I love watching most sports and have enjoyed the Winter Olympics. I wonder if I am the only one disturbed however by how important chance seems to be in many winter events. I am particularly thinking about short track skating and snowboard cross. The Olympics should be about being the best,not the luckiest.
chance is part of the equation in many sports
because things can go wrong or right
in short track skating
the skaters need to be
highly skilled, very well conditioned, and tactically smart
In snowboard cross
the boarders need to be
highly skilled, well conditioned, acrobatic, coordinated and tactically smart
but in both events, things can go wrong,
contestants can wipe out and make tactical errors
in skating, it looks like it's important to layback, draft and pounce at the right moment
it's a shame about lindsey jacobellis
wiping out and losing the gold
because she was hotdogging
she's now earned her spot in history
"Don't pull a jacobellis"
she learned an important lesson
celebrate after you cross the finish line
Things can go wrong in swimming
you can
blow a turn
poorly split a race
breathe water / choke
get a cramp
hit the bottom
blow a start
blow a finish
what else
Ande
Originally posted by Allen Stark
I love watching most sports and have enjoyed the Winter Olympics. I wonder if I am the only one disturbed however by how important chance seems to be in many winter events. I am particularly thinking about short track skating and snowboard cross. The Olympics should be about being the best,not the luckiest.
chance is part of the equation in many sports
because things can go wrong or right
in short track skating
the skaters need to be
highly skilled, very well conditioned, and tactically smart
In snowboard cross
the boarders need to be
highly skilled, well conditioned, acrobatic, coordinated and tactically smart
but in both events, things can go wrong,
contestants can wipe out and make tactical errors
in skating, it looks like it's important to layback, draft and pounce at the right moment
it's a shame about lindsey jacobellis
wiping out and losing the gold
because she was hotdogging
she's now earned her spot in history
"Don't pull a jacobellis"
she learned an important lesson
celebrate after you cross the finish line
Things can go wrong in swimming
you can
blow a turn
poorly split a race
breathe water / choke
get a cramp
hit the bottom
blow a start
blow a finish
what else
Ande
Originally posted by Allen Stark
I love watching most sports and have enjoyed the Winter Olympics. I wonder if I am the only one disturbed however by how important chance seems to be in many winter events. I am particularly thinking about short track skating and snowboard cross. The Olympics should be about being the best,not the luckiest.
