How about the Luge (Going down an icy slope on a tea tray).
Pulling 7G at 140km/h and crashing with only some lycra to protect you.
Yeah, dull
I don;t think anyone claimed it was dull to do. But to watch? Almost as bad as F1.
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3 most Boring Sports to Watch!
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I misread the title as 'The three most boring sport watches'.
Haven't come up with my top three yet!Posted 2 years ago # -
Well said 2retro4u - skiing racing is certainly like that.
Sports where the opposition can't directly affect what you do tend to be a bit dull in my opinion.
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Talking about similar thing today. One of the boys offered me a biking dvd. He obviously knew I did a bit on the mtb and road bike - He looked quite surprised when I told him I`d rather watch paint dry..
heres my list of most boring sports to watch.
Golf
Cricket
cycling
F1
Tennis
Horse racing or jumping
Athletics
MMA .. two roiders groping and wrestling each other .....Posted 2 years ago # -
I'll watch any sport, love football, golf, darts, womens beach volleyball etc. I find some athletics like 5000m boring, but if it has a Brit in it who has a chance, then I'd watch.
Only sport I draw the line at is cricket.
Some interesting responses - never thought cricket would feature as often!
Test matches are a joke, I remember hearing not too long ago, a match had been won by England because it was raining, raining FFS, get real.
Oh sailing's pretty crap too.
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Oh sailing's pretty crap too.
I give you boring sailing - OK so it's not thrill a minute from the start, but it's worth waiting!Posted 2 years ago # -
Cricket
Golf
NascarPosted 2 years ago # -
I remember hearing not too long ago, a match had been won by England because it was raining, raining FFS, get real.
memory FAIL. It might have been drawn because it was raining, but not won.
Weather, huh? Football matches were recently affected by the snow and ice...the national CX championships likewise.Posted 2 years ago # -
I remember hearing not too long ago, a match had been won by England because it was raining, raining FFS, get real.
memory FAIL. It might have been drawn because it was raining, but not won.
Weather, huh? Football matches were recently affected by the snow and ice...the national CX championships likewise.Ok memory fail, but that's because it is of little interest to me, but did it not mean England won the Ashes or something.
If a football match is affected by weather, it gets replayed unless there is something like 10mins to go & one team is clearly leading by a few goals, but I don't know of that happening. I've seen F1 being cut short due to rain & the leader awarded the race, & golf, again the leader being credited with the win, but that is in the case of extreme weather where it is unsafe, unplayable. In cricket it's a case of, this shower may last till lunchtime, we want a draw.
Oh & what kind of sport stops for lunch.Posted 2 years ago # -
I've seen F1 being cut short due to rain & the leader awarded the race, & golf, again the leader being credited with the win, but that is in the case of extreme weather where it is unsafe, unplayable. In cricket it's a case of, this shower may last till lunchtime, we want a draw.
Oh & what kind of sport stops for lunch.the leader is awarded the race if it rains? jebus. How can they say that things may not have changed if the rain had stayed off? A draw is much fairer.
what kind of sport stops for lunch
one that takes more than an hour and a half. What sort of highly paid professional 'athlete' has to stop after 45 minutes to eat an orange?Posted 2 years ago # -
I used to participate up to national level in probably one of the most boring sports to spectate on - rifle shooting.
Markmen all trained to be calm, not show any emotion. Target 10metres, 50 metres away and you can't see what score they've got etc.
They tried to make it more exciting for the Olympics etc. by having a shoot-off final, with scores posted after each shot. But not exactly an edge-of-your seat moment it has to be said.
No wonder any medalists we've had get a 10 second mention on any sports programmes....
Oh, and squash too.
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Do they have athletes in cricket? Looks to me they just do a lot of standing about.
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Squash used to be dull, people playing down the wall all the time, but I watched some the other day and it was quite good. Lots of varied shots and shorter rallies.
As for golf, cricket etc being boring, I've had lots of enjoyment watching them, and bowls, skiing, motor racing, snooker, darts, lots of things. So either I am somehow clinically derranged (along with millions of other people) or these sports DO have interesting features but YOU just don't care for them.
I still say any sport on telly is interesting on some level otherwise it wouldn't be on telly. End of, really. Just because you don't care about it doesn't mean it's actually dull.
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Football. (Parts of game can be ok, but ruined by relentless TV and radio coverage - who is that git on 5 live who says "penaltyerra" as one word?) I dont want to hear people arguing about the bloody game while I am at work, either
F1- what is the point. Make it like moto gp with no fuel or tyre stops and that would be ace.
LONDON MARATHON! ok if someone has a poo
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Here's mine:
Football (times a million)
Fishing
DressagePosted 2 years ago # -
Some observations:
The bit where footballers move the ball around is brilliant. Everything else about football is depressingly awful.
Some sports seem a bit over-evolved - Curling and American Football spring to mind, instantly followed by every other sport.
I believe Ernest Hemmingway said that there were only three sports: Mountaineering, Bull-fighting and motor-racing. Everything else was just a game. This was of course, before the advent of freeride.
All televised sports would be better if commentated on by Stuart Hall. Jeux sans Frontiers.
And as this thread is going the way of a boring sport I propose a thread swerve.So...
What would you change to make a sport more interesting?
I think that where it doesn't exist then judging by artistic impression should be introduced. Football gets more flowing Arsenal, show-boating and Sam Allardyce retires. Charismatic expression spreads beyond goal celebrations. Alesha Dixon and Robbie Savage are not allowed to be judges.
Contrary to above, some sports haven't really evolved enough and artistic interpretation alone is not sufficient for spectator enjoyment. Figure skating would benefit from the last man standing idea of boxing (actually that's just a scrap in the middle of a big piece of ice - needs work).
Formula 1 has not moved on in the way that say, Mario Cart has. Short cuts, jumps and missiles would greatly improve it.
We need to leave some sports alone to retain their zen qualities. Beyond quotes of existential goalkeepers, there is a Beckettian beauty in the notion of playing five days for a draw. Or losing due to inclement weather.
Darts across a ping pong table. Arrows in one hand, dartboard shield in the other. Do you risk a treble twenty or take a hit for the team?
Speed pool. With the sound off. What perfect beauty.
Excuse me, I need to go and ride my bike.
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"I remember hearing not too long ago, a match had been won by England because it was raining, raining FFS, get real."
memory FAIL. It might have been drawn because it was raining, but not won.
You did cut off the important bit at the start where he referred to Test matches. I have a suspicion it might have actually been a ODI he's thinking of though - eg http://www.cricinfo.com/wiveng2009/content/story/396061.htmlPosted 2 years ago #
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