*****Summer Olympics Thread🏅*****

[mnole03]

Sloppy play. With that said. It’s incredible how hard these dudes are hitting the ball.

Nothing about volleyball makes it look fun to play.

 

[hawkirugged17]

 

[hawkirugged17]

Hampton Morris wins the first US men’s weightlifting medal in 40 years with a Bronze at 61 kg. Only 20 years old too!

 

[luvmyhawks]

Nothing about volleyball makes it look fun to play.

I mean, I love to play as long as there are 7 other people on each side and most of them are fatter and slower than I am and can't jump to save their life, but my goodness. Half the time I couldn't even see the ball.

 

[BelemNole]

An observation and question about the track and field sprinting events.

I don't profess to watch a lot of track and field, but it seems to me like this year, there is a noticeably different "style" of how the runners come out of the blocks. The first few strides do not look at all graceful or efficient, but rather seem to be designed toward absolute maximization of power and explosiveness, without (or with less) regard to form. Only after those first few do the sprinters "settle in" to their otherwise effortless looking form.

Has anyone noticed this or am I imagining it? Is it a newer training philosophy?

It's not new.

 

[hawkirugged17]

 

[Whiskeydeltadeltatango]

 

[EagleHawk]

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That was interesting watching the road race over the weekend. The camera cycles would get right next to the cyclists, and at one point the leader told them to move because he wanted to change 'lanes' to get ready for a corner and the camera cycle was in his way.