What are the components that categorize a sport as a lifetime activity?

Live Life with Love: What are the components that categorize a sport as a lifetime activity?
I know there are many sports, like basketball, soccer, and tennis, that are considered lifetime activities. And everyone says that as long as you can play the sport as an adolescent all the way up to the age of an old grandparent, that sport counts as a lifetime activity. Couldn’t this description fit with all sports, though?

As long as you are healthy and are physically capable of handling whatever obstacles these sports offer, then wouldn’t all sports are considered lifetime activities? Or are there specific components to better distinguish this?

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Answer by VRbob000
By definition, lifetime sports are sports, games or activities that can be participated in by an average adult throughout their lives. Contact sports, such as football, ice hockey, boxing and wrestling, would normally lie outside this category. Otherwise most sports and games would be included. The lifetime-sports concept emphasizes participation over competition. The purpose is to keep people active throughout life. Fitness activities alone are not considered lifetime sports. Therefore, participation in lifetime sports does not guarantee health-related fitness, especially in the development and maintenance of cardiovascular fitness.