Sports That Rely On Strategy/talent

[black_cat51]

after a discussion in our office today about why there are no women in the tourdefrance, we were trying to think of sports that the sexes could compete in equally (ie strength.muscle etc didn't matter)
we only came up with the following list:
darts
snooker

Any others?

[DTCwordfan]

what about the luge......

[royfromaus]

Snooker - no, the best woman in the game has not yet beaten any in the top 100


No?
Why are women not competing on a level playing field when it comes to snooker?

[black_cat51]

yes hurling - thats it!
witht he luge, i would have thought men can run faster at the beginning

[DTCwordfan]

I meant skeleton - it's close - about a second.

[DTCwordfan]

Nobody knows, roy.....there is some power involved in controlling back-screw in particular......

[DTCwordfan]

Poker?

[royfromaus]

It has nothing to do with power, it is more technique.

[DTCwordfan]

power and technique.....like golf, though that is weighted more to the former.

[black_cat51]

i dont think id class chess as a sport, however i don't know why i wouldn't!

[royfromaus]

I'm convinced it is because...

A, men have superior Eye–hand coordination

B, women in general are not as competitive.

[Tilly2]

golf?

[ChillDoubt]

Men and women are equal at darts? I fear not!:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_BDO_World_Darts_Championship#Statistics

[black_cat51]

not golf surely, because men in general are stronger and taller than women. The game of golf relies on getting a ball to a certain point within as few strokes as possible. If men can consistently hit the ball harder than women, they will be able to get it a further distance quicker?

[237SJ]

Surfing?

[ChillDoubt]

I don't believe so Tilly. They tried that with Michelle Wie a couple of years back:

http://golf.about.com/od/michellewie/f/michelle-wie-mens-tournaments.htm

Conclusion? Fail.

[237SJ]

and kite surfing

[Stephen_G]

All the top Women's Snooker players cleared off onto the World 9-Ball Pool circuit (Allison Fisher was about the best known Female Snooker player in this Country). She did compete against the Men but didn't fare too well. Same as the Female Darts players - Anastasia Dobromyslova being one of the exceptions.

[Tilly2]

ok then, scrabble!

[Everhelpful]

Lawn Bowls.