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Comment by bilbo0s

I think any sport that is more like an art is gonna be like that. Soccer is more of an art. There are positions where the performance enhancing drugs definitely will help you. (And I'm sure a lot of players use those drugs if they are at those positions.) But you won't become Pogba, Messi, or Neymar by shooting up. Those guys are artists.

Basketball is like that too. Shoot up with whatever you like, it will have no effect on your 3 point percentage. You want to shoot like Steph Curry? Then you'll need to be just as good an artist. You want to handle the ball as well as Kyrie Irving? You'll have to be just as good an artist.

I know people might disagree with this one, but I think some hockey positions are like that. People should try this experiment, go to your local ice rink, and try weaving through traffic at top speed on skates and putting the puck in that 6 inch window that a keeper might give you to the back of the net. Steroids aren't gonna help with that.

Those are all sports where a little guy can come in and just dominate through sheer asymmetry of skill. It's a beautiful thing to watch.

parent bilbo0s 7 years ago

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