which sport is harder Soccer(futbol) or Football

People at my school think soccer is a gay sport just cause in soccer we don't run at each other with helmets and ram each other.

I think soccer is more physically demanding (you don't see to many hefty people playing soccer) we don't short breaks to figure out what were gonna do next and we have to use our feet which takes more skill then hands...

but i want to know what you people think

I think neither is hard per se. EXCEPT the two most key positions... Goalie and Quarterback (maybe field goal kicker) are the hardest aspects of the sports.

Both are physically demanding (I played for the city league for 14 years), just in different ways.

I think neither is hard per se. EXCEPT the two most key positions... Goalie and Quarterback (maybe field goal kicker) are the hardest aspects of the sports.

Both are physically demanding (I played for the city league for 14 years), just in different ways.

EDIT: TC should have had a "Both are equal" option.

sorry for double posting but I play soccer a lot.

That is all

I don't personally like soccer. It just doesn't appeal to me. Football is a lot more fun to watch, but only on TV. You can easily get a game of soccer going with your friends but it's difficult to play football with your friends unless you plan ahead and get enough people. brightshadow525

in the uk you could literally have a game of soccer anywhere

plus im not certain but im pretty sure americans dont have a social status according to soccer, if you didnt know a thing about saturdays games half of mondays conversations would go over your head at my place

Well, here's the facts.

People who play football have developed a higher tolerance to pain. True.

Football players hit harder than rugby players. True.

Now that's based on scientific research. From my own personal expirence of playing many sports, and preferably football because I find it the most enjoyable. I'd have to say quit biasedly that football is a more physicaly demanding sport, and superior in all regards except perhaps that soccer is more aerobic and football is much more in the line of anaerobic activity.

Well, here's the facts.

People who play football have developed a higher tolerance to pain. True.

Football players hit harder than rugby players. True.

Now that's based on scientific research.

From my own personal experience of playing many sports, and preferably football because I find it the most enjoyable. I'd have to say quit biased that football is a more physically demanding sport, and superior in all regards except perhaps that soccer is more aerobic and football is much more in the line of anaerobic activity.

I think neither is hard per se. EXCEPT the two most key positions... Goalie and Quarterback (maybe field goal kicker) are the hardest aspects of the sports.

Both are physically demanding (I played for the city league for 14 years), just in different ways.

EDIT: TC should have had a "Both are equal" option.

cametall

Goalie is hard? WTF? Our goalie is a fat bastard.

Well, here's the facts.

People who play football have developed a higher tolerance to pain. True.

Football players hit harder than rugby players. True.

Now that's based on scientific research.

From my own personal experience of playing many sports, and preferably football because I find it the most enjoyable. I'd have to say quit biased that football is a more physically demanding sport, and superior in all regards except perhaps that soccer is more aerobic and football is much more in the line of anaerobic activity.

RainandSunshine

that may be true, but we're not talking about rugby, and soccer requires a lot more finess and control over what your body is doing, american football does have it's fair share of finess "moments?" and the main reason you are saying football is a much more demanding sport is because of tackling and being able to tolerate pain. Plus soccer has the demanding aspect of constant creativity and improvistaion.

both.

Soccer lots of running, no time to rest really,

football - get nailed by huge guys

it's about even, i play Soccer btw.

If I were forced to play a full game of either soccer or football I would prolly have to go with the football.

The hitting may not look that bad on TV and you may say there are pads to make it easier. You might even say American football is for sissy's.

But whoever did say that has never been hit by 300lbs of pissed off football player who wants nothing more than to hit you so hard you don't get back up.

A lot of pro football players end up with pugilism (I think it is called) from being hit so much. the average career lasts ten years and the player retires a broken man in his mid 30's.

If I were forced to play a full game of either soccer or football I would prolly have to go with soccer.

The hitting may not look that bad on TV and you may say there are pads to make it easier. You might even say American football is for sissy's.

But whoever did say that has never been hit by 300lbs of pissed off football player who wants nothing more than to hit you so hard you don't get back up.

A lot of pro football players end up with pugilism (I think it is called) from being hit so much. the average career lasts ten years and the player retires a broken man in his mid 30's.

American Football makes no sense at all to me.DFan17902

I've not played football so don't take my misinformed views as dumping on others' views...

Football has always struck me as even less skilled than our national game (rugby). The one skill that appears - well 2 to be fair, throwing and evasive ability, are camoflaged by the spectacle of constntly running into other dudes.

However, soccer, I cannot count the amount of times I have marveled over the perfect strike, the knowledge that a goal could happen at any time, an amazing run, and myriad other aspects that make it awesome.

At what level are we talking about? Or are we talking about overall.

I played college football can't speak for soccer...but football is alot more involved than people think.

Average playbooks in the NCAA are around 80-120 pages long with 3-4 variations per play that are dictated by the situation around the player the play focuses on.

I played tight end...so coming out of my stance I have 2 seconds to read 2 linebackers, 2 safeties, and a corner before I have to make my move.

Did the linebacker drop back into deep coverage? If so I run a 5 yard hitch route coming back to my quarterback at no more/less than a 90 degree angle, catch and run for 3-4 before being pummeled.

Does the LB key on me and stay home? Then its up to me to remove him from the play with a go route, streak up-field and look back twice to keep him on my inside hip.

Did he go to the flats? Time for a drag, run across the field and pop out the other side hopefully for a gain of 5-10.

What about the safeties? Do they come up showing blitz? Time for an over route and hang out over the center as a dummy to keep the safety from over-committing and giving my quarterback a second longer to pass.

What if one safety comes, the other falls back into the deep third to monitor our outside reciever and the cornerback closest to me threatens blitz. Well then I have to make a call to shift the offensive line man-down, delay my route by two seconds to offset the corner and have the safety commit to the blitz, pop up over the safety for a 5-10 yard screen pass.

That is just the Tight End position, nevermind positions like quarterback where you have to see 50 horizontal yards at once.

Oh, and people die preparing for the sport...and I had one person in my league become paralyzed from the neck down while playing.

Football is harder.

At what level are we talking about? Or are we talking about overall.

I played college football, can't speak for soccer...but football is alot more involved than people think.

Average playbooks in the NCAA are around 80-120 pages long with 3-4 variations per play that are dictated by the situation around the player the play focuses on.

I played tight end...so coming out of my stance I have 2 seconds to read 2 linebackers, 2 safeties, and a corner before I have to make my move.

Did the linebacker drop back into deep coverage? If so I run a 5 yard hitch route coming back to my quarterback at no more/less than a 90 degree angle, catch and run for 3-4 before being pummeled.

Does the LB key on me and stay home? Then its up to me to remove him from the play with a go route, streak up-field and look back twice to keep him on my inside hip.

Did he go to the flats? Time for a drag, run across the field and pop out the other side hopefully for a gain of 5-10.

What about the safeties? Do they come up showing blitz? Time for an over route and hang out over the center as a dummy to keep the safety from over-committing and giving my quarterback a second longer to pass.

What if one safety comes, the other falls back into the deep third to monitor our outside reciever and the cornerback closest to me threatens blitz. Well then I have to make a call to shift the offensive line man-down, delay my route by two seconds to offset the corner and have the safety commit to the blitz, pop up over the safety for a 5-10 yard screen pass.

That is just the Tight End position, nevermind positions like quarterback where you have to see 50 horizontal yards at once.

Oh, and people die preparing for the sport...and I had one person in my league become paralyzed from the neck down while playing.

Football is harder.

I'd say that soccer is technically more demanding, but also more physically demanding. All that running, back and forth, back and forth. Not to say that American Footbal is a walk in the park either terms of fitness level, and also in terms of how often you're going to get beat down. I've been tackled in non-padded, full-contant, pick up games and it does not feel good. Now on a professional level, you do have pads, but when the teams are trying to hire massive dudes and then telling them to eat as much fried food as they possibly can so that they get even bigger.. you know that's going too hurt.Robertoey

Actually football players aren't fat anymore. Our linemen weren't allowed to get above 23% bodyfat. That is your average sized human being in terms of fat content. They are hard as rocks but their bodies are truly that genetic type.

Plus, they are stronger than the rest of us...the average squat for a lineman on my team was around 450-500. And we were considered weak.