Loy and Suits agree that sport must involve physical skill and rules to govern the way sport should be played; however I believe Loy discusses aspects of sports which are not outlined by Suits. Suits describes the basic aspects of sports which Loy describes; however Loys’ definition involves key aspects which suits does not mention. One of the key aspects which where suits definition of sports lacks, is that there must be an opponent. This is a flaw in his argument. For example, the lusory goal of soccer is to put the ball in the opposing teams net and the pre-lusory goal of soccer is to put the ball in the opposing teams net without using your arms or hands as an aid. Other than mentioning that you must score on an opposing teams net, this example does not mention that the opposing team needs players on the team. It could be argued that a person can play against imagined opponents. Even though that play is not actually there in real life, you can imagine that they are obstacles that you must surpass. However, without an opponent to play against, the sport is…show more content… Without strategies teams will have no structure as to how they should play. Therefore, a team who loses game after game without any strategy can continue losing. What strategy allows teams or players to do is complete the objective using an alternative method. These strategies are made collaboratively by the coach and athletes. Often the coach will make a strategy which allows for individual skill to shine. For example if a hockey team has players who are capable of scoring many goals, the coach will recognize their ability and place them in a position to shoot the puck while the rest of the team will strive to get them the puck. Strategy allows for players and coach personnel to identify methods of achieving the objective in multiple ways and provide assigns specific tasks to
