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re: sorry, but golf isn't a sport
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:44 am to demosa
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:44 am to demosa
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a sport, to me, should be defined as a competition involving more than 1 individual (or teams of individuals) in which the competitors (or certain individuals on the team) experience either continuous, or short transient periods of an elevated (70-80% of max) heart rate SECONDARY to physical activity, and not due to chemicals (ie, caffeine) or certain biomolecules (ie, hormones)
So banging your mom is a sport? Got it.
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Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:45 am to Henry Jones Jr
I didn't read most of the thread, but are the people arguing that defense is a key component of a sport saying that track and field is not a sport? Rowing? Any winter sport?
You need competition in a sport. Getting granular on the logistics is ignorant.
You need competition in a sport. Getting granular on the logistics is ignorant.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:45 am to WG_Dawg
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don't be dense.
If the conditions of the playing surface and the climate of the event don't have any effect on performance, why do southern or dome football teams have trouble in Green Bay and Boston, or pitchers with LH hitters in Yankee Stadium, or clay vs. grass vs. hard surface courts.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:46 am to Henry Jones Jr
Somehow?
By calling them a jackass? Bending their 9 iron?
Getting in their head by playing well is about the best you can do. Having a good "offense" is the best "defense" is your answer?
ETA I don't feel you elaborated very much by saying get in their head somehow.
By calling them a jackass? Bending their 9 iron?
Getting in their head by playing well is about the best you can do. Having a good "offense" is the best "defense" is your answer?
ETA I don't feel you elaborated very much by saying get in their head somehow.
This post was edited on 2/13/15 at 10:49 am
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:46 am to unbeWEAVEable
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You must not play golf
I love golf and play every chance I get.
Guess what? A bunker has never blown sand directly into my eyes while I'm shooting. A lake has never shifted 30 yards forward to take my ball. There aren't any random stakes that shoot out of the ground like a wack-a-mole and stop my ball.
I know you're trying to be creative and more clever than everyone, but an inanimate tract of land isn't playing defense on you. To suggest that grass/water/sand is "playing defense" is quite frankly pretty stupid. Are there varying degrees of difficulty? Duh, of course. Some courses may be wide open and ripe for a below par round while some may be damn near impossible where you're lucky to shoot double digits. That doens't mean that your score 100% depends on how YOU and only YOU shoot that day.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:46 am to WG_Dawg
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Based on what
Umm, the fricking DICTIONARY.
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specific sports I claim to hate
Oh, sorry. That was my educated opinion. I just figured there was no other reasonable or logical explanation.
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Wish i coild say the same for you, but unfortunately i cannot.
Well, you've already proven your opinions are very uneducated and based in, well, nothing. So I'll just disregard that comment.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:47 am to GRTiger
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You don't think athleticism should be factored in the definition of a sport?
Are you retarded?
Well most people here think golf is a sport and I wouldn't call Jon Daly very athletic.
Would you, retard?
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:47 am to bamafan425
No I havent. But I've never seen any defense in match play either. You can play aggressively or conservatively, but I still don't see how you can be defensive on a golf course.
Outside of running over someone's ball with the cart, or something like that when you at with your buddies.
Outside of running over someone's ball with the cart, or something like that when you at with your buddies.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:48 am to Henry Jones Jr
I think prostitution takes more physical skill than some sports people are considered athletes in, but I would consider golf a sport.
It's physical skill, mental skill, the weather comes into play, it's a competition.
It's physical skill, mental skill, the weather comes into play, it's a competition.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:48 am to Henry Jones Jr
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Disrupting their concentration somehow and making them not hit the ball to the best of their ability.
There's no guarantee of that. What if the person doesn't listen or mentally blocks you out, then you've done nothing. It is 100% up to that person swinging if they will hit a good shot or not.
If someone blocks your shot attempt in basketball, there is no mentally focusing and blocking them out...that ball is not going to score.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:49 am to Golfer
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If the conditions of the playing surface and the climate of the event don't have any effect on performance
Sigh.....go read my first post itt.
This post was edited on 2/13/15 at 10:50 am
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:51 am to demosa
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i exert about as much physical activity playing air hockey as i would playing golf.
You walk over 2 miles playing air hockey?
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:51 am to unbeWEAVEable
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you've already proven your opinions are very uneducated
I think that actually using some thought and forming my own opinion, rather than relying on "the fricking DICTIONARY" as you claim, shows a more educated opinion.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:51 am to WG_Dawg
He possesses superior dexterity, and the athleticism needed to contort and move his body in such a way as to hit a ball 350 yards requires athleticism.
Daly also played football on a state champion team in high school.
I'd wager he is more of an athlete than you are.
Daly also played football on a state champion team in high school.
I'd wager he is more of an athlete than you are.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:51 am to WG_Dawg
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Sigh...when did i say they didn't?
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That doens't mean that your score 100% depends on how YOU and only YOU shoot that day
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:52 am to CaptainsWafer
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No I havent. But I've never seen any defense in match play either. You can play aggressively or conservatively, but I still don't see how you can be defensive on a golf course.
Outside of running over someone's ball with the cart, or something like that when you at with your buddies.
Right...but golf takes skill and it's been around a while so it's a sport. Those are the rules ya know.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:52 am to CaptainsWafer
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Somehow?
gamesmanship[ 'gamzm?n?SHip ] NOUN
the art of winning games by using various ploys and tactics to gain a psychological advantage.
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:52 am to WG_Dawg
since we are making our own definitions here, i have a new one
douche:
a word used to describe a person who trolls on the internet
see: WG_Dawg
Leave hime out of this!
douche:
a word used to describe a person who trolls on the internet
see: WG_Dawg
quote:
Jon Daly
Leave hime out of this!
This post was edited on 2/13/15 at 10:53 am
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:53 am to WG_Dawg
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I think that actually using some thought and forming my own opinion, rather than relying on "the fricking DICTIONARY" as you claim, shows a more educated opinion.
Ok then. What is your opinion based on, factually? Are you saying that basing an opinion on facts is uneducated?
Posted on 2/13/15 at 10:53 am to SEClint
quote:their bodies are taxed greatly during a race.
Race car drivers are athletes.
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