Well, it is indeed considered a sport to some people, but why is it when there is no physical activity? There is and Foley (2015) stated “Peak mental condition requires being in good physical condition. Players need to concentrate totally for up to seven hours. As the stress and tension builds up, blood pressure, pulse and respiration rates all increase” (Para. 4). We see that the mind is connected to the body, where that is a physical aspect, it can affect a player with stress, confusion, blank thoughts, and it can change the game. However, people will still dismiss that chess is a sport because it’s a mind game not a physical game, and that may be true, nevertheless most sports use cognitive skill, or their brains during a game, which again is connected to the body. Chess has been around in our world, where we can play it on our phones, showing people still has been a powerful sport that has continued to this day. However, if chess is a sport, can they be called athletes as
Well, it is indeed considered a sport to some people, but why is it when there is no physical activity? There is and Foley (2015) stated “Peak mental condition requires being in good physical condition. Players need to concentrate totally for up to seven hours. As the stress and tension builds up, blood pressure, pulse and respiration rates all increase” (Para. 4). We see that the mind is connected to the body, where that is a physical aspect, it can affect a player with stress, confusion, blank thoughts, and it can change the game. However, people will still dismiss that chess is a sport because it’s a mind game not a physical game, and that may be true, nevertheless most sports use cognitive skill, or their brains during a game, which again is connected to the body. Chess has been around in our world, where we can play it on our phones, showing people still has been a powerful sport that has continued to this day. However, if chess is a sport, can they be called athletes as