It took another thirty years before the pure skill of escape began to be displayed as an act in itself.
When it comes to pure skills, the best man in baseball is Jose Canseco.
Rice and Moss are an excellent comparison in terms of pure skills.
"In practices and games I see things he does that are just pure skill, things you cannot coach."
Sometimes, like diamond cutters, they seem to be coasting along on pure skill.
So it's not necessarily pure skill that determines the winner, but a mixture of clever thinking and luck.
A lot of our play is based on pure skill, but we're also very focused because we're doing this for Hank.
What you get with Cox now is a hot-blooded fighter who relies more on the fire instead of pure physical skills.
But he is weary of watching sluggers in the home run contest and begged for a pure hitting skills competition.
Winning is many times beyond pure skill.