Diving is Not a Sport???!!!

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Not a sport in my opinion.

 

[IceIce]

Let see.

Diving is the activity when you relax and meet friends and...great food.
On diving holiday, what we do is sleep, dive, eat and *****.
We tend to put more weight after a dive because of the relaxing and food.
The less muscle you need to move, the better diver you are.

That's what I told my friend when I said diving is not a sport.

But they told me, you need to be fit to do that, you need to have some skill to do that. It is a sport.

Then I told them that they are right, it is sport.

I want it to be a sport! It sounds cool and it's way to much money for 'activity' only.
Extreme sport, wow. Coool.

It's extreme sport then. All hail to divers.

 

[djanni]

It's interesting and disapointing that Merriam-Webster would have different definitions for the same word.

Merriam-Webster on-line says: 1 a : to amuse oneself : [SIZE=-1]FROLIC[/SIZE] <lambs sporting in the meadow> b : to engage in a sport

So I'd say YES, it's a sport.

Would it be fare to say that Football is a game if you're playing and it's a sporting event if your watching?

When my insurance company, USAA, denied a reduction in my premiums they callled it an Extreme Sport.

 

[BHB ScubaTroll]

yea well sunday I dove ie swam under water for 55 mins my first dive and 1 hour and 5 mins my second chasing lobsters in 30 fsw with surge, current and surf. I consider that a sport by any understanding of physical activity.

Aerobic activity. If you went to the local park and slammed a racketball against the wall and chased it for 55 mins... took a break and chased it for 1 hour and 5 mins, are you taking part in a sport, or participating in an aerobic activity?

Were you in competition for the biggest lobster, or the most lobster, or the deepest depth, or the .... (place your competitive choice here)?

You are not envolved in a sport until you are envolved in a competition.

Sport:

• an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
• the occupation of athletes who compete for pay

Diving can be a sport. But, only if it is a competition (not with yourself). If you compete in a golf tournament, it is a sport. If you play a round of golf, it is an exercise. You cannot be envolved in a sport with out there being a competition.

Anything can become a sport if there is competition. Las Vegas will prove that. Could you imagine the odds for you diving alone.

"Yes, dave, Skull has an angle on his time... Oh, too bad he skipped a breath there. Lucky there are no deductions, since he is not competing for anything. Oh, what a sport he is. He lost to no one, but what a great sport he is about it"

 

[girldiverllc]

I'm about the most non-athletic person I know. Can't catch a ball...always chosen last when they divide up teams. Running...yeah, well, only if someone is chasing me...with a knife.

Diving a sport? I don't think so, but I call it one. Perhaps so I can feel like I've all of a sudden become an "athlete".

Extreme sport...yeah, much cooler.

Think I'll go get a "Sports Massage" now...I've earned it!

Cindy
http://www.girldiver.com

 

[BHB ScubaTroll]

I'm about the most non-athletic person I know. Can't catch a ball...always chosen last when they divide up teams. Running...yeah, well, only if someone is chasing me...with a knife.

Diving a sport? I don't think so, but I call it one. Perhaps so I can feel like I've all of a sudden become an "athlete".

Extreme sport...yeah, much cooler.

Think I'll go get a "Sports Massage" now...I've earned it!

Cindy
http://www.girldiver.com

You certainly are a "good sport" about all this

 

[Jason Ooi]

Diving is.... a "SPORT"

 

[BHB ScubaTroll]

I'm agree, it is a sport, no matter what people say.

you may not see it like that or aproached as a sport but it is a sport jus as billiards, climbing, kayaking, hunting...

Unless you are in competition, each of these activities are just that... activities. Some activities are aerobic and some are not. Become competitive at these activities and they become a sport.

 

[BHB ScubaTroll]

...Even a few that are not scored. How about mountain/rock climbers or white water kayaks or bike riding.

don O

In the sport of mountain/rock climbing... best time or first to the top wins the sporting event. White water kayaks run a course and are timed as well as penalized for missing thier posts. Cycling.... please....

You are attempting to discredit sports to make your point. Is there a winner and a loser to the above competitions... Yes. ... Sport...

Diving can be a sport, but is not a sport until there is competition

 

[BHB ScubaTroll]

If everytime we dive we are competing against an ever increasing standard of being the best diver we can be...then of course diving is a sport...and against an awfully tough opponent, too.

For what it's worth.

Jan

Sorry, this would be considered practice in the sports world