Isn't it true that soccer is a superior sport to basketball ?

I mean soccer is a fine sport involving your feet which are the powerhouse of movement and the root of man's ascendency. But basketball - pah - its just tall men mincing around bouncing their balls with their hands.Isn't it true that soccer is a superior sport to basketball ?
I think both sports are fine and if you play either sport yourself (i play soccer badly) then you can see the difficulties in becoming very good at the sport. If I would pick one then I would say Soccer is better - for the following reasons: First of all basketball uses your hands to work the ball, i.e. hold/pass/shoot/block. Your hands have developed fine motor techniques over millions of years of evolution and so it should easy for you to develop these skills and become proficient. Your feet/legs however are mainly used for balance and walking/running - they have not been developed to control a ball and pass and shoot - so these skills are more difficult to learn and develop. This suggests soccer is harder to learn and become skillful at. Secondly there is the fact that if someone can shoot accurately in basketball then they will pretty much always score, as the loop of the ball into the net/or off the back board cannot be blocked, the ball starts off in a high postion, above the head and gets higher, before coming down into the net. In soccer, the ball normally starts on the floor, as the feet are used, and either runs along the ground or is played higher. This means that blocking a shot by tackling by a player, saving by the goalkeeper is much more likely and there is no guarantee that an accurate shot will always score, accept at close range where reaction time cannot compete with the speed of the ball. This explains why in basketball you have a: we score, they score, we score, they score, run of events with high scoring but ultimately very close matches, and why in soccer you have often low scoring or sometimes no scoring matches. When a game is low scoring then a goal is received most joyously then when you see a basket every 30 seconds or so repeatedly. A lot of the American games use mainly hand skills and are high scoring and I think that's why they don't travel well. Soccer is a game that needs no equipment, except a football and you can play on your own, with 1 or a few friends or loads of people - it's very flexible.Isn't it true that soccer is a superior sport to basketball ?
I beleive Steve Nash of the Phoenix Suns wanted to be a soccer player but had to settle playing basketball if that is saying anything. He is small compared to most players and is actually entertaining to watch. They are both great sports but I agree that football is better
I have to disagree with you


Basketball is a great sport which you don't have to be tall to do.


Its like saying soccer is only for fast people.


Basketball takes a lot of ability and skill. And most of all a lot of practice and effort. Just like soccer
Soccer is inclusive.


You can be any shape or size and be a great soccer player as long as you're fit and talented.


Basketball you have to be fit talentented and very very tall.
Internationally Soccer ranks as the #1 sport and Basketball being #2, both are great sports, i love both because i play Soccer %26amp; Basketball. World's top 2 sports.
FOOTBALL is the beutiful game - basketball is just overgrown freaks who have learned how to jump and at the same time hold a ball - well done americans!
best sport is hockey hands down! after that comes soccer, than baseball, than things like cricket and badminton and curling and at the bottom lies....basketball
Not true at all, Soccer is for sissies.


I have played both and Basketball takes much more skill and practice
You are mistaken....


Any sport which uses only feet is a loser's sport...
ANY sport is superior to basketball!
everybody knows ping pong is the superior sport.
Football (soccer) is the most popular sport in the world for a reason.........





Far more skill is involved: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2zFqqskF鈥?/a>
Only if you are from europe or mexico.
not many people like soccer
Nope!
ha. hell no
no!
yes basketball is crap...LIVERPOOL!!!!