Is track really a sport ??

So it is confirmed not a sport?

GCW wrote:

NewToIt98 wrote:

Well is it? There is zero team work, no skill, and no physical contact.

What is the definition of a 'sport'?

Here are a few popular 'sports' which don't fit your criteria:

Golf - no physical contact, no team work

Wrestling - no team work

Boxing - no team work

Swimming - no team work and no physical contact

Baseball - no physical contact

Gymnastics - no team work, no physical contact

Volleyball - no physical contact

It seems as though the only real sports as defined by you are Basketball, Football, and Soccer. Even then, physical contact in Basketball and Soccer is as illegal as in T&F.

Also, I disagree with your contention that Track requires no skill, as there is strategy aplenty in the distance events, and hurdles, jumps, and throws are very skill/technique based events.

There is more technique in sprinting than in distance running.

There is lots of teamwork in all of the above sports. If I explain a technique, give you encouragement, critique a performance, time you, etc., isn't that teamwork?

Practicing of skills usually only occurs with the help of teammates and often your success depends on having talented teammates!

plog wrote:

A sport is a zero-sum competition (Test 1) with an athletic component (Test 2) that has direct (e.g. punhcing each other) or directly indirect (e.g. upon an object they both use, like a ball) physical interaction between competitors(Test 3).

Golf - Fails Test 1 & 3.

Track - Fails Test 1 & 3

Try and break my definition or come up with one of yours and I guarantee I can make a stupid "sport" using your definition.

Yes and I can do 1000 consecutive pushups.

plog wrote:

A sport is a zero-sum competition (Test 1) with an athletic component (Test 2) that has direct (e.g. punhcing each other) or directly indirect (e.g. upon an object they both use, like a ball) physical interaction between competitors(Test 3).

Golf - Fails Test 1 & 3.

Track - Fails Test 1 & 3

Try and break my definition or come up with one of yours and I guarantee I can make a stupid "sport" using your definition.

I would like to add a stupid arbitrary condition to your stupid arbitrary conditions.

Hats and/or headgear is disallowed.

Football, baseball, and hockey are now no longer considered sports.

But i feel like track is basically things that humans know how to do instinctualy. i.e walking, running, jumping. These are basic things all animals learn how to do. Your not born learning to play football you learn how to. I tell a big kid to run some complicated Qb call he would not know what to do. You tell that same big kid theres a dog chasin him hes gonna instinctualy run, he sees a long he thinks he can clear while running, best believe hes gonna hop his fat butt over.why because every mamal at some basic form does these things. That is why i dont think it qualifies as a sport. That being said it does take skill. Amen.

NewToIt98 wrote:

Well is it? There is zero team work, no skill, and no physical contact.

At the elite international level, the doping means it is not even entertainment wrestling.

Big weener wrote:

Track, Swimming, Wrestling are sport.

Football, Baseball, Basketball, Tennis, Golf, Hockey, Rugby, Cricket, Bowling are games.

This reply is most accurate.

NO! 100% NO. Track is LIFE. To survive you need to be able to fight or run, life skills. PURE pursuits.

Bouncing an ORANGE ball with random black stripes or hitting a fuzzy green ball on random elements in nature are REAL sports.

Sure, You can wear a variety of pants when doing yoga. I support my mental health thanks to yoga and daily exercises. Track is a sport, but I do not do it. Leggings https://flexyfeli.com/leggings/mermaid-colored-printed-on-yellow-yoga-leggings.html are a good choice for yoga since they both stretch and hug the body.

Clark Griswold wrote:

True, there is no real team aspect. If my shot putter teammate has a bad attempt, it has zero impact on my performance in the 5,000 meters.

That doesn't keep it from being a sport. It's a contest of physical ability.

And you're a troll.

I was on a championship track & field team and coached a championship cross country team.

In both cases my teammates helped me run better. Those guys spurred me on!!!

10/10 Excellent

Rule of thumb: if you can win Olympic gold in the event it's a sport. Other sports are subjective as to whether they are sports.

NewToIt98 wrote:

Well is it? There is zero team work, no skill, and no physical contact.

You're referring to 'games' not sports per se. Team sports are always games, a broad range of athletic pursuits are not games. 'Sports' covers all athletic or 'sporting' pursuits, not just games.

alpha wrote:

NewToIt98 wrote:

Well is it? There is zero team work, no skill, and no physical contact.

You're referring to 'games' not sports per se. Team sports are always games, a broad range of athletic pursuits are not games. 'Sports' covers all athletic or 'sporting' pursuits, not just games.

Correction: Should have said; Team sports are usually games.

Big weener wrote:

Track, Swimming, Wrestling are sport.

Football, Baseball, Basketball, Tennis, Golf, Hockey, Rugby, Cricket, Bowling are games.

Sports determine the winner by a clock, a tape measure or a scale.

Wrestling is a game.

Sports come from the word desport, which means a leisure activity. 200 years ago, sports were things like hunting and card games. What we know as track and field and cross country all fall under the definition of athletics. Athletics originated from the Greek word meaning contest. Athletics included running, throwing, wrestling, and equestrian. Calling track a sport is actually an insult to it and to its history. We complain about the spectator aspect but sports are for leisure (armchair QBs) and track and field (athletics) is/are for competing, regardless of who is watching.

NewToIt98 wrote:

Well is it? There is zero team work, no skill, and no physical contact.

Have you ever watched the relays? They require team work, skill (to pass the baton correctly), and they collide a lot in the 4x400.

NewToIt98 wrote:

Well is it? There is zero team work, no skill, and no physical contact.

These are the same LRC bros who argue against global warming and immigrants with the same level of reasoning.

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Technically, yes. Technically, however, more people are more interested in 'American Ninja Warrior' than track and field