Playing any sport, whether it’s a sport at the Olympic games or a backyard game at your neighbor’s barbeque next weekend (and hey, no pressure, but could you get us an invite to that?) requires varying levels of different traits, including endurance, strength, speed, agility, and both physical and technical proficiency.It follows that the most difficult sports to play would be the ones that require their athletes to utilize all these traits throughout the game, perfectly tuned to perform at maximum ability and display maximum effort.Everyone has their favorite sports—we sure do and we know you do too—and a large part of that is watching athletes break past the limits of what was supposed to be possible. Seeing this sort of preternatural physical prowess can inspire a sense of hope and wonder, the movements looking intuitive and obvious, yet altogether impossible.Okay, we know what you’re thinking: Why do we get to decide which sports are the most difficult sports to play?Hey, we get it...
