what sport requires the most skill?

[jadillac]

lmao @ baseball. Why is that baseball is probably leading all sports in most out of shaped players in the league. Can't include baseball when these so called talented hitters are juicing. FOH with baseball.

I'd go with Tennis. Their endurance game is

Do you could step onto a baseball diamond and throw a ball 95mph down into a strike zone a matter of inches?

And if we're talking endurance, then soccer is by the hardest. These dudes RUN for 2 45min halves. Tehy cant come out for a breath and then go back in either

 

[Conz]

fukk that list. if anything, football takes less skill than any of them. most of the game is running, and half of the players are former fat kids who can't be moved b/c they're fukkin fat

 

[BLAZO da GAWD]

i honestly believe all sports require an equal amount of skill, respectively

besides baseball

 

[SubLyminalz]

soccer
tennis
hockey
boxing

in no order


@ baseball.

 

[Gil Scott-Heroin]

I dont get why Americans cannot separate skills and physical traits. We really think everything is power and strength and thats all that matters.

flexibility and agility and speed are not skills, those are physical traits.


Putting a back spin on a tennis ball or soccerball, throwing a football so that it drops in front of a defensive back. Throwing a bounce pass with a basketball so that it bounces with the correct spin and angle, those are skills. A post move in basketball is a skill set.

Skill = ability + technique.

All those categories are incorporated into the skill relationship - the ability to bob and weave in the 11th round and counter with a 1-2-3 combination in one sector involves endurance, strength, power, speed, agility, flexibility, nerve, durability, hand-eye coordination, analytic aptitude.

How exactly do you think a bounce pass with a basketball, so that it bounces with the correct spin and angle is achieved?

 

[AITheAnswerAI]

If you're a basketball guard, you have to be pretty damn skilled. Between ball handling, court vision, running plays, anticipation, shooting, defence, making the right decisions....I think the skill here is underrated.

 

[Brady-Carter]

Hockey...

 

[patscorpio]

boxing and soccer

 

[Maschine_Man]

Do you could step onto a baseball diamond and throw a ball 95mph down into a strike zone a matter of inches?

And if we're talking endurance, then soccer is by the hardest. These dudes RUN for 2 45min halves. Tehy cant come out for a breath and then go back in either

do you even watch soccer? they are NOT running for 45 minutes at all. Smart soccer is all about good ball movement and positioning. These dudes are NOT running around like that.
Don't get me wrong, it takes A LOT of endurance, but Boxing and Hockey are a lot more strenuous than soccer is.


As for skills though? Hockey has got to be up there. if not at the top.

 

[Zach Lowe]

Golf is just muscle memory, I can't even consider that skill
You get good through diligence (repetition) not talent or athleticism

that's my biased opinion

Most skill would have to be poker if you consider that a sport

Out of real sports... I don't know maybe tennis? It would definitely have to be a solo (non-team) sport though

 

[Turenne]

Of course the real answer is...

 

[Savior]

I say boxing and tennis. Boxing 90% of people couldn't make it tru 1 month of training much less get in a ring. They train the hardest by far and it takes a large amount of skill. Tennis takes a lot of skill compared to most sports as well and u gotta be in good ass shape to make it through a match running up and down the court. I dont consider baseball or golf cause they might take a ton of mechanical skill but athleticism wise they're bottom tier esp golf

 

[Yuzo Lightheart]

no other sport other than boxing requires the same amount of pure non stop decision making under pressure and non stop precise body movements all in one. its boxing at 1, and everything else is far away. any sport where a player can just dominate off athletcism cant be considered for this question

 

[Big Dick]

Good thread, tough call...good arguments for a lot more then I originally thought. Cant really be mad at any of the picks in here except for football.

smh @ people acting like baseball doesn't require skill. The hand eye coordination required is insane and the reaction time has to be insane as well. a 3rd baseman making a diving stop on a 100 per hour line drive right at him then making a perfect throw to first?? That shyt requires skill. Pitchers who have to be able to paint the corner all night and hit the spot with breaking balls. So many small details in baseball that people overlook. Hitters spotting a tell when a pitcher throws a curveball for instance. Some pitchers alter there deliver slightly on breaking pitches and real good players can identify the slight slight difference in the deliver in the second that it happens, wait to determine if its a strike and then try to put a good, well timed swing on it.

But like I said Ill pretty much accept any argument for baseball, boxing, hockey, basketball and maybe tennis. Idk. Tough call.

 

[CrimsonTider]

Cant believe people are saying golf.