Wrestling is tougher than basketball

I am also proud that they did not forfeit, this is a good habit to have. REBUTTALS"The most i ever ran for a basketball practice was probably a half mile or maybe a mile. In wrestling, our runs are around four miles a day. "This is an irrelevant argument. This only considers the training, not the sport itself. Because of such, this comment has not proved that wrestling is tougher than basketball, it only stated that the training is thougher for you. Just because this is your training, doesn't mean it is everyone's training. I for one, even though nothing more than a bench warmer run 6 miles each practice for basket ball. " Wrestling requires endurance because unlike in basketball there is no stopping. In basketball, except for transition and things such as fast breaks, you only make short sprints or shuffles in offense and defense. " This is comepletly false. In basketball, there is constant sprinting, non stop, even on the defense. In basketball, you are constantly sprinting, and jumping, whereas in wrestling, you are barely moving, and trying to pin your opinion. Because of such, Basket ball requires more endurance. Furthermore, wrestling has many breaks, and the periods are very short. "USA Wrestling specifies three 2-minute periods with 30 seconds of rest between each period for all age categories " [1] As you can, see there are only 3 two minute periods, with 30 seconds of rest in between. Non-stop is not correct, as I have proven. Each basketball quarter is 12 minutes long, adding up to 48 minutes. [2] There is 1 half time, for 20 minutes. So after 24 minutes of non stop jumping, sprinting, crossing and passing, they onyl get 1 break, then they continue with another 24 minutes. As you can see, wrestling is surely not non stop, and has very short periods with ltitle movement, whereas basketball is non stop movement for 24 minutes. ". Also, I also mention strength. You google some of the best wrestlers in the world, and they are all muscle; there is, literally, no fat on them. " This is comepltly false, if there was no fat, they would be dead. "So, even if you can make an slight argument for endurance, you need to admit there is no matching the strength needed in wrestling. " Yes, but that is all there is to it. In basket ball, all talents can be used, whereas in wrestling you only need strength. Plus in basket ball, you also need strength, the thing my opponent fails to notice is that strength is not only about how much they can lift. Being able to jump very high requires tremendous amoun of stregth as well. Also, being able to throw a ball various meters far and various meters high requires a lot of stregth as wellARGUMENTSFirst off all, basket ball requires speed. You need to be able to be extremely fast. In wrestling, you are barely moving, you are in one spot trying to injure your opponent. Because of such, it is obvious that basket ball requires much more speed. Secondly, it requires control. In basket ball, you are going full speed, with 5 opponents trying to steal the ball. You need to be able to control the ball, and deak etc. In wrestling, there is one guy infront of you, and your body. There is barely any control required. So basket ball requires more control. Thirdly, basketball requires more aim. In basket ball, you need to be able to shoot from far areas, which can be difficult. You ned to have good aim in order to gain a basket. In wrestling, you don't need aim, you just need to pin your opponent. So it is obvious basketball requires more aim. Fourthly, basketball requires more strategy. In wrestling, you cannot run, your only goal is to hurt/pin your opponent. There is no strategy needed, just pure strength. In basket ball, you need to create a strategy, and maneuver around in order to gain points. In conclusion, basketball requires many things such as endurance, aim, control and speed. Wrestling needs nothing but strength. Since basketball requires so many things, it is obviously superior to wrestling. The point of the debate was to prove wrestling is better than basket ball, meaning my only goal is to prove basket ball is better, or equal. Since I have proved why basketball is better, and if not equal, the resolution is not upheld. sources:1. . http://www.humankinetics.com...2.http://www.nba.com...