In most sports, the total package of the athlete combines both the measurable and immeasurable factors impacting sports' performance. Those measurable factors would include size (height/weight), fast twitch muscle explosiveness (speed/quickness/vertical), agility, flexibility, lung capacity and nutritional relationship to performance objectives.
Of course, we could present a litany of immeasurable elements playing some role in sports' performance. For the sake of typing space, I wish to offer one significant immeasurable sports performance factor and then make my point, therefore you can get on with important life issues.
Immeasurable, as used here, means too extreme to measure. My immeasurable athletic factor is 'game intelligence.' Smart execution of game plans can and often do negate the differential of 'team talents.' College coaches can recruit the physical and/or mental factors they value. High school coaches must play the DNA talent from their school boundaries. That said, I assessed my talent yearly and then embraced the mental/game smartness as I sold that approach to my players.
The frustrating thing about being a sport purest today is the rules makers keep changing rules to please the novice fan and create television revenue payoffs. Most recently, the college basketball rules makers have again shortened the shot clock-time to create a faster pace game with higher scores. Therefore, if you are a University of Wisconsin basketball fan, you might want to attend more movies this winter. If you are the parent of a fat-butt, slow-moving high school player, hoping your kid is going to receive an athletic scholarship, you may wish to check out a nearby Junior College.
The good news is even if your kid is dumb as a sack of rocks your boy/girl still gets a free ride as long as the kid runs like the wind and has bunny hops.
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