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Originally Posted by Schneed10
I would agree on the physically demanding. If you think about it, when you're in the water, in every direction you move an arm or a leg, you face resistance. It's like lifting weights with every movement you make. It's the ultimate for resistance training.
I swam varsity through high school and college, and I can tell you that while it's really physically demanding, it takes absolutely no skill. You put a bunch of swimmers on a basketball court for five on five and you'll be laughing your ass off at what you witness. Some top swimmers have less hand eye coordination than a newborn baby.
Each sport has it's own value. Swimming's great for a physical test, golf or baseball are great for coordination, basketball for quickness agility and coordination, and football really for everything - speed, strength, power, agility, coordination.
That's why football rules. It tests everything. And if LT becomes the top football player one day, you may be able to say he's the best athlete to ever play sports.
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Pro football does not test everything, it's much more of a physical test sport. Football requires far less practice and much more training. The skills in football can be acquired by almost anyone (besides the QB position). Baseball and Basketball require the physical abilities, however, they also require unbelievable amounts of practice (working on jump shot, dribbling, thowing, catching, hitting) football has tremendous athletes, but taking a handoff and running up the field takes much less "skill" than hitting a baseball or making a jump shot. However, I am aware of how difficult it is to develop the balance that is required of a running back, and the ability to read blocks, but that doesnt compare to baseball and basketball skills that must be acquired.