The ice hockey goaltendee is the most difficult position in all of sport

Oh boy! great debate to take part in. Great debate idea friend! I thank you for creating it. I will begin with my refutation, and then explain some positions that are much more difficult that being the goaltender in hockey.REFUTATIONS "I would have to agree that the ice hockey goaltender is the most difficult position in the the sports world. No one else is the biggest reason for succes or failure on any other team." I would like to point out that the importance and the difficulty of a role are 2 different things. For example, though in League of Legends, the ADC is crucial, that doesn't make his role the hardest. It only pins more responsibility on him. So, in other words, just because the goalie's position is the most important does not make it the most difficult." Football- all positions are are only on the field half the time. Baseball- the bal is only put into play about 30%of the time baseball pitchers- they cant pitch a whole game. Soccer goaltender- theres very little movement. Dancer- you only perfor mm for 7 minutes and your done. Basketball- all you do is run up and down the court a lot. Wrestling- you dont run at all." I beg to differ. For football, they are on the field the whole time running back and forth, trying to tackle eachother, and attempt to make the opponent drop the ball, or juke through an entire team, which consist of 11 players! In hockey, there are only 5 players to worry about. Furthermore, in foot ball, the quarterback throws the ball a tremendous amount of yards. This requires accuracy, technique, strength, prediction and practice. In hockey however, being the goaltender you already cover the majority of the net, making it easy. In baseball, the pitcher needs to specifically choose a pitch in order to strike out the opponent. This also requires a variety of skill, strategy and accuracy. You also need to previously know the batter in order to know how to pitch. And about soccer, you are completly false. In soccer, the goaltender has to deal with various opposing players. Furthermore, he needs to have control of his box. The net is humongous compared to a hockey net. And if you haven't noticed, in hockey the goalies don't move until the puck is in their zone. Soccer goaltending is much more difficult, because there are a variety of trick shots that can be excuted in soccer but not hockey. Also, there are various body parts that can hit the ball, making it difficult to predict how they are going to shoot. This is much more difficult than hockey, since in hockey you already cover almost all of the net, and also have extra padding, and a stick to block a puck. In dancing, one mistake and you lose almost all your points. In hockey, 1 point can easily be scored again. In dancing, there is no way to make a comeback. Thus, dancing is more difficult, and requires extreme precision. In wrestling, you are constantly injuring your opponent while being injured. You feel pain, but still fight through it. This requires much more energy, strength and perserverance than goaltending. Why? Because in hockey, half of the time you are just standing. Also, you have excessive padding, preventing you from pain. And no excessive strength is required in goaltending. As you can see, these 5 sports and much much more are more difficult than goaltending. I will now list a few more. Armless ping pong. This is much more difficult than hockey goaltending. Why? Because it is practically impossible to play without arms. So you need to play with your mouth. http://www.cbssports.com... This prevents you from smashing, and a variety of other commonly used tactics. Furthermore, you end up playing with people with arms. Going through the constant pressure while holding a paddle in your mouth and trying to block proffesional smashes is much more difficult than goaltending. Also, goaltending in hockey isn't as important as people take it for. Think about it, when people pull and open net, they have no goalie, yet they still score. This is a clear highlight that proves that a goaltender isn't even the most important player on the team. In conclusion, a variety of sports are more difficult than goal tending in hockey. Goal tending in hockey is actually simple, since you cover most of the net already, and have padding to make you cover even more. In sports like soccer however, they must save a ball, while they cover a humoungous net, and experiance unbelievable trick shots. Hockey goaltending is easy, not difficult, and requires much less skill, endurance power and strength as other roles in sports.