Dance Is A Sport

The definition of a sport is an activity involving physical exertion and skill in which an individual or team competes against another or others for entertainment. Dance is a way of art, yes, but it is also one hundred percent a sport. The fact that dance can be an art and a sport already counts more than just football or baseball. Some people believe that dance is not a sport because there is no physical action. In reality, dance is a sport for many reasons, one being that dancers train for hours, they compete and get injured, and they are flexible beyond measure. The people that believe that dance is not a sport, have no logical or proven reasons why it should not be considered a sport. The one reason why someone might think that it is not
There is not one sport that I can think of that has different levels of something such as dance. Ballet, which is the core of all dance, is an artistic dance form performed to music using precise and highly formalized set steps and gestures. Believe it or not, there has been football players that use the ballet techniques right before they play on the field, because of the strengthening it does. Ballet is not always just flat footed though, as your foot and arch of the foot get stronger, you can and will advance into pointe shoes. Pointe shoes are shoes that have a wooden block at the top allowing dancer to stand up high. The risk of injuries on pointe is a great number because you must renew all of the steps you already have known. Every other sport has a high risk of injuries also because of the skills they learn, but they also already know about everything they are told to do. They catch the ball, run with it, and make a goal, touchdown, homerun, or basket. In dance, we are constantly adding new steps to our routine and advancing to a higher level leading us to a higher rate of injuries, but it takes a strong dancer to avoid them. Because dancers get hurt due to their physical movement, it must be considered a sport if the meaning of “sport” includes physical movement. Stretching and improving our flexible stunts can lead to a pulled muscle, but if you stretch right,
Being flexible may not define being a sport, but the gift of it can help anyone and everyone that is in a sport right now. Because dancers are flexible, they avoid a higher risk of fallen injuries. Fallen injuries result in falling the wrong way and possibly pulling muscles, but because we are flexible, we will be able to take the pain. Also, if you ask any major league or just simply anybody that plays a sport, they would wish they could be flexible. For example, wrestler are put into a cradle almost every time they hit the mat and if they were flexible, they would be able to not be in discomfort and they would also be able to get out of the cradle almost immediately. Every sport stretches, but only enough to the point where they feel comfortable. Dancers stretch too, and they stretch past their comfort zone, increasing any faults that a football player or any other player may have, but not everyone will agree with