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Originally Posted by Pat_Mustard
Very true. I also love the way he can divide someone's post into about 10 sections yet fail to actually address a single one of their points.  |
That's a skill that definitely can't be taught. Or is that a natural ability?
By the way I'm no sports scientist (but that doesn't appear to matter in this thread) but as far as I can remember individuals are born with physical attributes that give them a propensity for ability in gross or fine (or both) motor control.
These innate qualities can obviously be improved through their application in the completion of specific tasks, this is what we call skills. The level of proficiency in a given skill can (obviously) be improved upon through practice.
The level at which one will be able to perform or 'master' a given skill is broadly defined over a range (however wide) which, like it or not, is set by the innate physical attributes required for it's successful completion.
To say that skills can't be improved is wrong as it is to say that anyone can master a skill.
As for 'footballing intelligence', one can read a game of football and can see and make appropriate decisions, and this is something that can be improved upon through knowledge of the game and through experience. However top level footballers, Scholesy, Rooney and Carrick, for example have additional innate attributes such as spatial awareness and perception which again sets the level to which this aspect of the game can be improved to.
I could practice and practice, watch football 24/7 and play three games a week but my 'ceiling of acheivement' in 'mastering' required skills would be very limited due to me having two left feet and being right footed.