Boring sports or pastimes.

[atypical_boro]

Fishing
Motorsport
Road cycling (track is great to watch)
Rugby (both codes)
Tennis (unless a vested British interest)
Darts (like playing it, dull to watch imho)
MMA

Fully respect those who like the above but they’re not for me.

 

[Paterson]

Hound trailing.
I went to one in the lakes a few years ago. They let them off and they all run off into the fells for about twenty minutes before reappearing for the finish where you have no idea which dog is the one that you bet on because they dont wear jackets and they all look the same.

 

[Steer]

Football

 

[Teesside_Steel]

To be fair on F1, today is only preparation for the competitive sport on Sunday.

 

[MolteniArcore]

Golf & Horse Racing

 

[Boro in Devon]

Golf & Horse Racing

Is that combined, if so, it sounds more like polo.

 

[SocraTees]

Horse racing,
Showjunping,
Dressage,
Curling,

 

[asredastheycome]

F1, Golf, Rugby especially Union, top six PL football, all motorsports especially those involving motorbikes.

 

[WindyNook]

I've got hooked on American Football during lockdown. I've found the punditry excellent in explaining the difference between a dozen burly men charging into each other and a finely planned and precisely executed strategy. Still loads about it I don't understand, and I find some of the rules mind-boggling. Still, I feel I've been well-rewarded for the time I've invested in it.

Whilst I can understand the intricacies of the game and there is no doubt it is exciting at times. I can almost put up with the stop start whereby a 60 minute game can take over 3 hours to complete.
What I can't understand is a coach saying to a young recruit
" Right son you have made it to the big league. Here's what you got to do"
He follows the coach's instructions and NEVER touched the ball in his whole career

don't start me on Netball. Even goalkeepers score in football but to have a rule stopping you from going close to the hoop and NEVER having a shot..... At least they touch the ball

 

[Lemmy_kilmister]

Speedway is most boring-4 bikes go round track 4 times then they do it 12 more times

Incorrect.
13 heat matches have not taken place for almost 40 years.

 

[Uhtred]

Golf, American football, and golf

 

[tripleheader]

Pulisball
ePremier League or any computer generated 'sport'
Bog Snorkelling-very strange

 

[jonny_greenings_sock]

Rugby doesn’t seem to have any skill barriers to entry, it’s just posh ******* running into each other. Like a public school ultra-macho but still very homo-erotic wrestling contest for 80 minutes. Then that weird culture around it of going to the pub after, necking 25 dirty pints and getting your knob out. It seems like less of a sport and more a deeply insecure prove you’ve got the most testosterone competition. Weird.

I was once in a hotel lift with half the Australia rugby union squad, felt like being a different species. Proper Gulliver’s Travels.

Cricket, I can see why people don’t like it but when it’s good there’s something about the format - so long, marathon chases, momentum can change so fast - that makes it unbelievably tense and exciting. The 2005 Ashes was like 25 full days of non-stop gripping anxiety. God it can be soporific at times but I absolutely love it.

 

[Erimus11]

Incorrect.
13 heat matches have not taken place for almost 40 years.

Beat me to it Lemmy

I'm a big fan of speedway

 

[tripleheader]

I struggle to understand what people get out of watching any sport in person where you can't actually see the full contest take place. Cycling, Motorsport, golf. You're just seeing snippets take place, often it's just a few seconds at a time. Each to their own of course.

Unless of course you have played/competed in those sports. Then you understand what the players are going through. Elite /Pro level is another level only the few can relate to.
I love my motorcycling, went to major racing events and saw very little of the action, wooosh they were gone. Didn't do anything as a spectator but get upto speed on your bike on the same tracks and you can be in the moment.

 

[Zoophonic]

I struggle to understand what people get out of watching any sport in person where you can't actually see the full contest take place. Cycling, Motorsport, golf. You're just seeing snippets take place, often it's just a few seconds at a time. Each to their own of course.

but you can watch the whole of a cycle race play out. Tv coverage is first class. The same with golf. It’s the sports where the action is just dull that bores me. F1 because its dominated by a few and where races can be won at the start. I get that the drivers are highly skilled but just no excitement. Horse racing bores me as a tv event but I do enjoy the atmosphere live. In fact it’s the same with as any equestrian events. Horse dancing showjumping 3 day eventing.

Oh and ice skating is another Id switch off immediately. Finally indoor carpet bowls. Yawn.

 

[Abel Tasman]

You mention pastimes too. Well at the recent Masters Games in NZ they had a jigsaw puzzle race. The winner took 4 hours 20 for a 1000 piecer. Riveting.

 

[festa5]

Unless of course you have played/competed in those sports. Then you understand what the players are going through. Elite /Pro level is another level only the few can relate to.
I love my motorcycling, went to major racing events and saw very little of the action, wooosh they were gone. Didn't do anything as a spectator but get upto speed on your bike on the same tracks and you can be in the moment.

I think if you play a sport watching it nearly always becomes more interesting for that reason. Football and tennis are the two sports I play to a reasonable standard and they're the two I most enjoy watching by some distance.

I could be wrong, but I'd be surprised if there were too many really into watching golf who don't also play it, maybe cycling too.

 

[bear66]

I think if you play a sport watching it nearly always becomes more interesting for that reason. Football and tennis are the two sports I play to a reasonable standard and they're the two I most enjoy watching by some distance.

I could be wrong, but I'd be surprised if there were too many really into watching golf who don't also play it, maybe cycling too.

Basketball was one of my three main sports that I played, but I have never enjoyed watching it.

But I agree it's probably the stronger link for viewing preference.

 

[Cuthbert]

fishing, american football, weightlifting & cross country running

Weightlifting might be better than you think if you watch it live. (Maybe you have, and still didn't like it).

I was at the Commonwealth Games once, and got tickets to the weightlifting. I was expecting it to be rubbish, but it was actually quite exciting... and quite tactical too, with passing lifts, and choosing the optimal starting weight and so on. Certainly miles better than I expected.