You need foot/eye coordination which is a lot more difficult than hand-eye coordination. You still need some hand-eye coordination for throw ins and obviously a lot if you are the goalie. Baseball is a LOT safer than soccer as are many, many other sports. Try playing in your local adult league for even one game. I bet you go back home crying to mommy with all your welts and exhaustion.
"Try playing in your local adult league for even one game. I bet you go back home crying to mommy with all your welts and exhaustion."
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Hmmm...I have broken my wrist twice, two concussions, a broken nose, a broken cheekbone, a broken fibia, a torn rotator cuff and three broken toes from playing baseball, little-league to semi-professional.
Have you ever hit, or been hit by, a 95 mile an hour fastball?
BTW...I played intramural soccer in college for two years.
Yup. And what athletes are uniformly the fittest? Try running continually for 90 minutes.
What sport requires the most coordination? I tend to think that basketball does, and it also requires great fitness. Hockey comes in a close second since it requires great leg coordination as well as hand coordination. Baseball requires a different type of coordination, but it's tough to take fat athletes seriously. Soccer is obviously unusual since hands aren't used. But it requires a tremendous amount of coordination.
Has anyone ever played speedball? I've played it a few times. It's a field game that's a cross between soccer and basketball. Speedball probably requires the greatest amount of fitness and coordination. And it's a lot of fun.
Oh Stop! Major League baseball won't allow the use of metal bats for a very good reason as well as stopping play when it rains. Can't say the same about soccer!