Many people believe that juggling is just an activity that people do as a hobby but, this pastime can be extremely difficult and require the same amount of skill as a sport. This begs the question; What is a sport? As said by languages.oup.com, “an activity involving physical exertion and skill.” By definition, juggling is a sport, but people may be wondering “wait someone doesn`t have to be physically fit to juggle”. The classic 3 ball repetitive juggling does not require much energy but when you add different routines and more complicated maneuvers, things start to get very tricky. Ryker Dean, a Freshman, amateur juggler at Rocky Mountain high school, competed at Rocky’s Got Talent and placed third. Ryker continues to improve on juggling higher amounts of balls. “When I’m working on my five-ball juggling, I’ll get tired just doing that,” said Ryker. The repetitive swinging of the arms can prove exhausting and the shuffling of the feet, especially when just learning to juggle, can really strain juggler’s muscles.
However, Austin Ryan, a Freshman at Rocky Mountain has other ideas “Juggling shouldn`t be a sport.” Although some people believe this, it`s similarity to other sports proves that it should be. In ways juggling with hands is very similar to juggling in soccer because they have many of the same movements. Another likeness between soccer and juggling is that they both have professionals that are very impressive.
If juggling was a sport at Rocky Mountain Highschool, it would provide people with the opportunity to join a sport that doesn`t require much experience to start. Every activity that is added to Rocky`s portfolio brings a whole new group of students into the programs which adds to the idea familiar to many teachers: “Get Involved.” Juggling should be a sport at Rocky because it will give people a fun activity that deserves to be recognized for its difficulty.
