Can you really call anything a sport if you can participate while drinking a beer? I know that is a comical line, but please, before you gloss over it and ignore it as a throw-away line as well, stop and consider it. A sport is something that engages the participant on every level - physical, mental, emotional. It becomes their sole existence for the duration of the sport itself; this is true even when the lulls within the activity are taking place. Consider the quarterback of a football team as he stands in the huddle giving his instructions to the offensive line. This is a lull in the ac...
More..K. David Ladage
Marion, Iowa US
Member since: August 2007
Articles Written: 4