What's the best sound in sport?

Middle of the bat in cricket?

A pure strike off the tee?

A defender yelping after sliding legs akimbo into the post?

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The sound of the ball smashing in off the post/bar and hitting the net, particularly if it’s quiet and you’re supporting the away team.

Worst sound: the sound of the away end celebrating

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The sound of a 360 flip
The noise of a peloton whizzing along the road
Second the noise of a cricket ball on the middle of a bat. Will also add the noise of the stumps being hit by a fast bowler

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Yeah, it’s this … followed by a smattering of polite handclaps and the clinking of ice cubes in your Pimms & lemonade

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ā€œCHARGE!ā€

A forceful smack-clunk of a direct pot on a snooker table is particularly good too, especially if followed by the cue ball spinning back off the cushion to gently break open the pack of reds

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The split second when a goal goes in down the other end from where you’re sat and you hear the fans down there cheering before it reaches where you are.

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The crowd swell when he’s cut inside, skinned his man and the shot’s on, a building of hope as everyone stands up in anticipation with a smattering of encouragement and instruction, and he strikes it with a bend on it… that nano second of silence as the collective inhales, just hoping… hoping… as it leaves his foot with the perfect trajectory. You know, everyone knows, but it hasn’t happened yet… yet… almost… … goal.

THAT.

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replicant

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The gap between the sound of the starting pistol and the roar of the crowd in an Olympic 100m final

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The cry going up, ā€˜there’s a cat on the pitch!’

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skittled stumps

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:basketball:

  • the cords getting ripped by a pure jump shot
  • a powerful dunk on a rim that is miced up and mixed properly on the broadcast
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A massive home run sounds pretty fantastic tbf to the United States of Americans

My favourite sound in football is the sound of plastic seats flipping up en masse as your team builds a promising situation on the break

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Last second end of quarter/game especially shot

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the first example I found of the best sort of jump shot sound

the first example I found of the best sort of dunk sound

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yup :relieved: if it’s accompanied by Mike Breen saying ā€œBANG!!ā€, perfect

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tbf, a Mike Breen bang is one of the best sports sounds in itself

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The sound of the explosion as the last rugby stadium in the world undergoes a controlled demolition.

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Grandstand theme tune

Summary

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