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Originally posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Its a symptom of stream of consciousness blathering...
But, I think my post is consistent throughout. Kicking a ball is at best a pedestrain skill. It cannot be equated with the skill involved in running a pattern, getting loose from a defender and watching over your shoulder a 35 yard missile, all the while timing your speed to make sure you're in perfect sync with the ball. I also don't think soccer passing is nearly as difficult as football passing. In football you have to be absolutely on the mark. Have you ever tried to throw a perfect dart to a covered receiver? Shit, on the short-to-mid passes across the middle, you have to fire a stinger and on the long ones you have to measure the distance, speed of receiver and put just the right sizable amount of arm strength into it. Its harder than throwing a perfect breaking ball, which is really hard. From what I've seen of soccer passes, guys just kick the ball within several yards of the guy they're passing too and hope he's open. Maybe I'm wrong, but it doesn't look nearly as complicated as football.
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I get into road tussles all the time with Scottish/English/Irish football fans who pooh-pooh American football as a bunch of fat pussies in elaborate protective gear stopping and starting an hour-long game for three hours. I try to explain to them that American football is a game of strategy and skill that requires a high level of passing accuracy, timing, ball control and teamwork, just like soccer. They don't buy this because they haven't watched the game long enough to understand why it's not as easy as it looks.
Bottom line? The human race is destined to be mired in petty misunderstanding and unfounded contempt until it finally destroys itself in a convulsive nuclear exchange.
