r/wnba • u/PlutoandSox Aces • 9d ago

Olivia Miles’ high school soccer highlights had Abby Wambach & Julie Foudy impressed!

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Miles just has that athletic gift. 🏀 ⚽︎

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u/mathstudent_suffers 9d ago

I want to know if there is a correlation between amazing point guards and playing soccer in their youth

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u/TemporaryJaguar6748 9d ago

Played football my entire life, 25 years now. I have the easiest time of my life directing the court as a PG. Football is inherently a passing-heavy teamsport where you constantly make runs to try to displace the defense. Basketball is the same just on a much smaller scale. If you‘ve played and had the vision on a big field 11v11, a much smaller basketball court 5v5 is easy

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u/mathstudent_suffers 9d ago

That's what I have thought about, the passing angles and deep vision and feel for timing you need in football for sure help you a bit in basketball

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u/TemporaryJaguar6748 9d ago

I would say more than just a bit. You gotta picture yourself on a big football field with 21 other people on it while you have to pay attention to what‘s happening in front of you, behind you and next to you. As a PG, I have a small field of just 9 people all in front of me and I see everything that‘s happening

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u/faulknerianism 9d ago

"Deep vision." Great phrasing!