Do individual sports really count as "sports? Let's put this argument to rest once and for all. Take a look at what the dictionaries have to say. The 1st is from Merriam-Webster's dictionary: Sport : A contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other.
The 2nd is from Collins English Dictionary:. There you have it. Argument settled. I don't want to hear any more about it. But even though you can whip out dictionaries, there are still some team sportsters that will argue that sports like track and field aren't really sports.
They'll put forth the argument that a sport needs a ball or implement and you need to be able to score some kind of goal with one offense opposing another team's defense.
You can't score and you don't play against the other teams defense in a game! We don't "play," we compete. We don't "score," we medal. We don't play games against one teams defense, we compete against 30 other teams all at once. While you're thinking about that, think about this, our sport is your sport's punishment. So, for all the "track haters" out there, here's 15 reasons why track and field is the best sport in the world!
The Greeks held track meets beginning in BC and continued doing it for 11 centuries afterwards! Can you think of another sport that has that deep of a history?
The first modern Olympic games, held in , was simply just a world track meet. Track and field was the first intercollegiate sport where universities competed against one another beginning in in England. The United States first started participating in intercollegiate track and field in beginning in New York. As a result of American universities competing in track and field, the Intercollegiate Athletic Association IAA was founded as a way to govern the participation.
Student athletes of some sports play one position, therefore, their training revolves around the skill-set for that position. This allows them to become more in tune with their different skill-sets, resulting in improvement all around. It can lead to college scholarships and it leaves a lasting impression on their lives.
T 7 60 1 E info worldrecordcamps. Blog World Record Coaching. The Top 3 Reasons 1. That's right. The oldest humans, on whose example we founded our own civilizations, didn't care about foul shots scored or goals saved or the player with the newest Air Jordans.
They cared about being able to defend yourself either skedaddle or stand and throw a really big rock , to sustain yourself go build your own shelter and kill your own game , and because they all worked out like this to look good naked.
Humans had to hunt before they could plan t, harvest before they could feast, and build stable cities before they could worry about arbitrary physical recreation using crude balls made of animal hide. The very basis of our existence, therefore, lies in the humble skill of running really fast. All sports require this function. Even if they don't require it directly, you'd be a sorry athlete if you couldn't at least sprint m to save your skin.
Having the ability to do so only improves your sport performance, no matter what. You can call other activities - like football, baseball, and basketball - sports because they are also quests of self-betterment and pit competitive individuals against each other. That is the legitimate rationale behind "sport. What is running fast or far, if not a metaphor for the internal struggle against the body's inherent laziness? But don't take the stance of the basketball jock.
Don't say that soccer , for example, is a sport because it "makes sense. This is just that one guy's superficial criteria for what is a sport.
You're much better off seeing what kind of character traits a sport instills in its athletes, and in this area track and field is one of the best.
There is a steep learning curve to every event in track and field, from obviously alien pole-vaulting to hurdling to even sprinting a good m. People can run, but it takes years of practice to run with efficient technique and optimal power production. A verity the kid in my gym class was no doubt unaware of. Such difficult skill acquisition should make track and field a little more recognizable to he of the hard-earned slam-dunk.
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