Comment on Do you agree with my unpopular opinion about height in fencing?

neidu2@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

• BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Neither tall basketball players or high jumpers actively have someone actively trying to stab them in their larger mass sections. It would be better to compare with baseball where the strike zone can change depending on height. There are some good pictures of Jose Altuve standing next to Aaron judge in the MLB. Basically, tall people have a larger attack vector, and that doesn’t apply in the two sports you mentioned, where more height definitely carries significantly more advantages than disadvantages.

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  • neidu2@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Neither tall basketball players or high jumpers actively have someone actively trying to stab them

    I see you grew up on the fancy side of town

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    • BassTurd@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      I grew up in rural Iowa. We didn’t have a fancy side of town.

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      • neidu2@feddit.nl ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        I grew up in Norway. We didn’t have town.

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