Do any of you think that Marching Band should be considered a sport??
I am a Trombone player and low brass section leader(lieutenant) and I work my section with laps, pushups, situps, crunches, everything(and im the only girl lowbrasser, lol)...but for some reason some people think that Marching band people dont work that hard and dont consider it a sport...I believe that if a group is doing something that requires strenous practice, hard work and determination then it should be a sport...(just like cheerleading is now considered a sport, lol)
so give me feedback ok
Hey, what up! I play in a marching band in the ATL and we are always running laps, working out, sweating, and etc. We PROBABLY work harder than our football team, no scratch that we DO work harder. We get out there and do more work on the field than any football team. We even leave our footprints on the field. We draw the crowd to the games. Band is even all season. It never stops. I still don't think it should be considered a sport though. It's just a very dedicated activity that just anyone can't do.
aight y'all. marching band is certainly a sport. i am a majorette(baton twirler) in my high school band and i also play clarinet during concert season. during marching season the majorettes practice atleast once a day and on tuesdays and thursdays we practice twice a day. we even practice on the weekends after we get off work and after church. i twirl with the best majorette corp(yeah i said it!) in south GA and we do extremely difficult and strenuous tricks. doing flips and cartwheels over and over while having to run around the field isn't a very easy task. but let me get to the point. marching band is very much a sport. it may even be the toughest sport in high school!
I think it should be considerd as a sport. I am on the drillteam and without the band there is no us. I really appreciate everything that they do. That's the reason why people go to high school games. Nobody really watches the games they look to see what the bands are gonna do. When we're out there dancing,sweating and putting our heart and soul into everything so are they. I give them mad props.
Well I agree with all ya'll I am Saxophone Section Leader in my band even though we don't high step. We still work hard. We Corp Style March (heel-toe). In any band you must have discipline in order to be the best ~Which we Are~. When your team is a losing one. The crowd needs to always be hyped up. While the football team is practicing to lose on the "real" field we are on our practice field practicing to win .....
Holla back at me! 8)
Is doing pushups a sport?
Is doing situps a sport?
Is doing pullups a sport?
No.....While a marching band is a very ATHLETIC thing to do....calling it a SPORT is outright ridiculous.....
I respect all you marching band peeps out there....hell, i even saw DRUMLINE......i cannot sit here, and let you guys call this activity a sport, as athletic which you may be.
Well I have no set opinions on this topic one way or the other. However, I wanted to ask those who said (and will say) that marching isn't a sport, how do you define the word sport?? What about being in a marching isn't sports-like?? Holla.....
*Nods head in agreement*
Aye PoodyB thanx 4 tha response!!! I agree with your definition of what a sport is and I like your statement about not relying on anything(ie playoffs etc.). I didn't wanna come out with anyy strong statements since other than Drumline I know NOTHING about marching bands and all of the effort that goes into it all. That movie really served its purpose because I learned a LOT from it. It seems like ya'll work ji hard and have no type of reward other than a hype crowd and just knowin' you did yo thang.
PS-It's aiight to brag about yo skillz!!!! :lol: :wink:
OK, so far the definitions about sports kinda aint working, but i appreciate everyone's opinions about thsi topic and its great for someone to answer it, but can i describe my band a little bit because its kinda different than everyone else's...
ok our band is sponsored independently so without the football team we would still go on..and we get a good size amount from our state and local government...we do alot of competitions which are really, really competitve..and we do have state and national championships which i have partcipated in all 4 years at highschool...just recently we went to orlando for a competition/halftime show to compete with bands from texas, maryland, massachusetts, florida, new jersey and another trip planned for pennsylvania and washington d.c, with our money we recieve from these competitions we support all sports at our school and generate more income than the football team and 3/4 of other sports at our school...oh yeah that kinda offended me a bit about corp style marchers not doing ****....because i think that we do alot of work and believe me if you have ever been in a national all american band competition it is hard not only because of the physical labor because high steppers do have us on that but also because corp marchers have more precision....and let me validate my point...at a recent national competition in atlanta, judges took off a point from the whole band if they saw one person not marching exactly like all the people in the band..and one point makes a big difference in these competitions...we get cramps to but its mainly in the arms and having our horn angles exactly at a 10 degree or 45 degree angle at all times or again points will be taken off, if even our chins are not at a 10 degree angle than we get points taken away..and believe me DRUMLINE was weak compared to the work that my band and other highly competitive bands do...lol, doing a one arm pushup should be taught as a freshman and that was lame when the guys could not even do it, on drumline...and the low brass was embarrassing a sista with their lame ****, lol...but anyways thats my 2 cents so now yall got my history and now know that yes bands do have national and state championships, and one more question....HOW IN THE WORLD CAN PING-PONG, CHEERLEADING, AND POOL BE A SPORT AND MARCHING BAND NOT??BUT THANKS ALOT YALL FOR YOUR OPINION CAUSE I LOVE IT THAT YALL ACTUALLY RESPONDED TO MY QUESTION..
While the football team is practicing to lose on the "real" field we are on our practice field practicing to win .....
Holla back at me!
