Should Video Gaming Be Classified As A Sport?

Speech 2 Hello everyone. Nowadays, video gaming, no matter if its online or offline, private computer (PC) or consoles, had becomed a worldwide phenomena. In 2016, video gaming, or what some people call it “eSports”, is equivalent to the largest Boxing prize fight ever and MLS’s 2015 revenue at $500M. Today I would like to give a speech on “Should video gaming be classified as sport?”. My opinion on this is absolutely no. Sports should be good for health, requires athletic skills, and help you to socialize. Don’t get me wrong. I’m a sportsman. I played football, softball and cricket. I’m also a gamer. I played a large variety of video games . Before I go through my reasons why my opinion is no, I would like to share the definition of sport

Sports train both body and mind for the vigors of competition, whereas “eSports” attempts to train the mind at the expense of the body. Sports force you to use your body strength to defeat your opponent along with your mind to outsmart them while “eSports” just needed you to use your mind to outthink your opponent. How is that going to make your body healthy and fit? Pressing the pads and buttons using your fingers does not make it a physical exertion. If because of that video gaming should be classified as sport, then eating should also be called sport as well. Video gaming is sedentary activity and it could lead to obesity, video-induced seizures, and postural, muscular and skeletal disorders, such as tendonitis, nerve compression, and carpal tunnel sydrome. Sports may lead you to injuries, but just under extreme circumstances and lack of awareness

Video gaming lacks all of that skills. If you said gamers endure a 10-hour straight gaming session, believe me, that is not endurance. That is addiction, and we all know that addiction is not good. Addiction to video games increases depression and anxiety levels. Video gaming requires nearly no strength at all, just push the keys and buttons with your fingers. With your body just sitting on the chair, surely speed is out of question. Some will said that playing video games need a very fast set of fingers. If that is what the speed means, that I’m pretty sure all of the typewriters in the world are athletes. In sports, you need to be persistance. When you lose, don’t give up. Keep trying until you had become a champion. Eventhough you couldn’t become a champion, at least you overcame yourself. But what do persistance have to do in video gaming? Maybe you keep trying until you finish the game. But is that persistance? In game, you could set the difficulty level. Unfortunately, sports is real life, and in real life you could not set your opponents difficulty level. You must train yourself to be better than your