Which professional sport requires the least skill?

jzmagik · Post #1 » by **jzmagik** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:01 pm

Which professional sport requires the least skill?

I'd have to go with baseball.

BKAY · Post #2 » by **BKAY** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:05 pm

baseball beside pitcher vs. hitter there are no one-on-one matchups

irving2eyenga · Post #3 » by **irving2eyenga** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:05 pm

lol wtf@ baseball, hitting 90mph slider doesn't require skill?

requires one of the highest skill levels.

it goes(from least to most):
football(exception of QBs)
basketball (pg is the highest skill level position)
baseball
hockey

Post #4 » by **dockingsched** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:07 pm

i'd go with football. a lot more athleticism than skill. baseball probably requires some of the most skill.

kabstah · Post #5 » by **kabstah** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:08 pm

100 meter sprint.

jzmagik · Post #6 » by **jzmagik** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:11 pm

irving2eyenga wrote:lol wtf@ baseball, hitting 90mph slider doesn't require skill?

requires one of the highest skill levels.

it goes:
football(exception of QBs)
basketball (pg is the highest skill level position)
baseball
hockey

That's pure hand-eye coordination, along with strength. Where's the skill?

ManualRam · Post #7 » by **ManualRam** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:12 pm

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.

irving2eyenga · Post #8 » by **irving2eyenga** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:13 pm

jzmagik wrote:
irving2eyenga wrote:lol wtf@ baseball, hitting 90mph slider doesn't require skill?

requires one of the highest skill levels.

it goes:
football(exception of QBs)
basketball (pg is the highest skill level position)
baseball
hockey

That's pure hand-eye coordination, along with strength. Where's the skill?

inb4 another 20page thread debating what "skill" is.
The definition of a skill is being good at something.

jzmagik · Post #9 » by **jzmagik** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:13 pm

ManualRam wrote: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?

irving2eyenga · Post #10 » by **irving2eyenga** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:14 pm

jzmagik wrote:
ManualRam wrote: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 give a significant edge in all sports.

ManualRam · Post #11 » by **ManualRam** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:15 pm

jzmagik wrote:
irving2eyenga wrote:lol wtf@ baseball, hitting 90mph slider doesn't require skill?

requires one of the highest skill levels.

it goes:
football(exception of QBs)
basketball (pg is the highest skill level position)
baseball
hockey

That's pure hand-eye coordination, along with strength. Where's the skill?

How is hitting a pitch that is thrown with intention of you not hitting it, NOT a skill? That is the hardest thing to do in professional sports, especially at the pro level.

7-Day Dray · Post #12 » by **7-Day Dray** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:19 pm

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

KGboss · Post #13 » by **KGboss** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:21 pm

They all require varied and different skill sets in different areas. The question doesn't make any sense, and would just inevitably fall into an unwarranted pissing match.

c rasheed · Post #14 » by **c rasheed** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:24 pm

Soccer

irving2eyenga · Post #15 » by **irving2eyenga** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:24 pm

7-Day Dray wrote:I'd say hockey. Too many times do people score off lucky shots or ricochets. Football is in a close second.

your the first to say hockey, mine was in order from least to most...

BRB strapping BLADES to my feet and skating around on ice @20mph, all the while handling a small puck on the ice at the end of a stick and trying not to get my head taken off the other players...

Storm Surge · Post #16 » by **Storm Surge** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:29 pm

Football easily besides QB.

How hard is it to run in a line and catch a ball? How hard is it to run over people and try to tackle someone?

etc.

It's all based on athleticism how good you are in football.

OvertimeNO · Post #17 » by **OvertimeNO** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:31 pm

Football.

lol @ anyone who says baseball. Fun fact: hitting is only one part of the game. And it's hard enough as is.

LeonSmith · Post #18 » by **LeonSmith** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:31 pm

Think of it this way - if you got a group of average (in terms of athleticism/co-ordination) humans who hadn't played any of those sports and told them to go play a pickup game, what would they have the most trouble playing at a reasonable skill level?

I think it would go (hardest to easiest) - hockey, basketball, football, baseball. The first two you're doing two things at once as basic aspects of the sport (skate/hit puck, run/dribble), the other two it's pretty much either run, or jump, or throw, or swing.

It's obviously a massive generalization though.

LApwnd · Post #19 » by **LApwnd** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:33 pm

ping pong

ComboGuardCity · Post #20 » by **ComboGuardCity** » Tue Aug 9, 2011 4:35 pm

Yeah we had this conversation on the Knicks board a couple days ago and some people didn't have the capacity to understand you can athletically train from a young age and become a football player.