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Normal wear into sports weartuffers#1 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:46 pmChanging into what ?Max B Gold wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 7:57 pmAnother 100% correct answer.The Mindsweep wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 6:49 pm A sport requires changing in order to play at a high level. Darts, Snooker and Golf are just games and pastimes.
Good old Uncle Bazza is probably on the blower to his kid right now telling him to sell the tv rights to sky.
Ah so changing out of jeans & t shirt for example intoThe Mindsweep wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 9:16 pmNormal wear into sports wear
That is not changing in order to play the sport. Likewise wearing a Pringle jumper doesn't help your golf, just makes you look like Ronnie Corbett.tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Thu Sep 09, 2021 11:58 pmAh so changing out of jeans & t shirt for example into
Trousers & dart shirt emblazoned with sponsorship
With possibly a cape isnt changing ?
Back in my day we called them love doves but, yeah, they were bangin'
Golf isnt about wearing a Jumper .The Mindsweep wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:30 amThat is not changing in order to play the sport. Likewise wearing a Pringle jumper doesn't help your golf, just makes you look like Ronnie Corbett.
I dont play Golf that much myself, but for me, for definite should be classified as a sport.tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 10:29 amGolf isnt about wearing a Jumper .The Mindsweep wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:30 amThat is not changing in order to play the sport. Likewise wearing a Pringle jumper doesn't help your golf, just makes you look like Ronnie Corbett.
a 7K walk whilst carrying a bag approx 25 kg
then at par 72 swings of a golf.club
putting immense strain on the body if it does it correctly .
if it doesnt you need to ask golfers about all
the injuries they suffer .
However
back to Darts .
its still changing & that was
your criteria for Sport .
you didnt define "changing " enough .
I can confirm golf is a sport. Not a very interesting one but a sport all the same.Sid Bishop wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 11:25 amI dont play Golf that much myself, but for me, for definite should be classified as a sport.tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 10:29 amGolf isnt about wearing a Jumper .The Mindsweep wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 8:30 am
That is not changing in order to play the sport. Likewise wearing a Pringle jumper doesn't help your golf, just makes you look like Ronnie Corbett.
a 7K walk whilst carrying a bag approx 25 kg
then at par 72 swings of a golf.club
putting immense strain on the body if it does it correctly .
if it doesnt you need to ask golfers about all
the injuries they suffer .
However
back to Darts .
its still changing & that was
your criteria for Sport .
you didnt define "changing " enough .
No, you need to change clothes to participate, therefore its a sport. Please keep up, refer to my original post.StillSpike wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 12:06 pm Swimming is therefore a pastime rather than a sport.
You can jump in the water and splash about. Those at the very top can have lane markings and a stopwatch, but essentially it's a game where you ty to get to the end of the pool in less seconds than your opponent.
See also: running
You must play a lot of golf?Ronnie Hotdogs wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 12:12 pm Golf is a sport for wankers, but it’s still a sport.
‘Not an interesting one?’Max B Gold wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 11:35 amI can confirm golf is a sport. Not a very interesting one but a sport all the same.Sid Bishop wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 11:25 amI dont play Golf that much myself, but for me, for definite should be classified as a sport.tuffers#1 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 10:29 am
Golf isnt about wearing a Jumper .
a 7K walk whilst carrying a bag approx 25 kg
then at par 72 swings of a golf.club
putting immense strain on the body if it does it correctly .
if it doesnt you need to ask golfers about all
the injuries they suffer .
However
back to Darts .
its still changing & that was
your criteria for Sport .
you didnt define "changing " enough .
Underwater soot juggling ?
Just grab a ball & kick it on some grassStillSpike wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 12:06 pm Swimming is therefore a pastime rather than a sport.
You can jump in the water and splash about. Those at the very top can have lane markings and a stopwatch, but essentially it's a game where you ty to get to the end of the pool in less seconds than your opponent.
See also: running
if the current world champion is FatMax B Gold wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:16 pm Well I didn't expect this level of controversy when I started the thread.
Too many sports are being dragged in and rubbished and the focus on darts being a pub game played by fat blokes has been diluted. Shame really.
Or Hungry Hippostuffers#1 wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:31 pmJust grab a ball & kick it on some grassStillSpike wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 12:06 pm Swimming is therefore a pastime rather than a sport.
You can jump in the water and splash about. Those at the very top can have lane markings and a stopwatch, but essentially it's a game where you ty to get to the end of the pool in less seconds than your opponent.
See also: running
same for rugby
hockey you need to find a stick thing to
as for cricket the only thing you dont have to wear is your coat .
all Games not a single sport as you can do all of them
Those at the very top can have lane markings and a stopwatch, but essentially it's a game where you ty to get to the end of the pool in less seconds than your opponent.
See also: every other sport/game invented !
I always thought a game was played on a board a bit like chess/draughts etc
pretty much nailed itStory of O wrote: ↑Fri Sep 10, 2021 1:35 pm Using that analogy there is no such thing as sport as everyone can do them