It's not a sport if you can't play it

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The definition of "play" is subjective and very limited in use. You can play on monkey bars when you are three, but you can't play swimming. Does that mean monkey bars is a sport and swimming is not? Can a three year old be considered an athlete, but Michael Phelps can not? The word involved is not line for determining what is a sport and what is not.
 

maddawg IAJI

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omega 616 said:
maddawg IAJI said:
A sport is all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to use, maintain or improve physical fitness and provide entertainment to participants
Except chess?

To me sport is something that has competition, whether it be clay pigeon shooting, starcraft 2 or racing. This thing about it being physical is bull to me, I mean the hammer throw for example, is that more about strength or technique? 'cos all you do is spin in a circle. What about golf, I think we can all agree that is a sport but as far as being physically demanding it's a joke ... old people play it over football for a reason.
Chess is debatable, I see chess more as a game then as a sport.