Decisions Decisions

[wal66]

Lately I have seen several choices threads so I thought I would get in on the act. I will keep mine sports related since this a sports forum after all.
In each scenario below it is at the end of the game and the outcome is in your hands. Which situation would you rather see yourself in and which is the least favorable situation?

Hockey: You have the last opportunity in the shootout to win the game.
Football: 1 second remains on the clock and your team is at the 10 yard line and you have the opportunity to kick the winning field goal.
Baseball: Bottom of the 9th bases loaded 2 outs. It’s down to your at bat.
Soccer: As time expired there was a penalty and you have a penalty kick to win the game.
Basketball: At the buzzer you were fouled, your team is down by one and you have two free throws to win the game.

Which do you think would be the easiest and which would be the most difficult?

[Mr Windy City]

Easiest would be to kick the 27 yard field goal as time expires.

Hardest would have to be soccer and having to kick a penalty kick to win or hockey shootout.

Free throws are supposed to be easy, baseball too many factors to get that run in.....

[Fishhead]

The two free throws would be the most pressure for the simple fact one could MISS BOTH and you would cost your team the game.

In the other scenarios, the game remains tied at worst.

[Chi_archie]

fishhead is wrong...

baseball would be hardest

soccer and football easiest

[Mr Windy City]

fishhead is wrong...

baseball would be hardest

soccer and football easiest

How is baseball the hardest. You don't even have to do anything to get that run across the plate. Could be a wild pitch, hit by pitch, walk, balk, error.....Disagree with that one bro. Football easiest for sure.

[wal66]

The two free throws would be the most pressure for the simple fact one could MISS BOTH and you would cost your team the game.

In the other scenarios, the game remains tied at worst.

For once and maybe the ONLY time

You looked beyond the obvious and evaluated completely.

[shari91]

Basketball for me.

Awesome poll Wally.

[stealthyburrito]

baseball would be the hardest, the field goal is by far the easiest one on the list.

[Chi_archie]

How is baseball the hardest. You don't even have to do anything to get that run across the plate. Could be a wild pitch, hit by pitch, walk, balk, error.....Disagree with that one bro. Football easiest for sure.

even the greatest players in history are only gonna gonna get on base well below the 50% mark....

the chance for a player's talk poster getting on base in that situation? prob below 10%

[wal66]

If all things were equal I think it would be most difficult to kick the soccer goal or score against the hockey goalie. By far the easiest situation would be to kick the field goal from this distance.

The baseball scenerio would definately be a serious challenge but as already pointed out there are a number of factors that could come into play, i.e. pass ball, wild pitch, hit by pitch because even facing an amateur the pitcher still has at least a portion of the risk on his shoulders.

The basketball situation would be the least physical but probably the most stressful simply because it is so easy. There are guys making millions of dollars that barely hit 60%.

[Mr Windy City]

If all things were equal I think it would be most difficult to kick the soccer goal or score against the hockey goalie. By far the easiest situation would be to kick the field goal from this distance.

The baseball scenerio would definately be a serious challenge but as already pointed out there are a number of factors that could come into play, i.e. pass ball, wild pitch, hit by pitch because even facing an amateur the pitcher still has at least a portion of the risk on his shoulders.

The basketball situation would be the least physical but probably the most stressful simply because it is so easy. There are guys making millions of dollars that barely hit 60%.

[Chi_archie]

if we are gonna talk about the possibility of a passed ball, wild pitch, hbp, errors ect in baseball.... its only fair to assume that in all the sports some physical or mental error on the part of the opposition could occur....

lane violations or extra technical fouls in hoops

offsides or other penalties in football

ect

[shari91]

If all things were equal I think it would be most difficult to kick the soccer goal or score against the hockey goalie. By far the easiest situation would be to kick the field goal from this distance. The baseball scenerio would definately be a serious challenge but as already pointed out there are a number of factors that could come into play, i.e. pass ball, wild pitch, hit by pitch because even facing an amateur the pitcher still has at least a portion of the risk on his shoulders. The basketball situation would be the least physical but probably the most stressful simply because it is so easy. There are guys making millions of dollars that barely hit 60%.

This is why I picked basketball. Not only would I be dealing with nerves, people waving those stupid things behind the basket, etc... but I would have to hit 2 in a sport where we cheer when some guys hit one. And it's not like hockey or soccer where you have to take the goalie/keeper into consideration. You're shooting at the same basket, same width/height, every damn time and a lot of these guys can barely be counted on to hit one. Even though they can simulate those exact conditions/scenarios every single day in practice. And one could assume the 'pros' have been practicing them religiously from the age of 6, if not much younger. And they're still not consistent? If I had to make 2 to win I'd shit my panties.

[Chi_archie]

I need to know what the pro %'s are for penalty kicks and penalty shots. I would say a 27 yard fg would be about 85-95% from the pros.

which is easier a soccer penalty kick or an nhl penalty shot.... seems like soccer should be way easier out of those two... doesn't the goalie just try to read/guess which way the guy is gonna kick and dive that way? he has so much territory to cover its almost impossible to defend it without a guess

[wal66]

Shari, not to mention, in the basketball free throw situation if you FAIL it's all on you. It's not like you're facing a defense, a pitcher or a goalie.

[shari91]

Shari, not to mention, in the basketball free throw situation if you FAIL it's all on you. It's not like you're facing a defense, a pitcher or a goalie.

Exactly. Baseball, the pitcher could be a gun. Soccer/hockey - the goalie is unbeatable. Football - you have people jumping in your face. FTs in basketball are all you. No way would I want to do that. And that's the only sport out of all of these listed that I played at an ok level (Canadian university so yes I know that doesn't really count for much).

[wal66]

Chi, I've coached baseball for years as well as football and basketball albeit all on youth level 13-15 year olds. I have taught methods that greatly improve a batters opportunity to get a hit with some very simple techiques and a mental adjustment so I just don't see the batting situation ranking up there over any with the exception of the football scenerio. I'm in no way taking away from the pressure on the batter but from my experience it just doesn't match up in intensity.

Oh by the way, those simple techniques, lower the hands, open the stance and just think, put the ball in play. The best hitters are those that take the chest pounding ego out of play and just think "put the ball in play".