PHAC 3070 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Ski Jumping, Rhythmic Gymnastics, Tic Tac
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Known objective, you don"t play to tie", ultimately just win or lose. 7 defining points what we call games use these 7 points to define its play (ellis) Competitions between players or teams that are governed by rules which allow equal opportunity for success: eliminated games. What games/sports would be excluded because they don"t abide by the defining point. Every game involves an accumulative (additive or subtractive) points scoring system: where points is not equal to time/distance. Track and field, swimming, anything you count time or distance. The artistic or aesthetic execution of physical skills is not a requisite strategy for successful performance or for winning the game": rhythmic gymnastics, comes down to human factor, how you are scored. Which of the 7 defining points disqualify these games/sports/activities from our definition: computer games. #3 depending on the scoring,#2 no accumulation of points, #6 your not throwing anything: chess. #4 no chance, #2 no scoring, #5 we don"t throw anything: wrestling.
