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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Which then requires soccer IQ. [/quote]

LOL--of course.  Again, your slow DD or DS is not going to make it to the higher levels.  She/he needs to be athletic and smart.  Unfortunately, you need to have athleticism to get to where you need to be and to fight for the ball when you get there.[/quote]

When a kid doesn’t know where they need to be and when to be there they need speed to get there.

All players need speed but not all the time.

Stop with the insults. My kid plays at a very high level and has more than the required speed. But all the speed in the world will not make up for not knowing where to be. [/quote]

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