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Originally posted by Mman
It takes skill to control the person and take him where you want him to go while he's trying to get you out of his way to go to the quarterback.
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Jeebus, have you ever even SEEN good English football? I have, and although I hate the sport, I can't help but be amazed at the incredible control the players have. They can kick a ball into a space barely bigger than the ball itself from 25 metres away. And by comparison, you think your people are skilled just because they can ram a person in some superspecial way? Pah.
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Have you ever seen the players practice, coaches have to nag about even the smallest mistake because the smallest mistake can ruin the play. There are a lot of small details about every play.
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Hey, you're being an idiot again. THIS IS THE SAME FOR ANY GAME. The intensity of the training is dependent only on the players and the coaches, not the sport in which they are training.
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it's not just simply plowing into the person in front of you. You have to get your hands in the right place, take small steps, and keep your feet as close to the ground as you can when you step. Any small error can spell disaster. You have to get your hands in the right place in a matter of seconds, and if you need to go somewhere rather than blocking, you gotta get there fast because your quarterback is going to follow you.
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Uh-huh. I'll answer this in a second.
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Whenever I read your comments, I know that they are coming from an idiot who knows nothing about the sport and doesn't play any sport.
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Oh, an idiot? That's strange, because it seems to me that I probably have an IQ twice as high as yours, you stupid person.
And you say that only people who play the game can say how much skill it takes. Doesn't that seem convenient? I mean, if you watch English football, you can see the skill in everything the players do, but in your sport it's all hidden away from observers? Is anybody else thinking something along the lines of "Hey, I bet it doesn't take any skill at all, I bet they're just saying it does to make their sport look good"?
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The idiots watching a game only see 2 people ram each other
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Oh, okay, so now
everybody who doesn't play the game is an idiot. Great blanket statement there.
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but the linemen that hit each other know much more is involved than just strength, one could drive back a stronger person if they do what they need to in order to gain control. [sarcasm] But who am I to say it involves more than just hitting someone, I'm only the athlete who practices 5 days a week and hears the coach telling everyone about how they messed up with one of the smallest details involved in blocking someone. [/sarcasm]
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And you've spent as long playing English football to make a comparison? Or did you just find it too difficult and resort to playing what is effectively an aggressive game of catch? Anybody who plays a sport will say that it takes skill, the only true judges are those who've played both the sports that are to be compared, or those who've played neither.
03-16-2002, 03:39 PM
), and Hockey. Because you do need a degree of skill to play them, and Hockey's fun because I always lunge for the ball and land on the ground. 
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