Which League requires more skill, and which requires more pure athleticism?
To expand on the question, consider the following hypothetical:
You are a coach and need to fill in some roster spots (can be any position). You can pick anyone in the world to join your team who has never played the sport at a competitive level. Say you have 2 months to coach the athletes though. Which league would be easier to find athletes that could fit in on the team and would hurt you the least? NBA or NFL?
A 12th man fan wrote:
Which League requires more skill, and which requires more pure athleticism?
To expand on the question, consider the following hypothetical:
You are a coach and need to fill in some roster spots (can be any position). You can pick anyone in the world to join your team who has never played the sport at a competitive level. Say you have 2 months to coach the athletes though. Which league would be easier to find athletes that could fit in on the team and would hurt you the least? NBA or NFL?
I'd take a NBA player. The average player at any position is more athletic than your average lineman, kicker or any QB outside of Vick, Rodgers, or Tebow
To clarify, I'm not asking which sport is more athletic, but which one requires more natural (god given) ability, and which one requires more developed skills?
Would it be easier to take an athlete and train them (in two months) to play in the NBA or in the NFL?
Easiest would be to take a sumo wrestler and put them on the line or track sprinter at wide out.
football for sure, it is the hardest sport no doubt. Ive tried to play multiple positions-- a LOT harder than it looks.
Well, it would be harder to teach someone to shoot a basketball than it would to catch a ball or to run with a ball.
so I would say Basketball is more skilled and football relies more on natural physical ability
Football is the obvious answer. Many positions simply require much more raw strength/speed and much, much less skill than basketball. I'd pick the world's top rugby athletes if I had my choice. Brock Lesnar got a real tryout for the NFL. I strongly suspect he wouldn't see the court on a very strong high school basketball team.
There is simply zero hope of training anyone under 6'11 without unbelievable basketball skill for the NBA in 2 years let alone 2 months.
Basketball players are a lot more athletic and have skills that adapt to other sports. Most football players are specialized and half of them are obese. For every Randy Moss (who was a sick hoopster, BTW) there are a bunch of moose that play on the line.
You aren't going to teach someone to shoot or dribble a basketball in two months, that's fore sure.
Give me Usain Bolt, and I will teach him to catch a ball on a fly route.
In the NFL it depends on the position. Imagine taking someone who had never played football and putting them in the QB position where they would have to read defenses, hit an open receiver between defenders 43 yards away, etc.
football is 100% doped up roid freaks
If they are all doped, then that cancels it out, so it does not matter.