My friend Johnathon claims that dance and gymnastics aren't sports. Are they sports? I want to prove him wrong! ^^
2007-03-10 14:18:14 · 3 answers · asked by Caiti 2 in Sports ➔ Other - Sports
Well your friend Johnathon is completely wrong.
Dancing and gymnastics both require physical abilility and are considered a sport.
For instance here is the definition of Sport from Wikipedia:
Sport is an activity that is governed by a set of rules or customs and often engaged in competitively. Used by itself, sports commonly refer to activities where the physical capabilities of the competitor are the sole or primary determiner of the outcome (winning or losing), but the term is also used to include activities such as mind sports and motor sports where mental acuity or equipment quality are major factors.
Dance is listed under the category of "Entertainment Sport" (see Resource #2 link).
And below is a partial list of sports (see more using Resource #2 link):
Contents [hide]
1 Adventure
2 Air sports
3 Animal sports
4 Athletics (track and field)
5 Combat sports
6 Court sports
7 Cycling
8 Endurance sports
9 Entertainment sports
10 Gymnastics
11 Miscellaneous
12 Motor Vehicle racing
13 Multiple sports
14 Racquet (or racket) sports
15 Skating sports
16 Skiing or Snowboard sports
17 Sled sports
18 Strength sports
19 Table sports
20 Target sports
21 Team sports
22 Water sports
23 See also
24 External links
25 References
Entertainment sports:
Professional Wrestling
Marching Band
Bossaball
Winterguard
Dance
2007-03-10 14:36:45 · answer #1 · answered by lremmell64 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dance,Gymnastics and cheer are definitely sports. I know you didn't ask about cheer but it relates to these sports. First of all, all these sports keep you in shape, we have practices like any other sports, and a lot more. Like football they have the super bowl, Gymnastics has the olymipcs and Dance has regionals and nationals. We require a lot of work like any other sport.
2007-03-10 15:14:17 · answer #2 · answered by Andrea<3 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
gymnatics is very much considered a sport. not only does it have a spot in the olympics its also a title 9 sport and if they remove it from a high school they have to remove a mens program as well(there can not be more men sports than girl). Gymnastics also goes to CIF's. Dance and cheer however im not sure those are sports (they are not title 9) they are more of a club thing
2007-03-10 14:47:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋