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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I read a study the other day that indicated higher density populations were at no more COVID risk than very rural areas.   Of course, the authors were high density development policy advocates and were ignoring the quality and availability of healthcare and using death rates as success criteria.

Bottom line, a study can say anything the author wants, depending on how the author decides to control it.  This was data on players playing at the highest levels, not a randomized set of players.  In other words, all other things being relatively equal, skill is a differentiator.  Duh.

Translation: a slow kid can pass the ball as sharply as a tack and will not make it at the highest levels.  Skill and athleticism are both very important, and as has been discussed on this thread, a good portion of "skill" is also an athletic ability.[/quote]

Not really. The higher level of play the more skilled everyone is. The ability play with high skill at a higher and higher pace and speed is what filters. But you just can’t be fast to play soccer. In fact having a ball at your feet certainly limits a players speed. Only skill with the ball allows a player to move at nearly top speed with the ball. You cannot be fast with the ball without high skill. [/quote]

Most players spend 90+% of a game without the ball....[/quote]

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