Is darts a sport or a game?
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Is darts a sport or a game?
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Re: Is darts a sport or a game?
I've never heard anyone ask anyone if they wanted to play a sport of darts but I have heard them ask if they would like to play a game of darts.
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Re: Is darts a sport or a game?
I really just wanted a cute title for the GIF of this guy throwing a double Robin Hood in the triple twenty, but then I decided to google it and found a cool website http://www.differencebetween.net/miscel ... and-sport/. It's all essays on differences between similar terms and objects.Hoosiernorm wrote:I've never heard anyone ask anyone if they wanted to play a sport of darts but I have heard them ask if they would like to play a game of darts.
I think they would classify it as a sport with some elements of game.
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Re: Is darts a sport or a game?
I always thought the difference between a sport and a game was whether or not there was a defense. If there are defensive players, it's a sport; if there aren't; it's a game.
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Re: Is darts a sport or a game?
That leaves out track and field, boxing. If anything, I would turn that definition 180°.NapLajoieonSteroids wrote:I always thought the difference between a sport and a game was whether or not there was a defense. If there are defensive players, it's a sport; if there aren't; it's a game.
I have trouble thinking of anything involving a ball as anything but a game. A ball always adds in a random element.
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Re: Is darts a sport or a game?
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Re: Is darts a sport or a game?
Most leading darts players seem to be massively overweight and have a glass of beer to hand.
Surely that disqualifies it as a sport.
Surely that disqualifies it as a sport.
Re: Is darts a sport or a game?
i dont actually believe their is a distinction between them and its an english quirk and that article is complety made up.
sport is the act of playing a game.
eg: do you sports ? why i yes i had a game of sports on the weekend.
etc etc.
sport is the act of playing a game.
eg: do you sports ? why i yes i had a game of sports on the weekend.
.. ermm like esports ?A physical activity,
.. wow, , where to start.When a game relies on strategy, sport is based on individual performances and luck.
.. yay more of the same.In a sport, the athlete can take independent decisions, but a player cannot take such independent decisions in a game. l
etc etc.
which pretty much encapsulates all 'games' and doesnt include any of the gobbledygook i had trouble with in the referenced article.SportAccord uses the following criteria, determining that a sport should:[1]
have an element of competition
be in no way harmful to any living creature
not rely on equipment provided by a single supplier (excluding proprietary games such as arena football)
not rely on any "luck" element specifically designed into the sport
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Re: Is darts a sport or a game?
are you saying test cricket isnt a sport ?Torchwood wrote:Most leading darts players seem to be massively overweight and have a glass of beer to hand.
Surely that disqualifies it as a sport.
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