Project: Motocross=Toughest Sport?

bkent136
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Edited Date/Time 12/1/2014 5:56pm
I have to make a Powerpoint and give a speech in school tomorrow on why motocross is the toughest/hardest sport in the world. Does anyone have any good input or articles I can use to help me create a good presentation? What facts should I include?
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12/1/2014 2:37pm
bkent136 wrote:
I have to make a Powerpoint and give a speech in school tomorrow on why motocross is the toughest/hardest sport in the world. Does anyone have...
I have to make a Powerpoint and give a speech in school tomorrow on why motocross is the toughest/hardest sport in the world. Does anyone have any good input or articles I can use to help me create a good presentation? What facts should I include?
You waited until the day before to prepare this?!!!!

Ata-boy! Laughing
12/1/2014 2:39pm
You'll never convince anyone outside the sport how hard it is. They think it requires the same physical activity as driving their car. GuyB had a nice shot of Roczen's heart rate monitor, though.

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12/1/2014 4:18pm Edited Date/Time 12/1/2014 4:19pm
bkent136 wrote:
I have to make a Powerpoint and give a speech in school tomorrow on why motocross is the toughest/hardest sport in the world. Does anyone have...
I have to make a Powerpoint and give a speech in school tomorrow on why motocross is the toughest/hardest sport in the world. Does anyone have any good input or articles I can use to help me create a good presentation? What facts should I include?
Brad460 wrote:
You waited until the day before to prepare this?!!!!

Ata-boy! Laughing
maybe he put it off while he was at minios all week? Haha
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12/1/2014 4:22pm
You can start by not assuming it is the toughest/hardest sport. First define what you mean by tough/hard, and then start to compare sports using that definition.
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12/1/2014 4:42pm
Berm wrote:
You can start by not assuming it is the toughest/hardest sport. First define what you mean by tough/hard, and then start to compare sports using that...
You can start by not assuming it is the toughest/hardest sport. First define what you mean by tough/hard, and then start to compare sports using that definition.
This. Set some parameters to compare it to other sports, not just argue it's harder than anything else.
12/1/2014 4:45pm
Kind of OT but I was watching TMZ this morning at about 2am Blush and I noticed they were going to interview Pastrami.
So I watched and halfway through the interview with TP they went to a clip of the P90 X guy.
He was asked who he thought were the fittest athletes and straight away without hesitation he said Motocross riders!!!

My bit of useless info for the day.Smile
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12/1/2014 5:08pm
https://youtu.be/9axdB5A0YfA

Theres a lot of information about the physical aspects of it in this episode, also a good watch you can check out the whole series but yeah check it out. It's supercross but its fairly similar, should be close enough for school work. At about 1:20 and 6 min they mention why its so hard.
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12/1/2014 5:29pm
This article popped up recently, you could cite it but it is light on statistics and proof:

http://sporteology.com/most-difficult-sports-in-the-world/

If I were building this presentation, my main points would be 1)The athleticism required for sustained high heart rates, 2) Riding skill and reflexes/natural talent, 3) Inherent danger of the sport.

Throw in a couple short video clips of gnarly crashes as "attention getters" at the beginning to show them the stakes.

The video of RV's SX crash in 2011 sort of jumps out at me, along with X-rays, along with him returning to become champion again would do nicely to illustrate the "tough" part. And the same could be said for other serious injuries and recoveries for so many of our top guys (Canard, Millsaps, Reed, Pourcel, Herlings racing with a freaking broken leg and on and on).

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Let us know how it turns out!
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12/1/2014 5:56pm
How can it be the toughest sport in the world when a guy with a broken leg can compete at the highest level?

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