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NB Cognitive Demand should be only aspect needing explanation (as you don't have access to the Discourse discussion which it came from). This is how Ross put it:

"I guess the point was that if trying to define sport, then the attributes should be as specific to sport as possible. Maybe the better way, then, of thinking about the cognitive/intellectual side is to ask how easily someone from outside the sport could cope with the cognitive demands of the sport. For instance, I reckon most would take an air rifle and be pretty comfortable in KNOWING what was needed, even if they couldn’t do it. Same as high jump. Easy conceptual sports. Whereas gymnastics, field hockey, etc happen in a much more challenging cognitive and decision-making environment. Is that what we are after when we talk about cognitive processing and mental skill?

Or maybe, put differently - an alien comes to earth and watches the olympics. Which sport is easiest for our alien friend to understand? Which is most complex?"