and hitting the pro, it would still be very unlikely that anything would happen except having the noob get pounded on afterwards.. How about some mixed martial arts fighting like the UFC? That would be great... [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

So post your sport and criteria.

Re: Sports Noobs against Pros - spawned from tdarko\'s tennis thread
 

The answer is here

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Bowling - within 200 pts in a 3 game match.


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This is the only one a noob would even have any shot at.

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Golf and boxing are out of the question. There's no way that anyone could do those.

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I'm an athletic dude but not a professional sportsman.

I wouldn't be able to:

score a point in a one on one match against an NBA player

hit a fair ball coming 90+mph (75-80 straight I can hit, but 90 with movement or 80 curve I have no chance).

score a goal against a goalie

win a hole against a golfer

not die playing football

come close to beating a swimmer or track/field athlete

Basically, an untrained amateur has no chance to beat a pro in any sport I can think of.


Maybe if you call competitive eating a sport, the amateur might have a shot.

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The answer is here

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Did you not read my full title? That thread is all over the place.. amatuers vs professionals, wagering amounts, tdarko's tennis skills, odds, etc. etc., making it unwieldly a bet to read/follow.

Re: Sports Noobs against Pros - spawned from tdarko\'s tennis thread
 

Jablue is right. There is no sport where a complete novice would stand any chance against a pro. Not a single one.

Swede

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I'm an athletic dude but not a professional sportsman.

I wouldn't be able to:
score a goal against a goalie


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This I disagree with, a penalty kick against a soccer goalie from anyone who can kick a ball reasonably well would hit the net at least 20% I would guess.

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Maybe if you call competitive eating a sport, the amateur might have a shot.

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Doubtful, but maybe.. But it sure would be hard to find a true noob at eating.. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Maybe if you call competitive eating a sport, the amateur might have a shot.

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Against Kobayashi? No chance.

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I'm an athletic dude but not a professional sportsman.

I wouldn't be able to:
score a goal against a goalie


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This I disagree with, a penalty kick against a soccer goalie from anyone who can kick a ball reasonably well would hit the net at least 20% I would guess.



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While I agree with this you can't call penalty shots a good indication of soccer playing. Likewise, many relative amateurs would stomp Shaq and similar NBA players in a free throw contest, but what does that mean as far as overall hoops skills?

Swede