Do you consider Ping Pong a sport?

[lludawg]

I would say yes even though it is not as physically demanding as other sports. Ping Pong definitely requires a great deal of skill; professional players are crazy!

What do you think? Is Ping Pong a sport?

 

[Your Social Village]

Yes, I think it's a sport. 🙂

 

[ForumSource]

Yeah, it's definitely a sport... anyone who doesn't just has to watch the professionals like you said, they're insane.

 

[Gamer Outpost]

There is a difference between a sport and a game to me.

A sport must require a certain amount of physical activity (strength, power, endurance, etc.)

A game can be extremely hard, but does not have to require much physical activity.

To me, Ping Pong is a game. It's extremely difficult to play at a high level, but I don't think that qualifies it as a sport. If being difficult was all that was needed to classify something as a sport, than playing video games and cooking could both be sports.

For the record, I don't think golf is a sport either. 😛

 

[tippie]

I wouldn't underestimate it and it's definitely a sport imo

 

[Swagawa]

To me, I consider anything that I can work up a sweat doing a sport. And I definitely can work up a sweat after a few good matches of Ping Pong.

 

[SaToRi]

I've seen epic movies about ping pong lol

I consider it a sport. It's kinda like volley ball/Tennis to me.

 

[MrDawn]

In my opinion....I'd have to say its a sport, lol. 🙂