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I know football, basketball, baseball, and hockey are considered sports, but what is the game of billiards considered to be? I would eventually like to learn how to play billiards, and if I had questions, where would I post them - on the "Other Topics" board or here? I searched the word "billiards" on the Sports board, but got no hits.
Are billiards, fly fishing, and bowling considered past times and not sports?
well in my opinion i dont consider them sports cause u dont have to have any athletic abilities to really do those, i mean i have an uncle who is 250 lbs and so out of shape but is one of best billiards players in our county and won tons of tourney, but in no way is he an athlete. so i would consider them past times, although they do require a ton of skill which the ordinary person dont have, so they still earn a certain amount of respect.
i love watching billiards on espn.. those players are amazing!!
well in my opinion i dont consider them sports cause u dont have to have any athletic abilities to really do those, i mean i have an uncle who is 250 lbs and so out of shape but is one of best billiards players in our county and won tons of tourney, but in no way is he an athlete. so i would consider them past times, although they do require a ton of skill which the ordinary person dont have, so they still earn a certain amount of respect.
i love watching billiards on espn.. those players are amazing!!
Okay, thanks!!! Hmmmm, a skilled activity rather than a sport. I'll keep that in mind. Wow, your uncle's the man!
Let's see ... billiards requires a knowledge of rules, a deft touch, superior hand-eye coordination, strategy, tactics, analytical skills, mastered use of the tools of the game, and an ability to deal with some amount of uncertainty in the game, right?
Other than requring less physical strength and brute force ... what separates that activity from something you're considering as a "real" sport?
How about an archer? try shooting a few dozen arrows with accuracy in a tournament ....
Or a fly-fisherman? Is he less an athlete than a big-game fisherman grinding away on a big Senator reel for hours?
Or a recreational hiker? I know some folks who hike fourteener's at a pace that is past breathtaking for normal people at altitude .... and can do several peaks in a day.
Or a recreational bicyclist? I know a whole bunch I used to try to keep up with who were just short of Olympic level riders ... but rode only for their own pleasure and exercise, or to pace with olympians ....
Or a recreational skier ... who just happens to favor deep powder and steep slopes?
Or a recreational SCUBA diver who does 100'+ reef or wreck diving?
I believe all of these activities (just a few examples, there's surely many many more) require some "athletic ability".
Perhaps you only consider a real "sport" something that is a "pro" team effort?
I'd disagree .....
I'm sick of these conversations about "what is and isnt a sport"- does the term even matter? Billiards is what it is. Just like any other activity. Golf is golf, bowling is bowling, car racing is car racing, you get the idea. No need to argue over a label.
Believe me, I'm not putting the game of billiards down. It does require all of those things sunspirit brought up. I guess it could be considered "sport" but not "a sport" if that makes any sense. I just consider "a sport" to be something with athletes involved, and when I think of athletes I think of physical stamina and strength. But hey, I've been wrong 17 billion other times, just my opinion.
I define a sport in part as an activity where the participant needs to perform "on demand". And it usually involves a physical challenge to some degree. That's why I would consider a race car driver, a hunter, a bowler, competition shooting, yes, even fly fishing to be sporting activities. It can be either a man vs. man or a man vs. nature activity, but as I mentioned, there is a need to physically perform on demand. If the sportsman can't perform the task at the moment performance is required, then he fails to succeed and/or loses the competition.
I know football, basketball, baseball, and hockey are considered sports, but what is the game of billiards considered to be? I would eventually like to learn how to play billiards, and if I had questions, where would I post them - on the "Other Topics" board or here? I searched the word "billiards" on the Sports board, but got no hits.
Are billiards, fly fishing, and bowling considered past times and not sports?
Thank you.
I consider billiards as a pasttime. I love playing pool and I had never considered it a sport. Well, I've always played for fun anyway. I'm never serious about it.
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