What is the easiest Olympic sport?

[Boomerang]

So i've been good in sports all my life man. Varsity bball, varsity volleyball I learned in 1 year and became the starter and number one spiker in my team. I do all kind of sports for fun: badminton, bowling, pool, running, swimming. Basically I'm good. :confusedshrug:

So I've decided I wanted a Olympic Gold Medal to put in my room. What's the easiest sports to accomplish this? I just want to train for maybe 2 months then enter the olympic competition in 2016.

[eriX]

cant tell if serious :coleman:

[alenleomessi]

Table Tennis is probably the least physically demanding of all the events. Almost anyone can do it and it doesn't take years of training.
its easy to learn not to suck but its extremely hard to learn to be good at it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8IVASo0umU

you think anyone can learn to do this?

[Boomerang]

its easy to learn not to suck but its extremely hard to learn to be good at it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8IVASo0umU

you think anyone can learn to do this?
Give me 2 weeks and I should be around that level. :pimp:

[SourPatchKids]

Table Tennis doesn't take years of training.
ROFLMONSTER!!

[B-Low]

Not saying it's EASY by everyday standards, but i think the easiest out of the Olympic sports would probably be fencing

[Raz]

Fencing, archery, or equestrian dressage.

[Lebowsky]

Not saying it's EASY by everyday standards, but i think the easiest out of the Olympic sports would probably be fencing
You need a lifetime to master the crazy amount of technique that is behind fencing. If OP means easiest as in easiest to pick up, then fencing is definitely out of the question.

[Raz]

You need a lifetime to master the crazy amount of technique that is behind fencing. If OP means easiest as in easiest to pick up, then fencing is definitely out of the question.

It's gotta be that equestrian trash then

[UtahJazzFan88]

Equastrian

[-p.tiddy-]

http://files.2012.nbcolympics.com/mm/photo/sport/general/47/48/21/474821_m02.jpg

[Velocirap31]

Equastrian

Going to be tough to get a horse, a very good one. A horse that is trained already in the sport.

[Raz]

Going to be tough to get a horse, a very good one. A horse that is trained already in the sport.


$$$

And if the horse sucks and you lose, sell him for meat and glue

[Sarcastic]

Basketball.

[UtahJazzFan88]

Going to be tough to get a horse, a very good one. A horse that is trained already in the sport.

That takes more $$$ than skill usually.

[KevinNYC]

$$$

And if the horse sucks and you lose, sell him for meat and glue

An Olympic level horse is worth more than your house.

[KevinNYC]

Yes, playing ping-pong or shooting a pistol or a bow and arrow are easy to do. The question is how many people can become Olympic caliber at it. The OP should move to a country with a very tiny population and then begin training at something.

[Velocirap31]

An Olympic level horse is worth more than your house.

This. So if OP is ridiculously rich, he might have a chance.

[plowking]

Judo.

I spent 20 minutes watching this f*cking sport, I still don't know how anyone scores a point. Basically just hold onto your opponents robe and you're fine. You might even escape with a win.

[Sarcastic]

How hard is sailing?


Also didn't Geena Davis pick up archery pretty quickly and almost make the Olympics?

[ripthekik]

http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Bobsleigh+Skeleton+World+Cup+Day+6+0ZyZhDY8LJMl.jp g

http://www.canada.com/sports/2010wintergames/bobsleigh/1182014.bin?size=620x400

Learn to push and jump into the thing. You just have to sit better than the other guys

[DukeDelonte13]

Judo.

I spent 20 minutes watching this f*cking sport, I still don't know how anyone scores a point. Basically just hold onto your opponents robe and you're fine. You might even escape with a win.


Judo is awesome. I took a judo class in college. It's just the same thing as real wrestling with slightly different rules, and different core moves.


But my vote for easiest olympic sport is curling. Its ice bocce ball. You can practically play it while holding a drink in your hand.

[KevinNYC]

How hard is sailing?


Also didn't Geena Davis pick up archery pretty quickly and almost make the Olympics?

Yes, because she probably has hand-eye coordination and muscle memory that's in the top .01 percent of the population.

[KevinNYC]

http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Bobsleigh+Skeleton+World+Cup+Day+6+0ZyZhDY8LJMl.jp g

http://www.canada.com/sports/2010wintergames/bobsleigh/1182014.bin?size=620x400

Learn to push and jump into the thing. You just have to sit better than the other guys


So is the question, how easy is to learn? Or how easy is it to be Olympic caliber? Because bobsled is actually much harder to learn than the 100 m dash which is just straight running. This is running and jumping into a sled.

[KevinNYC]

Judo.

I spent 20 minutes watching this f*cking sport, I still don't know how anyone scores a point. Basically just hold onto your opponents robe and you're fine. You might even escape with a win.

Of course, if you went up against an Olympian that strategy would find you flipped on your ass several times.

[LJJ]

Judo.

I spent 20 minutes watching this f*cking sport, I still don't know how anyone scores a point. Basically just hold onto your opponents robe and you're fine. You might even escape with a win.

It's fairly straightforward. Throwing your opponent on their back or submitting your opponent on their back is an instant win (ippon). You perform either of these actions to a lesser extent you can score a wasari (essentially a half ippon), or a yuko (the smallest score).

If no one wins the game within the time limit they look at points scored. If a tie they continue to fight sudden death to first point scored. If still a draw judges decide.

That's the basic gist of it.

[LJJ]

So is the question, how easy is to learn? Or how easy is it to be Olympic caliber? Because bobsled is actually much harder to learn than the 100 m dash which is just straight running. This is running and jumping into a sled.

The actions you need to perform are harder, but the talent pool is much smaller.

Any somewhat competitive sprinter in the world could hook up with an above average bobsled racer and become title favorites. The problem is that the truly great sprinters come from countries where no one knows how to steer a bobsled, and vice versa.

[plowking]

It's fairly straightforward. Throwing your opponent on their back or submitting your opponent on their back is an instant win (ippon). You perform either of these actions to a lesser extent you can score a wasari (essentially a half ippon), or a yuko (the smallest score).

If no one wins the game within the time limit they look at points scored. If a tie they continue to fight sudden death to first point scored. If still a draw judges decide.

That's the basic gist of it.

I realize its not easy, I was being a d!ck. :oldlol:

But yeah, every time I watch, it seems that its always 0-0 for so damn long, and when they do get a point, I never really got it.

[LuppersGB]

How hard is sailing?

Well if you get in a class that has two per boat ie the 49er class, where the other guy is very competent in handling tactics, seamanship and all things nautical then, as long as you know the complete sailing drills like being lead spinnaker man or lead tacker then you maybe in with a shout.

On your own, unless you've sailed your entire life practically impossible, in fact probably one of the hardest sports.

A GB athlete in Athens won gold in rowing then got bored and took up track cycling and won gold in Beijing. So it is possible to pick up a sport to Olympic level in 4yrs

[Nick Young]

Handball

Team sport for retards that requires hardly any skill

Also horse dressage seems pretty weak. They just go into a square and trot around slowly, then tip their hat and get scored by judges. Lame.

[LT Ice Cream]

You can probably go from "noob" to "good" at any sport in a short amount of time. Its the jump from "good" to "elite" that separates olympic athletes from the rest of us. So yeah, sorry you're out of luck.

[B-Low]

Handball

Team sport for retards that requires hardly any skill

Also horse dressage seems pretty weak. They just go into a square and trot around slowly, then tip their hat and get scored by judges. Lame.

crap i forgot about handball. That's definitely it. It's a playground game

[KevinNYC]

A GB athlete in Athens won gold in rowing then got bored and took up track cycling and won gold in Beijing. So it is possible to pick up a sport to Olympic level in 4yrs

Right, but this is an example of an already elite athlete doing it and picking too sports that require great aerobic capacity and leg strength.

Erik Heiden in the US became a pro cyclist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Heiden#Road_bicycle_racing) after being the best speed skater in the world.
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YDU1ASmQaW4/TBrH03sg72I/AAAAAAAAAEc/KKeaMq7Kmo0/s1600/heiden_eric.jpg

But just looking at the guy could tell you, his legs would be a pretty powerful engine.

[Flea]

Anyone here really thinks that you could become at olympic level in any sport in just 2 months? It takes years!

[Nick Young]

Anyone here really thinks that you could become at olympic level in any sport in just 2 months? It takes years!
Handball-I am 6'1 above average athlete. No doubt in my mind I could make the USA handball team if I spent a year or 2 trying to.

That sport is retardedly simple.

[Flea]

Handball-I am 6'1 above average athlete. No doubt in my mind I could make the USA handball team if I spent a year or 2 trying to.

That sport is retardedly simple.
You can become good at it...
But become as good to make an olympics team for USA.. no way... you need at least 4 years, and be really talented in sports...

[Nick Young]

You can become good at it...
But become as good to make an olympics team for USA.. no way... you need at least 4 years, and be really talented in sports...
No talent is required to play handball.

[Cangri]

No talent is required to play handball.
Man imagine if usa basketball decided to play this sht just for giggles :oldlol:

[Flea]

No talent is required to play handball.
:lol :lol :lol
You surely havent played handball against good opponents in your life.

[Maga_1]

Nick, i bet you read that Bill Simmons article about handball and that's why you are implicating with the sport.

I can say this, you/i/anyone here can't even play against womens in handball you don't know how crazy it is until you play at good level.

[Nick Young]

:lol :lol :lol
You surely havent played handball against good opponents in your life.
That's because in America, no one who is a good athlete would degrade themselves enough to decide to specialize in this garbage dumpster level sport.

[Nick Young]

Nick, i bet you read that Bill Simmons article about handball and that's why you are implicating with the sport.

I can say this, you/i/anyone here can't even play against womens in handball you don't know how crazy it is until you play at good level.
I don't read Bill Simmons but I bet that article does nothing but state the same thing every other American who watches handball can see. Gonna google that shit.

Please tell me what is so crazy about this sport. It is a normal baseball throw. The goal is gigantic, the defenders hardly do anything, they just pass around the perimeter til someone decides to jump into the defense-you don't need any speed or quickness to succeed-why is it so hard?

[Maga_1]

I don't read Bill Simmons but I bet that article does nothing but state the same thing every other American who watches handball can see. Gonna google that shit.

Please tell me what is so crazy about this sport. It is a normal baseball throw. The goal is gigantic, the defenders hardly do anything, they just pass around the perimeter til someone decides to jump into the defense-you don't need any speed or quickness to succeed-why is it so hard?

I'm not even defending the sport because it's good in my country, because we aren't :lol

The goal is not gigantic, it's not like soccer. The goalie can cover most of the angles.
You need A LOT of lateral quickness, a LOT of strenght to pass the defenders and you need to jump a lot to surpase a 6'6 guys trying to block your shoots.
For the guys that play in the lateral, you can't imagine how little are the angles that they have to shot. They work a lot of plyometrics to stay in air for a long time to create a better angle to score.
Most of times they stop you with fouls (guys 6'5 210), not some pus"ies).

[Maga_1]

That's because in America, no one who is a good athlete would degrade themselves enough to decide to specialize in this garbage dumpster level sport.

You can say that about people playing baseball in Europe :lol

[B-Low]

Everyone here is jumping to the defense of every single sport mentioned saying "it takes years to perfect!". But the thread isn't "what is a simple sport?", it's "what is the EASIEST" olympic sport.

If you have a man with $1 billion, a man with $100 billion and a man with $500 billion and you said "who is the poorest out of all those men?", the answer is the man with $1 billion. That's not to say he's poor by everyday standards, but considering the alternatives, he's the poorest in regards to that question.

There has to be an answer. Yes, Fencing at an olympic level is difficult. But one of the sports has to be the LEAST difficult. Which is more difficult? Gymnastics or handball? I'm sorry, but the answer is handball, no matter how hard it is to be a pro at.

Nobody here aside from the OP and the ever confident Bruinlove, are saying they could dominate the sports mentioned. They're just saying that compared to the other sports, they're the easiest.

[Maga_1]

Oh and my answer is thriatlon, if you're good at one discipline and decent at the others you have a good shoot to be good.

[Maga_1]

Everyone here is jumping to the defense of every single sport mentioned saying "it takes years to perfect!". But the thread isn't "what is a simple sport?", it's "what is the EASIEST" olympic sport.

If you have a man with $1 billion, a man with $100 billion and a man with $500 billion and you said "who is the poorest out of all those men?", the answer is the man with $1 billion. That's not to say he's poor by everyday standards, but considering the alternatives, he's the poorest in regards to that question.

There has to be an answer. Yes, Fencing at an olympic level is difficult. But one of the sports has to be the LEAST difficult. Which is more difficult? Gymnastics or handball? I'm sorry, but the answer is handball, no matter how hard it is to be a pro at.

Nobody here aside from the OP and the ever confident Bruinlove, are saying they could dominate the sports mentioned. They're just saying that compared to the other sports, they're the easiest.

Going by that logic? Soccer. I guess it's the world most practised sport.

[B-Low]

^^^ one thing i will say about soccer as someone who never really watched it before these olympics....good LORD they flop a lot lol. One guy got shoved onto the grass as he was running and stayed on the ground for a good 3 minutes :oldlol:

[Maga_1]

^^^ one thing i will say about soccer as someone who never really watched it before these olympics....good LORD they flop a lot lol. One guy got shoved onto the grass as he was running and stayed on the ground for a good 3 minutes :oldlol:

It's kind of normal, it really depends on the countries :lol
I played for 2 years as a kid, but it's not for me .. i need to have the ball a lot of time. In 90 minutes of game if you play in some positions you barely touch the ball sometimes

[Nick Young]

It's kind of normal, it really depends on the countries :lol
I played for 2 years as a kid, but it's not for me .. i need to have the ball a lot of time. In 90 minutes of game if you play in some positions you barely touch the ball sometimes
I used to play AYSO for Chatsworth, making the regional teams, from the age of 7-18 but make no mistake I was never good and still suck, everyone can do AYSO. But the point is our team was the worst in the region and we always went against teams full of giant mexican kids 2 years older than us lying about their ages who would not only kick our ass by 5 goals a game, but also throw all these really dirty shots and even just punch players on the field when the ref wasn't looking, so we had to fight back by being dirtier and doing the same.

I wish football was as violent and dirty as it used to be when I played AYSO but it's the opposite at a pro level.

throwing sneaky elbows without getting caught and stomping players feet was the only thing me and my team was any good at.

[-p.tiddy-]

the skill level for any of these sports never really maxes out...you could spend a life time of hard work trying to perfect any of them

[Flea]

I don't read Bill Simmons but I bet that article does nothing but state the same thing every other American who watches handball can see. Gonna google that shit.

Please tell me what is so crazy about this sport. It is a normal baseball throw. The goal is gigantic, the defenders hardly do anything, they just pass around the perimeter til someone decides to jump into the defense-you don't need any speed or quickness to succeed-why is it so hard?
This sport is the second most violent sport in the world, after Rugby... Hockey and American football are around there, but these players are covered with armory, so you cant get hurt so fast...

[NauruDude]

Handball

Team sport for retards that requires hardly any skill

Also horse dressage seems pretty weak. They just go into a square and trot around slowly, then tip their hat and get scored by judges. Lame.

Handball requires no skill?
Have you even played it? Guess not.

This is like saying football is easy.

[NauruDude]

That's because in America, no one who is a good athlete would degrade themselves enough to decide to specialize in this garbage dumpster level sport.

Americans who like American football, baseball can't tell my that handball is crap.

[kobron23]

Americans who like American football, baseball can't tell my that handball is crap.

Ill tell you right now. handball is trash

[Flea]

Ill tell you right now. handball is trash
This is just subjective opinion. People are different and have different taste, so you cant say something like that... it is just meaningless.

[tomtucker]

handball is a very rough game....much more then basketball........very rugged

[Rnbizzle]

It's definitely not Basketball, if you're from Nigeria. :lol :lol

[kobron23]

This is just subjective opinion. People are different and have different taste, so you cant say something like that... it is just meaningless.

its not meaningless to me. it may be a "rough" game but that doesnt change how easy it is

[NauruDude]

its not meaningless to me. it may be a "rough" game but that doesnt change how easy it is

Have you even played it, or are you watching it for the first time this Olympics. Seems as you are. :banana:

[DropStep]

While its not in the olympics anymore, baseball is probably the easiest sport. Its a pretty straight forward game. Anyone can swing a bat and throw a a ball.

[johndeeregreen]

While its not in the olympics anymore, baseball is probably the easiest sport. Its a pretty straight forward game. Anyone can swing a bat and throw a a ball.
:roll:

[KevinNYC]

Folks, running is the easiest sport. What is easier to learn?

[neilio23]

While its not in the olympics anymore, baseball is probably the easiest sport. Its a pretty straight forward game. Anyone can swing a bat and throw a a ball.

LOL. This thread is full of hilarious oversimplifications, but this has got to be the best of them.

[DropStep]

LOL. This thread is full of hilarious oversimplifications, but this has got to be the best of them.
How is baseball not the easiest sport. Baseball is the only sport where 2 games can happen in the same day and no one would complain about being tired. Half the time the players are sitting in a dugout or standing in one place. Dont get me starting on that god awful softball.

[neilio23]

How is baseball not the easiest sport. Baseball is the only sport where 2 games can happen in the same day and no one would complain about being tired. Half the time the players are sitting in a dugout or standing in one place. Dont get me starting on that god awful softball.


I'm not arguing for or against any sport - what the hell do I know about the level of competition of olympic sports.

Maybe the mechanics of the games are 'easier' compared to the mechanics of another sport. But there is no objective scale for us to determine this. This claim is based on our perception of the sport. And considering that 95% of ISH at best played on high school team (if that), I don't think we're in any position to actually claim what it takes to make it to a high level.

Baseball is my least favourite sport. Despite that, I can't claim that I could ever be able to hit a 95 mph fast ball etc.

By the same logic, basketball is just guys running back and forth on a court and throwing a ball at a hoop etc.

Anything is easy to learn to a basic level, nothing is easy to get good at.

[Maga_1]

Folks, running is the easiest sport. What is easier to learn?

Don't go there, proper running technics are extremely tough to learn.

[G-train]

Folks, running is the easiest sport. What is easier to learn?

Can you run under 10 seconds? If its so easy...

[Timmy D for MVP]

Dressage.

[Jello]

Be a sweeper in curling.

[resin_baller]

Yeah, dressage is bullshit. I'm sure doing it at high levels is difficult, but it's still easier than EVERYTHING else, including curling, and has a tiny talent pool because of the money needed.

[Jasi]

Handball-I am 6'1 above average athlete. No doubt in my mind I could make the USA handball team if I spent a year or 2 trying to.

That sport is retardedly simple.

So, do it.


By the way my vote goes to rowing.
The proper technique is not impossible to get.
It surely requires an awful lot of training to reach the physical intensity and resistence needed, but if you have time and you're committed, this is the least difficult sport imo.

[Lebowsky]

I used to play AYSO for Chatsworth, making the regional teams, from the age of 7-18 but make no mistake I was never good and still suck, everyone can do AYSO. But the point is our team was the worst in the region and we always went against teams full of giant mexican kids 2 years older than us lying about their ages who would not only kick our ass by 5 goals a game, but also throw all these really dirty shots and even just punch players on the field when the ref wasn't looking, so we had to fight back by being dirtier and doing the same.

I wish football was as violent and dirty as it used to be when I played AYSO but it's the opposite at a pro level.

throwing sneaky elbows without getting caught and stomping players feet was the only thing me and my team was any good at.
Chatsworth, as in Chatsworth, Norway, or Chatsworth, Egypt?

[Lebowsky]

I don't read Bill Simmons but I bet that article does nothing but state the same thing every other American who watches handball can see. Gonna google that shit.

Please tell me what is so crazy about this sport. It is a normal baseball throw. The goal is gigantic, the defenders hardly do anything, they just pass around the perimeter til someone decides to jump into the defense-you don't need any speed or quickness to succeed-why is it so hard?

You are welcome to try. I guarantee that if you tried to play handball against any good competition you'd go home with a few broken ribs and crying in embarrassment.

[LJJ]

It used to be baseball.

[Trumpin]

Handball-I am 6'1 above average athlete. No doubt in my mind I could make the USA handball team if I spent a year or 2 trying to.

That sport is retardedly simple.

You 6'1?:roll: :roll:

Post a pic, you're probably a 5'5' fattass who sit all day trying to come up with weak ass comicbooks that no one will read.

[chains5000]

Folks, running is the easiest sport. What is easier to learn?
I hope this is a joke.

[wally_world]

basketball, just join team USA as a 12th man and get a gold medal for doing nothing

[kNIOKAS]

I hope this is a joke.
it actually makes sense. it's something very natural and doesn't require any additional skill or knowledge. anybody can run. See: Forest GUmp

[Jasi]

it actually makes sense. it's something very natural and doesn't require any additional skill or knowledge. anybody can run. See: Forest GUmp

Yeah but the point here is: what is the sport where it's easiest to reach an olympic level.
Running would probably be at the bottom of the list.
If your body structure isn't adequate, there's no training that will get you there.
Unless you become a Bhutan citizen or something.

[chains5000]

Yeah but the point here is: what is the sport where it's easiest to reach an olympic level.
Running would probably be at the bottom of the list.
If your body structure isn't adequate, there's no training that will get you there.
Unless you become a Bhutan citizen or something.
People fail to realize athletes in Marathon run as fast as common people at their fastest speed, for 42,195km.

[kNIOKAS]

Yeah but the point here is: what is the sport where it's easiest to reach an olympic level.
Running would probably be at the bottom of the list.
If your body structure isn't adequate, there's no training that will get you there.
Unless you become a Bhutan citizen or something.
Correct, and we have to stress the genetics and bodytype here. Some sports simply require a certain build, but maybe, given you have that type of build, sport becomes easy? For example take a 7 foot volleyball player. I really think that sport isn't hard, it's just concentration and basic movement... Well, you have to have somewhat "good" hands, I suppose, but it's really a sport that in our school the laziest guys used to play (those that found basketball requiring too much physical energy). So yeah. My nomination goes to volleyball.

[LJJ]

I have to admit, I know a bunch of people who played volleyball at a fairly high level. Nothing extraordinary, but high national amateur level, and I was never really impressed with their overall athletic ability.

These weren't the people who tended to get picked first in gym class for anything but volleyball. People who excel at other sports such as basketball or soccer you could count on to be quite adequate at most sports, but the same couldn't be said about the "volleybal people".

[Boomerang]

I have to admit, I know a bunch of people who played volleyball at a fairly high level. Nothing extraordinary, but high national amateur level, and I was never really impressed with their overall athletic ability.

These weren't the people who tended to get picked first in gym class for anything but volleyball. People who excel at other sports such as basketball or soccer you could count on to be quite adequate at most sports, but the same couldn't be said about the "volleybal people".
Volleyball people are known to jump a lot higher than BBall people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T6dsJ7NrTE

Plus the speed and precision is crazy. When someone spikes, the ball travels so fast you have less than 0.1 second to react or you're too late. This occurs for the most part of the game.

[alenleomessi]

well if you live in usa getting in the olympics will be pretty damn hard even if you are a good athlete...for a small country (african mostly) is much easier... doesnt matter if you failed to qualify for the semis/finals... still you made the olympics :confusedshrug:

if you watch the heats ( qualifications, they are on air right now ) there are peeps running around 12 seconds in 100m( last in the race :lol but still olympic level :D )... any good athlete can run that fast with some training... also the same can be said for swimming


as being a championship level in the olympics? probably badminton

[kNIOKAS]

Volleyball people are known to jump a lot higher than BBall people.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T6dsJ7NrTE

Plus the speed and precision is crazy. When someone spikes, the ball travels so fast you have less than 0.1 second to react or you're too late. This occurs for the most part of the game.
Well... Point still stands. You do what you can do, it's not like pro volleyball athletes have vastly superior reaction time to the average bloke. Reaction times are defined by the speed of neurons transmitting signals, and that's pretty much a constant. You can improve a little here and there, you may have an inherited somewhat better reaction time but realistically it's only miliseconds. In sports people do react to such things by context, as in table tennis - you couldn't react fast enough to calculate and hit the incoming ball - yet, you can judge the trajectory by the moves of the opponent. Add some playing experience and you have it as good as almost any player.

I would also claim that shooting with pistols or rifles must be really easy. Relatively it requires almost none physical training, as the biggest part is mental: focus. And that's it... You either have parkinsons and can't hit shit, or you're good at it. Now hold your breath and do your thing...
Plus, not everyone gets the gun to shoot at young age or any age, it's not the typical birthday gift as a basketball or football, thus making the field smaller.



well if you live in usa getting in the olympics will be pretty damn hard even if you are a good athlete...for a small country (african mostly) is much easier... doesnt matter if you failed to qualify for the semis/finals... still you made the olympics :confusedshrug:

I would try looking at it the other way - training for any sport in undeveloped countries must be awful. Remember Sadam forcing physical punishment on "underperforming" athletes? Think of North Korea footballers, that were happy finding a frigde in the WC housing appartments... They do spill blood to get anywhere, I believe. While countries like USA have the most advanced training facilities and the best care for their athletes.

[Lebowsky]

well if you live in usa getting in the olympics will be pretty damn hard even if you are a good athlete...for a small country (african mostly) is much easier... doesnt matter if you failed to qualify for the semis/finals... still you made the olympics :confusedshrug:

if you watch the heats ( qualifications, they are on air right now ) there are peeps running around 12 seconds in 100m( last in the race :lol but still olympic level :D )... any good athlete can run that fast with some training... also the same can be said for swimming


as being a championship level in the olympics? probably badminton

You go play badminton at Olympic level and you won't even see the shuttlecock. Badminton is crazy underrated.


"Badminton is the fastest racquet sport in the world with shuttles reaching speeds of up to 332 km/h (206 mph) (faster than the speed of the Eurostar train)."


"The shuttlecock is poised to enter the Guinness Book of Records at 162 miles per hour (261 kph) -- the speed it travels on the smash -- compared to squash's 151 mph (243 kph) and a mere 138 mph (222 kph) for tennis. Badminton's promoters hope the speed record might bolster the sport's image and help move it out of other racket sports' shadows, particularly in regions where tennis and squash reign supreme. Besides Guinness, I saw some books claiming the speed for shuttlecock is about 300 km/h."

http://hypertextbook.com/facts/2006/ShuMeiDeng.shtml

[alenleomessi]

that might be the starting speed.. but quickly it gets much slower and its not that hard to catch if you have good reflexes...
but anyway Mr Iknowiteverything why dont you tell us what is the easiest olympic sport?!

[Lebowsky]

that might be the starting speed.. but quickly it gets much slower and its not that hard to catch if you have good reflexes...
but anyway Mr Iknowiteverything why dont you tell us what is the easiest olympic sport?!
I don't know, but I've played badminton competitively and I know it isn't. Not only does it require great technique, but also great footwork and reflexes. It's fast as hell, and exhausting. Hitting a shuttle with a racket is one thing, playing badminton is a whole different one.
Now if we're speaking about your country, it's probably goat milking.

[Jasi]

No way it is easy reaching the olympic level at badminton. Are you nuts?

It seems to me like you guys (Nick Young, alen and others) consider sports you just don't know in depth as easy :rolleyes:

[NotYetGreat]

Kinda late here but I don't think there is such a thing as EASY olympic sport. There definitely are simple ones, but simple doesn't always mean easy. Sure, rules and basics are easy to grasp, but the amount of TIME, TRAINING, & COMMITMENT of majority of olympic athletes is something that not everyone can handle. For a lot of these dudes, it's their LIFE. Sure, you may love playing basketball, picking heavy stuff off the ground, and diving gracefully into a body of water, but imagine that 3-4x a day, at least 5 days a week, 52 weeks a year (well, not really because their training involves planned/"scientifically placed" down times in order to increase their skill in their sport). I wouldn't call that easy, regardless of what sport it is.

[Boomerang]

yeah, this, sports fans are funny

those guys train hard for years nearly every day but the ISH community would beat them all....
No.. just me. I'm good at everything I do.
I have played at HS levels winning 3 straight championships for both bball and vball. I then went on an intellectual run and got my engineering degree, and now grabbing my law degree. I accomplish what I want.
Everything I do i'm good at :pimp: Now for the olympic gold..

Just a young man trying to collect accolades on his limited time on earth :pimp:

[Osiris]

Trampoline?

[alenleomessi]

No way it is easy reaching the olympic level at badminton. Are you nuts?

It seems to me like you guys (Nick Young, alen and others) consider sports you just don't know in depth as easy :rolleyes:
well if badminton isnt easy to reach then nothing really is, so the thread is kind of pointless, everyone can just throw in random sports.. and that spanish nerd will just tell us how hard the sport is ( since he obviously played it at a high level )

[Lebowsky]

well if badminton isnt easy to reach then nothing really is, so the thread is kind of pointless, everyone can just throw in random sports.. and that spanish nerd will just tell us how hard the sport is ( since he obviously played it at a high level )
I never said I played at a high level, not even close to it. I said I played it competitively. I didn't have anything close to the necessary talent to play at a high level. You should abstain from commenting on sports you've never played. It makes you look like a fool, but then again, so does every other post you've ever made on this board.

[Jasi]

Up.
We never came to a conclusion on OP's question.
We did conclude, however, that people tend to diminish the sports they don't really know.

[Nick Young]

Equestrian horse trash sports are the easiest. All you need is lots of money to buy a good horse and pay for a good trainer. The rider does jack shit except sit with good posture and is awarded a gold medal for it.

[Tarik One]

The sport where they do a pirouette and proceed to throw a heavy metal ball from under their chin into mid air. Don't know what it's called.:confusedshrug:

[Jasi]

Equestrian horse trash sports are the easiest. All you need is lots of money to buy a good horse and pay for a good trainer. The rider does jack shit except sit with good posture and is awarded a gold medal for it.

But physical traits are involved.
At 6'1 and 185 lbs you could never be an olympic level jockey regardless of money and training.

[Jasi]

The sport where they do a pirouette and proceed to throw a heavy metal ball from under their chin into mid air. Don't know what it's called.:confusedshrug:

It's called "the sport where female olympians would beat you"

http://www.rietimeeting.com/wp-content/uploads/valerie-adams-photosport.jpg

[daily]

Equestrian horse trash sports are the easiest. All you need is lots of money to buy a good horse and pay for a good trainer. The rider does jack shit except sit with good posture and is awarded a gold medal for it.Looks like you'll be headlining Disney's newest event "Ignorance on parade"

[BurningHammer]

Equestrian horse trash sports are the easiest. All you need is lots of money to buy a good horse and pay for a good trainer. The rider does jack shit except sit with good posture and is awarded a gold medal for it.
Still needs a lot of time and efforts to train with the horse or you could end up being Christopher Reeve'ed.

[ROCSteady]

curling. easy.

[bdreason]

curling. easy.



This was my first thought as well. Some of those Curlers looked like housewives.

[Patrick Chewing]

curling. easy.


This.


Where your substitute teacher can win a Gold Medal.


http://i0.wp.com/cdnolympic.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/kevin-martin_2010_1340px.jpg

[ArbitraryWater]

Table Tennis is probably the least physically demanding of all the events. Almost anyone can do it and it doesn't take years of training.

Lol the coordination and touch, ridiculous... a stereotype if anything.

On average, you move more in table tennis than any other sport, too.

Try to actually be good at it than just pushing balls over the net back and forth (sorry, but table tennis is my weak spot since I play it and people just aren't very thoughtful about it).


its easy to learn not to suck but its extremely hard to learn to be good at it
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8IVASo0umU

you think anyone can learn to do this?

from these videos its impossible for casuals to gather the spin on these balls

[Done_And_Done]

Trampoline?

Invest in one and go ham on that b1tch...