When it comes to basketball, as much as I want to, I can’t get into a sport where all the skill in the world can be outdone by an abnormal pituitary gland.
My point is very much that it’s inescapably obvious in basket ball and I disagree that a gene lotto trumps training every time in ALL sports. There’s darts bowling and snooker, even before we consider that Messi isn’t particularly genetically gifted and neither is Harry Kane.
I don’t mean to single basketball out and I feel the same for sports where wealthy people have a huge advantage too. I mean, you or I could’ve been world dressage or polo champions if we were born to people rich enough to own horses and large amounts of land.
I guess Steph Curry would be the equivalent of Messi, he’s not freakishly tall, and even looks rather short on the court compared to all the other 7 foot tall freaks, but he’s still 6’3" (~2m) and taller then 90% of people. Both were at a time considered the best at their sport.
Same probably with Messi, the genetic gifts are harder to quantify then height, but he’s probably in the 90th percentile genetically of thigh strength or foot dexterity or something.
Genetics also determine fine motor skill to an extent as well. I played hockey for years and even though I put the same effort in there were just people who shot better then me. It’s just harder to quantify and see but the best people at darts, bowling, golf, snooker etc. probably also possess some innate unseen advantage that puts them above the rest.
But who the genetic freak equivalent in football? Even if that was true about messing, which it isn’t (he just played football nonstop from the age of 3, had incredible coaches and never stopped training) how does that explain the others like Harry kane? As someone who studied genetics, I think you’re putting far too much emphasis on genetics for those sports. I couldn’t out compete a semi pro football player by being 7 ft 8.
When it comes to basketball, as much as I want to, I can’t get into a sport where all the skill in the world can be outdone by an abnormal pituitary gland.
I mean that’s all sports, the gene lotto trumps training every time, it’s just more obvious in basketball.
My point is very much that it’s inescapably obvious in basket ball and I disagree that a gene lotto trumps training every time in ALL sports. There’s darts bowling and snooker, even before we consider that Messi isn’t particularly genetically gifted and neither is Harry Kane.
I don’t mean to single basketball out and I feel the same for sports where wealthy people have a huge advantage too. I mean, you or I could’ve been world dressage or polo champions if we were born to people rich enough to own horses and large amounts of land.
I guess Steph Curry would be the equivalent of Messi, he’s not freakishly tall, and even looks rather short on the court compared to all the other 7 foot tall freaks, but he’s still 6’3" (~2m) and taller then 90% of people. Both were at a time considered the best at their sport.
Same probably with Messi, the genetic gifts are harder to quantify then height, but he’s probably in the 90th percentile genetically of thigh strength or foot dexterity or something.
Genetics also determine fine motor skill to an extent as well. I played hockey for years and even though I put the same effort in there were just people who shot better then me. It’s just harder to quantify and see but the best people at darts, bowling, golf, snooker etc. probably also possess some innate unseen advantage that puts them above the rest.
But who the genetic freak equivalent in football? Even if that was true about messing, which it isn’t (he just played football nonstop from the age of 3, had incredible coaches and never stopped training) how does that explain the others like Harry kane? As someone who studied genetics, I think you’re putting far too much emphasis on genetics for those sports. I couldn’t out compete a semi pro football player by being 7 ft 8.