Of the 6 major sports, does basketball require the least amount of skill?

You got to laugh at people who think baseball doesn't take skill. Hitting a baseball is ALL SKILL. Try hitting a 90 mph fastball. Tell me that's not skillful.

To me, football is easily the least skillful for most positions. Just amazing strong athletes who can hit people, run fast, and tackle.

I guess by default golf is the most skillful, but its not a major sport, so remove it from the list. It's an activitiy.

[QUOTE=therammingman]NBA centers are the least skilled[/QUOTE]

Damn right, the only professional league where you can be drafted completely based on potential after picking up basketball 5 years prior.

[quote=sundizz]2. Soccer
If you have decent athleticism you can always play defense. I really am terrible at kicking the ball but can play great on the ball or help defense. This is a game with clear cut offense and defensive players so as long as you don't choose a position (forward) that requires mad skill you can play just fine. I played with varsity level players and most of them had no idea I never played soccer before. All I did was play defense and try to not do too much. I've played one on one soccer against people that have high school level of skills and beat them. Again, mostly luck, I was faster than them and it was a big field, and no goalie. It takes a little bit to get used to dribbling with your feet, but as far as sports go you can pick that up fairly quickly.

7. Golf
This sport requires the most skill in my opinion. I naturally have been able to get by, or do well at every sport I've ever played just a few times. Golf is by far the exception. It is impossible. The skill required to hit that ball properly is just unbelievable. Size, strength and every measure of normal athletic ability (coordination, wrist strength, explosiveness, etc) really have no bearing on golf. It is a pure skill sport.[/Quote]

I agree with what you are saying, but comparisons are wrong. Golf is not a team sport, thus I think you are comparing pro golf to a football game at the park (i'm talking about soccer). None of the things you mentioned were related to actual pro football.
IMO Golf is the easiest, and it's not even close. You can start at the age of 68, and be the GOAT at 69. Hyperbole aside, it really just needs some practice, and you're good to go. Of course the first time you play it you won't be good, but that's the case for every other sport. You can be a defender in a football game with your friends, that's because you can count on your teammates covering you. And this comparison to golf would be. . . rolling the ball to a 10 meter distance. Neither require that much of a skill.
Now playing golf on wide areas is as if you played football in actual stadiums, and against good players. In that case standing there as a defender you would be destroyed by guys faster than you, because it takes a lot to learn positioning, and off-side traps, and even when you do, you won't stand much chance if you aren't gifted with talent.

The other sports require so much more practice, and dicipline. Golf doesn't even require stamina.

To me I'd say it's:
Golf
Baseball
American football
Hockey (i may be overrating it, becasue i'm horrible at balancing myself on ice)
Football
Basketball
Tennis

Least skill required in order to play?

Easily Football. I known lots of kids who can't even caatch or throw a football properly, but they easily make the football team. You don't really need skills to be a lineman. You just have to be big.

Basketball, Soccer, Baseball all require skills of some sort for you to play.

The Football team is really easy to make.

Golf is not a sport.

Well, unless you count bowling a sport too.

I don't really think you can look and compare the various sports as a whole, a better comparison would be to break down all the positions of each sport, and rank them in terms of difficulty with the positions of the other sports. The sport that has the overall amount of difficulty in taking the average of all positions combined is the one that is most difficult sport overall.

[QUOTE=Eat Like A Bosh]Easily Football. I known lots of kids who can't even caatch or throw a football properly, but they easily make the football team. You don't really need skills to be a lineman. You just have to be big.

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Exactly this.

Want to play football? Eat a lot. Bam, instant lineman.

[QUOTE=Bigsmoke]if anything, basketball the the second hardest.

i been around guys that dont play soccer that are REALLY good at it.[/QUOTE]
You mean US good right?
Rest of the word, by the age 2 you're already kicking some ball around, so someone that don't play soccer have almost zero chance of being good at it.

It's football.

Basketball and soccer are high speed, non-stop games. At a decent level, you're going to need high coordination skills along with strong footwork, body control, and mental concentration.

Baseball is often regarded as the sport that requires the most skill, so that's definitely off the list.

Golf is probably pretty hard too. I mean, I've tried golf and can barely even swing the damn thing. I don't understand the game.

The exact opposite.

Easiest to Hardest: (4 Major leauges)
Baseball
Football
Basketball
Hockey

[QUOTE=sundizz]I am very very very naturally skilled at sports...just short.



2. Soccer
If you have decent athleticism you can always play defense. I really am terrible at kicking the ball but can play great on the ball or help defense. This is a game with clear cut offense and defensive players so as long as you don't choose a position (forward) that requires mad skill you can play just fine. I played with varsity level players and most of them had no idea I never played soccer before. All I did was play defense and try to not do too much. I've played one on one soccer against people that have high school level of skills and beat them. Again, mostly luck, I was faster than them and it was a big field, and no goalie. It takes a little bit to get used to dribbling with your feet, but as far as sports go you can pick that up fairly quickly.[/QUOTE]

This is a joke right? Defense is easy for a lame 3 on 3 pick up game, but for every organized game you need to have a good knowledge on how your team defense is going to work or you will get crushed very quickly. Football is all zone D and if your teammates don't have the knowledge of where to move and where to cover when situation changes you will be caught open quickly.

And one on one soccer lol how the hell is that. Shows that you have never played football properly. Forward is hardly the most skilled position in football, although you need great technique to convert your chances well. The playmaker probably has a job that requires higher knowledge and creativity.

:facepalm at the ppl who pick football

All I know is that hockey requires the most.

Of the 60 major trolls, does 28renyoy trolling require the least amount of skill?

[QUOTE=bagelred]You got to laugh at people who think baseball doesn't take skill. Hitting a baseball is ALL SKILL. Try hitting a 90 mph fastball. Tell me that's not skillful.

To me, football is easily the least skillful for most positions. Just amazing strong athletes who can hit people, run fast, and tackle.

I guess by default golf is the most skillful, but its not a major sport, so remove it from the list. It's an activitiy.[/QUOTE]

Hitting a baseball is probably one of the hardest things to do in sports at the Pro level.

Getting on base is even harder.

I am 6'2", I have a chance to score a basket against certain NBA players(short point guards for example). I may go 1 for 25 but I have a chance.

I have a much less chance of hitting a baseball by a Pro pitcher.