What sport covers the most distance?

According to Tribesports, field hockey players travel more than athletes in almost any other sport, chasing and defending the ball for nearly a 10K during 70 minutes of play. A large field, a fast moving ball, and rare substitutions mean soccer players can expect to log some heavy mileage over 90-plus minutes.

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Players in soccer’s World Cup, which starts June 12 in Brazil, will run an estimated 7 miles per game. (And the refs will run even more!) Here’s how that compares to athletes in other sports.

Baseball: .046 miles

This is a rather generous estimate that translates into approximately 242 feet per game, taken from the statistics of the current Major League Baseball batting leader Troy Tulowitzki from the Colorado Rockies. The distance between each base is 90 feet. Adding all of the singles, doubles, triples, stolen bases, and home runs that Tulowitzki has logged during the 49 regular season games played since press time, the total distance run comes to just more than 2 miles. Those not as successful at the plate log even less mileage—or more accurately, feet.

Football: 1.25 miles for receivers and cornerbacks

Football players don’t have a lot of time to travel very far. According to the Wall Street Journal, the average NFL game includes only 11 minutes of actual playing time. Receivers and cornerbacks run the most at just over one mile a game. That’s still an impressive feat considering 11 massive and highly trained athletes would prefer they run as little as possible.

Basketball: 2.9 miles

Cutting-edge tracking technology called SportVU has allowed coaches and statisticians to track NBA player performance in real time, including the distance traveled per game. This is another generous estimate, averaging SportVU’s distance traveled from the top ten hardwood pounders. Running the most during the 2014 season was Jimmy Butler of the Chicago Bulls at 3.1 miles per game.

Tennis: 3 miles

Distance traveled depends heavily on playing style and the duration of a match, but competitive players can expect to shuffle and sprint nearly a 5K while chasing down balls. During the longest recorded tennis match, at Wimbledon in 2010, it’s estimated that John Isner and Nicholas Mahut each ran about 6 miles during 11 hours and five minutes of play.

Field Hockey: 5.6 miles

According to Tribesports, field hockey players travel more than athletes in almost any other sport, chasing and defending the ball for nearly a 10K during 70 minutes of play.

Soccer: 7 miles

A large field, a fast moving ball, and rare substitutions mean soccer players can expect to log some heavy mileage over 90-plus minutes. Midfielders tend to run the most, sometimes reaching nearly 9.5 miles, according to SportVU.

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What sports give you a six pack?

Having a lean body is part of the equation when building a strongly defined six-pack. Gymnastics. Billy Stickland/Strickland/Getty Images. ... Volleyball. Mike Raabe / Getty Images. ... Kayaking. Noel Hendrickson/Getty Images. ... Swimming. Suhaimi Abdullah / Stringer/ Getty Images. ... Cross-Country Skiing. ... Yoga. ... Soccer.

verywellfit.com - Sports That Build a Strong Core - Verywell Fit

If you want to build great six-pack abs without doing traditional ab exercises, choose a sport that engages the core muscles aggressively. Sports that require the coordinated movement of the upper and lower body will naturally activate the muscles that stabilize the torso. This rotational movement is essential to generating power and force in the extremities. Sports in which this movement is constant and repetitive will invariably build all of the muscles of the core, including the obliques, rectus abdominis, and transverse muscles. Many of the sports listed below also provide a cardio workout that helps burn excess fat. Having a lean body is part of the equation when building a strongly defined six-pack.