My Debate Topics. First up: Football is 95% Mental

I'm not disputing that. Just saying there have been players with to make without the perfect physique.

You most likely won't see it now, not at the top level anyway.

kyro7 wrote:

Luxz0rz wrote:

kyro7 wrote:It takes mental ability to spot a pass, but to actually pull it off you need to have good technique.

I'd say good technique is more a mental attribute than a physical attribute

So Scholes playing the ball 40 yards right onto Nani's big toe is mental?

No but it plays a big part. Lux does have a very good point.

When a player is going through a bad patch mentally, they can have all the technique in the world and not a single pass will come off.

kyro7 wrote:So Scholes playing the ball 40 yards right onto Nani's big toe is mental?

Well besides needing the physical power to hit it that far...it's in your brain as to where you command your foot to hit the ball, how hard to kick it etc....

kyro7 wrote:

Luxz0rz wrote:

kyro7 wrote:It takes mental ability to spot a pass, but to actually pull it off you need to have good technique.

I'd say good technique is more a mental attribute than a physical attribute

So Scholes playing the ball 40 yards right onto Nani's big toe is mental?

Totally mental. It's also radical, dudical and sexual.

Luxz0rz wrote:

kyro7 wrote:So Scholes playing the ball 40 yards right onto Nani's big toe is mental?

Well besides needing the physical power to hit it that far...it's in your brain as to where you command your foot to hit the ball, how hard to kick it etc....

True.

To be fair, it's not that hard to hit Nani's big toe. His big toe is fucking massive (he's black remember)

menalawyerguy wrote:To be fair, it's not that hard to hit Nani's big toe. His big toe is fucking massive (he's black remember)

I disagree with the OP. Although the sport needs both physical and mental attributes, I wouldn't say it's mostly mental let alone 95%!!! As some people have pointed out, if a player has great physical attributes, he is successful in his career. Walcott was mentioned and I think it's a great example. He has amazing speed but is lacking in other departments.

Football comes down to who can score more goals in a game. If you have a strong and fast player who can run onto the through balls and go one on one with the keeper or run straight through the defense, you have yourself a star player. He doesn't need flare, playmaking ability, etc.

In an ideal world, it would be 50-50%. But honestly, it's more like 65% physical and 35% mental.

I actually did a scientific study on this today and the results were as follows:


67.35% Physical
23.78% Mental
8.87% Having a big cock






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I thought more than 8.87% of me was good at football to be honest

BenSmith wrote:I thought more than 8.87% of me was good at football to be honest

Count yourself lucky.

I have 0% of the mental and physical attributes required to be a footballer