Professional world-class wammen soccer girls teams often play (and routinely lose) against high school boys because it's excellent training

reminds me of when the Williams sisters were the top ranked tennis players and said they could beat any man. some nobody that was ranked 203rd beat them both of them in the same day.

Karsten Braasch

Braasch competed in a "Battle of the Sexes" contest against the Williams sisters (Venus and Serena) at the 1998 Australian Open when he was ranked 203. Braasch was described by one journ*list as "a man whose training regime centred around a pack of cigarettes and more than a couple bottles of ice cold lager".[4] He nonetheless defeated both sisters, playing a single set against each, beating Serena 6–1 and Venus 6–2.[5] Braasch was thirty years old at the time, while Venus and Serena were seventeen and sixteen, respectively.

Going into the match, he wasn't too worried about what the obvious result would be

Preparation is crucial. Remember that a game like this is light-hearted - taking it too seriously would be a mistake. My training regime consisted of a leisurely round of golf in the morning followed by a couple of shandies. I turned up on court feeling suitably laid-back...

I played pickup soccer with a woman who was a D1 soccer player a handful of times. She was the best woman on the field by a good stretch, but not in the conversation of who was running the game.