Do you think darts are a sport?

[VNagy333]

I look forward to your opinions.

 

[Marcwantstowin]

Darts is a sport, as much as chess is a sport. Both involve lots of training, although vastly different. I used to play darts for a team in my local area and I was surprised how seriously players took it, and that was in a Pub league.

 

[Goggelheimer]

I t may be. It needs a lot of training and I say a lot of talent and physical things.

But do these Darts players look like sportsmen/women?

Michael van Gerwen
Stephen Bunting
Luke Littler
Rob Cross

and many more.

They look more like heavyweight champions in wrestling or some Asian sports with fancy hairstylings.

 

[nabmom]

A sport doesn’t, by definition, mean that the player is physically fit. For example, I would say that sumo wrestling is a sport and those guys aren’t exactly buff!

I think darts requires skill and strategy, so to me that makes it a sport.

 

[bazza155]

Just because it does not involve running does not make it not a sport. you can say the same about snooker, pool, shooting, fencing, bowling, esports etc.

 

[YLAN]

Its a sport of accuracy much like archery, etc. I just wonder why one would think otherwise.

 

[moraeskvmi]

If breakdancing has become an Olympic sport, why can't darts be?

 

[ArmiSoo7]

It is sport, and a hard one. I am shocked how straight you can throw that litle dart.😃

 

[havingfun]

Darts have to be a sport. It's the only way I can tell the wife I am out late exercising with the friends without it being a lie.

 

[Lux12]

Yes i THINK. It combines precision, mental focus, and competitive structure, which are key elements of sport.

 

[monkeytilter]

Yes contested by top flight* athletes


*See what I did there?

 

[nasty bent gorilla]

The best darts players evince Heart,, stamina, bounebackability, composure and skill: All important traits of sucessful sports people.

 

[Vallet]

I was watching a darts competition for the world title. Athletes may not be pumped-up athletes, but their strength is in precision. It's very exciting when the leader is constantly changing.

 

[A_rn_ol_D]

Hell yeah!!

 

[Igor Popadyk]

My opinion is that no, sports in a beer bar?