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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.
cant tell if serious :coleman:
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill]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.[/QUOTE]
its easy to learn not to suck but its extremely hard to learn to be good at it
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8IVASo0umU[/url]
you think anyone can learn to do this?
[QUOTE=alenleomessi]its easy to learn not to suck but its extremely hard to learn to be good at it
[url]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A8IVASo0umU[/url]
you think anyone can learn to do this?[/QUOTE]
Give me 2 weeks and I should be around that level. :pimp:
[QUOTE=BuffaloBill]Table Tennis doesn't take years of training.[/QUOTE]
ROFLMONSTER!!
Not saying it's EASY by everyday standards, but i think the easiest out of the Olympic sports would probably be fencing
Fencing, archery, or equestrian dressage.
[QUOTE=B-Low]Not saying it's EASY by everyday standards, but i think the easiest out of the Olympic sports would probably be fencing[/QUOTE]
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.
[QUOTE=Lebowsky]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.[/QUOTE]
It's gotta be that equestrian trash then
Equastrian
[IMG]http://files.2012.nbcolympics.com/mm/photo/sport/general/47/48/21/474821_m02.jpg[/IMG]
[QUOTE=UtahJazzFan88]Equastrian[/QUOTE]
Going to be tough to get a horse, a very good one. A horse that is trained already in the sport.
[QUOTE=Velocirap31]Going to be tough to get a horse, a very good one. A horse that is trained already in the sport.[/QUOTE]
$$$
And if the horse sucks and you lose, sell him for meat and glue
Basketball.
[QUOTE=Velocirap31]Going to be tough to get a horse, a very good one. A horse that is trained already in the sport.[/QUOTE]
That takes more $$$ than skill usually.
[QUOTE=Raz]$$$
And if the horse sucks and you lose, sell him for meat and glue[/QUOTE]
An Olympic level horse is worth more than your house.
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.
[QUOTE=KevinNYC]An Olympic level horse is worth more than your house.[/QUOTE]
This. So if OP is ridiculously rich, he might have a chance.
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.
How hard is sailing?
Also didn't Geena Davis pick up archery pretty quickly and almost make the Olympics?
[IMG]http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Bobsleigh+Skeleton+World+Cup+Day+6+0ZyZhDY8LJMl.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://www.canada.com/sports/2010wintergames/bobsleigh/1182014.bin?size=620x400[/IMG]
Learn to push and jump into the thing. You just have to sit better than the other guys
[QUOTE=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.[/QUOTE]
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.
[QUOTE=Sarcastic]How hard is sailing?
Also didn't Geena Davis pick up archery pretty quickly and almost make the Olympics?[/QUOTE]
Yes, because she probably has hand-eye coordination and muscle memory that's in the top .01 percent of the population.
[QUOTE=ripthekik][IMG]http://www1.pictures.gi.zimbio.com/Bobsleigh+Skeleton+World+Cup+Day+6+0ZyZhDY8LJMl.jpg[/IMG]
[IMG]http://www.canada.com/sports/2010wintergames/bobsleigh/1182014.bin?size=620x400[/IMG]
Learn to push and jump into the thing. You just have to sit better than the other guys[/QUOTE]
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.
[QUOTE=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.[/QUOTE]
Of course, if you went up against an Olympian that strategy would find you flipped on your ass several times.
[QUOTE=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.[/QUOTE]
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.
[QUOTE=KevinNYC]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.[/QUOTE]
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.
[QUOTE=LJJ]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.[/QUOTE]
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.
[QUOTE=Sarcastic]How hard is sailing?[/QUOTE]
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
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.
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.
[QUOTE=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.[/QUOTE]
crap i forgot about handball. That's definitely it. It's a playground game
[QUOTE=LuppersGB]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[/QUOTE]
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 [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Heiden#Road_bicycle_racing"]became a pro cyclist[/URL] after being the best speed skater in the world.
[IMG]http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_YDU1ASmQaW4/TBrH03sg72I/AAAAAAAAAEc/KKeaMq7Kmo0/s1600/heiden_eric.jpg[/IMG]
But just looking at the guy could tell you, his legs would be a pretty powerful engine.
Anyone here really thinks that you could become at olympic level in any sport in just 2 months? It takes years!
[QUOTE=Flea]Anyone here really thinks that you could become at olympic level in any sport in just 2 months? It takes years![/QUOTE]
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.
[QUOTE=Nick Young]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.[/QUOTE]
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...
[QUOTE=Flea]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...[/QUOTE]
No talent is required to play handball.
[QUOTE=Nick Young]No talent is required to play handball.[/QUOTE]
Man imagine if usa basketball decided to play this sht just for giggles :oldlol:
[QUOTE=Nick Young]No talent is required to play handball.[/QUOTE]
:lol :lol :lol
You surely havent played handball against good opponents in your life.
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.