Darts is not a sport. Period.
Precision Sports (like Billiard, Pool, Snooker, Darts, Shooting, Archery, Golf, ...) are still Sports.
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Not to me, no.
then pray tell please share your definition.
Fine. My personal opinion is that a sport should be an activity that requires a certain amount of energy to be used up. For me, most of these activities just don’t seem to carry that weight.
What amount would that be? For you see brain power and dexterity (fine motor skill) also require a certain amount of energy; you simply don't see it from the outside.
True, very true. In terms of exact amounts, I’d say about the amount of energy needed to complete a modest walk, or even a short jog maybe. That sets the threshold quite low ik, but that’s about what I think.
Have you ever tried Archery; or can you fathom how much strength you need to pull to fire a single arrow? Same with Rifle Shooting targets. Both are also considered Precision Sports.
Personally I haven’t.
I used to have a similar opinion about what things should or shouldn't count as sports. I took a course in college about sports and I learned that there are actually legal ramifications to whether we call things a sport or not. For instance, there are people who might not want to call cheerleading a sport, but if it is not, then schools are not required to provide adequate protection (like pads for falling) for them. I think we can agree that there is definitively a possibility of getting hurt in cheerleading and so equipment like that should be available.
That to me speaks more of a failing in the legal system than anything else, though cheerleading in particular is 100% a sport.
Darts is at least physical, chess is not a sport. It's a game.
Neither darts nor chess are sports
Would you argue that shot put isn’t a sport? Sumo wrestling? Greco style wrestling? There’s some big ass mofos in those sports, among many others.
I think I would (sumos yes definitely, idk what Greco is I’d have to learn about it before I could say)
What about pool/snooker/billiards?
Pool? No Snooker? No Billiards? Mmm… I’m on the ledge about that one
Same with swimming and soccer
I’m with OP on this one.
In my view, sports are games where pure physicality (speed/power/endurance) confers a major advantage. All physical games reward coordination and precision, but I would only call the subset of those that also reward physicality sports.