Is It Really a Sport If Nobody Hits Anybody?
This is a common question that is asked among many people, and although many people do take this question seriously others find it to be very silly. The people who play sports are athletes, and to be considered a professional athlete you must compete in a professional sport. Since this can be any professional sport from ice skating to football, how can you say that one sport is less of a sport just because there is no physical contact involved?
Dancing is considered a professional sport and some dancers start dancing at the age of a toddler, and those who play football may not begin playing until high school. Since the dancer started longer shouldn’t they be more of an athlete, making dancing more of a sport? All athletes train for the same amount of time, and they all dedicate their lives to the sports that they are playing. To say that one sport is not a support because there is no physical contact is ridiculous.
Just because people aren’t hitting one another all athletes still get injured, they still compete, and they still endure the most rigorous physical training, so to say that one sport is not because people aren’t running into is untrue, and that statement is for the ignorant.
