I had this debate with a serial jogger who had a go at me once when i said i was knackered after playing in a snooker final years ago. I lost, it went to the final frame and i just missed out on winning the trophy but i just felt drained and tired. Now i know that snooker is NOT a sport and i will argue the fact with anyone who says it is, but there is a high amount of skill and talent needed to be very good at it. Darts is also the same. We can all pot a snooker ball, throw a dart, tiddle a wink - though ive never played tiddly winks ever in my life - but to be very good at these sports/activities/hobbies you must practice them to get better... Jeez we have professional anglers in this country for gods sake and they call that sport...!!! The man in question said that i would have excerted no physical strain on my body in playing snooker and asked why should you be tired. This is from a bloke who used to run into work, about 12 miles there and back, every day for about 15 years... Well its a mental thing with snooker, as is a lot of these so called sports etc... Hobbies/activities... Snooker, fishing, darts, crown green bowling, ten pin bowling, golf, dressage, body building - sorry cyc, dominoes... i suppose the list is endless... Might be easier to say which sports are sports...
If sports like snooker, darts and even golf are being accused of not being sports, then surely motor racing isn't either. I hardly see how driving a car can be classed as sport?
"This is from a bloke who used to run into work, about 12 miles there and back, every day for about 15 years" bet he smelled nice running 12 miles to work. wouldnt want to sit next to him.
I was thinking about this on the way to work on my bike this morning. I came to the conclusion that it all revolves around the individual definition and perception of what is or isn't a sport. The best definition I came up with was "An activity which is goverened by a formal council and pursued at a professional status in formal competition". The traditional concep of sport being something which makes you work up a sweat is no longer relevant in today's world. Look at cycling - a granny cycling down to the local shop to buy 20 Bensons is hardly sport, but I think most of us would agree the Tour de France is.
Hi, Oddy. I go down to my local Co-Op regularly for 20 Bensons...what happens is......either out of stock; no-one at the counter; people paying by cash card for items under £2; long cashback transactions; often go into the storeroom to get the ***s; cash machine out of order; long queues; surly, underpaid bolemic staff; prices wrongly marked up / charged. When I've walked down there and gone through that lot, it certainly makes me sweat!! So, if sweating can denote a sport, then I'd like to introduce "Co-op Retail Endurance Test For Customers" as a new event for the Olympics!
What do you make of these new "self check-outs" Tam? I refuse to use them. And if the polite young gentleman / lady asks me if I would like to use it, I say "No, I wouldn't. And why are you asking? It's going to do you out of a job one day"
I've always thought Pig Kicking should be introduced to the Olympic range of events. Played mainly in Northern industrial towns nowadays, the pig is well greased and bare footed men try to "guide it" from one end of the high street to the other. Consumption of alcohol is obligatory
Darts used to be used in hunting and battle, like a bow and arrow and javelin. so I would say darts is DEFINITELY a sport.
