Thursday, August 20, 2009

Constructive Sports [An Alternative To Traditional Competition-Intensive Sports]

These sports are ones in which people cooperate with each other not to "defeat", or "beat", or "triumph" over others, but to do something to help benefit others.

They are still very much physical sports, done with an emphasis on getting exercise, it is just that they are not conducted with a goal of "besting" someone else.

Where does the energy, the excitement, the pizazz come from?
Not from the adrenaline rush of "beating others" so much,
but instead from the intense satisfaction of having contributed something to the benefit and growth of others.

1. Shoveling Driveways
- How fast can driveways be shoveled?
- How well can they be shoveled?
- How many driveways can be shoveled?

There is a competitive element certainly,
but the benefit is that many people's driveways are shoveled.

2. Wood Chopping

Great exercise.
Certainly there can be a competition involved, but the focus can be placed instead on how much wood is being chopped to help heat other's homes.

3. Fix A Warp Reactor

This sport would require true cooperation and would be indeed very physical.

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