Originally Posted By wonderingalice Haven't read the entire thread, but I'll offer this... In high school, I and the rest of our members received athletic "letters" for our achievements on the dance/drill team. To brag a bit - we brought the very first trophies into our brand new school after winning the state championship in both dance and "military" (precision routine - no guns) competitions during our team's first year. We worked our patooties off. An hour before school, an hour for class and two hours every day after school, plus countless Saturdays. We performed a new routine for every home football and basketball game - which meant creating/learning sometimes two per week and always at least one. We also put on a Spring Revue every year in the school theater and each created our own individual routines as a "final exam" every nine weeks. High kicks, flying splits, dance and military combinations - minds and bodies working hard together. Oh, and you'd better SMILE, missy!! Dance is a sport. (Don't ask me about NASCAR... ;-)
Originally Posted By Labuda " In high school, I and the rest of our members received athletic "letters" for our achievements on the dance/drill team." I lettered in Choir and Academics. Take THAT! lol
Originally Posted By Labuda (Well, Academic Octathlon was my first letter, 2nd Choir and 3rd Academic Decathlon)
Originally Posted By wonderingalice ^^They had strange criteria at your school, didn't they? You have to admit that the terms "Octathlon" and "Decathlon" are used loosely in that context. LOL ;-) At mine, academics were rewarded with fancy cords and titles at graduation. And choir / band competed throughout the year for ribbons and trophies.
Originally Posted By Labuda Kim - Ac Oc & Ac Dec are competitions that pit school against school - there are 8 subjects when you're a fish/soph and then 10 when you're a junior/senior. As far as other stuff, we got "C" (our school was named for Justice Tom C. Clark) awards at a ceremony for good grades and whatnot. Then we had various honor societies - I was in Spanish Honor Society, French Honor Society, and National Honor Society. Nothing special about the foreign language ones, but the NHS membership netted us special sashes to wear with our gowns at graduation, and those of us who were officers in NHS got the REALLY groovy (much prettier than everyone else got) sashes. Oh, and in choir we did compete all year, too - I've got 7 or 8 medals on my choir letter jacket hanging in the closet. None on the Ac Oc or Ac Dec jackets, though - at those competitions, we'd get bronze, silver, or gold medals that could be worn around the neck. And Ursus - that would be cool as HECK to be an editorial cartoonist! (I recently met one who lives here in Austin! Yay political connections! hehe)
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Ann, I envy anyone who was brainy in high school... I was the first non-honors student in the bunch to get my diploma. One of my best friends was one of four valedictorians and my other girlfriends ranked just below salutatorian. I sat with them, so my name was called immediately following all of the top students. (I was B- / C+ at best - just good enough to remain on drill team. LOL) But when I think of decathlon, it's all about the Olympics and the training leading up to that. ;-) Basically, IMHO... Dance can definitely involve the same level of athleticism and training required to compete in many physical sports, therefore, it qualifies.
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Dancing really doesn't fall under the heading of a Sport , it falls under the heading of Competition , such as Fiqure Skating, Ice Dancing, Ball Room Dancing,ECT...does it really matter if some one wants to think of it as a sport, no , not to me..but at the end of the day, most people in the field of Competitiveness, wouldn't characterize it as a sport , it would be fielded as more of a Competition ...the work ethics and standards of each are all set at their highest...bringing out the best of each contestant...well done ladies on your achievements, well done, we watch and have supported many dancing competitions, our niece is a Gold Medalist in the Floor Dancing Competitions....
Originally Posted By wonderingalice You don't consider Figure Skating a sport?? Wow. I reading a bit of sexism here with all this "ladies" stuff. ;-) Afterall, when it comes down to it, all MALE sports are considered "competitive," too.
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Female and Male Athletes are involved in all of the groups mentioned above . All competitions are competitive don't you think, Male or Female... I just Believe that not all of these competitions come under the heading of Sports , in the same way as Football, Soccer, Baseball, Softball ect.. in the same manner these same Sports groups are not spoken of as competitions as Fiqure skating, Ice Dancing, Ball Room Dancing ,etc. are....doesn;t mean that they aren't just means that they are spoken of in a different descriptive way , lets just say that, for the sake of arguement. You are most certainaly entitled to believe what ever you wish, a question was asked an opinion "answer" was given. You just jumped to an incorrect assumption , that is all I have to say about your last post .
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Pitching horseshoes: Sport? We had our family picnic this weekend, and we have a big horseshoe tournament. It seems more like a game than a sport to me, even though it involves throwing a fairly heavy object some distance. It has a goal and point system, but you can easily have a couple of beers and some BBQ and still participate. So is that a sport or a game?
Originally Posted By wonderingalice I apologize for the "sexism" comment, TM. We'll have to agree to disagree re: figure skating unless the ONLY activities we're pinpointing as actual "sports" are the big four - football, baseball/softball, basketball and soccer. How do you feel about golf? I know that golfers and their fans consider it a sport, but it certainly isn't as physically demanding as the big four OR figure skating. I also don't consider auto racing a sport, but some of those participants and fans would want to beat me up for that assertion. LOL And, of course, we've got to find a place for tennis and cycling... Hence, the dangers of pigeonholing certain sports. ;-) 2oony, I would put horseshoes in the "Game" category along with bocci, shuffleboard, bowling, archery, trap/skeet and curling, etc. Dang, this could be as touchy as WE... Ha!
Originally Posted By Ursula ^ Isn't it, though? I just see a sport as baseball and hockey and rugby and tennis. Dancing and figure skating, as athletic as they are, just isn't a sport to me.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice I can concede dancing, but not figure skating... Guess Olympic figure skating is too deeply ingrained in my outlook. LOL
Originally Posted By barboy2 Competitions that rely on judges can still be bonafide sports. Boxing and kick boxing are indeed sports. Heck, many people deem golf a sport[and those PGA players wear dress slacks and walk during competition---- and what's with the pompous and/or lazy attitudes of not carrying their own clubs. They should have to carry their own trapping]. So clearly boxing is a sport. And I say dancing is not a sport.
Originally Posted By Labuda "Dang, this could be as touchy as WE... Ha!" I think that's why the OP started the thread there.
Originally Posted By TINK-MOBILE Awwwww That's o'kay Wondering Alice , no worries at all. There are so many activities out there, we can throw so many things into the mix , there are so many sporting events , some just have been highlighted more effectively , sponsorships ect. In fairness I have broadened my thoughts and have come to my conclusion that indeed all of these do come under the heading of Sports ..Sports day at schools have zoodles of games and competitions,tossing horse shoes was one of those sports at my school, the Winter Olympics have ice dancing, fiqure skating, all winter olympic sports, summer games as well, Golf is a very skilled sport , i have golfed and it is a very tiring game if you are not fit, also if you play the amount of games like the professionals do, your mentally prepared mind also takes a toll, Tennis, hand ball...so everyone , where there is Sportsmanship, there is sport, after all thinking back many years, I watched a Sports program called The Wonderful World of Sports,all of these events were shown on this program, even horse jumping, which we love to watch....horse racing, car racing..so many , too many to list............................. infact let's all be Good Sports and have an ice cream in disney one day... So yes , Fiqure skating, Ice Dancing, is an Olympic Sporting event , along with so many others, that have their own unique descriptions of what they are . So therefore Wondering Alice , could you be a Good Sport along with any others and just slide over a touch. Have a Great Day.....: ) sorry for speling erors , one finger typist sentimental key board ha ha ha
Originally Posted By wonderingalice LOL TM! Yep, always a good sport, I'm scootin' on over! Ann... Seriously? LOL!
