The sports world is a multi-trillion dollar industry ("Business of Sports.") that exists to involve people in a society in an activity where they can let out their energy, emotion, and love for the sport of course. There are activities out there that qualify as a sport, but they just aren’t recognized as one. Marching Band is one of those activities that qualify, but just isn’t recognized as one. The definition of a sport helps validate Marching Band is a sport. The athleticism that is vital for a Marching Band member to do what he/she do is sport quality type. The skill that is required in Marching Band is also what makes it sport quality.
According to Oxford dictionary, 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” (“Definition of Sport in English.”). Marching Band requires physical exertion by marchers having to march at fast tempos at times in their show or having to march over long distances in a show. Marching Band is a team, it takes every single member in order for the show to work. Every single member in a Marching Band is important, just like other sports. Marching Band requires skill, that not a lot of people know, or even think about. Marching Bands compete against other Marching Bands in competitions that happen at football stadiums across that state. At these competitions, Marching Bands will be scored on music performance, visual performance, general effect, percussion, and auxiliary. When the score is added up, 100 is the highest score a band could receive. Marching Bands are put up against other Marching Band’s scores and are ranked accordingly to that score. Marching Band is also entertainment, by it is classified under an entertainment section because of music being played. Even though that Marching Band is still not a sport, it still can be comparable to a sport by it’s definition. The athleticism of a Marching Member is impressive. …show more content…
Indiana State University did tests on a Marching Band member to see what would happen. Like an athlete, a Marching Band member’s heart rate will shoot up before anything even happens; in the test it shot up to 180 BPM. At some points of that member’s performance, his heat rate shot up to over 200 BPM and stayed at that level for about the whole show. His oxygen levels were at one point 40 mL/Kg per minute, which means it’s about 13 times his resting metabolic rate. His oxygen consumption was about the same as a marathon runner’s oxygen consumption at the middle their marathon. But his heart rate was roughly the same rate as a person running a 400 or 800 meter dash at their maximum speed the whole time. ("The Athleticism of a DCI Member.") Dr. Jeff Edwards, who conducted the testing, said “These performers work very hard metabolically, but they are doing an amazing amount of work that most of us would find very stressful. And this stress encoumpases everything from doing music correctly, doing stress correctly, handling heat as well as the plain work that they’re doing.” Despite the extreme stress and exercise Marching Band does to the body, is there really any athletic ability to it? Don’t members just walk around and play an instrument? The skill involved in Marching Band is what makes it so not “everyone can
According to Oxford dictionary, 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” (“Definition of Sport in English.”). Marching Band requires physical exertion by marchers having to march at fast tempos at times in their show or having to march over long distances in a show. Marching Band is a team, it takes every single member in order for the show to work. Every single member in a Marching Band is important, just like other sports. Marching Band requires skill, that not a lot of people know, or even think about. Marching Bands compete against other Marching Bands in competitions that happen at football stadiums across that state. At these competitions, Marching Bands will be scored on music performance, visual performance, general effect, percussion, and auxiliary. When the score is added up, 100 is the highest score a band could receive. Marching Bands are put up against other Marching Band’s scores and are ranked accordingly to that score. Marching Band is also entertainment, by it is classified under an entertainment section because of music being played. Even though that Marching Band is still not a sport, it still can be comparable to a sport by it’s definition. The athleticism of a Marching Member is impressive. …show more content…
Indiana State University did tests on a Marching Band member to see what would happen. Like an athlete, a Marching Band member’s heart rate will shoot up before anything even happens; in the test it shot up to 180 BPM. At some points of that member’s performance, his heat rate shot up to over 200 BPM and stayed at that level for about the whole show. His oxygen levels were at one point 40 mL/Kg per minute, which means it’s about 13 times his resting metabolic rate. His oxygen consumption was about the same as a marathon runner’s oxygen consumption at the middle their marathon. But his heart rate was roughly the same rate as a person running a 400 or 800 meter dash at their maximum speed the whole time. ("The Athleticism of a DCI Member.") Dr. Jeff Edwards, who conducted the testing, said “These performers work very hard metabolically, but they are doing an amazing amount of work that most of us would find very stressful. And this stress encoumpases everything from doing music correctly, doing stress correctly, handling heat as well as the plain work that they’re doing.” Despite the extreme stress and exercise Marching Band does to the body, is there really any athletic ability to it? Don’t members just walk around and play an instrument? The skill involved in Marching Band is what makes it so not “everyone can