Well when I first started playing golf approximately 15 years ago I was horrendous. Couldn't even make a halfway respectable swing for a while, then when I finally gained somewhat of an ability to make decent contact that wasn't a huge slice or hook, it still took years to be able to do that with decent consistency. Now I am a very good iron player, on a really good day I can carry my 6i 200 yards and my misses with irons are generally not bad, never terrible. An average drive for me is like 280 and change but a good one can go over 300, a really good one can go like 315 or even 320 (without helping wind or downhill). But I hit drives in the tree line or out of bounds a little more than I should although it's not terrible I'd say. My chipping isn't great but it should be better. My putting, especially short to mid range, leaves a lot to be desired. I have way too many 3-putts and missed putts from around 4 ft. But I recently realized it was a vision and alignment issue (a line that points to the center of hole actually looks to me like it's pointed at the right edge, and my shoulders were too closed in my setup) - so now that I am aware of this it's getting much better. I should be breaking 80 regularly but I typically shoot in the 90s (80s on a good day, on a really bad day I can still not even break 100 - but I'd really like to get to the point where that doesn't happen anymore. just gotta shore up the putting and chipping a little, and the tee shots)

>>77357639
depends of the sports really
but a lot of sports the foundation is agility or (specific) coordination, so yes it's very innate.

>>77357639
I think it's twofold. Yes, I'd say for the vast, vast majority of people it's all just learned. There are rare exceptions in either extreme where some people can just look at a ball and suddenly they're D1 athletes, and others couldn't hit a ball to save their lives no matter how much they practice.
That being said, I think the amount of unathletic retards out there (aka: can never learn sports) is negligible. Most people, with enough autistic grinding/practice, can learn to play a sport and get very good at it.
My guess is you played a handful of times, sucked ass, got made fun of, and gave up. Without ever practicing like a madman in your free time.

>>77357639
I remember I turned 13 and suddenly I wanted to be a "soccer player" having never played it outside of gym class. I tried out for the city league and they told me I'm useless and that they'd put me on the team division of whatever the sports equivalent of the classrooms for retards was.
So what did I do? Told them no, and I instead practiced soccer in my backyard every single day afterschool and on weekends until sunset. After a year, I tried out again, and they put me on the 2nd division as a starter (there were 4 divisions). Had I practiced more, I could have made it to 1st division but I got lazy and felt I was "good enough". Fastforward to today, yeah I'm not the best but I'm pretty damn competitive even against the best players.
Maybe it's just me, but I think you can learn anything if you want it bad enough.

It can be learned, olympic lifts made me a significantly better athlete. Lifting in general made me a way better athlete.