Athletics
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Highly competitive & organized & big commitment
(time, training) & more exclusive (higher level of physical skill) &
mental fortitude. Uses judges/ref and winners & losers.
Sport
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Physical ? Recreational activity with friends
& Brings out competitiveness & Develops virtues (teamwork, etc). uses
refs
Examples: hunting? Ping pong, fishing, chess, gambling,
euchre, horse racing, auto racing
Game: an exercise of voluntary control systems in which
there is a contest between powers confined by rules in order to produce a
disequilibrial outcome.
Hobby
Athletic Department
Olympic sports, Olympic athletes
Sports & ethics
I think athletic is sports are are affiliated with a organization that is highly competitive, organized, involves a big commitment (time, training) is more exclusive (higher level of physical skill) and involves a lot of mental fortitude. They also use judges/ref and winners and losers.
ReplyDeleteI think sports is a physical activity with friends that brings out competitiveness, develops virtues (teamwork, etc) and they use refs.It also involves a lot of commitment, determination and the love of the activity.
A hobby is just some activity that you love to do in your spare time that may not include a lot of physical activity and less competitive and preparation than playing a sport.
I think the term athletics refers to an organization/department that groups sports as a whole. To turn it in the other direction in my opinion it can also refer to a particular person stating that they are "athletic." I wouldn't define athletics as an actually sport for say or refer to it as playing "athletics."
ReplyDeleteAs for sports I would define it as a physical activity that you play competitively that requires commitment and dedication.
Then hobby is any type of activity that you do in your free time that you may enjoy. It may be a sport, horseback riding, swimming or anything like that but it does not require as much commitment because you just do it when you can.
I agree with Tori on that athletics is not just a sport but a person being athletic. Also that sports in a competitive and requires a lot of dedication and commitment.
DeletePerhaps from bias, I intrinsically want to stipulate that athletics denote activities that require considerable physical exertion and skill, in addition to all of the other qualifications described here (e.g., competitive, commitment, refereed, etc.). One important issue with my corollary, however, is golf -- I certainly think that golf functions as an athletic pursuit but (and I hope I am not offending anyone) it is not to me a very physical activity (though it does of course require considerable skill).
ReplyDeleteI accept the definition of a sport with only one reservation: A sport can be broadened to include some of the examples listed here, though I do not agree with all of them. I can begrudgingly grant that automobile racing is a sport -- I am almost tempted to label that just a hobby, but given the mental and physical dimensions, it can meet these stipulations. I do, however, disagree that euchre -- or poker for that matter -- is a sport, for I would rather label it a game, as it does not really inculcate the virtues associated with sports. If you were to include euchre, you would have to include a whole host of card games involving multiple individuals collaborating against opponents, which I think would stretch the definition of sport too far.
Finally, this may be just for my sake, but I think some clarification is needed about what a disequilibrial outcome is. If this is to say that there must be a winner or loser of the game, I would disagree. Most of the time, tic-tac-toe or rock, paper, scissors (which I would certainly consider a game) seem to end in draws wherein no one wins. Beyond these small issues, though, I believe that these definitions are very reasonable and accurately account for what qualifies as athletics, sports, and games.