What NCAA Sports can women beat men in ?

[Snake006]

First, I'm not bashing women or folks that Identify that way. Women are absolutely fantastic talented athletes, and super skilled competitors. I would just like to know what sports people think top tier NCAA Bio local females could beat top tier NCAA bio local males in.
I would say Rifle, Diving, Equestrian, Fencing and maybe a few others.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I'd throw out rifle and equestrian, since those don't really involve athletic skill.

 

[will110]

First, I not bashing women or folks that Identify that way. Women are absolutely fantastic talented athletes, and super skilled competitors. I would just like to know what sports people think a top tier NCAA Bio local females can beat top tier NCAA bio local males in.
I would say Rifle, Diving, Equestrian, Fencing and maybe a few others.

Whatever sport that requires technical skill where athleticism doesn't give an advantage. So rifle and equestrian would definitely be categories. I'm unsure on diving and fencing, don't know enough about what gives the athlete an advantage or ability. Bowling would be another.

 

[Backyard Archer]

First, I not bashing women or folks that Identify that way. Women are absolutely fantastic talented athletes, and super skilled competitors. I would just like to know what sports people think a top tier NCAA Bio local females can beat top tier NCAA bio local males in.
I would say Rifle, Diving, Equestrian, Fencing and maybe a few others.

Equestrian would be the only I could imagine and that's simply because hardly any men do those events. If it was pure western style barrels, horse racing, or rodeo-style competitions then it would be men but not the English style that is 90% women.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Equestrian would be the only I could imagine and that's simply because hardly any men do those events. If it was pure western style barrels, horse racing, or rodeo-style competitions then it would be men but not the English style that is 90% women.

Right. It's the one "sport" where the advantage goes to the person of the smallest stature.

 

[Big JC]

I'd throw out rifle and equestrian, since those don't really involve athletic skill.

Get on a horse and ride over jumps and see if it doesn't involve athletic skill. Lower body and core strength are critical in equestrian competition.

 

[Blues man]

I feel pretty confident to say a top tier HS baseball team is not going to beat a top tier HS softball team in softball. I've seen several preseason exhibitions over the years involving coed teams from the same school as fundraisers and from what I see the guys cant just step in to that role and compete. That said, I wouldnt expect the girls to head to the baseball field and have much success either... although I have never seen that attempted.

 

[18IsTheMan]

Right. It's the one "sport" where the advantage goes to the person of the smallest stature.

Get on a horse and ride over jumps and see if it doesn't involve athletic skill. Lower body and core strength are critical in equestrian competition.

Case in point, the Gamecocks equestrian team is 100% female, as is UK and several other schools I quickly looked up.

 

[Snake006]

Whatever sport that requires technical skill where athleticism doesn't give an advantage. So rifle and equestrian would definitely be categories. I'm unsure on diving and fencing, don't know enough about what gives the athlete an advantage or ability. Bowling would be another.

I agree on Bowling.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I agree on Bowling.

It would be a rare woman who is better at bowling than the best men, but not unthinkable. I'm sure, overall, though, men are better bowlers.

 

[Prestonyte]

First, I'm not bashing women or folks that Identify that way. Women are absolutely fantastic talented athletes, and super skilled competitors. I would just like to know what sports people think top tier NCAA Bio local females can beat top tier NCAA bio local males in.
I would say Rifle, Diving, Equestrian, Fencing and maybe a few others.

Fishing!

 

[Pepsicock]

I'll be the first to say this. Transgender?

 

[Deleted11512]

Softball? It would be interesting to see the baseball team play the softball team in a real softball game. My guess is we wouldn't know how to pitch, and would struggle mightily at the plate.

 

[Gamecock Lincoln]

Any sport involving strength, power and speed will favor males. Assuming comparisons are being adjusted based on conditioning, training, age, etc.

 

[Snake006]

Fishing!

Unfortunately fishing is only considered a club sport in college. But the Gamecocks did win the college fishing National Championship back to back around 2015-16.

 

[Backscrather]

Ratings wise would be beach volleyball and regular volleyball.

 

[tevraw67]

I feel pretty confident to say a top tier HS baseball team is not going to beat a top tier HS softball team in softball. I've seen several preseason exhibitions over the years involving coed teams from the same school as fundraisers and from what I see the guys cant just step in to that role and compete. That said, I wouldnt expect the girls to head to the baseball field and have much success either... although I have never seen that attempted.

Give any of those boys a couple months to adjust to the pitch coming under handed, they would dominate.

 

[Big JC]

Softball? It would be interesting to see the baseball team play the softball team in a real softball game. My guess is we wouldn't know how to pitch, and would struggle mightily at the plate.

I think baseball players would destroy a softball team. Pitch speed is around 60 mph and the field is smaller so home runs would be the order of the day. There would be a learning curve in pitching but by the third or fourth inning the baseball players would figure it out.

Males would dominate females in any sport that required any sort of strength or speed. That Thompson guy was something like the 462nd ranked swimmer until he pretended to be a girl and then he set all the NCAA records for women.

 

[Big JC]

Give any of those boys a couple months to adjust to the pitch coming under handed, they would dominate.

I say give them a couple of at bats and they would dominate.

 

[Deleted11512]

I think baseball players would destroy a softball team. Pitch speed is around 60 mph and the field is smaller so home runs would be the order of the day. There would be a learning curve in pitching but by the third or fourth inning the baseball players would figure it out.

Males would dominate females in any sport that required any sort of strength or speed. That Thompson guy was something like the 462nd ranked swimmer until he pretended to be a girl and then he set all the NCAA records for women.

True, but it's also 43 feet vs 60.5 feet for baseball. Maybe they would figure it out, but it would be an interesting exercise. I believe a 65 mph softball pitch is equivalent to a 90 mph baseball pitch, with much different movement.

 

[Snake006]

I think baseball players would destroy a softball team. Pitch speed is around 60 mph and the field is smaller so home runs would be the order of the day. There would be a learning curve in pitching but by the third or fourth inning the baseball players would figure it out.

Males would dominate females in any sport that required any sort of strength or speed. That Thompson guy was something like the 462nd ranked swimmer until he pretended to be a girl and then he set all the NCAA records for women.

Not really sure how he could feel much of a sense of accomplishment. But Hey, everyone's different.

 

[ToddFlanders]

Jennie Finch used to go to major league teams and strike out their best hitters. Link below. So I would say if you put USC’s best softball pitcher against the baseball team today, she’d probably dominate (and no one on the baseball team could pitch underhand fast enough and would get shelled). The ball comes from a completely different angle, and with the mound so close, a 60 mph softball pitch ball is equivalent to a 90 mph baseball pitch in terms of how fast it’s on the hitter.

That said, if you allowed men to practice the sport of softball for years, of course they’d end up better than women.

https://www.mlb.com/mariners/video/finch-vs-reds-in-2003-c1447775583

 

[Snake006]

Jennie Finch used to go to major league teams and strike out their best hitters. Link below. So I would say if you put USC’s best softball pitcher against the baseball team today, she’d probably dominate (and no one on the baseball team could pitch underhand fast enough and would get shelled). The ball comes from a completely different angle, and with the mound so close, a 60 mph softball pitch ball is equivalent to a 90 mph baseball pitch in terms of how fast it’s on the hitter.

That said, if you allowed men to practice the sport of softball for years, of course they’d end up better than women.

https://www.mlb.com/mariners/video/finch-vs-reds-in-2003-c1447775583

Not sure it would take years. Just a few practices to get the timing and I think it would soon be fairly one -sided

 

[vacock]

I believe Larry King said “why do you care?”.

How about darts?

 

[ToddFlanders]

Not sure it would take years. Just a few practices to get the timing and I think it would soon be fairly one -sided

im think more of the pitching would take some time (probably years) for a man to learn to have any proficiency against an NCAA squad.

But even the hitting isn’t just about timing. Softball pitchers can throw all the different pitches that baseball pitchers throw. It’s not just fastballs down the middle. You think a curve is tricky in baseball, imagine seeing it thrown from below the knees instead of above the shoulders.

 

[Blues man]

I think baseball players would destroy a softball team. Pitch speed is around 60 mph and the field is smaller so home runs would be the order of the day. There would be a learning curve in pitching but by the third or fourth inning the baseball players would figure it out.

Males would dominate females in any sport that required any sort of strength or speed. That Thompson guy was something like the 462nd ranked swimmer until he pretended to be a girl and then he set all the NCAA records for women.

43 ft separate the rubber from the plate as opposed to 60. A 60 mph softball pitch is equal to a 92 mph fastball reaction time. The number of HS girls that can throw 60 far exceed the number of boys that can throw 92. You have 0.4 seconds to react for either. I would argue girls are ready for that type of pitching on a daily basis and boys are not.

 

[Blues man]

im think more of the pitching would take some time (probably years) for a man to learn to have any proficiency against an NCAA squad.

But even the hitting isn’t just about timing. Softball pitchers can throw all the different pitches that baseball pitchers throw. It’s not just fastballs down the middle. You think a curve is tricky in baseball, imagine seeing it thrown from below the knees instead of above the shoulders.

Good point. You have drop balls, screw balls, rise balls curve balls, changups and different variations of each... on top of fastballs.

 

[Uscg1984]

That said, if you allowed men to practice the sport of softball for years, of course they’d end up better than women.

Right. The only reason baseball players struggle in softball is because they aren't softball players. You might as well ask them to play the women's soccer team. If the NCAA had men's softball, the men's teams would dominate the women's teams.

I'm thinking the balance beam in gymnastics is an answer to the OP's question. Since it's mostly about balance, I'm not sure strength would be an advantage for the men.

As others have stated, diving and equestrian would be the other two. I don't know that women are necessarily better in those, but I think mens' physical advantages would be neutralized in those sports. And when I say "equestrian," I'm not talking about rodeo, which is not an NCAA sanctioned sport anyway (it's sanctioned by the NIRA).

 

[Blues man]

Give any of those boys a couple months to adjust to the pitch coming under handed, they would dominate.

Why would those boys do that? Given they wouldn't without it being detrimental to their own sport, they will not step in and dominate softball.

 

[Myrtlemike]

I feel pretty confident to say a top tier HS baseball team is not going to beat a top tier HS softball team in softball. I've seen several preseason exhibitions over the years involving coed teams from the same school as fundraisers and from what I see the guys cant just step in to that role and compete. That said, I wouldnt expect the girls to head to the baseball field and have much success either... although I have never seen that attempted.

To compare softball, it needs to be to softball. A professional men’s softball team would slaughter a professional women’s softball team.

 

[18IsTheMan]

There is no sport that involves physical ability in which women would be superior to men.

But I’m not sure why it matters.

 

[Cocky99]

Any sport where the female is a maleTOfemale competitor………….

 

[Blues man]

To compare softball, it needs to be to softball. A professional men’s softball team would slaughter a professional women’s softball team.

Perhaps. Probably probable. As I said earlier I'm basing my opinion on what I have seen. Hard for me to comment knowing very little about professional men's fastpitch softball... if that's still a thing.

 

[18IsTheMan]

I'm not sure how we've settled on women's softball vs men's baseball. There's a reason women's baseball isn't much of a thing.

Yes, if you take a top-notch women's fast pitch softball pitcher and pit her against even a MLB hitter, she may strike him out in a one off. That's a far cry from pitching a full game against MLB hitters. They are masters of adjustment. It wouldn't be long before they adjusted and were launching bombs.

 

[Forkcock]

They can't. This thread is a non starter.

 

[Griff Caboose]

Get on a horse and ride over jumps and see if it doesn't involve athletic skill. Lower body and core strength are critical in equestrian competition.

What about the horse? Does the horse count fir anything?

 

[Backscrather]

They can't even win "woman of the year."

 

[Forkcock]

They can't even win "woman of the year."

Good point.

 

[winloseortie]

studies coming out indicate that women are better at ultra marathons, races 195 miles or longer. They hint that women may even a biological advantage

in 2011 Jennifer Pharr Davis set the record time for the Appalachian Trail 46 days. She averaged over 47 miles per day. Record lasted 5 years.

Now these are EXTREME events.

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Meta | Title | NEW STUDY FINDS WOMEN ARE BETTER AT ULTRAMARATHON RUNNING THAN MEN | Fitness First

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[Snake006]

It would cost more money and take more time, but I guess they need an Open category where guys that want to be girls and girls that want to be guys can all compete against each other.