dfwabel Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 They also think that these seven should be banned.Aluminum Baseball BatsOversize Tennis RacketsThe Belly PutterWinged Race CarsAero Time-Trial BikesShaped SkisNext-Gen Swim SuitExplainations:popular Mechanics on EquipmentThoughts on what they may have missed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiddySicks Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 They also think that these seven should be banned.Aluminum Baseball BatsOversize Tennis RacketsThe Belly PutterWinged Race CarsAero Time-Trial BikesShaped SkisNext-Gen Swim SuitExplainations:popular Mechanics on EquipmentThoughts on what they may have missed?As someone who grew up skiing every weekend skiing and who started on straight skis, I can tell you that the best and probably safest thing to happen to skis is when they began shaping them. I can't imagine how bad it would be if the people who came up from the bay area to ski had even less control on those planks they had before now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charger77 Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Goalie mask? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelayedPenalty Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 As a golfer, I've tried a belly putter, and I don't get it. It claims to give you more control over your swing, giving you straighter, more accurate putts...I saw the exact opposite. Having the butt end wedged in my gut made me putt worse, far worse! Very few professional golfers actually use them, so they're obviously not that big of an advantage for those who use them.Winged race cars need to be banned? Winged racecars allowed the sport of racing to progress further than ever before. Wings add downforce, but while the added downforce adds speed, it also adds stability and added grip when cornering. Wings on cars could be seen as a safety feature as much as they can be a speed aid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saintsfan Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Soccer boots and balls have changed a lot in recent years. The boots are far more lightweight, and often have golf club style grooves around them. The balls are far lighter and the stitching has been minimised to allow the ball to spin more. This is particularly an advantage for free kicks. Golf drivers have developed out of this world it seems to me, so that a decent amateur can hit a fairly straight 300 yard drive.I don't think that any of these are bad things at the amateur level, but I think they all have had a negative impact on the watchability of there sports. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njmeadowlanders Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 The tennis racquet advancements by far changed that game more than any piece of equipment in any other sport.it wasn't even that long ago that wooden racquets were still the norm. Now, one serve from any pro and that thing is in multiple pieces. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkrdevil Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 Goalie mask?Agreed, the mask (and improvements to it) allowed goaltenders to play more of a drop down style taking away the lower part of the net increasing the chances of making a save. Not only that but in doing that lead a change to bigger leg and shoulder pads for a goalie to take up more net. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydogisgomez Posted September 4, 2009 Share Posted September 4, 2009 I don't play golf, but what about metal drivers? It seems they are always lengthening courses because the guys are using these larger metal "woods" to drive further and further. I think pro golf should outlaw them like MLB does aluminum bats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braden Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Can we add HGH to that list? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
watermelonman Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Can we add HGH to that list? can we also add those multi-color WNBA balls to the list? obviously, something in those balls prevent women from dunking, and change the way people think about women's basketball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rams80 Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 Can we add HGH to that list? can we also add those multi-color WNBA balls to the list? obviously, something in those balls prevent women from dunking, and change the way people think about women's basketball.You know the "That's Racist" gif? Can somebody make a "That's Sexist" variant? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dfwabel Posted September 5, 2009 Author Share Posted September 5, 2009 I don't play golf, but what about metal drivers? It seems they are always lengthening courses because the guys are using these larger metal "woods" to drive further and further. I think pro golf should outlaw them like MLB does aluminum bats."U" or "V" grooves have been an bigger issue to the R and A, USGA and the PGA Tour for nearly three decades. I think the magazine forgot about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
josh_cat_eyes Posted September 5, 2009 Share Posted September 5, 2009 What about non-wood hockey sticks or even player helmets/visors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stampman Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Nothing from hockey?With advances in skates, sticks, helmets, padding and the already mentioned goalie mask?All those changed things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graham_Clayton Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 In regard to race cars, I'd like to see all forms of traction control banned. Let the driver control the traction manually with the throttle! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sport Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 In regard to race cars, I'd like to see all forms of traction control banned. Let the driver control the traction manually with the throttle!Stop bumping dead topics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LAWeaver Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 In regard to race cars, I'd like to see all forms of traction control banned. Let the driver control the traction manually with the throttle!Stop bumping dead topics.Seems as if that's all he does Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pianoknight Posted October 1, 2013 Share Posted October 1, 2013 Lane Kiffin's deflated game balls? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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