What is easier to accomplish as normal humanbeing?
1) Kick a 40 yard field goal
2) Run a 4 minute mile
3) Hit a baseball 400 yards
For me it would be a field goal. The hosts, Balldinger was one of them, said a 4 minute mile, because you can "train for it". Lots of things factor into hitting baseballs and running that fast.
That actually would make a difference!!!!
4 minute mile, in that order.
I'd wager a guess that with practice a solid percentage of the population (maybe 1/3 of men, maybe more) could hit a 40 yard field goal.
I'd wager a guess that a decent percentage of physically fit men could hit a BP fastball 400 feet if given time to practice and enough chances.
I'd wager a guess that the percentage of adult men who even have the potential to run a 4-minute mile, much less the willpower and the time to train, is below 1%. I run 10-15 miles a week, sometimes a good deal more than that, and I could probably break 6 minutes if I trained for that distance and busted my ass.
Especially with multiple try's with batting practice style fastballs...
That's just me tho
4 minute Mile can be done with training
40 yard FG is toughest imo
The first recorded sub-4 minute mile was in 1954. It has certainly been duplicated since, but it's still something that only world-class runners can do. Kicking well is supremely difficult, kicking is not. And hitting a baseball off of Clayton Kershaw is insanely difficult, hitting a batting practice fastball is not.
Whether its easier or harder than the rest I don't know, but my guess would be the FG assuming that someone teaches me to do it and I get unlimited attempts. Not saying I could do it, but I'm def not hitting a baseball 400 ft regardless of context.
4 minute mile, in that order.
Exactly. Not that the others are easy, but you can train to hit a 400 ft shot and a 40 yd FG, but running a sub-4 min mile requires not only training, but genetics. That is still really fucking fast.
There is really very little physical factor limiting someone from kicking a 40 yard FG. Especially if they allow you to do the Doug Flutie drop kick.
the HR is slightly harder than the FG because hitting a baseball isn't easy and then add in the distance, but most adult males should be able to do with practice.
younger people, old people, and not to be sexist, some women, could experience difficulty hitting a baseball 400 feet.
It would take years to train to run a sub 4:00 mile, and there would be a much smaller amount of people that could do that.
I think there is even a smaller amount of people that could hit a 400 foot HR.
the FG is the easiest.
How do you think the yardage for a fg is measured?
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it would appear that many of you have never seen the distance to kick a 40 yard FG. Your also 8-7 yards back.
How do you think the yardage for a fg is measured?
from the line of scrimmage.the 30 yard line since the goal posts are back 10 yards.
You still have to kick it actual yardage 47-48.
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That speaks more to me about the accuracy required than the distance.
Hell, I hit a damn softball off the side of a wall over 300 feet away when I was in my 20's. But I batted righty and it was the right field wall.
You still have to kick it actual yardage 47-48.
Wait, are you serious? Do you seriously think a "40 yard field goal" means the line of scrimmage is the 30? Seriously? C'mon, you're making this too easy.
yup brain fart.
Acutal distance is from where it is kicked.
But depending on the pitches (lollypops), the bat used (aluminum) and the number of attempts, it could be done.
40-yarder might be done, too, assuming it's not a 5-6, 110-pound twig kicking.
I'd say there's no way a "normal" human being could EVER run a 4-minute mile. No matter how much they trained, or for how long. It's just not possible for a non-freak.
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The 40 yard field goal I can probly do as well but would likely take me 1,000 attempts. From a tee I can do it in 100 attempts.
Thinking about it yes the 4 minute mile would be hardest of all 3 for myself todo and I don't think I could pull It off. It would take so much training I couldn't do it. I'm a burst athlete not a distance/endurance athlete
The 40 yd FG would probably be pretty easy up there too.
Only someone that could break 5 minutes with relative ease could come close to breaking 4 with training. I couldn't do it and I can run a low 5 minute mile easily right now. The hitting a baseball -400 feet would be tough but maybe with a hitting coach and steroids I'd have a shot. I coach soccer and kick field goals with the kicker on their football team (ex soccer player). A regular person can train for that.