BWillie |
11-26-2022 09:32 AM |
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Originally Posted by ultimate175
(Post 16626586)
Many people that don’t get or enjoy soccer fail to appreciate the skill involved. You watch it, and it looks kind of easy and pedestrian, and therefore boring. It’s not. Try going out and doing even basics yourself - shooting, shot placement, one touch passing, bringing a long pass down in front of you without it bouncing 15 yards away. It’s all VERY hard to do well. Every other sport requires hand-eye coordination, which is just more natural. Foot-eye coordination is a different beast.
I grew up playing football and now love both sports. But I didn’t appreciate the teamwork and fluid beauty of a well executed soccer game (regardless of score), until I played in adult leagues and tried it myself. Humbling.
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That's actually one of the reasons I DONT like soccer. I prefer sports (generally like bball or football) where if you are just the best athlete out there you are gonna be one of the best. Think Giannis, LeBron, Ja Morant, Lamar Jackson, Aaron Donald. Freaks of nature. Never been a fan of the Bradys, Jokics, Bully Butlers etc, From what I can gather offside penalties, angles, amt of guys allowed on field and the size of the goal really mitigate the need to be really athletic. Of course being athletic always helps, but the best guys arent these amazing athletes. They are crafty, good strikers, play well in tight spaces to get weird headers and goals that way.
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