Tennis is more difficult then Baseball

I only had enough characters to re-rebut to a few of your rebuttals. Re-rebuttals Rebuttals to argument 1 Obstructions "Pitchers must be skilled and careful not to hit the batter, while at the same time giving a good pitch." This is true. However, in tennis the angle needed to get the ball over the net is much smaller then the near straight pitch needed from the pitcher. They have to hit the ball over a net and into a box directly on the other side, while trying to play within the boundaries. As for the walkover, it’s similar to a double fault in tennis. In tennis, if you fault a serve twice in a row, you get a double fault, awarding the opponent with a point. Both result in an advantage given to the opposing team. The fault, however, is much easier to achieve given the obstacles and boundaries (a Net and box vs a person). Rebuttals for argument 2 Baseball bat vs. racket "If the batter wants a homerun, he will have to hit the ball close to the top of his bat, and to get a grounder, he will have to hit the ball close to the bottom of his bat." True, but there is a similar point like this in tennis. Though you always strike the ball with same part of the racket, the WAY you strike it changes, much like the place you strike a pitch with the bat. If you want a to hit an overhead, you have to hit it like a serve. If you want to hit a forehand, you have to adjust the racket angle forewords. If you want a slice, you've got to adjust it backwards and change your stoke pattern. All of this has to be done during a rally with only seconds to make decisions for every stoke you take. Tennis players strike the ball more than baseball players, and fatigue "Batters must also be able to sprint at full speed, anywhere from 90 ft to 360 ft. " Tennis players can sprint more then that in a single rally, never mind a whole match. Rebuttals for argument 3 Fitness "A sport that requires more of a specific quality than another sport does not mean it is more difficult. " Fitness is a major factor in every sport. The fitness needed reflects the difficulty of the sport. Rundown on respective athletes "While tennis players may be more fit, it does now show that the game itself is more difficult" I disagree. I think that the fitness of the athletes in a reflection the difficulty of their sports in terms of what the sports demand physically. Re-rebuttals. Yes the sports do use different mechanics, but that does not make them incomparable. Arguments Difficulty by Definition This argument is going to be arguing that tennis is more “difficult” by definition. Lets look at the definition of difficult: "Needing much effort or skill to accomplish" NOTE I will also be comparing a single tennis player to a single baseball player for this argument and assuming they won their respective matches to fulfill the "accomplish" portion of the definition The key words here are effort, which, means "strenuous physical or mental exertion", and skill, which is "the ability to do something well". Those words are key to my argument. You said it was true that tennis players move more and experience more fatigue in your rebuttal to "Tennis players strike the ball more than baseball players, and fatigue". This means, by definition, that they do put more effort in their sport then baseball players do because they go through more physical and mental exertion. Not saying that Baseball players don’t put in effort in baseball, but tennis player put more effort into their sport by definition. The skill portion is a little tougher to distinguish. Both athletes are skilled, that’s undeniable. But lets talk about the skills that tennis players use to win a match in comparison to a baseball player. Now, Which skills does each baseball player[s] bring to a match? A controlled pitch (pitcher), they're fast, they can catch, and they can bat (Batter) and they have Hand eye coordination. This goes for every player unless they are a designated pitcher or batter, which eliminates a few of those skills because they don’t use, or need, them. Which skills does a tennis player bring to a match? Speed, a serve, good ground strokes, endurance, Flexibility, and Hand eye coordination They both have a large skill set, but here is my point: Baseball players don't need all of those skills. If they are a pitcher, a batter, they can play without speed or a good catch as long as they are really good at batting or pitching, and vice versa. Also, sometimes they might not get the chance to utilize any of their skills. Example: the ball never gets to the far right outfielder due to the batter hitting left. But they have a man on the left field to cover the left but the right fielder is still left doing nothing. This is logical in a team sport but here I’m comparing the skills of one athlete from each sport to determine the individual difficulty, Meanwhile a tennis player NEEDS to have all of their skills or else they are not going anywhere. If they can’t serve, they get "broken" every time. If they Cant hit a groundstroke, they can’t win a rally. If they are not fast, they get "aced" every time. They need every skill to play a match. No skill is more important then another. In other words, a baseball team is like a box with a bottle opener, a knife, a compass, and a corkscrew. Different players with different positions and skills: each adding a little bit to make a full team. The tennis player however, is like a Swiss army knife; it has a bottle opener, a knife, a compass, and a corkscrew, all of the same quality as the baseball player, just all in one utensil instead of a box. Meaning that the one tennis athlete brings 100% of his/her skill 100% of the time. So, back to the difficulty portion, the single tennis player brings and uses more skill then the single baseball player during a match. Now look back to the definition "Needing much effort or skill to accomplish " Therefore, since we already determined that the tennis player brings more effort, and now more skill, we can say that the tennis player fulfills the definition of "difficult" more then the baseball player. Argument 2 Solo sports vs. team sports and Mental Fatigue In tennis you need to be at 100% of you game every time because its just you, no one else (unless your playing doubles). This means that if your having a bad day on the court, your going to suffer because you cant get any assistance from anyone nor can you be substituted off. In baseball, you got other men on the field so if your not at 100% of your game and are at, lets say, 75%, the other 8 people on the team can make up for you. Also, you have the option to be substituted off, taking you out of the equation completely. Next is mental fatigue. Not only can your body get tired, but so can your mind. If you’re sprinting across a court for 2 hours, you start to become mentally weaker. This means you either are getting a little slower on your feet, you’re messing up some of your groundstroke, ECT. Baseball players don’t feel this because they simply don’t run enough to experience the same mental fatigue. Argument 3 They ARE comparable Though they differ in mechanics, the physical needs, which do change the difficulty of a sport, differ from the sports but they are far greater in tennis. A good example is body fitness. If tennis players didn’t need to be fit, they would not be. The fitness of the athletes reflects the physical needs of the sport. This relates back to my rebuttal and first argument in regards to the skills needed. http://www.google.ca... http://www.google.ca... http://www.google.ca...= 1YPpU_6eDNSEyAS17YHwAQ#q=effort&rls=en