I took a message by phone today: "Tell Jay-rod I got a frisbee from animal control."
Uh, ok. That's a good thing right?
It turns out the youth group has been playing a lot of ultimate frisbee. What is "ultimate" you ask? For starters it's a real sport and there's a website, www.frisbeedisk.com, where you can find frisbees for ultimate frisbee and frisbee golf and you can read 30 frisbee trivia facts. There's also a site with the official rules.
Personally, I was always a fan of boomerangs and the aerobie ring.
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You said ultimate frisbee is a sport....I think we as a society need to clarify someday what defines a sport. I mean it is obvious to me that baseball, football, basketball, and hockey are sports. However, there are many activities or skills that we deem sports. For example is golf a sport or a skill, how about NASCAR...I feel that everyone drives a car everyday and with enough training we could all drive 150-200 mph in a big circle. And cross-country c'mon I don't even have to argue that right. My point is we are saying frisbee is a sport, isn't it just an activity. If I invent a game in my backyard that is fun are we implying that if it takes a little elbow grease to play that it is now called a sport. Just thought I would share my own two cents.
Usually, a sport means a competition that requires physical exertion/skill. Ultimate would certainly qualify, it's an organized game between two teams that closely resembles hockey or basketball or football.
Are games, like golf, bowling or pingpong a sport? Well there is competition and skill involved, so a case can be made, but since physical strength and speed are lesser factors, most folks would shy away from the term sport.
The truth is that there is a spectrum of competition with chess and tic-tac-toe on one end and football and rugby on the other. The ones that demand more strenth or skill tend to receive more respect. Tiddlywinks, not so much.
Baseball... Is that a sport? 8 out of 9 people on defense are standing around with their finger up their nose most of the game. I don't call that a sport. Unless picking your nose qualifies as physical exertion/skill.
Ask your brother for guidance on this one since it might be over your head. You have a bat it is round, you have a ball it is round, and the object of the game is to take that round bat and hit that round ball SQUARE. This makes baseball the hardest sport based on physics alone. I haven't even spoken about how much time you have to decide between curve ball and fastball, then after deciding you must still swing the bat. I think I have proven my point already however, I will clarify further Dustin you can take a bat and I will take my glove and ball we will separate by 60'6" and if you even foul a ball off I will buy you a new car. Enough said.
Since you're buying, I'll take a BMW.
I wouldn't win that bet anyway... You can't throw a strike. I'd never get a chance to hit the ball.
I may not be able to throw a strike but I can hit your bucket head...that I promise. BMW c'mon you couldn't even afford the taxes or insurance on that car. You probably wouldn't even be able to see the ball let alone swing at it.
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