Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 21:11     Subject: Most beautiful sport?
The first sports that required no special equipment like an epee, a tennis racket or a ball - running and swimming.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 18:16     Subject: Most beautiful sport?
Dressage and steeplechasing (horses over fences).

Downhill skiing. Giant slalom.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 18:11     Subject: Most beautiful sport?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Rowing


OP - yeah I love to watch rowing also - especially the V8 boats in the Head of the Charles race. When they are in sync it is beautiful to watch them glide over the water.


Yes, rowing.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 18:10     Subject: Most beautiful sport?
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:Basketball and hockey: stamina, speed, situational awareness, technical skills, plays, durability, endurance, strength, teamwork,


Basketball, specifically the NBA, is struggling right now because the analytics have shown that just chucking up 3 pointers is the best way to score. So, the league has lost the ball movement skill that made basketball great to watch.


Yep. Basketball has gotten boring.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 18:09     Subject: Most beautiful sport?
Tennis. Agility plus strength.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 18:09     Subject: Most beautiful sport?
Ice Hockey
Pairs figure skating
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 18:08     Subject: Most beautiful sport?
Ice hockey. Not even close.

The speed is mind warping. The hand eye coordination is off the charts. TV doesn’t do it justice. The speed at which they make decisions and can thread needles with moves like saucer passes 20 feet away is just unreal.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 18:07     Subject: Most beautiful sport?
Diving.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 18:07     Subject: Most beautiful sport?
Anonymous wrote:Hockey by far. The skill level is off the charts.


Agreed. The sheer skill and talent of being able to do what they do is amazing to watch. Of course, the fights are not so beautiful.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 18:06     Subject: Re:Most beautiful sport?
OP - it is so interesting to see what different people find beautiful in terms of sports. It shows how we are all so different.

It is good for us to think about what we love during these troubled times - so please keep your suggestions coming

Viva la beauté… and all the talent, hard work and discipline that it takes to create beautiful sports.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 18:06     Subject: Most beautiful sport?
Curling

Synchronized swimming
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 18:02     Subject: Most beautiful sport?
Beauty is very much in the eye of the beholder, but I find golf very aesthetically pleasing to watch.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 18:01     Subject: Most beautiful sport?
Anonymous wrote:For intuition on where the ball/puck is, where the goal or target is, I have to say hockey, tennis and football. I don't like watching football, but I love beautiful passes and the physics involved.

For pure beauty and athleticism of a human body I'd have to say the circus. Not even gymnastics, but beyond that. The circus, espec. the traditional eastern European/Georgian (although of course there are worldwide talents). It's spectacular.


OP - I would agree regarding Cirque du Soleil’s creative and gorgeous acrobatics and ambience - but strongly disagree regarding more traditional circuses such as Barnum & Bailey that have thankfully closed (and circuses with wild animals banned).

Have not seen the European Georgian circus
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 17:56     Subject: Most beautiful sport?
Anonymous wrote:Basketball and hockey: stamina, speed, situational awareness, technical skills, plays, durability, endurance, strength, teamwork,


Basketball, specifically the NBA, is struggling right now because the analytics have shown that just chucking up 3 pointers is the best way to score. So, the league has lost the ball movement skill that made basketball great to watch.
Anonymous
Post 01/26/2025 17:55     Subject: Most beautiful sport?
Anonymous wrote:Rowing


OP - yeah I love to watch rowing also - especially the V8 boats in the Head of the Charles race. When they are in sync it is beautiful to watch them glide over the water.