sdstar Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Track and swimming are head to head or timed events. Not subjective. It would be like bowling.... two people get a strike, but a "judge" decides whose strike was better. I was in a little bit of a hurry and couldn't think of good examples as were presented afterwords. Don't be mad, I was already discriminated against by a coach. I wouldn't be in shape... I was the only person in my class to get the Presidential Physical fitness award all four years of high school, but I just wasn't in shape. Gymnastics and figure skating-->sports-->Oympics. FWIW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dallasburgess Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I think the best thing to compare it to would be figure skating or gymnastics/rythmic gymnastics. Those are judged by a panel similar to DC. Some people classify those as sports even though one skater/pair of skaters has no effect on the other skaters, and how gymnists have no physical affect on who they're competing against. They're all judged, like DC. So if one is going to call ice skating and gymnastics a sport, then how can DC not be called one? All have parameters and rules, and certain elements of creative expression. Aside from the obvious, I don't see much of a difference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kusankusho Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Dutch Boy was studied in 2005 for the health benefits by Wilfred Laurier University. There's a blurb on Dutch's website here ---? http://www.dutchboydrumcorps.com/research.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skajerk Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 (edited) Just throwing this out there. A few sports where competitors don't share the field/court/team vs. team at the same time: *figure skating *gymnastics *baton twirling (NBTA/USTA etc.) *synchronized swimming archery bobsled/luge/skeleton weightlifting equestrian alpine/freestyle skiing ski jumping diving pole vault/high jump/long jump etc. snowboarding Some consider ballroom dancing a sport *competition similar to drum corps Edited January 19, 2008 by skajerk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
84skyrydr Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Gymnastics and figure skating-->sports-->Oympics. FWIW. Those are excellent examples, but it is still someones subjective opinion as to who places where. There is no way to truly compare routines as no one does the same thing, but they all do have to do certain moves in their shows. I don't know of any corps that have been told that you must present an X scale while moving backwords at 220bpm. If I remember correctly, this subjective scoring got some judges and skaters from certain countries in a lot of hot water. These are all great examples, but the common person won't buy into it. I am only trying to get people to think, on what basis they can prove that it is a sport. I know we can do better. I know of one. At most sport events, people get drunk and boo the other team and argue with the other teams fans , so we are getting closer to a real sport . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbg Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I went on vacation to Greece last summer and went to the site of the Ancient Olympics in Athens. While I was there I found out that herald trumpeting was an event in the Ancient Olympics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russellrks Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Anyone who thinks you cannot affect your opponent's score in golf has obviously never played golf. You can't do it physically, but you sure can psychologically. By the way, competitive drum corps have affected each other this way as well as far back as you want to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madscout96 Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 I went on vacation to Greece last summer and went to the site of the Ancient Olympics in Athens. While I was there I found out that herald trumpeting was an event in the Ancient Olympics. Wow. Did they do that nude too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrinkinOuttaCups Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 In my opinion, I think it all comes down to what you think a sport is. For instance, band/drum corps fits my definition of a sport, so I think it's a sport. However, let me pose this question: how many people do you think will say band isn't a sport because it's scored subjectively? Now, another question: how many people do you think will say that band isn't a sport because they think it's easy? The numbers from the latter far surpass the numbers of the former (I likes using da big words). Too many people think that band isn't a sport because they see it as being easy. They think that all we do is "walk and play music." They refuse to acknowledge that anyone in marching band/drum corps does any form of work. The proof's out there, but they don't listen. Okay, I'm not sure if what I said made any sense, so I'm gonna go crawl back in my hole. I've got snow to enjoy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryTrooper Posted January 19, 2008 Share Posted January 19, 2008 Just throwing this out there. A few sports where competitors don't share the field/court/team vs. team at the same time:*figure skating *gymnastics *baton twirling (NBTA/USTA etc.) *synchronized swimming archery bobsled/luge/skeleton weightlifting equestrian alpine/freestyle skiing ski jumping diving pole vault/high jump/long jump etc. snowboarding Some consider ballroom dancing a sport *competition similar to drum corps Mountaineering, Rock Climbing, Ice Climbing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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