Which sport requires the most intelligence?
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by user Simms1156
I was reading the topic titled "Does anyone care about baseball or are we waiting for football?" and people slightly debated which sport required the most intlelligence to play. This got me to thinking what my opinion on the subject is. In my opinion football is the sport that requires the most intelligence. In football everyplayer needs to know an entire playbook of plays, they also need to watch film and study the other players to the point where they no what the other players are going to do before they do it. I dont understand the argument that baseball is "a thinking mans game". How much thought could really be involved? I mean you put lefty pitchers against lefty hitters when you get later in the game and need to start using your bullpen. You pinch hit and run when needed and you occasionally give players days off. Other sports dont require much mental study, in basketball you run the same plays from child hood through the NBA and it is based off skill and not knowledge. I dont know enough about hockey to make an accurate judgement so I will leave that up to other people.
Basically my main point of my argument is that in football you can be the most gifted player ever but if you dont know how to read a defense or offense, or if you cant figure out your assignments you wont be in the league long. In other sports you are either skilled or not unless you are extremely done your sporting intelligence isnt that important.
What are your opinions on the most mentally challenging sport? How about the least?
