# Is Yoyo a Sport or Hobby **URL:** \ **Category:** General Yo-Yo\ **Created:** [May 30, 2023, 10:41am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-yoyo-a-sport-or-hobby/376499 "2023-05-30T10:41:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JSERR](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/jserr/32/186876_2.png) [@JSERR](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/JSERR)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-yoyo-a-sport-or-hobby/376499/21 "2023-05-30T17:40:43Z")
Yo-yo might be the only thing I can think of off the top of my head to be both a hobby and a sport. Just depends how far you want to take it. I’m happy to leave the sporting to the pros who use way more string and have way more patience. I’m just happy to play and have a few really amazing throws. ---
**Author:** ![AngryGumball](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/angrygumball/32/683872_2.png) [@AngryGumball](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/AngryGumball)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 5:51pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-yoyo-a-sport-or-hobby/376499/22 "2023-05-30T17:51:02Z")
It’s a spobby 🙂 It depends on what you’re getting out of it. I’ve always seen it more as a performing art akin to dancing, juggling or other form of stage performance. I can see where it can be thought as sport too as while being an athlete isn’t required, dexterity is. Maintaining good sportsmanship is also part of it. For myself, I treat yoyo as a hobby as I don’t perform or compete. It’s just a thing I do as a form of relaxation and accomplishment (landing that new trick when it comes). ---
**Author:** ![Billipo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/billipo/32/162446_2.png) [@Billipo](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Billipo)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 7:15pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-yoyo-a-sport-or-hobby/376499/23 "2023-05-30T19:15:44Z")
I am not a big fan of judged activities being called sports but they are in fact considered sports. Figure skating, gymnastics, skateboarding, yo-yo, etc. Now if played to the death, then I would have no doubt calling yo-yo a sport. ---
**Author:** ![MoosaK](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/moosak/32/116955_2.png) [@MoosaK](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/MoosaK)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2023, 7:30pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-yoyo-a-sport-or-hobby/376499/24 "2023-05-30T19:30:42Z")
I think the most accurate description would be that it is a performance art, like juggling, dancing, theatre, kendama, music, unicycling, etc. Most of these things have both a competitive and artistic aspect to them and there isn’t a hard line separating the two. ---
**Author:** ![Grendel](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/grendel/32/92975_2.png) [@Grendel](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Grendel)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 9:34pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-yoyo-a-sport-or-hobby/376499/25 "2023-10-28T21:34:13Z")
It’s a spobby??? ---
**Author:** ![POspot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/b2d939/32.png) [@POspot](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/POspot)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 9:46pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-yoyo-a-sport-or-hobby/376499/26 "2023-10-28T21:46:46Z")
For any professional that is active creating content preparing for contest my default would be a sport. For me it would depend on how many calories you burn while throwing a good 2 hour session. If throwing burned as many calories as running a 9:00 min pace 5k I would call it a sport. That my personal take on a lot of is it a sport activities. I am sure most would want to call it a sport… You know poker is a sport to some. ---
**Author:** ![Shapapy](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/shapapy/32/141199_2.png) [@Shapapy](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Shapapy)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-yoyo-a-sport-or-hobby/376499/27 "2023-10-28T21:48:56Z")
If you’re competing, it’s a sport. If you collect and/or just play at your leisure, it’s a hobby. It’s both. ---
**Author:** ![K1LCr09](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/k1lcr09/32/268600_2.png) [@K1LCr09](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/K1LCr09)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 10:19pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-yoyo-a-sport-or-hobby/376499/28 "2023-10-28T22:19:37Z")
For me its a hobby but for the people that enter competerions and compete it is a sport ---
**Author:** ![TheThrowingGnome](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/thethrowinggnome/32/14231_2.png) [@TheThrowingGnome](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TheThrowingGnome)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2023, 10:47pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-yoyo-a-sport-or-hobby/376499/29 "2023-10-28T22:47:18Z")
Soccer is a sport, but you can do it for a hobby. Hunting is a hobby, but you can do it for sport. Yoyo is a sport, but only if it’s not just a hobby. Personally, I have my hobby in my pocket even if I’m playing a sport. ---
**Author:** ![ice1000](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/ice1000/32/250979_2.png) [@ice1000](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/ice1000)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 12:02am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-yoyo-a-sport-or-hobby/376499/30 "2023-10-29T00:02:01Z")
> [@SML](#): > > Yo is a state of being. Reminds me of the nlab entry of _modality_: > A _modality_ in [philosophy](https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/philosophy) and formally in [formal logic](https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/formal+logic)/[type theory](https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/type+theory) expresses a certain _mode_ (or “moment” as in [Hegel 12](https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/modality#Hegel12)) of [being](https://ncatlab.org/nlab/show/being). ---
**Author:** ![TommyBwell](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/tommybwell/32/304464_2.png) [@TommyBwell](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/TommyBwell)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 12:22am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-yoyo-a-sport-or-hobby/376499/31 "2023-10-29T00:22:58Z")
My son-in-law competes in Pokémon tournaments. He competes weekly and travels out of state. Does that make Pokémon a sport. ---
**Author:** ![yoyoxcellence](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/yoyoxcellence/32/240706_2.png) [@yoyoxcellence](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/yoyoxcellence)\ **Post date:** [October 29, 2023, 1:14am UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-yoyo-a-sport-or-hobby/376499/32 "2023-10-29T01:14:14Z")
It’s ina weird spot like all tcg games. As the video game version is considered a e-sport but tabletop they don’t really classify it as such which I always found odd. ---
**Author:** ![Abyss](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex015/user_avatar/forums.yoyoexpert.com/abyss/32/230230_2.png) [@Abyss](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/u/Abyss)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2023, 12:20pm UTC](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-yoyo-a-sport-or-hobby/376499/33 "2023-11-03T12:20:49Z")
YoYo is a hobby, a pass time, a way to connect with other people and compete like a sport. its many thing with many benifits. but recently its how i bleed money every month 🫠 [Previous page](https://forums.yoyoexpert.com/t/is-yoyo-a-sport-or-hobby/376499.md?page=1)