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IS FIGURE SKATING A SPORT?
It’s not a Game. It’s not a Race. It’s a SPORT! ….Granted it’s a subjective sport….but it’s a sport. Judges affect the outcome…but triple and quadruple jumps affect the outcome too!
If the “GAME” of curling (shuffle board on ice) is a sport…or luge—which some people refer to as sledding…at 80 miles per hour…then an event where you speed across the ice at 20 mph, jump up and rotate 4 times and land on 1/8 inch wide piece of steel…is certainly a sport.
Okay, I’m ready to field the …anything that is judged, isn’t a sport…critics. Believe me, as a Redskins fan…there have been some referee judgment calls that completely changed the outcome of the game. Is that the same as judges affecting the outcome of the figure skating results?
Is Football a sport if the refs are affecting the outcome? How about Baseball? He was Safe at home plate! He was Out!....an umpire makes that judgment call.
Is DIVING a sport? Gymnastics? They are judged. I think you’ll be hard to find someone who doesn't respect what gymnasts can do.
And as far as difficulty…you put in the batter’s box taking a few swings at a Roger Clemens fast ball…and give me 100?...1,000?...1,000,000? Swings--and by some amazing chance of luck…I will make contact with at least ONE. Now, put Roger Clemens on ice and give him 100? 1,000? 1,000,000? Attempts at landing a triple axel. My personal belief…he will NEVER be able to land at least ONE.
Okay pick your sport. Lance Armstrong. I can ride a bike 100 miles…of course it will take me a week and a half…but eventually I’ll get there! Eventually, Lance will not land even a bad triple axel.
ME?---A bad golfer--- can by some fluke of nature…get a hole in one. Tiger Woods-- a fluke Quad? ….Not gonna happen.
Okay, okay, Now…I understand I can NEVER be Roger Clemens, Lance or Tiger. But, they could never be Evgeny Plushenko either! So, give figure skaters their respect…the athleticism alone, makes it a sport!
If that doesn’t convince you yet…listen to my earlier description of a quad....
Try jumping up in the air and rotating one time on the ground. Most people can pull that one off. Now, try two turns, then Three--how about Four? Oh yeah, now do it and land on one foot… on 1/8 inch wide piece of steel. Got it? Good. Now, do it on one of the most slippery surfaces known to man, traveling at 15-20 miles per hour. I think that gives people a healthy respect for its athleticism.
You have one more argument? You say…anything with costumes…isn’t a sport?
All right, let’s call them uniforms…….very flamboyant uniforms with sequins!
Now is it a sport?
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competitive figure skating- 125 pounds for 2 hours burns 1786 calories...
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yeah, it's a sport ok? well... at least it is a good source of exercise:)
eastern great lakes region, novice lady -
I don't even want to hear that question being asked because of course figure skating is a sport. I am only a beginner figure skater and I know how much it takes to just do a toe loop perfectly. I can't even imagine how hard it is to do a triple. Yeah, if anyone wants to say that its not a sport, they should go put on figure skates, jump in the air, do about...say TWO revolutions and land on a blade that is a fraction of an inch thick. Oh, and that is on ice. It may be judged but so are all of the other sports if you think about it. So when you decide that all of those other sports arent actual sports you MIGHT be able to say that figure skating isn't one. okay? okae. thanks!
-written by a 13 years old -
Figure skating is a sport just like hockey or football.
It takes strength and endurance,
it's year 'round, not just a couple months a year.
you have to take better care of yourself than other sports,
and it's more closely judged than othes.
people think that there aren't any rules to the sport,
when in reality. all it is is rules.
there's certain levels you have to pass to move up,
you can only do certain elements in a program,
you can be disqualified if something falls from your costume,
if your costume doesn't match the music, you're docked.
i don't even wanna do into detail.
all i can say is that figure skating is more of a sport than anyone will ever understand.
it's underestimated and misunderstood.
give it a chance.
watch it once,
see how much of the moves YOU can do.
none, i'm guessing.
unless you've skated before.
(hockey doesn't count.)
all you fellas or ladies can do are crossovers.
i'm sorry you're misimformed. -
i will shove my blade into anyone who says its not a sport i work my butt off 5 days a week and its tiring its a sport lik it or not i mean its in the olmpics we land on 1/4 inch blade after spining 3 times in the air. u can get seriously ingured and have lik brain damge plus you skate all year round and all that counts is 8 min. at most thats more pressure than most sports. it takes more commitment than "football" which people consider a sport.
if u dont thinkl its a sport i hate you
5/5/08 5:49 PM