If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?I would do swimming, archery and fencing. I'm quite good at archery and fencing as i have the stance for them both and a good eye.
Swimming is just fun because I feel more relaxed when I'm in the water and as it is in water I don't feel so hot and sweaty during the swim! -
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?I don't really understand the question. Why is there an "if"? The only sport I can think of that might not be possible to receive free or extremely affordable playing time and coaching are the equestrian ones.
Join a local club and they will almost certainly give you free coaching unless they're bastards. I coach kids cricket and it wouldn't even cross my mind to think about asking to get paid for it. -
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?Well there's three:
Basketball- I already do that however it requires you turn pro afaik and that's a level of commitment that I don't think I could do or reach.
Judo- I did that when I was kid a I was good at it imo but these days most dojos are in temporary gyms or schools and they look like they could be passed for youth clubs anyway
Swimming- it's fun, healthy and interesting but I couldn't bring myself to swim in speedos
edit: oh and track cycling it looks like a fast paced sportLast edited by The Cornerstone; 30-07-2012 at 15:20. -
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?Few local sports clubs are 'free', often requiring a small nominal membership fee to keep the books balanced. But otherwise I imagine the OP is refering to living expenses, so you wouldn't require a job and could train full time.(Original post by py0alb)
I don't really understand the question. Why is there an "if"? The only sport I can think of that might not be possible to receive free or extremely affordable playing time and coaching are the equestrian ones.
Join a local club and they will almost certainly give you free coaching unless they're bastards. I coach kids cricket and it wouldn't even cross my mind to think about asking to get paid for it. -
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?Swimming I used to love swimming and was pretty good but I never tried competitive swimming . I'm thinking of trying it out.
It looks amazing watching it, the swimmers are so fast. It'd be great to swim at the speed of them.
I'd love to try tennis too.Last edited by Mysteriouschic; 30-07-2012 at 15:39. -
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?In which case I imagine most people's answer would be "the sport I play in my spare time currently".(Original post by pol pot noodles)
Few local sports clubs are 'free', often requiring a small nominal membership fee to keep the books balanced. But otherwise I imagine the OP is refering to living expenses, so you wouldn't require a job and could train full time. -
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?I'd love to play basketball but pretty crap. Would you say practice dribbling skills to drill it into your muscle memory so you don't have to look down/worry about losing the ball from your hands?(Original post by The Cornerstone)
Well there's three:
Basketball- I already do that however it requires you turn pro afaik and that's a level of commitment that I don't think I could do or reach.
Judo- I did that when I was kid a I was good at it imo but these days most dojos are in temporary gyms or schools and they look like they could be passed for youth clubs anyway
Swimming- it's fun, healthy and interesting but I couldn't bring myself to swim in speedos
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Re: If you could train/play any Olympic sport, which would it be?I'm not exactly the best either(Original post by drummer)
I'd love to play basketball but pretty crap. Would you say practice dribbling skills to drill it into your muscle memory so you don't have to look down/worry about losing the ball from your hands? but yeah you should keep practicing, I plan to do that as soon as I go back to uni. One drill that helps me is to keep dribbling the ball while looking straight ahead and never looking at the ball, you can do this by yourself and you don't really need a court or a training partner. Another one is to pass the ball around your hips or around your legs, which is something you can do at home.
