Finally someone addressed it. I played basketball but my friends who didn’t and watch the NBA have no clue about any plays, sets, breaks, they don’t know why a team would play zone or the difference between hedging and icing etc…
However these same dudes who didn’t play football either can call out defences, recognize plays, have opinions on clock management, matchups, zone vs man etc.
Not saying Basketball is as complicated as Football… it’s not. However it is a ball control sport meaning, the player is able to control the play and influence it more than say Hockey.
This doesn’t make a sport better or worse, Hockey is crazy because of how fast paced and occasionally effort-based it can be. Football is great because it’s so analytical, it’s like analyzing a war, there’s a high degree of management and strategy.
Basketball is somewhere in the middle. Probably similar to Soccer but even with Soccer, the fans seem extremely educated on formations and schemes
Finally someone addressed it. I played basketball but my friends who didn’t and watch the NBA have no clue about any plays, sets, breaks, they don’t know why a team would play zone or the difference between hedging and icing etc…
However these same dudes who didn’t play football either can call out defences, recognize plays, have opinions on clock management, matchups, zone vs man etc.
Not saying Basketball is as complicated as Football… it’s not. However it is a ball control sport meaning, the player is able to control the play and influence it more than say Hockey.
This doesn’t make a sport better or worse, Hockey is crazy because of how fast paced and occasionally effort-based it can be. Football is great because it’s so analytical, it’s like analyzing a war, there’s a high degree of management and strategy.
Basketball is somewhere in the middle. Probably similar to Soccer but even with Soccer, the fans seem extremely educated on formations and schemes