How Can Sport Be Considered A Sport?

When we think about the word sport, should we think that it’s about physical involvement, athletes, teams, skill, or a goal? However, should it always have a physical activity in it or, does it have to be in the Olympics to be called a sport? Sports should not be thought to be only physical activities, but mind and skill as well. In seeing the training that goes on into any type of sport can be stressful, even in chess, and the effects of stress can exhaust a person, even when they aren’t doing any physical. Instead, shouldn’t we acknowledge in the same different field of work as other types or sports, and not to criticize the work they put into it? The three points are to support this is that some sports, are acknowledged as a sport, even when there is little physical activity in it; chess is considered a sport, when it is more of a mental …show more content…
Well, it is indeed considered a sport to some people, but why is it when there is no physical activity? There is and Foley (2015) stated “Peak mental condition requires being in good physical condition. Players need to concentrate totally for up to seven hours. As the stress and tension builds up, blood pressure, pulse and respiration rates all increase” (Para. 4). We see that the mind is connected to the body, where that is a physical aspect, it can affect a player with stress, confusion, blank thoughts, and it can change the game. However, people will still dismiss that chess is a sport because it’s a mind game not a physical game, and that may be true, nevertheless most sports use cognitive skill, or their brains during a game, which again is connected to the body. Chess has been around in our world, where we can play it on our phones, showing people still has been a powerful sport that has continued to this day. However, if chess is a sport, can they be called athletes as