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 2005-03-29 4:02 PM in reply to: #135154 |
Buttercup  14334    |  Subject: RE: A Definition of Sportm80 - 2005-03-29 9:43 AM I would draw the line between "athletes" and "people who play sports". I would say that golf is a sport, but a golfer isn't an athlete. I think that the level of physical fitness necessary to participate in the "sport" is what defines whether the people participating in the sport are athletes or not. Matthew Hey, it takes major lung power to holler across the greens for the beer cart gal to hear ya! |
| 2005-03-29 4:15 PM in reply to: #134041 |
Veteran 157 Swindon | Subject: RE: A Definition of Sport FWIW here's the consensus of a few of me & other athletics mates discussion of the matter a while back: A sport is any activity which contains a competitive element and requires an above average level of physical exertion, and in which increase in a person's technical ability and physical ability (strength, flexibility, stamina or CV capacity) will necessarily result in improved performance when judged by the standards that make the activity competitive. By this defiinition motorsport is definitely a sport because a) it's competitive, b) it requires a very high level of physical ability ( I can't speak for NASCAR, but I've worked in Formula one for several years, and the level of fitness thet the good F1 drivers have is quite astonishing), c) increasing the physical or technical ability of a participant will improve their results. |
| 2005-03-29 6:50 PM in reply to: #134041 |
Champion 5183 Wisconsin | Subject: RE: A Definition of Sport obviously y'all don't play golf. It requires coordination, concentration, flexibility, stamina, endurance, power and precision and the ability to make your body make a thousand tiny adjustments depending on the lie, angle, wind, clubs available, bunker layout, etc. It is a hundred times harder, no, a million, no, a KAJILLION times harder to be a competive golfer than runner.... im most ho.... |
| 2005-03-29 8:50 PM in reply to: #135481 |
Veteran 132 Montreal | Subject: RE: A Definition of Sport possum - 2005-03-29 6:50 PM obviously y'all don't play golf. It requires coordination, concentration, flexibility, stamina, endurance, power and precision and the ability to make your body make a thousand tiny adjustments depending on the lie, angle, wind, clubs available, bunker layout, etc. It is a hundred times harder, no, a million, no, a KAJILLION times harder to be a competive golfer than runner.... im most ho.... I don't mean to knock golf, no doubt it takes tremendous amount of skill and a good level of physical fitness to play golf, especially professionally. My point is that I find the notion of athleticism to be physical in a way that I don't find many sports to be (not to underate the challenges presented by those sports). Another example would be archery. It takes a great deal of skill, training, and physical strength to be a good archer, but is an archer an athlete? I guess it doesn't really make that difference, but I do find it interesting as to where to draw the line. Matthew |
| 2005-03-29 8:51 PM in reply to: #135411 |
Veteran 132 Montreal | Subject: RE: A Definition of Sport Renee - 2005-03-29 4:02 PM Hey, it takes major lung power to holler across the greens for the beer cart gal to hear ya! Perhaps a yodeler could be considered an athlete  Matthew |
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