I think soccer, cause it takes time to master a few things such as dribbling, shooting, vision and most importantly is your fitness, you must be able to sprint and run almost instantly without getting exhausted in the first 5-10 minutes, and you develop those faster at a younger age.
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 (Oct 30, 2014 05:34 PM)simongemlin91 Wrote: I think soccer, cause it takes time to master a few things such as dribbling, shooting, vision and most importantly is your fitness, you must be able to sprint and run almost instantly without getting exhausted in the first 5-10 minutes, and you develop those faster at a younger age. I agree, soccer is the most all-rounded sport to learn. You need to be big, but fast. Not too tall, because you need to be short to dribble well and be light on your feet. You also need big thighs to shoot hard, and good skill to control and pass the ball.
I have seen a lot of kids, who started soccer when they where about 10 or 11 years old. For them it was very hard to get involved seriously. They were missing a lot of skills, which others, who started at the age of six, allready had. Soccer is all about ball handling and getting a feeling for the game.
I'd think Boxing would be particularly hard to start out late and make a career of, most elite boxers build up hundreds of amateur fights and some go to the Olympics and fight there too. Its definitely a good workout though no matter your age, but the chances of making a career of it are slim after a certain point in time.
Dec 2, 2014 06:09 AM
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Sergio Martinez became a boxer at the age of 20 years old without any amateur background and became a lineal WBC middleweight champion, and reigning as the lineal middleweight champion for 50 months, one of the division's longest before his injuries caught up to him and was stopped by Miguel Cotto.
Hopkins became the oldest man in the history of the sport to win a major title at 46 years old and broke that record at 48 years old and 49 years old before being eventually outclassed by Sergio Kovalev at 49 years old, 2 months shy of 50 years old. Pacquiao became the first and only boxer in history to become a 7 division world champion and broke that record to become an 8 division world champion, no amateur background and went straight to pro at age 17 and went on to become the 1 p4p fighter of this era and becoming the only person to ever come close to the great Henry Armstrong. Rocky Marciano age 24 years old, became the only boxer in the heavyweight division to retire undefeated. 49-0 43 ko's. Regarded as an all time great by a lot of people, record only broken by Ricardo Lopez 51-0-1 38ko's in the flyweight division. And many, many more ( Antonio Tarver, Ernie Shavers etc.) people who started late or never had any amateur background and went on to and is still doing great things in the ring. My point is if you are willing to put in the hard work, then age is but a number. edit: Willie Pep was severely injured in a plane crash but went on to a 10-0 run. Harry Greb fought and became a champion with one eye etc. Just to drive my point even more. No excuses. 
I speak from experience when I say that you are never too old to learn a form of self defence.
I've been learning Taekwondo for three years and I continue to see people of all ages learning and succeeding.  |
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