One thing that will always be true for sporting goods stores is that they will never run out of a market to appeal to, because whether it is baseball bats or even something like karate weapons, there is something required to participate in just about every sport out there. When people just follow a sport to find out who wins or who loses, they can lose sight of what really makes the game what it is and what makes it different from everything else out there, and comparing the gear each sport uses is a good way of reminding yourself what makes each sport what it is.

When you just pretend for a moment that you are about to sign up to be a part of an NHL hockey team, you will need to pretend to go out and buy your own skates, your own pads, your own face mask, and tons of other items that are unique to the game. Instead of thinking about that particular sport, you could think of a game that is entirely different, like the wonderful game of golf, but you will still notice that there is a very extensive list of things that are required to enjoy that game to its fullest, from the clubs to the cart.

You may not feel like the differences in equipment between one sport or another is really worth discussing, but the equipment that is used in each sport is really important and actually makes the sport what it is; it makes it interesting. You would have little chance of hosting an entertaining game of pool if you did not have the proper table to play on just like you would be looking at a rather peculiar round of bowling if there was no lane to play on or no pins.

How many times have you considered what your favorite games would be played if they were given different equipment to play with, like volleyball with tennis nets? It would be very interesting to see football players running up and down a large field and tackling one another for the sake of winning control over a golf ball.

We should definitely try to appreciate the various types of equipment that are used to make up our favorite games and keep them going strong. Tennis rackets would make awful karate weapons the same way bowling shoes would make terrible track shoes, so let\’s be glad that samurai swords and Nike trainers exist in their current forms.