Why soccer is the best sport on earth

I havent played soccer (how its supposed to be played) since I was a little kid, but I was just reminiscing on it. I drifted off like I was meditating and I realized what's so great about soccer.

Soccer has formations and coaching and whatnot, but for the most part it is a purely instinctual sport. Therein lies the beauty. It's so simple and pure.

Let's look at dribbling: in basketball you dribble to carry the ball from one place to another. But you can only use one hand at a time. And if you pick up your dribble, you can't dribble again. There are restriction to the way that you play, and the way that you maneuver the ball. With soccer, there really aren't any rules to dribbling, and because of that, the act becomes so free-flowing that its almost as if the ball is an extension of the player.

I mean if you watch the way players move, the way they cut, the way they pick their passes, the feigning, the crazy goals... you don't just learn how to do this shit and be good at it, there's something else there.

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[[Now other sports certainly have their merits, and I'm not saying anything should be changed about the rules or whatever. I always say football is like chess, basketball is also a highly skilled and fluid sport, golf requires near perfection, and cheerleading is not a sport.]]

I digress.
Soccer is almost spiritual really. It's like an improvised dance, that comes completely from the spirit. Except the dance has a goal. Everything done in persuit of that goal comes from the heart. This is clear when you see how passionate the players are. No other sport has this type of passion, on that level, that consistently.

Beauty, skill, passion.. and soul.

Seriously though, soccer is like an art.

Ah.. THAT'S why it's the best sport on earth.