Comparison of layman's description of sports to official descriptions from books and sports organizations

1. Definition and Function of Sport
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Mateo
Tagoc

2. Population
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3. Questions
1. What is Sport? (Ano ang Sport?)
2. What is its function? (Para saan ito?/Ano
ang gamit nito?)

4. Responses

5. Respondent 1 (Male, 32)
• Q1: Ang sport eh parang mga palaro,
palakasan.
• Q2: Para, parang exercise na rin kasi ‘yan
eh. Pero di lang katawan ang ginagamit
diyan. Gumagamit din ng utak. Parang sa
chess. Kaya nga chess ang pinakapaborito
kong sport eh.

6. Respondent 2 (Male, 33)
• Q1: Sports? Sports! Uhh.. Fantastic!
Hobbies.. Uhmmm.. Paglilibang..
• Q2: Anong gamit? Nagagamit yan sa
pakikipag-kapwa tao, pakikisama sa iba.

7. Respondent 3 (Male, 26)
• Q1: Sa’kin, ang ibig sabihin ng sports para sa
akin, exercise, tama na rin yun di ba? Tsaka
halos karamihan ng mga Pilipino ngayon ay
mahilig sa mga sports, pati mga bata, basketball,
number 1 niyan basketball. Kaya yun ang ibig
sabihin sa’tin ng sports, parang pampabata na
rin, ganun.
• Q2: Ang sports kasi, ano yan eh, gumagana lahat
sa atin, ang katawan, ang utak, kung baga para
iwas tayo sa sakit, maging healthy living, ganun.

8. Respondent 4 (Male, 28)
• Q1: Sports.. Mga bagay na gusto mo. Mga
bagay na gusto mong gawin.
• Q2: Parang enjoy.. Enjoy ka.. Ganun..
Para makapag-enjoy ka. Kapag naglalaro
ka kasi, nag-eenjoy ka di ba? Tapos nag-
eenjoy ka rin kasama ng mga kalaro mo.
Hehe.

9. Respondent 5 (Male, 37)
• Q1: Sports? Laro? Basketball, parang mga
ganun.
• Q2: Exercise. Para sa pangangatawan.

10. Respondent 6 (Female, 27)
• Q1: Sport? Di ko alam yun. Sport, e di ba
para sa laro yan?
• Q2: Ay, di ko alam yan eh. Siguro
libangan.

11. Respondent 7 (Female, 31)
• Q1: Sports? Sports is something that you
learn and play.
• Q2: Exercise. It is good for the body. It
makes you healthy and makes you happy.


12. Respondent 8 (Male, 26)
• Q1: Mahirap i-explain e. Basta yung
nilalaro ng mga team, parang basketball at
volleyball. (It’s difficult to explain. It’s the
ones being played by teams, like basketball
and volleyball.)
• Q2: Para ma-exercise yung katawan, para
sa kalusugan. (To workout the body, for
people’s health.)

13. Respondent 9 (Male, 29)
• Q1: Yung mga events na nilalaro sa
competition. (Those events that are played
in competitions.)
• Q2: Para maging healthy yung mga tao.
Para pumayat. (To keep people healthy, to
help them lose weight.)

14. Respondent 10 (Female, 31)
• Q1: Yung nilalaro ng mga sikat na atleta.
(The ones played by famous athletes.)
• Q2: Para pampalipas oras. Para malibang
ang mga tao. (A pastime; for them to have
fun.)

15. Respondent 11 (Male, 34)
• Q1: Pag nilalaro mo ng may kalaban ka.
(If you play it with someone else, it’s a
sport.)
• Q2: Para maiba naman ang ginagawa,
hindi yung puro trabaho nalang. (To have
a different type of activity, and not just
focus on working.)

16. Respondent 12 (Male, 32)
• Q1: Yung mga laro na nakakapagod.
(Games that are very tiring.)
• Q2: Para hindi manaba ang mga tao! (To
prevent people from getting fat!)

17. Respondent 13 (Male, 38)
• Q1: Yung mga activity na maganda sa
katawan. (Those activities that are good
for your body.)
• Q2: Para dun ibuhos yung sama ng loob
sa buhay. (To be an outlet for your
frustrations in life.)
*Respondent 13 goes to the gym regularly.

18. Respondent 14 (Male, 35)
• Q1: Boxing, basketball, yun sport yun.
(Boxing, basketball, those are sports.)
• Q2: Para enterainment sa mga manonood.
(To provide entertainment for the
viewers.)

19. Respondent 15 (Male, 32)
• Para sa katawan, kailangan ng katawan sa
pang araw-araw

20. Respondent 16 (Male, 29)
• Ang sports ay para sa health at
pangangatawan

21. Respondent 17 (Male, 33)
• Para sa exercise sa katawan; para
masubukan mo rin yung resistensya mo

22. Respondent 18 (Male, 33)
• Importante na pampalusog ng katawan

23. Respondent 19 (Male, 33)
• Paligsahan ng mga malalakas; connection
doon sa community

24. Respondent 20 (Male, 27)
• Exercise at saka katalinuhan kasi
nakakapag-isip ka ng mga moves kapag
naglalaro ka; libangan

25. Respondent 21 (Male, 33)
• Challenge siya; halimbawa kung ako’y
runner, nakakabuti siya sa health ng tao

26. Definitions

27. World Health Organization
• Sport is a moderate intensity physical
activity which may reduce the risk of
cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, colon
and breast cancer, depression and other
illnesses. It is a physical activity, thus, it
necessitates bodily movements produced
by skeletal muscles that require energy
expenditure (WHO, 2012).

28. Vinokur
• from French desportes meaning to divert or
amuse
• Traditional-sport is a game or an athletic
form of play engaged in for the sheer
enjoyment of it (Vinokur, 1988)

29. Vinokur
• Alternative-sport is a playing attitude
extended from childhood; sport is a
physical activity engaged primarily for
amusement or recreation with no
ostensible religious ritual or substance-
activity training significance and involving
at least two adult individuals (Vinokur,
1988)

30. Coakley
• Traditional-sports are institutionalized
competitive activities that involve rigorous
physical exertion or the use of relatively
complex physical skills by participants
motivated by internal and external rewards
(Coakley, 2007)

31. Coakley
• Alternative-Using questions to define
sports (Coakley, 2007)
1. What activities do people in a particular
group or society identify as sports?
2. Whose sports count the most in a group
or society when it comes to obtaining
support and resources?

32. Jarvie
• Modern sport has been described as a ritual
sacrifice of human energy; providing a common
cultural currency between peoples; a means of
compensating for deficiencies in life; a
mechanism for the affirmation of identity and
difference; business rather than sport; a social
product; a contested arena; shaped by stuggles
both on and off the field of play and being a
euphemism for Western or capitalist sport
(Jarvie, 2005).

33. Australian Sports Commission
“a human activity capable of achieving a
result requiring physical exertion and/or
physical skill, which, by its nature and
organisation, is competitive and is
generally accepted as being a sport
(Australian Sports Commission, 2010).”

34. Conclusion
• Definitions of sport from the respondents
include: competition, entertainment, game, team
or community event, form of socialization,
activity requiring an opponent, exhausting event,
bodily activity, exercise and desirable activity.
Their definitions are very varied and mostly
stem from observation or personal experience.
Some of their given definitions are inaccurate,
while others are correct. Clarifications are still
needed to increase people’s understanding of
sports.

35. Thank You for Listening