Dave the bass wrote:Ok, I'll rephrase the question Am I right in thinking that within the realm of 'sport', a "REAL game" appears to involve the participants being hurt and inflicting damage to other person/persons?
No - it's called irony
Irony.
Ok I'll pitch 2 teams of Rugby players against one Competition Marksman
Dave the bass wrote:Ok I'll pitch 2 teams of Rugby players against one Competition Marksman
I used to compete in sporting clays and various small (and not-so-small) arms competitions - most (but not all) of the so-called game shots I saw in the weeks leading up to the "glorious 12th" were pretty crap shots. Even a good shot would have trouble downing 30 rugby players before they got to him and ripped his arms out of their sockets
Dave the bass wrote:Ok I'll pitch 2 teams of Rugby players against one Competition Marksman
I used to compete in sporting clays and various small (and not-so-small) arms competitions - most (but not all) of the so-called game shots I saw in the weeks leading up to the "glorious 12th" were pretty crap shots. Even a good shot would have trouble downing 30 rugby players before they got to him and ripped his arms out of their sockets
Dave the bass wrote:Ok I'll pitch 2 teams of Rugby players against one Competition Marksman
I used to compete in sporting clays and various small (and not-so-small) arms competitions - most (but not all) of the so-called game shots I saw in the weeks leading up to the "glorious 12th" were pretty crap shots. Even a good shot would have trouble downing 30 rugby players before they got to him and ripped his arms out of their sockets
Thats a very sexist comment... women shoot too!
Heheheheheheheheheh (etc).
Yeh. But not very well, IMHO. In what should be a sport of equals, the top women shorts consistently shoot lower averages than their male counterparts against the same targets. I'd quote you the figures from the CPSA web site, but I can't log in ATM
nickds1 wrote:I'd quote you the figures from the CPSA web site, but I can't log in ATM
I wouldn't bother. I don't like sport of any kind
So.... skateboarding isn't a sport?
Just looked at the scores for the top 20 in each clay discipline - the ladies are typically 4% lower than the male scores, and normally even lower than the junior (U16) male scores. In the case of sporting clays, the difference is more like 5%.
nickds1 wrote:I'd quote you the figures from the CPSA web site, but I can't log in ATM
I wouldn't bother. I don't like sport of any kind
SO.... skateboarding isn't a sport?
Nope, not for me. It's either 'the Art of' or 'just playing'. At a personal level there is no competitive or sporting reason behind it. S'just fun!
Interestingly, TV companies and 'sponsors' seem to have turned it into a sport. Outside of a skatepark it very rarely 'works' as a spectacle IMHO. Sure, the occasional Skate vid shows ground breaking stuff (E.g. Mark Gonzales jumping the Meanwgile Gap in Blinds 'Video Days' scroll to 1.04).
^^^ See what I mean, thats skateboarding, at no point was there a 'score' or a 'winning' . Just folk having fun on kids toys
I find the televised 'extreme (not!) sport coverage' aspect very boring to watch.
Dave the bass wrote:It's either 'the Art of' or 'just playing'. At a personal level there is no competitive or sporting reason behind it. S'just fun!
Aktuelly, that's why I no longer compete in shooting - I just like to go and get something for the pot, just to do the hunter/gatherer bit, or to break a few clays with my kids...
If you think skateboarding is boring on TV, just try any shooting discipline, even archery. Boring. Boring. Boring.
They tried to make squash interesting by using a reflective ball and glass courts, but it doesn't work - cameras are too slow to catch it properly...
Some things are spectator sports. Some aren't and are just good to take part in...
"Just looked at the scores for the top 20 in each clay discipline - the ladies are typically 4% lower than the male scores, and normally even lower than the junior (U16) male scores. In the case of sporting clays, the difference is more like 5%"
I read somewhere that this phenomenon is due partly to the types of toys children are given to play with; boys play with toys such as balls, construction kits etc that improve spatial awareness and eye/hand coordination. I'm very average shooting clays but seem to do better shooting live quarry. I often bag more bunnies than my male friends using a rifle though. Rabbit curry, yum yum.
I'll pitch 2 teams of Rugby players against one Competition Marksman 
