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Post by heeeeey on Aug 12, 2013 23:40:31 GMT
You don't have to be in particularly good shape to play either one.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 13, 2013 8:01:12 GMT
i think they should , you need skill , I mean if these are not sports that would mean games like darts and snooker should also not be sports.
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Post by Hunny on Aug 13, 2013 21:11:23 GMT
Golf is considered a sport (by the cable networks), and if you let yourself get out of shape, you wont play as well.
Bowling I dont know...a "sport"..mm...let's check the definition.... Sport: an athletic activity requiring skill and often of a competitive nature,as racing, baseball, tennis etc Okay. well technically bowling qualifies as a sport. But many might say it's just a game. I dont know which is right myself.
Darts and snooker though (lol! I believe she meant "pool", billiards)...those are "games".
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Post by DAS (formerly BushAdmirer) on Aug 13, 2013 22:01:52 GMT
Sport is a pretty loosely defined term. Consider fishing, hunting, ping-pong, curling, horseshoes, croquet, car racing, etc. You don't have to break a sweat to participate in any of those. I would say golf and bowling are 'sportier' than any of those.
My idea of a real sport would be riding a bike around France for three weeks in the Tour de France, especially in the mountains. American Football is another example of a real sport (as opposed to soccer, a sport for sissies in short pants). And how about ski jumping?
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Post by Hunny on Aug 13, 2013 22:12:08 GMT
lol @ "a sport for sissies in short pants" Shame on you BA! You know in England it's not really considered that way...but I know the whole thing here about how we have "soccer moms" and their kids are told they shouldn't even keep score so no one will feel bad (huh?) and all that. We have a wimped down version of what elsewhere is real sport.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 14, 2013 3:15:12 GMT
You don't have to be in particularly good shape to play either one.
Try learning to hit a golf ball, it not as easy as it appears watching the pros.
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Post by gunnerjacky on Dec 9, 2015 6:25:13 GMT
Yes, golf and bowling should be considered as sport. It should be played with jest just like soccer and crickets. I consider gun shooting (i.e target shooting) also a good sport.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 10, 2015 0:29:44 GMT
Picking what is a sport and what is not a sport kind-of describes ourselves. But I'll just take one to discuss, that is, snooker, billiards, pool.
Each has many variations and developing one's skill at playing is a long process including many hours of practice. Even then, after achieving some level of expertise, take some time off and it is almost like starting over when you return to the table.
Over the years, having played a fair amount I have met many players from around the country. It is one of the most tense generating sports. You are there, you are alone, and generally you have money invested in the play, often a lot of money.
Build up to the point that you think that you are pretty good, then play for money, have 10% or more of your annual income on a single event. Think it isn't a sport? More than one person I know who plays has an ulcer.
Get good at pool such as with eight ball. Get good at it, then switch to nine ball, or maybe straight pool, or then switch the size of the table such as a 3.5 x 7, or 4 x 8 or, 4.5 x 9, or even like the old days and go 5 x 10. Then switch to to snooker with a 6 x 12 table and smaller balls and smaller pockets. Once you've got all of that down pat, switch to billiards. No more pockets just making patterns of caroms. Now take that to 3 cushion billiards and if that isn't enough go to sectioned billiards such as 15-3, or 10-3. There are many more variations, but go back to pocket pool and see how long of a run you can make putting balls in pockets, years ago Willie Musconi ran 528 and walked away from the table and that has been bested in these latter years.
There are the other variations such as bottle pool and pin pool, but none of them are as tense as when you place a thousand dollars on the table and say to an open room, “Lets Play.” Now that is sport.
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Post by FanOfDorks on Dec 10, 2015 17:03:39 GMT
Shopping in Asda should be considered an olympic sport the way they chuck your shoping at you at the check out.
Its a race toget your bags packed before all your shopping piles up
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