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To: Bill who wrote (145152)	5/14/2001 11:00:11 AM
From: haqihana	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

i-Bill, I do not like soccer myself, but not all sports are of the "contact" kind. Being a coach, you are bound to be a little biased, but in all fairness, the dictionary defines sport as; 1.an active past time:recreation, 2. A specific diversion, usually involving physical exercise and having a set form and body of rules:game. I'm not trying to get into an argument, and you can beat Scum over the head all you want while I applaud you, but you guys are beginning to kick this dead horse too much. ~;=;o --haqi

To: Bill who wrote (145152)	5/14/2001 11:15:48 AM
From: willcousa	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 769670

If you think shooting is not a sport - then you obviously have not been shot at. It can become quite engaging.

To: Bill who wrote (145152)	5/14/2001 11:22:46 AM
From: SecularBull	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

You claim that hand-eye coordination as being all important. As far as shooting sports (and golf) are concerned, these sports are the pinnacle of hand-eye coordination. Honestly!! ~SB~

To: Bill who wrote (145152)	5/14/2001 11:30:45 AM
From: Johannes Pilch	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 769670

Shooting can definitely be a sport, and if the shooter is a hunter, it is most certainly a sport. It is not simply about pointing the gun and pulling the trigger. From what I have seen, it is a rare guy who can hike several miles into mountains with a pack and rifle, and who after days of patient suffering has skill enough to calm himself and make a clean shot when his quarry finally comes into view some 200-300 yards away. That takes a lot of practice, forethought, discipline, aches, pains and a deep appreciation of solitude that soccer guys running in scatterbrained futility across a lawn simply will never understand.