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I don't know if FIFA Is the true source of the "stupidity" ... I mean, who doesn't want to try using the things you've been goofing around with in your own ba
by supercanuck 10y ago
I don't know if FIFA Is the true source of the "stupidity" ... I mean, who doesn't want to try using the things you've been goofing around with in your own backyard. I remember visualizing myself as Ken Griffey Jr when playing baseball, who isn't pretending they are Lionel Messi in soccer.
This reminds me of the kids trying to hit homeruns on an 0 - 2 count in baseball. They'll learn.
Its kids learning the game, and kids being kids rather than simply being chess pieces for a 40 year old dad.
- 127001brewer 10y agoThis past season, the Baltimore Orioles were hitting for runs instead of bases: http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/orioles-near-mlb-home-run-power-hitting-history-as-regular-season-winds-down/ http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/orioles-near-mlb-home-run-... ...and they almost made it past the Wildcard Playoff game.
- supercanuck 10y agoYou are missing my point http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/split.cgi?t=b&lg=MLB&year=2016#count http://www.baseball-reference.com/leagues/split.cgi?t=b&lg=M... Even the Orioles had a low OPS in 0 - 2 counts. http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/split.cgi?t=b&team=BAL&year=2016 http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/split.cgi?t=b&team=B... basically, your approach should change in an 0 - 2 count: http://www.ahittersedge.com/AboutUs/ArticlesBlog/tabid/4804/aid/114/Default.aspx http://www.ahittersedge.com/AboutUs/ArticlesBlog/tabid/4804/...
- ptaipale 10y agoTrying it a few times in training is not stupidity, it's just curiosity. Doing it over and over in a game, even when your coach and teammates tell you not to, is stupidity...
- hluska 10y agoI take deep issue with anyone who refers to anything that kids do as 'stupidity'. They're kids playing a game. We have no idea what their home lives are like and we have no idea what the game represents to them. They're kids, not professionals and frankly, they deserve the benefit of the doubt.
- ptaipale 10y agoNow, it depends on who are the "kids" here. You are possibly thinking of this in terms of American school activity soccer, and small children in general . I completely agree with you about 10-year-olds. I was writing in the context of 17-19 year old kids who have trained football for a dozen years and perhaps played advanced computer games for almost as long. It falls into category of the Einstein's quote about doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
- hluska 10y agoOkay, good point. I read your comment wrong - thanks for clarifying!