Which takes more skill......tennis or soccer?

Question

and WHY?

keep in mind
in tennis your running around for more than 90-120 minutes and you don't have a team to back you up!
- in soccer, you've gotta be more creative

Answer 1

tennis definitely soccer is a team sport the team can carry without your slow a$$ while with tennis you are the only one that will determine the outcome you get what im saying

Answer 2

I have to be honest, I am a tennis player, but I definitely think soccer takes more skill. You have to be able to run, which takes major endurence, and you also have to be able to work well with a team. Tennis takes a little more time to learn because you have to be able to position the ball in the perfect place on the court. The basics of tennis are a lot harder, but soccer is harder and more aggressive.

Hope this helps and good luck,
Kamryn

Answer 3

I think the obvious answer is tennis. Tennis is a one on one game, you don't have a coach or other players to back you up if you're not playing well. In tennis there is no halftime or rest period and there are no substitutions if you get hurt or are tired, if you can't play, you lose, simple as that. Don't forget to factor in that in Tennis, you could possibly end up in a 5 set match and have to play for upwards of 4 hours! While I'm not saying that Soccer does not take skill, because it certainly does, as all sports do. However, between the two I think Tennis takes the cake.

Answer 4

I'd have to pick tennis, but soccer takes skill as well.
Tennis requires what soccer requires (endurance, speed, power, etc.), but it's more fast-paced as in you don't have to chase a ball over the field like soccer and then realize that someone else has control of the ball. In Tennis, you are in control and your serves and returns are what directs the ball to the desired area of the court.

Also unless you're playing doubles, you're by yourself so you have to rely on your abilities to make sure your opponent does not outwit you. In soccer, you are on a team and you win or lose as a team. Sure there are some members that are better than others, but overall you work as a team.

So in conclusion, Tennis takes more skill, but soccer takes alot of skill as well.

Answer 5

Tennis for most part is an individual sport where as soccer is
a team sport. Tennis needs more skills than soccer, but one
who posses such skills in soccer do become great players.
Most creative players in Soccer have excelled.

Answer 6

Since you said skill, not stamina, I'd say tennis. The degree of eye hand co-ordination needed to return a ball moving at way over 100 miles/hour with all kinds of spin is extreme. With some players, Nadal, Chang, or even Muster, they probably could run with ANY soccer players. Other tennis players might not be as "fit" as soccer players, but I equate skill with fine motor control.

Answer 7

I say its Tennis because soccer is a group game, you can share the stress and even pass it to others and you can get a little break too within the game plus the only thing you need to work on is in your lower body since soccer players only use their feet. While in tennis, hitting a tennis ball is very heavy and most of the body parts are needed to be trained because its an all around sport, you also need to do acrobatics to help your game play.

Answer 8

I play both tennis and soccer. The dynamics of tennis and soccer are not the same. In tennis, two players are involved in singles, but it needs a lot of planning to outdo your opponent. You are the one to plan all the strategies to defeat your opponent. But in soccer, there are eleven players in each side, which is a plus becasue they have to work as a team. There is a lot of running from one end to the other. Players are expected to play for at least 90 minutes. It takes a lot skills to play soccer. It may look easy but it is not. You have to use both your legs and heads to play soccer which makes the game more tedious.

Answer 9

TENNIS DEFINITELY. I think it physically wears you out though a lot more than soccer. It also requires a lot of coordination, while soccer isn't. But I agree with some of ^ that since soccer IS a team sport, you can also sub out and in when you get tired or injured. But in tennis, you get hurt and you have to retire from the game. End of story.

Answer 10

In soccer there is continuous running and since it is a group sport, it takes teamwork in order to score a goal...or to defend.

the great thing about tennis is that it is simply you versus the opponent. no coaching. and because you need to be equally adept with the footwork and running as you do with your hands, it creates a level of hand eye coordination. Furthermore, tennis is a sport that doesnt have a set time limit. Soccer does (two 45 minute halves, extra time, overtime and ultimately a shootout). In tennis, in theory, you could play for hours and not even get past the first game.

the thing i love the most about tennis is that unlike other sports, just being bigger, stronger, or faster doesnt mean anything. Shaq can dominate a basketball court just because he is bigger than everyone else. On a tennis court, that really doesnt mean anything.

to be great in tennis, you need a mixture of size, power, speed, placement, finesse, reflexes, hand eye coordination, endurance, and strategy (not from a teammate or a coach, but solely by yourself).

Answer 11

I don't think that you need to be more creative to play soccer. In tennis you have to be creative and smart when you place the ball, use different grips etc. Also tennis is more of a psychological mind game, which makes it hard for some. It also depends what you're more naturally talented at.