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Which sport do you believe is the most challenging to compete in at an elite level?

Hailey David Lynn Keith

Dickson Herjavec McCuaig Dickson
Educator, Educator, Teacher, Teacher,
Coach, Runner, and Marathon Runner, Coach,
and Sports Mom MMA Enthusiast and X-Country and Outdoorsman
Coach
I think that it is difficult to compete The sport that I think would be There is such a huge difference I think underwater hockey would
in any sport at an elite level. It hardest to compete in at an elite between playing a sport and be really hard to become great
takes dedication, hard work, and level is marathon running. First, competing at an elite level. It at. Swimming tends to be a hard
perseverance to be successful in being an individual sport, there is takes a little bit of talent and some sport for people to master on its
all sports. However, if I had to a discipline required that cannot conditioning to be good at any own. The idea of working out at
choose one sport, I would have to come directly from a coach, team, sport but moving to an elite level a high intensity yet having limited
say hockey. I say hockey primarily or support crew. There are days brings about a whole new set of oxygen available to you because
because this is what I know best and training that must be put in demands. With enough fortitude, your face is in the water, all while
through my own children’s time that a coach cannot entirely be anyone can run a marathon, but trying not to sink is difficult. Then
playing minor hockey, and also responsible for. There are no not just anyone can do it in two someone came up with the idea of
from seeing students go through teammates to shoulder any of the hours and two minutes. throwing a weighted puck to the
the recruitment process to play at burden of competition. It’s all Every sport has their requirements, bottom of the pool to see if we can
the post-secondary and/or junior on the individual and their own be it genetic make-up, mental play hockey while they are at the
level. mental toughness to battle through toughness, or outright nerve. bottom of the it…
Height is a must for basketball I can’t imagine that feeling when
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