Gooday blutters, Take someone who plays a musical instrument - say the piano, the violin or the guitar (or whatever, really).
They develop prodigious amount of physical skill on a physical instrument, by going through lots of tedious training exercises to develop finger strength, speed and endurance. They either try to reproduce patterns perfectly (like gymnastics), or develop complex tactical skills (for example for improvisation with other players). They can then compete in front of an audience (lots of classical or jazz music competitions, or shows like X-Factor). Finally, performing is physically exhausting. (If you suffer even the slightest bit from stage-fright, it will even increase your heart rate.)
So, do you agree that music is actually a sport? If so, why not give pupils the option to choose a musical instrument in schools ?
However olympic drumming would be awesome.
It's an interesting perspective no doubt, but I doubt it's not going to be acknowledged in terms of how you've described it anytime soon, if at all. E-sports is still budding it's head as a sport and being rejected by the majority of 'traditional' sports fans and it's almost certainly going to be the same here.
Plus the competitive aspect of playing an instrument is something that traditional sports rely almost entirely on, and something that is absent in playing music. Unless it's a fierce rap battle
QUESTIONS for everyone is MUSIC A SPORT ???
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