What is athletic?

What is your definition of athletic? Saturday, I went to dinner with 3 retards (Aya, Shirley & Jenny) who do not play any sports. We got onto the topic of being ‘athletic’ and what sports we thought were athletic.

I said that you do not have to be athletic to run, bike or swim. (Keep in mind, whatever the sport this topic only relates to regular people and not professional athletes). In addition, being athletic is not the same as being in shape. Runners, bikers, swimmers are usually in great shape...but being fit doesn't translate to athletic.

I also said that you have to do multiple sports to be considered athletic. Now, I did mention the sports that I like of baseball, basketball and football.

I thought about this more at home after we left dinner. Yes, you do have to be athletic to do a sport of ANY kind. I guess it has to be interpreted to what ‘you’ as an individual consider athletic. I don’t consider running, biking or swimming to be very athletic, because almost any person can do those events fairly well. The discrepancy of one person to another won’t be that huge.

Now, in basketball, baseball or football as an EXAMPLE, I think there is a bigger discrepancy in people’s athletic abilities. Just because you excel at ONE of the sports doesn’t make you athletic. Sure, you are still athletic for doing well in the particular sport…but it doesn’t make you an athletic person.

So, if you can run, bike and play baseball and do it well, I would consider you athletic. If you can only run, then I would say not athletic...or athletic to a degree. I happen to think that team sports happen to showcase people with greater athletic abilities to those of solitary sports. Perhaps my definition of being athletic involves more eye hand coordination, along with strength, stamina and agility.

Just one person’s opinion….how I got there, I dunno. Maybe because when you go to school you predominately play the 3 sports that I like. Those who are more ‘athletic’ happen to get picked first….those who don’t….well, they run, bike, swim or play in the band.

Hahaha, I just read Jenny's website and she posted the same conversation that we had over the weekend. Saturday we were all over the map, talking athletic, what is a sport, pro athletes....when in reality it started off with, 'what do you consider athletic?"