I get nervous watching these olympics like with Bama. I just love rooting for the USA. Come on Walsh.
RIO 2016 - Games of the XXXI Olympiad - August 5-21
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I am rooting against the Australians in everything. After a while some of their tweets started to remind of the same snobish BS I have to deal with when I travel to the mid west.Team Australia wins the 400m freestyle! If we can't win, I'm pulling for the Aussies!
It's because there is so much shoreline in Oz so doing anything water-related is built into their culture. The competitive nature of the people is also a factor in their involvement in water sports.
I don't understand why some of those volleyball players hit the ball directly toward their opponent instead of aiming into the open space......drives me crazy.....
I've played some, so I'll try. There are basically two cases. One is that is the only play you have to keep the ball alive. The other is a spike where, like in tennis, you try to "lock the defender down" by delivering the ball faster than they can react. This is hard to do, with the reflexes the players have at this level. I'll admit I had the same thoughts about the matchup yesterday between the Aussies and the US. The tall Aussie insisted on trying to spike through Walsh-Jennings and got blocked over and over. Both players were 6'3", but W-J is a bigger, badder 6'3" than any woman on the planet. I finally concluded that the Aussie was very accustomed to using her height to over-power opponents, so that was the only real move she knew and just had to go with it...
I can't watch stuff like that. The only one I've seen since Theisman is Prothro's injury and I only saw that because I was watching live. I avoid those things like the plague. I hope that guy heals as quickly and completely as possible.
Thanks and that makes sense. But the shots I was talking about seemed to be mostly "lob" type shots - not spikes. And it 'seemed' like they were not so much hurried shots, thus allowing time for the player to direct the ball in one direction or another at will.
That said...it's always easier as a spectator to be a critic....or second-guess....
They may not look hurried, but they are. It's usually on the last touch or when the player is severely out of position. It's not the shot they want...
Watching some of the swimming heats...wow that Katie Ledecky is incredible!
Very impressed with the camera work and excellent color commentary on the swimming events...well done, NBC!
Very impressed with the camera work and excellent color commentary on the swimming events...well done, NBC!
Well, the Dutch girl's speed bit her in the butt. I hope Abbott keeps her wits about her and slows down the descent. Those center stripes must not be as slick as they are here. They've certainly caused me some road rash...
She pulled 75% of that race with the Dutch girl and then alone, while the three chasers rested each other to the end. Finally, her body broke...
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