Spray and pray with a semi automatic is unfortunately not an Olympic sport.
Ah yes, the sport of shooting guns
What do you mean with that comment?
Well, one would imagine that was probably the way US athletes were preparing for the Olympics.
That it’s not a sport
Of course it’s a sport. Multiple sports even. It takes skill, training and effort to be good at shooting. There are many different shooting sports.
Of course just blindly firing a weapon is not a sport itself. Just as blindly kicking a ball is no sport.
Why do you think shooting is no sport?
If the only reason you’re sweating is because you’re out in the sun then I’m sorry, that’s not a sport, just like chess is not a sport even though it requires skills, training and effort.
I see we’re gatekeeping sports now lol
To be fair, people call chess a sport, and then there’s e-sports. Neither fit with the definition of physical exertion.
If Alexis Lagan and Katelyn Abeln can compete 1v1 in the same category then I’m sorry to inform you that physical fitness isn’t a criteria for whatever the competition is and we’re not talking about a sport.
Is archery not a sport then? Or say, golf?
Someone has never pulled a bowstring before
It does require phisical skill. You have to aim, perfect hand eye coordination, muscle memory, breath control. A sport doesn’t require a full body workout, if it did than bob sleighing or dressage or table tennis wouldn’t be sports either. Sport is about physical fitness but also about teamwork, competition, perseverance and much more.
It’s like saying deathmetal isn’t music, because you can’t understand the words they sing.
shooting, darts, snooker, curling, boules, golf, archery, driving/car racing, horse riding, sailing, luge/skeleton, croquet, motorboat racing, table tennis, weight lifting, gliding, skiing, alpinism, ballooning, chess, firefighting, cannon shooting, kite flying, pigeon racing, military patrol, dog-sled racing, bridge, lifeguarding, scuba diving have all been part of modern day Olympics.
And of this list there’s a whole bunch of stuff that isn’t a sport.
Unless you consider that painting is a sport? Because that was in the Olympics as well!
You clearly haven’t even bothered to watch it to see how dumb your comment is.
Can’t believe how exhausted they look! I feel the same way after spending the day sitting in my chair working an office job, maybe I should start calling that a sport!
Americans worship guns, not train how to use them
I got into riflery in high school because I thought the irony of shooting competitively in a school was hilarious.
I didn’t even know that word existed.
What word?
Riflery.
Next time have the competition someplace sensible. Like a school. It just wasn’t our natural setting.
Are aim is only good when kids are involved.
The target must’ve been white.
You’re thinking of shootings
Well they don’t have an under 12s category.
For the air sports I might be able to let it slide, as air rifle/pistol is seen as more of a kids sport, to learn the basics. But their trap performance this morning was disappointing. So far, half of the shooting sports have been done, but the second half is more popular in the US, so there’s still time to see the US stretch it’s legs in shooting.
Holy crap we’re no better than storm troopers.
