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Welcome to the Sport Piki, the best place to decide between sports. Use this Piki to find the best sport for you based on participation, required physical skills, safety, and type of activities. This Piki makes use of more than 500 facts about 21 sports. Sort and filter these sports according to your preferences using the options on the left. Whether you're looking for sports for endurance, sports for everyone or something else entirely, we have you covered.
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Swimming
Swimming is an individual/team sport. It is played in the summer, played in the spring and played in the fall. It is played in the winter, and it caused 34 child fatalities from 1982-2002.
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Participation: Individual/team
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have selected team and individual/team as the top choices for participation, swimming achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Typical Season: Fall, Winter, Spring
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for summer, spring and fall and prefer a larger number of typical season options, swimming achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Requirements: Upper Body Strength, Lower Body Strength, Speed
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for upper body strength, lower body strength and hand-eye coordination and prefer a larger number of requirements options, swimming achieves 84% performance in this category.
Water Polo
Water polo is a team sport. It is played in the summer, played in the spring and played in the fall. It is played in the winter, and it receives lackluster marks for safety from Pikimal users.
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Participation: Team
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have selected team and individual/team as the top choices for participation, water polo achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Typical Season: Fall, Winter, Spring
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for summer, spring and fall and prefer a larger number of typical season options, water polo achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Requirements: Upper Body Strength, Lower Body Strength, Hand-eye Coordination
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for upper body strength, lower body strength and hand-eye coordination and prefer a larger number of requirements options, water polo achieves 100% performance in this category.
Track and Field
Track and field is a team sport. It is played in the summer, played in the spring and played in the fall. It caused 47 child fatalities from 1982-2002 and injured 8500 adults in 2001.
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Participation: Team
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have selected team and individual/team as the top choices for participation, track and field achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Typical Season: Fall, Spring, Summer
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for summer, spring and fall and prefer a larger number of typical season options, track and field achieves 95% performance in this category.
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Requirements: Upper Body Strength, Lower Body Strength, Speed
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for upper body strength, lower body strength and hand-eye coordination and prefer a larger number of requirements options, track and field achieves 84% performance in this category.
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Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a team sport, and it is played in the summer, played in the spring and played in the fall. It is played in the winter, and it injured 2000 adults in 2001.
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Participation: Team
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have selected team and individual/team as the top choices for participation, gymnastics achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Typical Season: Fall, Winter, Spring
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for summer, spring and fall and prefer a larger number of typical season options, gymnastics achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Requirements: Upper Body Strength, Lower Body Strength, Hand-eye Coordination
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for upper body strength, lower body strength and hand-eye coordination and prefer a larger number of requirements options, gymnastics achieves 84% performance in this category.
Baseball/softball
Baseball/softball is a team sport, and it is played in the summer, played in the spring and played in the fall. It caused 17 child fatalities from 1982-2002 and injured 48000 adults in 2001.
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Participation: Team
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have selected team and individual/team as the top choices for participation, baseball/softball achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Typical Season: Fall, Spring, Summer
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for summer, spring and fall and prefer a larger number of typical season options, baseball/softball achieves 95% performance in this category.
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Requirements: Upper Body Strength, Lower Body Strength, Hand-eye Coordination
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for upper body strength, lower body strength and hand-eye coordination and prefer a larger number of requirements options, baseball/softball achieves 69% performance in this category.
Figure Skating
Figure skating is an individual/team sport, and it is played in the summer, played in the spring and played in the fall. It is played in the winter, and it requires upper body strength.
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Participation: Individual/team
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have selected team and individual/team as the top choices for participation, figure skating achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Typical Season: Fall, Winter, Spring
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for summer, spring and fall and prefer a larger number of typical season options, figure skating achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Requirements: Upper Body Strength, Lower Body Strength, Hand-eye Coordination
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for upper body strength, lower body strength and hand-eye coordination and prefer a larger number of requirements options, figure skating achieves 100% performance in this category.
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport. It is played in the summer, played in the spring and played in the fall. It requires upper body strength and lower body strength.
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Participation: Team
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have selected team and individual/team as the top choices for participation, lacrosse achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Typical Season: Fall, Spring, Summer
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for summer, spring and fall and prefer a larger number of typical season options, lacrosse achieves 95% performance in this category.
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Requirements: Upper Body Strength, Lower Body Strength, Hand-eye Coordination
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for upper body strength, lower body strength and hand-eye coordination and prefer a larger number of requirements options, lacrosse achieves 100% performance in this category.
Hockey
Hockey is a team sport. It is not played in the summer, played in the spring and played in the fall. It is played in the winter, and it injured 2000 adults in 2001.
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Participation: Team
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have selected team and individual/team as the top choices for participation, hockey achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Typical Season: Fall, Winter, Spring
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for summer, spring and fall and prefer a larger number of typical season options, hockey achieves 55% performance in this category.
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Requirements: Upper Body Strength, Lower Body Strength, Hand-eye Coordination
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for upper body strength, lower body strength and hand-eye coordination and prefer a larger number of requirements options, hockey achieves 100% performance in this category.
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport, and it is played in the summer, played in the spring and played in the fall. It requires upper body strength and lower body strength.
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Participation: Team
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have selected team and individual/team as the top choices for participation, volleyball achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Typical Season: Fall, Spring, Summer
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for summer, spring and fall and prefer a larger number of typical season options, volleyball achieves 95% performance in this category.
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Requirements: Upper Body Strength, Lower Body Strength, Hand-eye Coordination
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for upper body strength, lower body strength and hand-eye coordination and prefer a larger number of requirements options, volleyball achieves 84% performance in this category.
Cross Country
Cross country is a team sport. It is played in the summer, played in the spring and played in the fall. It caused 14 child fatalities from 1982-2002 and injured 8500 adults in 2001.
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Participation: Team
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have selected team and individual/team as the top choices for participation, cross country achieves 100% performance in this category.
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Typical Season: Fall, Spring, Summer
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for summer, spring and fall and prefer a larger number of typical season options, cross country achieves 95% performance in this category.
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Requirements: Lower Body Strength, Speed, Endurance
Given that users looking for the best overall sports have a preference for upper body strength, lower body strength and hand-eye coordination and prefer a larger number of requirements options, cross country achieves 57% performance in this category.