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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]yeah, I mean you can just play football, baseball, and basketball, and then become a great center midfielder at the college level just b/c of your well rounded athletic ability.[/quote]

Ah, you misunderstand. No one is saying that either (unless you’re Bo Jackson). Soccer is no more difficult to learn than basketball or hockey or lacrosse or football etc. that was my actual point. [/quote]

Do you actually think manipulating an object using feet is as easy as using hands?[/quote]

They also think learning how to ice skate in order to play hockey would be easy too.[/quote]

Yeah, kicking a ball is so much harder than manipulating a small puck on ice with a long stick while on ice skates, and also learning strategic team play, etc. LOL.[/quote]

You have some reading comprehension issue. A PP posted the following:

"Ah, you misunderstand. No one is saying that either (unless you’re Bo Jackson). Soccer is no more difficult to learn than basketball or hockey or lacrosse or football etc. that was my actual point."

THEIR argument is that soccer, basketball, hockey, lacrosse and football are all just as easy to pick up in 9th grade and excel in them. [/quote]

No, my point is that soccer is no more or less hard than those other sports to learn. They all have their challenges. I will say that trying to play a sport while ice skating if you’ve never skated would be quite hard. Most people have run, walked, and jumped before ... so the PP making the point about hockey is spot on. As far as b-ball, soccer, tennis, golf, and baseball I played them all. I was the best at soccer and the worst at golf. I found soccer extremely easy and intuitive to learn (along with b-ball). Unfortunately, I am not tall so as I got older bballl was tougher for me to excel in. Just the result of the basket being 10 ft in the air. Soccer I did not need to be tall, but I did need to be fast, have strength and endurance, and be smart. I could dribble a b-ball and soccer ball both very well. Making a pk was easier than making a free throw. Much larger target and most GKs have no chance anyhow. Splitting a defense with a thru ball or executing a pick and roll were both easy enough to learn. Anyhow ... my point was around some of the posters talking about how hard it is to learn and be good at soccer. That was not my experience. As far as focusing in on one sport vs. many, obviously the more you practice one thing the better you’ll get at it. But, mixing in at least one other sport (maybe not as intensely) is good to prevent burnout and typically lowers injury rates due to use of different muscle groups. [/quote]

Chess is easy to learn to play too.

Yes, someone can start and learn to play soccer at 15 but they will not be good at it. A kid starting soccer at 15 would not stand much of a chance making an elite soccer team unless their athletic attributes were far and away above anything the coach has seen. This player might be taken on as a project but the player will be light years behind in technical ability.

I have seen these types of players before and they almost never work out. Their shortcomings never make up for their athletic abilities and they either turn into liabilities or are simply not effective.

And soccer is different than your example of basketball. All your skill will not make you taller. In soccer, all your speed will not make you good with the ball at your feet. [/quote]

It’s not different. Here’s what I know from actually playing competitive soccer. I loved marking slow guys that were skillful. It was cake. Contain and let them waste time making useless moves. Meanwhile they slowed the game down and let the defense get their shape. Fast guys were so much harder to mark. Fast guys with skills, nearly impossible. Exact same thing in basketball. Speed and quickness kills. In ALL team sports. [/quote]

Only if you can actually do something with the ball. [/quote]

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