Originally posted by: destrekor
Originally posted by: Gothgar
uea it requires no skill, that is why anyone can go join any team at any time and go probowl
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like it was said... quite a few positions in football require mostly athletic ability of some sort, but not necessarily a great deal of "skill". Skill and athleticism (including raw strength) are not always one in the same. Some positions in football do indeed require a great deal of skill in addition to athleticism. Quarterbacks need precision, as do receivers. It's a mental skill coupled with athleticism for receivers and running backs - they need to have the agility (athleticism) coupled with precision thinking and body alignment to find the ball, lock on to a route, and avoid the defense.
The same can be said for the defensive positions, as far as coupling strength and precision goes, of course depending on the exact position.
Soccer requires far less in the raw strength category, but switches that for endurance. The rest of the necessary athleticism is essentially the same as American Football, but that goes for every position other than the goaltender.
Half backs and strikers require an immense amount of pure athleticism, and a healthy supply of skill. They need the agility and endurance, but also a great deal of explosiveness (but not the explosive strength like in most football positions). The skill is what sets various players apart - how apt they are with their footwork and dribbling varies between players. That's the most important skill, as is the coordination to make use of the agility to avoid players. Also, passing can be said to be a skill equal to dribbling.
Baseball requires precision for batting, along with a combination of agility and strength for swinging. The pitcher is obvious, no need to discuss that. There is ample skill in finding the best path to a just hit ball, and being able to glove it. Throwing, again requires strength, agility, and precision. Base running is a mix of skill and athleticism - the agility and explosiveness, and having the base paths conquered.
Baseball is the one most called out on how much skill and athleticism is required, and this is coupled with players who don't exactly look athletic. Body size doesn't always represent athleticism, again, looking to football players should help clear that one up. Baseball is less about lengthy effort, and more about precision and mentally determining the best path. The less athletic players make up for that lacking ability by being better fielders and having the precision when at bat.
Those skills don't come easy in baseball, I guarantee that. You can be trained for years and still not be up to par.
Go to football and soccer, if you have the required athleticism, most of the skill comes in training.