That's right. Generally: The most inclusive category is Games, which are activities with rules. A subset of these are Competitions, which are games with winners and losers. Competitions can be split into Physical and Sedantary Competitions (like chess). Physical Competitions have several categories, including Physical Tests (for lack of a better name) where you compete against a clock or other universal measuring stick, and Sports where you compete against other participants. Physical Tests could be split between Universal (all participants throughout the world and/or history can be compared, like weight-lifting) and Localized (where conditions on te field of play at the time make the results only meaningful for those participating there and then; golf falls here). Tests and Sports can be split between Individual and Team (where teamwork adds another dimension of complexity). Team Sports would be the pinnacle of Games, with the sport of basketball at the peak.
Computer games Starcraft, Warcraft, Counterstrike...etc. Yet they have massive tournaments and prize money for these things. Poker is a mental sport, not a physical one. So I guess it's not technically a sport.
You make a good point about roofing, but there is no actual measurement of how "well" roofing has to be done, and the completion of a finished roof isn't like a "par 4" or "par 5" measurement or how fast (strokes) it takes to complete a roof. I can see what you mean by the comparison, though. The rest of the stuff you mentioned in your categories above is crap, though. What about coffee-making? Can we make that a sport? I want some coffee right now. Let's race to the breakroom and we can call it a sport.
It's not that hard. Look in the dictionary under sport. Any activity that requires skill and physical exertion, and is of competitive nature. Therefore golf, fishing, racing... all sports.
Any activity that requires you to move at full or almost full speed in either a sprint, skate, or a swim with competitive results.
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A sport = athletic competition, simple as that. Spelling Bee (no way...best example of a non-sport competition) Horse Racing (if you are a jockey, then you are not athlete...if you are a horse, then you are an athlete). Golf (I actually think you could include golf as a sport, because it does take hand-eye coordination to play and one does need minimal athletics skills to play). MMA and kickboxing (definitely a sport) Figure Skating (although it does have judges, it is a sport without question, it is something that requires great body balance, practice, endurance, and skill to play.) Auto Racing (I also think
It requires a certain level hand-eye coordination, intense concentration, and you have to be in some shape to drive, like that for hours.
If you have to be in top physical condition in order to compete at a high level, then it is a sport in my eyes.
what do you think about weightlifting being a sport? You have to have a good physical condition, but you dont do anything, just lift a very heavy thing. According to a lot sports definitions in this thread, is not a sport.
Baseball = sport. I tried a little intramural softball freshman year in college. If you don't acquire the muscle memory of fielding and throwing by the time you're 15, I'm not sure you ever really can. And I don't think I could tell the difference between a slider, change-up and a fastball if you put a gun to my head.
not sure if it has been brought up yet, but.... eating disgusting amounts of food in an extremely short period of time is not anything close to a sport...
