Which professional sport requires the least skill?

[MAQ]

Out of the major sports its football because it is so specialized. Anybody who says baseball has never tried to play baseball with players who have a reasonable amount of talent.

Then why is it that steroids can significantly give you an edge in baseball compared to the other sports?

Steroids doesn't give you any more of an edge in baseball than it does in any sport.

Just because baseball was most recently hit by a steroids scandal doesn't mean that it only takes roids to become good at it. You should realize that most of the people listed in the report of who took steroids in baseball was Double A guys that you have, and never will hear of.

[Jonny Blaze]

Im going to go with football.

For a couple of reasons.

A. They get paid significantly less then other proffesional athletes.

and why is that.....

B. Their talents are easily replaceable. Playing in the NFL is more about being a freak athlete then it is skill.

Why is the NFLPA the weakest union and easily breakable? Because unless you are a top flight (think hall of fame) QB, Cornerback, Defensive End or Left tackle.....there will probably be someone that comes out in the next draft that could easily take your position.

There aint no Dirk Nowitski's coming out of the 2012 Draft......someone might grow into being a superstar, but the chance of a rookie coming in and being better then an NBA all star doesnt happen every day.

Baseball- It takes a tremendous amount of skill to be able to bit a 90 mph fastball....and do it consistently. It does not take a whole lot of athletic ability to be a great hitter......even though it doesnt hurt.

It takes talent and skill to throw a 95 MPH fastball with accuracy and control.....and its definilty a skill to be able to throw a variety of pitches.


Basketball- Yes.....there is a ton of athleticism involved....but being able to shoot like Dirk, Peja, ray Allen....is a tremendous skill that cant be easily replicated.

hockey---Im not really sure.

[EdMar_Davis]

Pretty much all the major NA sports outside of basketball which along with football(soccer) require the most. Lol at baseball

[MAQ]

Pretty much all the major NA sports outside of basketball which along with football(soccer) require the most. Lol at baseball

Someone said something to this effect earlier, but I'll repeat it and add a slight spin.

If you can get a hit 4 out of 10 at bats in baseball, you're a baseball God. Ponder that just for a second...

[MAQ]

And just for comparisons sake...If you can make a basket 4 out of 10 shots, you're SLIGHTLY better than a scrub in basketball.

[Bankai]

Pretty much all the major NA sports outside of basketball which along with football(soccer) require the most. Lol at baseball

Someone said something to this effect earlier, but I'll repeat it and add a slight spin.

If you can get a hit 4 out of 10 at bats in baseball, you're a baseball God. Ponder that just for a second...

Didnt they prove in Sport Science that softball underhand pitching was more difficult (and faster) to hit then hardball overhand pitching? Would that mean that Women are better Baseball hitters?

[EdMar_Davis]

I think baseball(lol) was made just so Americans can be good at a sport(if you wanna call it a sport) that no one would even bother to play

[driver]

If one factor's in the amount of players and what they do in a team in each sport, I'd probably go with football as well.

In basketball, your success comes from having 5 highly skilled players that perform their functions in each position.

Baseball is the same way but expanded to 9 (I'd say pitcher > infielder > catcher > outfielder) and of course the offensive side, hitting the ball.
I mean, Jordan was a great bball player but he pretty much sucked in baseball. Doesn't mean baseball is more advanced but to become good at it, you need skill and focus.

The thing with football is you have an O-line and D-line. Those positions can yield some great players who've made careers sacking the QBs or stopping RBs dead in their tracks but most of the time, it's just a person there to fend off their opponent. As the person above said, they're a lot more easily replaceable.

[MAQ]

Pretty much all the major NA sports outside of basketball which along with football(soccer) require the most. Lol at baseball

Someone said something to this effect earlier, but I'll repeat it and add a slight spin.

If you can get a hit 4 out of 10 at bats in baseball, you're a baseball God. Ponder that just for a second...

Didnt they prove in Sport Science that softball underhand pitching was more difficult (and faster) to hit then hardball overhand pitching? Would that mean that Women are better Baseball hitters?

I don't know if SS did that or not, but it wouldn't surprise me if it was slightly more but not exponentially more difficult to hit a softball. They are closer to home plate.

[MAQ]

I think baseball(lol) was made just so Americans can be good at a sport(if you wanna call it a sport) that no one would even bother to play

Well if that's the best you can come up with...

[mrm5480]

I think baseball(lol) was made just so Americans can be good at a sport(if you wanna call it a sport) that no one would even bother to play

The earliest known reference to baseball is in a 1744 British publication, A Little Pretty Pocket-Book, by John Newbery. It contains a rhymed description of "base-ball" and a woodcut that shows a field set-up somewhat similar to the modern game—though in a triangular rather than diamond configuration, and with posts instead of ground-level bases.[5] English lawyer William Bray recorded a game of baseball on Easter Monday 1755 in Guildford, Surrey; Bray's diary was verified as authentic in September 2008.[6] This early form of the game was apparently brought to North America by English immigrants.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball#O ... f_baseball

I can't tell if you're serious or not...

[Blame Rasho]

I am glad that writerman was banned... he would have said that boxing had the least skill( it isn't rocket science according to him)... and that Wilt would beat Ali, and be a pro bowler, bet Bolt for the Gold, beat Micheal Phelps in swiming, and etc... you know the story.

[driver]

I think baseball(lol) was made just so Americans can be good at a sport(if you wanna call it a sport) that no one would even bother to play

Then what about the fact that the Asians are ridiculously in love with it (Japan won the WBC) or the Central/South Americans. The whole damn MLB is Americans (North Americans, which is what I'm guessing you're shooting for) and the other half those two.
Only Europe stays away from baseball besides the UK.

[knicksNOTslick]

Out of the most popular sports in the US (golf, basketball, baseball, football, hockey, even soccer), it's clearly basketball that requires the least skill.

If you're tall (like 6'10 or over), you already have a legit shot at playing basketball professionally. Hell, it doesn't even have to be here in the NBA, you could play pro sports in Europe or in Asia and have a career out of it. If you're tall and have some athleticism, and haven't played the sport yet, you'll still have a shot at making it. Look at how many teams scout prospects based solely on raw ability. They're not even skilled yet.

[Ozark]

5 pages and nobody has stated the obvious...

Bowling.

Among sports with significant sponsorship money, this has to take the cake.

[supaSPED]

football. u can literally be a really fat guy and just charge a guy and youll make millions of dollars a year. hardly any skill involved. take any sumo wrestler whose never played football, give him a week of football camp and hell be a fantastic player.

[Wone]

Out of the most popular sports in the US (golf, basketball, baseball, football, hockey, even soccer), it's clearly basketball that requires the least skill.

If you're tall (like 6'10 or over), you already have a legit shot at playing basketball professionally. Hell, it doesn't even have to be here in the NBA, you could play pro sports in Europe or in Asia and have a career out of it. If you're tall and have some athleticism, and haven't played the sport yet, you'll still have a shot at making it. Look at how many teams scout prospects based solely on raw ability. They're not even skilled yet.

tell that ot Antonio GAtes. The guy was actually a college BASKETBALL player who couldn't make it to the NBA so he tried football, and lo and behold, he made it to the NFL! Withouot playing a single minute of college football (he played 4 years of college basketball). He was a football player in high school though sho he was 4 years removed out of playing any sort of organized football. And as I said before, Gates became a 7 time pro bowler. He was also a 5 time All pro. That's basically the carrer equivalent of Tracy Mcgrady (7 time all star, 7 time all nba). How many football players couldn't make it to the NFL and became a Tracy McGrady type all star without having played any college basketball before? None. And not only that but how many rookie pro bowlers do we see? There's actually quite a lot...Adrian Peterosn, Chris Johnson, Jairus Byrd, Patrick Willisk, Jaeke Long, Maurkice Pouncey, JOe thomas, etc etc.. How many rookie all stars do you see in the BNA? Bale Griffin and that's it. And Yao. Those were the only two rookie all stars of this decade!

Basketball is more skilled than football because dribbling the ball while running is a lot harder than running while holding the football. Doing crossovers, and spin moves while not losing the ball is a lot harder than doing juke fakes and stiff arms. Shooting while in movement and off the dribble is a lot harder than running a route and catching a football. Quarterback is an extrememly skilled position though, I'll give them that. But there's a reason why we see a lot of players in the NFL taken in the later rounds taht make an impact as opposed to NBA players drafted in the late first round or second round. Because football is not as skilled based as basketball and is more athleticism based.

[Oakville_Raptor]

I'd say hockey. Too many times do people score off lucky shots or ricochets. Football is in a close second.

wow

[Ozark]

still bowling.

[5DOM]

Hockey's gotta be one of the toughest if not the toughest.