Creative Writing: What Constitutes A Sport

What constitutes a sport? I believe, a sport is an activity where the mind and body are challenged. For example, we all know basketball, football, baseball, and soccer all fit under the category of being a sport. However, we get into more of a deeper question when we think about poker, chess, swimming, or ice dancing. In my opinion these would be considered competitions rather than a sport. I believe that if you are competing against another person or team and this activity requires strategy or any competitive event in which one side is actively engaged in stopping the other side from scoring then it shall be considered a sport. These activities must be governed by a set of rules and not be won based on luck. Although, strategy and chance may play a role in a victory.
This eliminates a lot of track and field competitions as well as a lot of gymnastics and ice events. As they are great physical feats, but the other competitors are not actively engaged in stopping the other from scoring. This also eliminates golf and archery or marksmanship events as they are all conducted with no way of your opponents to stop you. Rugby, cricket, and tennis are great examples of sports …show more content…
For example, Is billiards a sport? It is not that physical. NASCAR? Other than driving forces most drivers are far and not physical. If track and field are sports due to competition and physical activity, then is a dance competition a sport or do we just call it a competition? How about a singing competition? Just as physical as darts or Corn howl. Archery has a higher level of physical exertion than darts but it almost the same event. Neither activities stop the other competitors from drawing their dart/shooting their arrow. Curling versus shuffle board? We like to think that physicality makes it a sport yet dismiss dance and floor aerobics. We like to say level of skill yet dismiss video games and board games like