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07-06-2014, 08:50 PM | #166 | |
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07-06-2014, 08:57 PM | #167 |
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Just because its difficult doesn't mean you have to be a great athlete to do it.
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07-06-2014, 09:10 PM | #168 | |
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So anyone could do it with some work and practice, then? |
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07-06-2014, 09:13 PM | #169 |
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Absolutely not. Could anyone be a competitive eating champion with some practice? Of course not. Same with golf, mlb pitchers. You can be a an unathletic statue and still be skilled at those as well.
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07-06-2014, 09:51 PM | #170 | |
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But soccer calls upon you to run like a cross country competitor most of the match, take on physical confrontations and be the stronger competitor from head to toe, leap for headers, sprint for through balls, match up on defense, . . and here's the kicker, be sharp enough to do those things you've practiced and practiced, when you're completely knackered in the final minutes. It's like asking LeBron James to run a marathon at a competitive time with a bunch of Kenyans, then asking him to shoot a pair of free throws, a contested 3pter and then slam dunk over Shaq. But there's no athleticism in soccer. Truth be told, the athleticism aspect of international soccer was a bigger impediment than the spectre of having to live overseas to make money. I loved to play striker, and ran ran ran like there was no tomorrow. But I hated long distance running, every moment of it. Hated every aspect of soccer that required athleticism over skill. I enjoyed outrunning opponents in bursts, and the creativity of creating chances to score. If there had been an alternate universe where indoor soccer with it's more intricate foot skills and smaller field was the 'Premiere League' I'd have liked to live in that universe. But the 'beautiful game' requires a marathoner's mentality with the skill of one who puts on the 'green jacket.'
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07-06-2014, 10:02 PM | #171 |
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You mean to tell me that every player of a sport has just been practicing for a very long time at their sport and have become good at it?
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07-06-2014, 10:11 PM | #172 |
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