What is a Sport

   I think that activities that require physical movement and exercise should be considered a sport. Also activities that are also competitive that also include physical movement and exercise should be considered a sport. An activity should be considered just an activity when it doesn't require a lot of physical activity. Personally, I feel that cheerleading should be considered a sport because it involves a lot of physical activity. Cheerleaders have to be able to lift another person in the air, throw them and the catch them. Although cheerleaders are on the sidelines at football games cheering for the football team, they also compete in competitions that can be very difficult and dangerous. Activities where someone could possibly get hurt should be considered a sport.
   Even though pin pong and curling are in the Olympics, I don't believe they should be considered a sport. Although ping pong and curling are competitive activities, they don't require much physical movement. In ping pong, it has the same concept as tennis, but the players don't have to run back and forth as much they do in tennis. And in curling, all you really have to do is sweep in front of the block. You're not really doing much, its really all depends on how fast the block is going. because of the little physical effort both ping pong and curling require, I don't think they should be considered sports.
  Activities don't have to be played with a ball to be consider a sport. Activities such as track and field, and cheerleading should be consider a sport even though they don't require a ball. Also, some activities that do require a ball shouldn't necessarily be consider a sport, such as ping pong. Activities shouldn't require a ball to be considered a sport. It should depend on whether or not they require physical movement.