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re: What is your definition of a sport?
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:27 pm to ClientNumber9
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:27 pm to ClientNumber9
Anything that involves physical activity, athletic ability and competitiveness... That's a sport to me regardless of how hard it is.
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Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:33 pm to RileyTime
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Anything that involves physical activity, athletic ability and competitiveness... That's a sport to me regardless of how hard it is
hopscotch?
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:38 pm to PrimeTime Money
Under your defnition, boxing is not a sport.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:40 pm to Pectus
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Under your defnition, boxing is not a sport.
Welcome to page 3, chief!
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:43 pm to PrimeTime Money
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I feel like I've come up with the perfect definitions.
A sport is a contest which requires physicality and has a definite winner not picked by a judge. Poker does not fit because it's not physical. Auto racing DOES fit because it is physical and there is a definite winner.
A competition/contest/event/match/whatever you want to call it can be similar to a sport, except a winner is chosen by a judge. So ice skating, gymnastics, etc. are all not "sports".
HOWEVER, a sport doesn't require athletes, and a contest doesn't mean athletes aren't participating.
I define an athlete as somebody who can improve their physical skills and that means they can improve in their sport just by getting more "athletic". For example, you can be turn from a skinny nerd to LeBron James, and it won't help you in auto racing. Therefore, although auto racing is a sport, the competitors are NOT athletes.
Yet in cheerleading, athleticism definitely matters. Therefore, cheerleaders are athletes, but cheerleading is NOT a sport. It's an athletic competition.
We might know each other, I have been saying this exact thing for years.
but golf is 100% a sport
This post was edited on 6/4/14 at 3:50 pm
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:49 pm to ClientNumber9
IMO a sport is an athletic competition where individuals are competing against one another and those other "players" have an effect on each others performance.
If there are no other people who effect your performance I look at it as a competition.
Bowling-competition
Tennis-sport
Track & Field-competition
Skiing-competition
Golf-competition
Cheerleading-competition
Bull Fighting-competition
NASCAR/Indy Racing-sport
Fishing-competition
Skateboarding-competition
Ping Pong- meh, not really athletic competition I guess
If there are no other people who effect your performance I look at it as a competition.
Bowling-competition
Tennis-sport
Track & Field-competition
Skiing-competition
Golf-competition
Cheerleading-competition
Bull Fighting-competition
NASCAR/Indy Racing-sport
Fishing-competition
Skateboarding-competition
Ping Pong- meh, not really athletic competition I guess
This post was edited on 6/4/14 at 3:54 pm
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:52 pm to kidbourbon
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Why in the world did you put track and field on the second list. Track and field is the only pure sport there is. And when I say "pure", I mean non-contrived.
Track and Field is exercise.
I play real sports, not try to be the best at exercising!
Posted on 6/4/14 at 3:58 pm to ClientNumber9
something that is not nascar
Posted on 6/4/14 at 4:32 pm to ClientNumber9
It's a three pronged system.
It only has to have two of the three requirements:
1) must contain a ball, puck, etc.
2) must have a limit (periods, innings, quarters, halves
3) must be open (you can control if the other team scores)
Cheerleading is not a sport
It only has to have two of the three requirements:
1) must contain a ball, puck, etc.
2) must have a limit (periods, innings, quarters, halves
3) must be open (you can control if the other team scores)
Cheerleading is not a sport
Posted on 6/4/14 at 4:33 pm to Epic Cajun
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Track and Field is exercise.
I play real sports, not try to be the best at exercising!
I'll just assume this is written in jest.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 4:35 pm to ClientNumber9
Horse racing yes
car racing no
the horse is the athlete
car racing no
the horse is the athlete
Posted on 6/4/14 at 4:35 pm to Epic Cajun
quote:this is the stupidest saying ive heard in my life and wish it would go away
Track and Field is exercise.
I play real sports, not try to be the best at exercising!
yes im very biased but thats besides the point
Posted on 6/4/14 at 4:49 pm to Pedro
quote:
this is the stupidest saying ive heard in my life and wish it would go away
yes im very biased but thats besides the point
I'm not biased, and it's so stupid that I'm assuming it's written in jest because I'm sick of telling people they're stupid.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 5:45 pm to PrimeTime Money
quote:
I feel like I've come up with the perfect definitions.
A sport is a contest which requires physicality and has a definite winner not picked by a judge. Poker does not fit because it's not physical. Auto racing DOES fit because it is physical and there is a definite winner.
A competition/contest/event/match/whatever you want to call it can be similar to a sport, except a winner is chosen by a judge. So ice skating, gymnastics, etc. are all not "sports".
HOWEVER, a sport doesn't require athletes, and a contest doesn't mean athletes aren't participating.
I define an athlete as somebody who can improve their physical skills and that means they can improve in their sport just by getting more "athletic". For example, you can be turn from a skinny nerd to LeBron James, and it won't help you in auto racing. Therefore, although auto racing is a sport, the competitors are NOT athletes.
Yet in cheerleading, athleticism definitely matters. Therefore, cheerleaders are athletes, but cheerleading is NOT a sport. It's an athletic competition.
/thread
Posted on 6/4/14 at 5:54 pm to Bags of Milk
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/thread
Nah, the thread has kept going for like six pages.
Do try to pay attention.
Posted on 6/4/14 at 6:31 pm to ClientNumber9
A game involving physical activity that has an objective winner. I don't think games that have some judge decide who the winner is based on preference is technically a sport. So, for example, skiing races are but not the aerial stuff. No to cheerleading, X games, etc.
The only one I have trouble with is boxing. There is objective winners in the case of a KO but not in a decision. I think boxing is a sport, but it doesn't technically fit my definition.
ETA: What PTM said
The only one I have trouble with is boxing. There is objective winners in the case of a KO but not in a decision. I think boxing is a sport, but it doesn't technically fit my definition.
ETA: What PTM said
This post was edited on 6/4/14 at 6:33 pm
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