I woke up this morning and, for whatever reason, this was the question that was on my mind! Usually it’s a question of what to do next in one of our home renovation projects, or what can I develop next to make one of the games I play (bowls, golf curling) a better game. But no, today it was the burning question of what defines Bowls as a sport.
And you know what? I didn’t have an answer.
So, I got to thinking about other sports. Hockey, for instance, has the Stanley Cup and that is surely defining enough. Football has the Super Bowl as its big game (the Grey Cup here in the Great White North). Soccer/Football has the World Cup. Baseball has the World Series. These are all team games with a set number of players and the big events are played pretty much the same way as they play in their league play leading up to the “event.” Cricket has whatever they play for a championship, but it looks the same as their league play. Aussie Rules Football (brilliant game!) has its exciting finals (in Sydney when I was there in ’85).There are other team games that also fall in line with this where the Defining Moment of the sport is a culmination of how the game is normally played.
The Delivery Doctor will be posting as often as he can in this blog. Sometimes about bowls, sometimes about curling and more than likely also about golf. The Doc will also be posting insights after one of his frequent coaching stints, either at a club, with a customer or with a client athlete.
Ryan has suggested that it be both the World Indoor and World Outdoor Singles.
I have no problems with that but Bowls has to be prepared...