Soccer the 10th hardest sport in the world??

[FAJA]

Originally posted by rhizome17
Well, apparently this man needs less 'strength' than a rower, less 'power' than a FIGURE SKATER, less 'nerve' than an NFL player... you decide.

I think the problem the ranking has is that most of the attributes are going to be averages. As you probably know, in rugby (i use it as an example because it's most familiar to me) a prop is obviously going to need more strength and power than someone on the wing who won't be as strong, bringing the score down. Likewise, backs are going to need to be faster and have slighly more co-ordination than forwards (with the possible exception of the back row). Having said this though I still think rugby should be ranked much higher than 13th.

P.S: I apologise for the bad description in this post.

 

[asesino]

This doesnt really mean nothing but what is interesting is the number of teenagers in these pro sports, around how many does soccer have? football? basketball? baseball? just something that you guys might want to hammer on, I mean if alot of teenagers play at a pro level then the sport can't be that hard can it?

just an example, look at fred at 14 his already a pro, now in the NFL give me the last teenager that's played?

I don't really care what's the hardest sport, I just like every sport and hate it when people only like one or doesnt like some other.

 

[claupastore]

Originally posted by asesino
This doesnt really mean nothing but what is interesting is the number of teenagers in these pro sports, around how many does soccer have? football? basketball? baseball? just something that you guys might want to hammer on, I mean if alot of teenagers play at a pro level then the sport can't be that hard can it?

just an example, look at fred at 14 his already a pro, now in the NFL give me the last teenager that's played?

I don't really care what's the hardest sport, I just like every sport and hate it when people only like one or doesnt like some other.

right, your gonna have teenagers playig agaist 250lbs guys

adu is not a pro, he is just an amateur guy that becase of money interests got into a pro league


oh and teenagers here in the US dont play in pro leagues because they play at college before going to the pros, and also because the people from the pro teams wont risk their money on a kid that hasnt played on a high level like college hoops or football.

and also, you dont see many teenagers playing pro soccer

 

[Bobby]

If you get paid to play you're a pro, any amount of money.

Adu is a professional.


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2 a : participating for gain or livelihood in an activity or field of endeavor often engaged in by amateurs <a professional golfer>

 

[claupastore]

adu is an amateur that happens to be on a pro league because some other people want o cash in on his expense.

doesnt matter if he gains a livinhood, he wouldnt be a pro if it wasnt for the publicity stunt the MLS officials are trying to pull

 

[Spurs4Life]

Originally posted by asesino
This doesnt really mean nothing but what is interesting is the number of teenagers in these pro sports, around how many does soccer have? football? basketball? baseball? just something that you guys might want to hammer on, I mean if alot of teenagers play at a pro level then the sport can't be that hard can it?

just an example, look at fred at 14 his already a pro, now in the NFL give me the last teenager that's played?

I don't really care what's the hardest sport, I just like every sport and hate it when people only like one or doesnt like some other.

That's totally different. Adu wouldnt last 5 seconds in the English, Spanish or Italian league, infact make that almost every top league in Europe. He wouldnt even be considered to be playing at the age of 14 in Europe. so comparing a "MLS" league player to a NFL player is unfair.

Ive read alot of bullsh!t in this thread. No suprise alot of it has come from Americans. Im not saying all Americans are like this, but obviously there are some igronant ones. Football easy?, not alot of skill?, you havent got a clue. None of you could even play in division 3 over here and that's a fact. Im sure you can do a bit of skill and score a goal and pass a ball, like i can throw a ball like a quarter back or be a wide receiver, but it's how good you can do it against quality players is the key. I guarantee, the people that say football is easy, run up and try and get past a 190 pound 6 ft 5 Sol Campbell, ohh id love to see it.

Until you have had a 11 a side match, had the injuries ive had and try and come back, don't comment, because you just look foolish.

 

[Bobby]

Actually, serveal a-league sides wanted him.

Like they could ever get him, but they're also professional, as are inter milan...who also wanted him

Jealous you aren't pro, claupastore?

 

[claupastore]

Originally posted by Bobby
Actually, serveal a-league sides wanted him.

Like they could ever get him, but they're also professional, as are inter milan...who also wanted him

Jealous you aren't pro, claupastore?

inter and abramovich proffesionals?



haha, jealous of a kid that doesnt know what he is doing? no

jealous of not being a pro? i never wanted to be one and i had the chance to go to italy and play over there

happy?

 

[Spurs4Life]

Originally posted by Bobby
Actually, serveal a-league sides wanted him.

Im sure they do, but he wouldnt be playing week in week out. He is a prospect, he would be put in the youth team for a while, or at best be on the subs bench and brought on to further his game.

 

[asesino]

Originally posted by claupastore
right, your gonna have teenagers playig agaist 250lbs guys

hence, 3rd on list

Originally posted by claupastore
and also, you dont see many teenagers playing pro soccer

I don't know about that, certainly more than baseball, basketball.

Look I'm not trying to argue about this because I like every sport and I am not a "fanboy" of a particular sport like some of you are, before you try to blast back i dont mean you, and I could careless what the hardest sport is since I enjoy all of them just about equally.

What I said was just something interesting, for the people blasting baseball, basketball, football. I was just trying to say that there are probably more teenagers playing or with a pro team in soccer than there is in basketball,baseball. So by that I mean that you probably have a better percent playing professional soccer than baseball or basketball by looking at the odds. That mainly goes to the people that are saying that BB and BB are easier than soccer.

Just because you have "played" all of them and you think one was easier than the other, well I doubt you played against good players.

Like I said I like every sport just about equally and I don't care which sport is the hardest so don't go nuts on me for stating of what "I" think.

 

[asesino]

Originally posted by Spurs4Life
I guarantee, the people that say football is easy, run up and try and get past a 190 pound 6 ft 5 Sol Campbell, ohh id love to see it.

haha what will he do? take the ball away from you.

I guarantee, the people that say football is easy, run up and try and get past a 245 pound 6 ft 1 Ray Lewis and get knock the f*** out dude I would much rather love to see that instead :funny:

Until you have played every sport and realize how hard each sport is, don't comment, because you just look foolish

 

[bigp]

Originally posted by Spurs4Life
That's totally different. Adu wouldnt last 5 seconds in the English, Spanish or Italian league, infact make that almost every top league in Europe. He wouldnt even be considered to be playing at the age of 14 in Europe. so comparing a "MLS" league player to a NFL player is unfair.

Ive read alot of bullsh!t in this thread. No suprise alot of it has come from Americans. Im not saying all Americans are like this, but obviously there are some igronant ones. Football easy?, not alot of skill?, you havent got a clue. None of you could even play in division 3 over here and that's a fact. Im sure you can do a bit of skill and score a goal and pass a ball, like i can throw a ball like a quarter back or be a wide receiver, but it's how good you can do it against quality players is the key. I guarantee, the people that say football is easy, run up and try and get past a 190 pound 6 ft 5 Sol Campbell, ohh id love to see it.

Until you have had a 11 a side match, had the injuries ive had and try and come back, don't comment, because you just look foolish.

The problem is some of us have played or watched these other sports and are saying that soccer is easier COMPARED to the sports listed on the site. All I see is people listing soccer as the 3rd hardest sport out there but that is just bs. There are other sports out there that are much harder soccer.

Yes baseball shouldn't be ahead of soccer but the rest I agree with, even though I would switch the order around for some of them.

 

[SRB]

seriously. most of the comments that are biased toward one sport or the other come from people who have either not experienced all the sports and are injecting their idiotic opinion, or from people that are so stuck on one sport (football, american football or baseball for example) that they just refuse to believe that another sport is better or more difficult then theirs. it takes different attributes to play different sports, and some are harder then others. but most of this is personal opinion too. Ive seen people who can dribble past 6 people on the pitch from the midfield and score a goal, but cant hit a ping pong ball on the other side of the table. they will say that ping pong is harder then football. opinion.

 

[asesino]

Originally posted by bigp
The problem is some of us have played or watched these other sports and are saying that soccer is easier COMPARED to the sports listed on the site. All I see is people listing soccer as the 3rd hardest sport out there but that is just bs. There are other sports out there that are much harder soccer.

That's what some of these people don't understand. It's pretty obvious that they mainly like soccer.

Originally posted by SRB
seriously. most of the comments that are biased toward one sport or the other come from people who have either not experienced all the sports and are injecting their idiotic opinion, or from people that are so stuck on one sport (football, american football or baseball for example) that they just refuse to believe that another sport is better or more difficult then theirs. it takes different attributes to play different sports, and some are harder then others. but most of this is personal opinion too. Ive seen people who can dribble past 6 people on the pitch from the midfield and score a goal, but cant hit a ping pong ball on the other side of the table. they will say that ping pong is harder then football. opinion.

well put

 

[rhizome17]

Originally posted by FAJA
I think the problem the ranking has is that most of the attributes are going to be averages. As you probably know, in rugby (i use it as an example because it's most familiar to me) a prop is obviously going to need more strength and power than someone on the wing who won't be as strong, bringing the score down. Likewise, backs are going to need to be faster and have slighly more co-ordination than forwards (with the possible exception of the back row). Having said this though I still think rugby should be ranked much higher than 13th.

P.S: I apologise for the bad description in this post.

Yeah, I understand what you mean about averages. And Jonah was probably a bad example to use. Yes, backs don't have to be as strong as forwards, granted, BUT the average back will still be stronger than the average speed skater or whatever got ranked ahead of them on that attribute. You still have to be strong in Rugby, regardless of your position.

I definitely think Rugby should have been higher on the list though, ahead of football (let the abuse start now ). I also think that it is nigh on impossible to compare individual sports and team sports.

 

[henry#14]

Originally posted by Bobby
Actually, serveal a-league sides wanted him.

Like they could ever get him, but they're also professional, as are inter milan...who also wanted him

but if he went there, i'm sure he'd be in the Primavera team. let's be honest, nobody wants to see Adu getting flattened by Stam or even Tudor

 

[ffc1876]

I play football for 2 teams and when I was at university I played american football, and I can safely say that american football is the harder sport to play.

I am a sweeper for my football teams which I know is more in the mind than in your physical state but playing american football was brutal compared to playing football.

 

[Spurs4Life]

Originally posted by ffc1876
I play football for 2 teams and when I was at university I played american football, and I can safely say that american football is the harder sport to play.

I am a sweeper for my football teams which I know is more in the mind than in your physical state but playing american football was brutal compared to playing football.

Yeh gridiron (American Football) is harder than soccer on the physical side of things. But soccer is a more skillfull and technical sport. They are both hard in different ways. They can't be compared in that way with each other.

 

[Caponedawg]

Originally posted by Spurs4Life
That's totally different. Adu wouldnt last 5 seconds in the English, Spanish or Italian league, infact make that almost every top league in Europe. He wouldnt even be considered to be playing at the age of 14 in Europe. so comparing a "MLS" league player to a NFL player is unfair.

Ive read alot of bullsh!t in this thread. No suprise alot of it has come from Americans. Im not saying all Americans are like this, but obviously there are some igronant ones. Football easy?, not alot of skill?, you havent got a clue. None of you could even play in division 3 over here and that's a fact. Im sure you can do a bit of skill and score a goal and pass a ball, like i can throw a ball like a quarter back or be a wide receiver, but it's how good you can do it against quality players is the key. I guarantee, the people that say football is easy, run up and try and get past a 190 pound 6 ft 5 Sol Campbell, ohh id love to see it.

Until you have had a 11 a side match, had the injuries ive had and try and come back, don't comment, because you just look foolish.

And you look foolish by making that statement. Ok let's see you QB a team. Let's see you memorize a playbook of over 2000 plays. Add in that the thousands of possible audibles you can call. Then let's see you relay that information to the other ten guys in the huddle. Then you get up to the line of scrimmage and start barking out the signals. The defense comes out lined up in a 4-3. All of a sudden the strong side corner starts to creep up. Then the strong side linebacker does the same. When the ball is snapped you have a 6'3'' 240+lbs guy charging you and a very fast 210+lbs guy chasing you. Your only choice is to get rid of the ball quick.

Or how about this situation. Defense is in the same 4-3. Only this time after seeing his corner get burned time after time, the free safety slides over just a tad bit. The QB doesn't recognize this. on the snap he thinks he has single coverage on his WR. He throws and the ball is intercepted by the free safety. Yeah I'm sure you could be a QB. You think playing football is all about just being physical? Tell that to the OL who have to learn blocking assignments or the DBs who have to learn coverage schemes. Tell that to the WRs who have to learn complicated routes.

 

[Ubik Valis]

This discussion is futile, since most sports are hard to play/learn (especially on a pro level) in each it's own way.