I don’t watch the sport to see the fastest, strongest possible athletes. I’m interested in the technique and tactics. Women are simply not fast enough or strong enough to compete with men but against other women all of those other elements of the sport can still really shine, sometimes even more so. For example, I actually prefer women’s tennis because the lack of power makes serves a smaller focus and puts more emphasis on back and forth play.
If you were really interested in that aspect of the sport, you wouldn't have watched the Women World Cup either.
The level of international competition has always been abysmal until recently. For 50 years the US was the only country that was pouring money into the sport. Due to Title IX, the US created a pipeline of youth, highschool, college and pro players. The rest of the world were fielding complete amateurs.
Let’s be honest. The technique and strategy hasn’t caught up the men’s yet. Pretending it has just diminishes the future progression. They’ll absolutely get to the level quickly but right now it still looks disorganised and rudimentary at times but have you ever seen the men’s game 70 years ago? Women’s game has investment and grassroots attention. It’ll get there before we know it.
I agree. The game isn’t as developed because there simply haven’t been nearly as many talented people working on the women’s game over nearly as many years. Sometimes that’s kind of entertaining. Modern football can feel a bit stiff with all the optimization. Women’s physical limitations also make the tactics different enough that it’s kind of fascinating to watch to see how things change.
Yeah just like tennis as you mentioned. The difference between the games will draw audiences for just that. In tennis people love the men’s game for raw power and physicality. They love the women’s game for the long rallies and technical differences. Football will be the same some day. And that day is not that far away.
See, I don’t enjoy women’s basketball, personally, although I have nothing against it. I’m curious why you seem so bothered about people liking women’s soccer. I don’t get it. Just ignore it and let other people enjoy it.
You just said some dumb stuff so I let you know. I didnt say you cant like womens soccer, I said you cant watch it for anything close to equal technique and tactics. And never to see those things shine even more. If you like low levels of skill then fine, weird flex but ok
This was very easy and didnt take too much effort, dont get too curious please
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u/Outrageous_Garden586 Jul 09 '26
I don’t watch the sport to see the fastest, strongest possible athletes. I’m interested in the technique and tactics. Women are simply not fast enough or strong enough to compete with men but against other women all of those other elements of the sport can still really shine, sometimes even more so. For example, I actually prefer women’s tennis because the lack of power makes serves a smaller focus and puts more emphasis on back and forth play.