Bowling Is Not A Sport

It may require skill but so do crafts board games and.

Bowling is not a sport. Again is bowling a sport or not. To make it less complicated and taking it from many sides we have gathered three simple questions to help classify. Not all youth bowlers take bowling as seriously as i did but i bet many of you reading this do and quite a few young bowlers and families can relate to how my family and i viewed bowling. Although bowling has been the number one participatory sport for many years it is not a sport which provides inexpensive nor easy access to most youngsters in third world countries to develop skill and proficiency.

Bowling is an ancient activity that has today become a very popular participatory sport especially in the united states. People have had this debate for so long between if bowling and other activities like golf are sports or not. Bowling is not a sport bowling is not a sport. For example a golfer s kit is exempted from the weight allowed on a plane but that s not the case for bowlers.

Since bowling is not a recognised sport in the public forum it becomes difficult for the bowlers to carry their equipment as they do not get weight exemptions. The most being carrying a rather heavy ball up to 16 lbs a few steps then rolling it. Bowling is a game not a sport. It is an activity hobby or a game.

If bowling merely required an open field and a ball. It requires almost no physical exertion. Still this is not enough to classify it as a sport. Not only is bowling not the next big sport in milwaukee and the rest of america it doesn t even qualify as a sport.

To me it s never been a sport. Any event where you can drink and smoke while you are on the bench is a game not a sport.