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

[Mr. Jabbar]

Golf = Mental Skills
Football = Coaching Skills
Basketball = Physical Skills
Soccer = Technical Skills
Baseball = No Skills
Hockey = No Skills
Posting on ISH = No Skills

[Eat Like A Bosh]

Golf = Mental Skills
Football = Coaching Skills
Basketball = Physical Skills
Soccer = Technical Skills
Baseball = No Skills
Hockey = No Skills
Posting on ISH = No Skills

Baseball's actually one that really takes skills. Having athleticism helps, but is not necessary. It's really hard to hit over 60%, let alone 70%, not even the best hitters do it. But You can shoot free throws at a 90% rate. And playing defense isn't a cakewalk. And a pitcher, is probably one of the toughest positions in baseball. Anyone who claims that baseball is one of the least skilled sports has probably never played baseball before.

And Hockey. You ice skate in the ring. A lot of people can't even ice skate, let alone playing a sport while ice skating.

Truth is every sport takes skill to some extent. That's why not everybody can play every sport. My votes goes to football, because it's extremely easy to make the football team at school. Sure, the quarterback is one of the positions that require a mastery of the skill, but on one team there is only like 1 or 2 QBs. In football you need size and bulk. Then you can play.

[Plat]

Being able to read defenses and react is a skill that EVERY sport requires of its players. Basketball players have to look for holes and gaps to penetrate through too. Those aren't skills specific to just football.. every sport has some type of intelligence/decision making component to it.

C'mon now, we both know that it does not happen in the same manner than it does in football...this is just a reach. So a running back trying to gain yards through a line of 300 lbs linemen trying to tackle him is the same as a basketball player trying to get to the hoop past his defenders?
In basketball the player wit the ball can pass the rock, the running back cant. In basketball the player with the ball can go backwards if there is no hole to penetrate through, the running back cant. In basketball, there are iso's called to make it easier for the ball handler to drive to the hoop, you can't call an iso in football.

And basketball players have to be able to run, jump and contort their bodies as they drive to the rim to avoid on coming 6'8+ 230lb+ defenders coming at them. Basketball players also need amazing hands.. to dribble, pass, shoot, catch etc. Everything a WR does with his hands, a perimeter player in the NBA does ten fold more.

Once again, defenders don't come at offensive players in basketball like they do in football. In football, once the WR's have the ball they have to worry about gaining yards, not getting drilled, not fumbling the ball and this is all after they have to fight off a defender that is on them from the first step...and that's IF they get open and make the catch. Route running is a definitely a skill involved and you could see these examples in the Reggie Waynes, Wes Welkers, Jason Avants who are not considered as an "athletic WR" but they are very effective in what they do because they know how to efficiently run routes.

I never knew every player in the NBA was a LeBron James, and the bolded part is just absolutely too insane for me to even comment on, the passes the NBA player catches does not involve even one-tenth of the precision, accuracy, timing that happens in football.

Again, every sport has decision making parts to it that you could term a 'skill'. Tackling is a skill specific to football though.. I'll give you that for sure. Doesn't take away the fact that speed and strength are king for LBs.

Even if it is a skill specific to football, that does not take away from the fact that it is indeed a skill. Even the lesser athletic LB's can be very good tackling LB's by having the proper technique, stance and leverage when they tackle, those are all skills.

Although in the end I do agree that I think football requires lesser amount of skill compared to basketball, the way you implied that it takes absolutely no skills required in football was just nuts.

[SunsCaptain]

Baseball's actually one that really takes skills. Having athleticism helps, but is not necessary. It's really hard to hit over 60%, let alone 70%, not even the best hitters do it. But You can shoot free throws at a 90% rate. And playing defense isn't a cakewalk. And a pitcher, is probably one of the toughest positions in baseball. Anyone who claims that baseball is one of the least skilled sports has probably never played baseball before.

And Hockey. You ice skate in the ring. A lot of people can't even ice skate, let alone playing a sport while ice skating.

Truth is every sport takes skill to some extent. That's why not everybody can play every sport. My votes goes to football, because it's extremely easy to make the football team at school. Sure, the quarterback is one of the positions that require a mastery of the skill, but on one team there is only like 1 or 2 QBs. In football you need size and bulk. Then you can play.

Baseball takes 0 skill and I played baseball year round for many many years.

Hitting isnt skill based its eye hand coordination and reaction time. So to get a hit out of 1 out of 4 attempts at bat is considered good because there is no skill involved. Heck some good player on the D-backs just struck out 25 times in a row... Guess that shows how little skill the sport takes. Not to mention catching fielding and throwing is all very easy. The only position that takes skill is the pitcher. And guess what you can be any size and shape and play baseball because you dont move 90% of the game.

If batting took skill players wouldn't strike out a majority of the time. So you can just stop with that argument.

People that think there is skill involved in baseball... Dumbest sport of all-time...

[Stuckey]

ya im concluding with baseball outside the pitching

take roids, break out year, sign with yankees or sox, profit

[Nero Tulip]

i would say that at least 1/4 of amateur basketball players are more skilled than the average nba center, who just happens to be 6'10+ on average

That's just completely ignorant, you're obviously just very small and frustrated by it. Bunch of 5 foot scrubs think centers are not skilled while in a lot of ways it's the hardest position to play. Things you think are easy are not, because you just don't understand the position.

[Nero Tulip]

let's look at it this way. a guy that's 7 feet tall walks into a gym. he has never played basketball before, but he has world class athleticism. do you think you could beat him 1 on 1?

Without a ****ing doubt.

[SpanishACB]

That's just completely ignorant, you're obviously just very small and frustrated by it. Bunch of 5 foot scrubs think centers are not skilled while in a lot of ways it's the hardest position to play. Things you think are easy are not, because you just don't understand the position.

Vouch. NBA centers barely miss shots in practice and they can probably do a bunch of skilled shit they just don't try in games because it's not productive.

[IGOTGAME]

That's just completely ignorant, you're obviously just very small and frustrated by it. Bunch of 5 foot scrubs think centers are not skilled while in a lot of ways it's the hardest position to play. Things you think are easy are not, because you just don't understand the position.

No, its true. Most centers today are not very skilled. I have been a more skilled post player than Rudiments Handler since age 15...just happens that he hit the genetic lottery. Being an nba player is largely based on natural skill or size.

[D-Wade316]

Dumbest sport of all-time...