Are people excited that Beckham has come to the US?
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i just watched a couple of videos on nfl.com. Dude, honestly, tell me I don't get it, but what I see is almost always the same: a guy passes the ball to another guy, who starts running. All around them, a lot of big dudes are kicking each other's ass. The smart guy? The one who passes the ball. And credits to the running guy.
Even without considering soccer, I would take Steve Nash 100 times. That's also a nice game.
That's more or less what I think of football. I would say that many people agree with me.Quote from ElCubano:
hell just take a look at the playbook...to understand how complex it is for the coach to stay in front of the 8 ball. in order for the play to work the entire offense must be in sync, because passes get there before the receiver is even there...so a receiver running the wrong route can blow the play up....peace..in rugby and i have no idea what the object is ..it looks more like kill the man with the ball strategy...
There is a difference though: in rugby you can pass the ball, actually building a game. In football the ball is passed once, in the best case, and only two people are trying to build something, and for a few seconds. Their teammates are just preventing their opponents from destroying it.
I'm not sure. My first reaction would be to agree, because soccer is the sport I grew up with. But i played basketball a bit, and I used to follow the NBA a lot, and on a second thought I would say that I can't really choose. Basketball is cool. For many ways they are similar.
I would say that the most annoying thing in that game is that it's basically just for tall people.
Concerning the fitness levels, I would say that bot are heavy. They are just different.
I think it's quite impossible to compare but basketball has constant substitutions etc. Soccer doesn't have that. basketball has time outs. Soccer doesn't have that either.. There is no comparison between the two. Yes training wise both are equally hard- but on the court/field, soccer definitely beats it.
Yes, and basketball is played with the hands and soccer with the feet. Of course there are differences, but the concept, the "mentality" of the games are quite similar in a few ways.
First, and very obvious: both games are team games where players pass each other a ball, wich they have to shoot to score.
Second, and very important: both games offer a lot of variation in terms of physical playing (speed, strength), team playing (passes, synchronization, tactics), and individual movements (passes, shots). In all of theses cases movements can be carried out in many different ways, which show the creativity and the technical level of a player. This is why I call both "smart games"
And I have to disagree again: I played both, and in both you can work your ass off. The difference is that soccer is more slow running, with occasional bursts, while basketball is more constant.