Which sport requires more skill?


Which sport requires more skill?

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Don't AFL players get selected from athletics carnivals as youngsters these days? Not that there's anything wrong with it, but for me AFL is largely an athletic sport, not so much skillful. Although in the same way a 100m sprint isn't all that skillful, it doesn't make it any less impressive.

AFL has changed to being a sport that protects and rewards speed ahead of technical ability ability and it's seen a decrease in many of the 'core' skills in the sport. Kicking accuracy over the last 10 years has decreased notably.
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This is the kind of athleticism AFL clubs are constantly looking out for:

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Edited by Mister Football: 20/7/2012 01:46:55 PM
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Funky Munky wrote:
girtXc wrote:
ARFBALL is obviously easy.Eg the Palestinians that were getting taught the rules the day they played for their county in the ARFBALL World Cup last year


I guarantee you I could teach someone the basic rules and techniques of Soccer in a shorter amount of time that it would take me to teach them the basic rules and techniques of Aussie Rules.
Just because understanding the basic rules and techniques is easier ( I agre with you there) it doesn't follow that it's easier to execute those techniques.

The big variable in football is using pretty much exclusively feet to control the ball, which isn't anywhere as natural as using hands.
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