If you have to wear special shoes, its a sport.
Ian Dury was an Athlete.
A lyrical athlete.
If you have to wear special shoes, its a sport.
Curling is a sport because the participants' individual physical input matters. Chess is a game because you could tell someone else to make the moves for you and the outcome would be the same.
So darts, snooker, diving, golf etc are sports. Poker isn't.
You can get single player games.
IMO, if there's no physical effort above that which any other human can achieve then it's a game. Darts, Snooker, Chess...
Apparently so. Can't wait to see the next series of Bake Off on Sky Sports.So is competitive cookery a sport?
Apparently so. Can't wait to see the next series of Bake Off on Sky Sports.
Immediately followed by Tiddlywinks, Beer Pong and Space Invaders. All require physical technique that you can't just tell someone else to do, so clearly must be sports right?
LOLz – good one
It's all relative, though. For both Darts and snooker, you're still moving multiple muscles so at least it is SOME form of exertion.
I'm less clear on Chess (mental stimulation, sure, but you're only really moving one hand) and computer football (whatever you call FIFA, etc?), because I'm pretty sure the latter is classed as a sport – as is the F1 version, although they have proper racing seats, pedals and steering wheels, don't they?
Plus in ALL those examples, you're competing against someone, which is part of the definition too
Anything without a ball is a game .
Is the reverse true? Is Hungry Hippos a sport?
If it replaces Golf, UFC or Formula 1 I'm in favour
Yes and Yes
Doctor: "So would you say you're active?"
Me: "Sure".
Doctor "How many hours of sport do you do a week?"
Me " Probably about 10 hours. 6 hours of darts and 4 hours of snooker"
So is competitive cookery a sport?
Anything without a ball is a game .
So boxing is a game?
For me it has to be the use of both brain and body. For that reason, darts and snooker is a sport, running is not.
So boxing is a game?
Doctor: "So would you say you're active?"
Me: "Sure".
Doctor "How many hours of sport do you do a week?"
Me " Probably about 10 hours. 6 hours of darts and 4 hours of snooker"
I absolutely love curling. It's the best winter sport there is.