According to research in 2004, pro football, baseball and college football are America’s favorite sports (Pro Football Is Still America's Favorite Sport). These pastimes require hard work, strength, muscle, and many years of training. Many people would disagree when I say that not only is dance an art, but it is also a sport. I will stand by my valid opinion in stating that competitive dancing is a sport that requires many athletic abilities, just like any other sport.
In order to be exceptional at the sport, it requires a great amount of time in a studio working. Dedicated dancers usually spend up to 20 hours a week in the studio. If you danced for 4 hours a day, for every weekday of the year, then that would add up to 1040 hours, which …show more content…
Some teams spend countless hours of practicing for a few dance numbers to prepare for their competitions. Once you arrive at a competition, you will register and then compete! You can have any amount of people you want on your team during your number. While you are performing, a panel of judges will score you based on technical skills, precision, showmanship, memory, and overall impression (Nda.varsity.com). The team with the highest overall will win first or overall, depending on the competitions preference. This technique of scoring is comparable to gymnastics, but gymnastics is considered a sport. So why is dance never given credit for being a sport? Someone opposing my opinion might say, that in order to be a sport there must be a ball in the game or more physical activity. But, according to the webster dictionary definition of sport, a sport is a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other (Merriam-Webster). Competitive dancing is a contest, it also requires physical activity, the competition does have rules, and many teams compete against one
In order to be exceptional at the sport, it requires a great amount of time in a studio working. Dedicated dancers usually spend up to 20 hours a week in the studio. If you danced for 4 hours a day, for every weekday of the year, then that would add up to 1040 hours, which …show more content…
Some teams spend countless hours of practicing for a few dance numbers to prepare for their competitions. Once you arrive at a competition, you will register and then compete! You can have any amount of people you want on your team during your number. While you are performing, a panel of judges will score you based on technical skills, precision, showmanship, memory, and overall impression (Nda.varsity.com). The team with the highest overall will win first or overall, depending on the competitions preference. This technique of scoring is comparable to gymnastics, but gymnastics is considered a sport. So why is dance never given credit for being a sport? Someone opposing my opinion might say, that in order to be a sport there must be a ball in the game or more physical activity. But, according to the webster dictionary definition of sport, a sport is a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other (Merriam-Webster). Competitive dancing is a contest, it also requires physical activity, the competition does have rules, and many teams compete against one