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Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:03 am to glassman
another thing to me is hands. Hands make an athlete special to me. Great hands seperate hall of famers from average players. Hands are so important in the big sports and soccer does not use them.
Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:04 am to tigerclaws15
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Hands make an athlete special to me. Great hands seperate hall of famers from average players. Hands are so important in the big sports and soccer does not use them.
Try playing without them. Makes the skill of players even greater IMO.
Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:05 am to glassman
quote:makes their kicking skills better
Makes the skill of players even greater IMO.
Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:06 am to Louie T
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makes their kicking skills better
LULZ.
Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:06 am to glassman
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Try playing without them. Makes the skill of players even greater IMO.
to me, it levels the field more.
Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:08 am to tigerclaws15
Give me a sport where you might get severely injured by landing on your head (j/k, kinda). Free-style MX, Ariel skiing, gymnastics, etc. When you can take a sport and keep moving it up a notch (oh, double layout, with a double full twist...how about a triple layout with a triple full twist) Some sports progress, some feel stagnant to me.
And the thing that pisses me off with watching things like LSU football. I get very angry when I am pulling for the losing team. Too competitive to be a good loser
And the thing that pisses me off with watching things like LSU football. I get very angry when I am pulling for the losing team. Too competitive to be a good loser
Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:08 am to tigerclaws15
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Everytime a football is put into play, there is a chance for someone to take it to the house. This is not the case with soccer. They spend greater than 50% of the time with no realistic chance to score. I might even say higher than that and yes i do watch the occasional soccer match.
There's a *chance* that somebody takes it to the house, but how often does that happen in a game 2-3 times? Sure there's more, but there's always outliers. Some team *might* score 185 points in the NBA playoffs next week.
There are about 20-25 shots on goal in an average soccer game. (I'm spitballing there, but that seems about right... each team gets 10-12 in a game....)
There's plenty of opportunities to score, and sometimes it happens, some times it doesn't.
Just like football.
Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:08 am to tigerclaws15
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I watched with a passion the womens soccer when the girl scored and took her shirt off. I watched that entire game so I have some experience with it. Not alot but some
That's your exposure to soccer?
Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:09 am to tigerclaws15
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to me, it levels the field more.
I'm not flaming or arguing here, but as playing 3 sports my whole life it does the exact opposite. In a pick up basketball game for example at any time someone can "catch fire" and look like a good player for a stretch of time. This never happens in soccer, you are either very talented with your feet and insight to the game or you're not and its very apparent to everyone playing.
ETA: In the 3 sports I really wasn't good in any of them
This post was edited on 5/8/10 at 12:10 am
Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:13 am to crazy4lsu
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That's your exposure to soccer?
that is more than alot of people commenting in here. This shite sucks, that the bottom line to the average american fan. It doesnt bother me. What does is soccer fans who get so pissy because their sport sucks.
Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:14 am to tigerclaws15
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that is more than alot of people commenting in here. This shite sucks, that the bottom line to the average american fan. It doesnt bother me. What does is soccer fans who get so pissy because their sport sucks.
Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:15 am to Louie T
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What does is soccer fans who get so pissy because their sport sucks.
I'm sure male ice skaters feel the same way
I mean really, it's just not some people's "thing"Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:16 am to liz18lsu
male ice skaters is a whole different subject
This post was edited on 5/8/10 at 12:16 am
Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:18 am to liz18lsu
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What does is soccer fans who get so pissy because their sport sucks.
I've posted in this thread multiple times and never gotten pissy?
I just think its weird that people want to hate or blast a sport they don't understand. I don't understand a few sports but don't watch them or hop into threads about them I just don't care. And Liz comparing soccer players to male ice skaters hurts
Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:18 am to liz18lsu
Question to soccer haters/people who don't care: Why hasn't rugby caught on in America? It's violent, fast-paced, and has a lot of scoring.
Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:19 am to tigerclaws15
I mean come on guys, soccer will never be as big here as it is in the rest of the world. I dont hate it at all, I just dont find it fun in any way. Hell, I am going to sign my little girl up for soccer as soon as she gets old enough because it is great exercise. Maybe I will learn to like it then so you never know.
Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:20 am to TN Bhoy
quote:the best american athletes are born and bred to play football/basketball/baseball
Why hasn't rugby caught on in America?
Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:20 am to TN Bhoy
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Question to soccer haters/people who don't care: Why hasn't rugby caught on in America? It's violent, fast-paced, and has a lot of scoring.
It is just not an American sport, I guess.
Posted on 5/8/10 at 12:21 am to RayFinkleTTU
I played on a BREC soccer team with David Browndyke, a former LSU football kicker from Shreveport. He was about 6' 2", weighed about 180 lbs., and looked like a scrawny french fry. He was a legitimate scoring threat from midfield due to his leg strength. Just like golf, mechanics and technique are everything.
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