Could a woman play for a professional team?
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jimbobsimmonds said:
In most olympic sports how far are women behind? 20 per cent? That's a long way behind...
It depends on the event and I'm not talking necessarily Olympic level. Take a top woman player, coud she hold herwn for Rotherham or Northampton. Clearly not Manchester City or Arsenal but how far down the league would you need to go. RobDickinson said:
I know its tennis but I think women's tennis is perhaps more competitive than women's football..
"During the 1998 Australian Open, sisters Serena and Venus Williams boasted that they could beat any man ranked outside the world's top 200. The challenge was accepted by Karsten Braasch, a German player ranked No 203 (his highest ranking was No 38). Before the matches, Braasch played a round of golf in the morning, drank a couple of beers, smoked a few cigarettes, and then played the Williams sisters for a set each, one after the other. He defeated Serena, 6-1, and Venus, 6-2. Serena said afterwards "I didn't know it would be that hard. I hit shots that would have been winners on the women's tour and he got to them easily.""
From what I have seen of top end womans football they have some ball skills but are hugely off the pace on the rest of the game.
Serena was 16 at the time. Now, I'm not saying she could hold her own against a top seeded man but I think when at her peak she would've given men ranked at 200 a good game, perhaps even won. "During the 1998 Australian Open, sisters Serena and Venus Williams boasted that they could beat any man ranked outside the world's top 200. The challenge was accepted by Karsten Braasch, a German player ranked No 203 (his highest ranking was No 38). Before the matches, Braasch played a round of golf in the morning, drank a couple of beers, smoked a few cigarettes, and then played the Williams sisters for a set each, one after the other. He defeated Serena, 6-1, and Venus, 6-2. Serena said afterwards "I didn't know it would be that hard. I hit shots that would have been winners on the women's tour and he got to them easily.""
From what I have seen of top end womans football they have some ball skills but are hugely off the pace on the rest of the game.
Dan_1981 said:
Serena May have only been 16 but Venus was 18 and was already ranked in the top ten, had reached several finals and would be winning opens within a year.
In your, and others opinion. Would Serena Willams, at her peak have got through the first round against an unseeded lowly ranked (200 + ) man at Wimbleon?jimbobsimmonds said:
Cricketers are rather athletic now. Gone are the days of the fat posh bloke... and even fatties like warne and Inzi were strong as oxes. Tessa probably could, but I think picking a javelin thrower is a bit extreme, and the fact of the matter is steve backley could hit it even harder.
and this was is what it boils down too. I am probably in the top 10% of men off the street in strength: I am probably the same as the top 0.1% of women. The naturally high testosterone in comparison and the millions of years of evolution to be stronger really help!
And your probably in the bottom 1% for modesty. Haha:-)and this was is what it boils down too. I am probably in the top 10% of men off the street in strength: I am probably the same as the top 0.1% of women. The naturally high testosterone in comparison and the millions of years of evolution to be stronger really help!
Edited by jimbobsimmonds on Friday 24th January 20:24
Edited by jimbobsimmonds on Friday 24th January 20:25
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