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Rafe Kelley's avatar

I think parkour deserves a mention among the most athletic and skillful non invasion sports, basically all the qualities of gymnastics with far greater enviromental complexity.

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James Marshall's avatar

I agree about DBs: not only do they have to run backwards, but the WR had the advantage of knowing whether it's a run/pass play and the route. The DB has to cover, read and react, all against a very fast opponent. It's hard to argue against Deion Sanders being a 'great' athlete who happened to play Football (and baseball) very well.

Rather than 'skill', I use the term 'co-ordination.' The skill has to be learned, the co-ordination, which can be improved, might be more innate. But that might be semantics.

Watching Federer or Mbappe or Biles in full flow is a joy.

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