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re: Easiest sports to make professionals on physical attributes alone?
Posted on 4/20/13 at 2:26 am to molsusports
Posted on 4/20/13 at 2:26 am to molsusports
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if you have both enormous size and freak athleticism then you can be a solid NBA player even before you build your skill set.
LMAO this could not be further from the truth. Go look up Brent Petway
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Posted on 4/20/13 at 2:36 am to VerlanderBEAST
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Go look up Brent Petway
the dude's an athletic stud and counters everybody saying basketball.
Posted on 4/20/13 at 3:25 am to Ryno_Kill
I think a lot of the posters in here are misreading the question.
It's not "which sport requires the least athleticism to play professionally?" It's "which sport requires the least solid grip on the fundamentals to play professionally?"
The answer's got to be either football or basketball. In football, if you're 6'3", ~200 pds and run a 4.4, as long as you play somewhere in college and aren't very clearly and obviously just flat-out garbage, some NFL team will reach on you. In basketball, as someone said, we've got guys 3 years into the NBA who don't have a consistent jump shot at ANY range. The NBA is probably the best example of this, so I'd say basketball is #1.
And it's definitely not baseball. Hitting is probably 10% or less actual physical attributes and 90% or more repetition. Infield positions are the same way. Physical freaks without fundamentals don't really have a chance anywhere -- maybe in the outfield, but even still, if you can't hit (which is not dependent very much on your physical attributes), you don't really have a shot.
It's not "which sport requires the least athleticism to play professionally?" It's "which sport requires the least solid grip on the fundamentals to play professionally?"
The answer's got to be either football or basketball. In football, if you're 6'3", ~200 pds and run a 4.4, as long as you play somewhere in college and aren't very clearly and obviously just flat-out garbage, some NFL team will reach on you. In basketball, as someone said, we've got guys 3 years into the NBA who don't have a consistent jump shot at ANY range. The NBA is probably the best example of this, so I'd say basketball is #1.
And it's definitely not baseball. Hitting is probably 10% or less actual physical attributes and 90% or more repetition. Infield positions are the same way. Physical freaks without fundamentals don't really have a chance anywhere -- maybe in the outfield, but even still, if you can't hit (which is not dependent very much on your physical attributes), you don't really have a shot.
Posted on 4/20/13 at 4:13 am to VerlanderBEAST
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Go look up a young Shaquille O'Neal
FIFY
Posted on 4/20/13 at 7:54 am to Sanchito
It would all depend on position, but I'd say football. NFL teams openly look for basketball players they can bring in and teach the game.
If you're 6'6" 260 and can run fast, you're almost a lock to get a shot at playing football.
If you're 6'6" 260 and can run fast, you're almost a lock to get a shot at playing football.
Posted on 4/20/13 at 8:05 am to molsusports
Things baseball players cant do
:inb4some1postsavidofozziebackflipping:
Other than short stops no one on a baseball field has to have athletic ability
:inb4some1postsavidofozziebackflipping:
Other than short stops no one on a baseball field has to have athletic ability
Posted on 4/20/13 at 8:08 am to MontyFranklyn
I don't think you understand the question. Plus I would argue you're still wrong and that overall CF is a more athletic position than SS
Posted on 4/20/13 at 8:10 am to GatorsGators
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OL in football
I'm getting the impression that you don't know what it takes to be a professional OL.
But the answer is basketball, someone big and athletic could grab boards all day and muscle around down low.
Posted on 4/20/13 at 8:17 am to JohnnyKilroy
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Tell that to that tuba playing dude who could barely make the practice squad for LSU's abysmal team
and was still better than all of Alabama's bigs
Posted on 4/20/13 at 8:18 am to AllBamaDoesIsWin
Okay reading the question again the answer is baseball. All you need to be able to do is throw and/or swing. Baseball players just stand around majority of the time.
Posted on 4/20/13 at 8:21 am to Ryno_Kill
Football - Ole Miss has had several workout warriors that played in the NFL recently, yet barely touched the field in college.
Posted on 4/20/13 at 8:26 am to Billy Mays
Definitely football. Look at someone like Michael Lewis, the Beerman. Never played college ball, made the Saints and played consistently just because of he was incredibly fast.
Posted on 4/20/13 at 8:26 am to MontyFranklyn
You're not quite getting the point of the question. It's not what sport requires least athleticism. It's what sport could a stud athlete make it in the easiest.
Posted on 4/20/13 at 8:32 am to Ryno_Kill
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If you're a 7 footer with a heartbeat you have a chance.
Nah not really. When I played at Nichols, there was a 7 foot french guy who played who couldn't sniff the NBA.
Posted on 4/20/13 at 10:23 am to AllBamaDoesIsWin
quote:And I'm getting you don't know what it takes to be a center in the NBA.
I'm getting the impression that you don't know what it takes to be a professional OL.
Posted on 4/20/13 at 10:35 am to GatorsGators
NBA has amazing and precise athletes, and it's a league of not many players overall. How many college football only players play NBA basketball... extremely rare.
A bunch of college basketball players have gone on to have successful NFL careers.
A bunch of college basketball players have gone on to have successful NFL careers.
Posted on 4/20/13 at 10:48 am to Billy Mays
The limited amount of players that play in the NBA definitely makes it harder to play in the NBA than in the NFL imo.
Posted on 4/20/13 at 11:12 am to MontyFranklyn
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Okay reading the question again the answer is baseball. All you need to be able to do is throw and/or swing. Baseball players just stand around majority of the time.
This is your answer after reading the question a SECOND TIME?
Posted on 4/20/13 at 11:15 am to GatorsGators
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And I'm getting you don't know what it takes to be a center in the NBA
I didn't say Center, but you could probably make an NBA team if your physical attributes allowed you to be a really good rebounder and bang down low, especially if you were a good FT shooter, but then that's different.
Posted on 4/20/13 at 11:24 am to MontyFranklyn
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Okay reading the question again the answer is baseball. All you need to be able to do is throw and/or swing. Baseball players just stand around majority of the time.
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