Biathlon 2019 - 2020 Discussion Thread

[Swewi 382]

Stina Nilsson is now part of the national team in Sweden. She is shooting 1200 shots per week, of course she needed to practice more than her experienced opponents and is according to her coach shooting around 80% in practice with high pulse. 

[heywoodu 15,141]

43 minutes ago, Swewi said:

Stina Nilsson is now part of the national team in Sweden. She is shooting 1200 shots per week, of course she needed to practice more than her experienced opponents and is according to her coach shooting around 80% in practice with high pulse. 

1200 shots per week, holy moses. It must be so awesome to compete in/for a country where that's just...you know, possible.

[Swewi 382]

3 hours ago, heywoodu said:

1200 shots per week, holy moses. It must be so awesome to compete in/for a country where that's just...you know, possible.

At least she will do whatever she can to maybe succeed in shooting. Yes I guess practice possibilities are a bit less regulated in Sweden than most other nations at the moment. For myself, Until thursday I have been able to practice curling at my club everyday (almost) as usual

Edited April 7, 2020 by Swewi

[heywoodu 15,141]

18 minutes ago, Swewi said:

At least she will do whatever she can to maybe succeed in shooting. Yes I guess practice possibilities are a bit less regulated in Sweden than most other nations at the moment. For myself, Until thursday I have been able to practice curling at my club everyday (almost) as usual

 

Well, since one shooting training in one year with a laser rifle for a half hour is already too much to ask for in Brazil, everything else is a win  I hope Nilsson can improve enough to really show what she can do, I am - if nothing else - very curious!

[brunamoura 251]

Em 01/04/2020 em 05:30, heywoodu disse:

Rule breakers in the background!

 

 

 

@brunamoura would be so happy if this actually happened  

? I would say "I did not retire from Biathlon, that was a joke! Let me start!!!" ?

[brunamoura 251]

13 horas atrás, Swewi disse:

Stina Nilsson is now part of the national team in Sweden. She is shooting 1200 shots per week, of course she needed to practice more than her experienced opponents and is according to her coach shooting around 80% in practice with high pulse. 

That's more than what I used to shoot per season! ??

*I was keeping a track of that and the total for trainings + zeroings + races per season, was under 1.000 ? 

[RobtheAggie 340]

5 hours ago, brunamoura said:

That's more than what I used to shoot per season! ??

*I was keeping a track of that and the total for trainings + zeroings + races per season, was under 1.000 ? 

That really puts it into perspective.  Looks like there are a few someones in Sweden who really want her to succeed.  How long would 1200 shots take?

[heywoodu 15,141]

3 minutes ago, RobtheAggie said:

That really puts it into perspective.  Looks like there are a few someones in Sweden who really want her to succeed.  How long would 1200 shots take?

 

Five minutes, roughly, if you're Johannes Thingnes Bø or Wierer  

[Monzanator 4,502]

Tomasz Sikora once said he fired 10,000 shots per season including the training & preparation. Guess the numbers have gone way up since then

[brunamoura 251]

2 horas atrás, RobtheAggie disse:

That really puts it into perspective.  Looks like there are a few someones in Sweden who really want her to succeed.  How long would 1200 shots take?

If she is training 6 days a week (which most of the athletes do), then it means an average of 200 shots a day, meaning she stops at the shooting range about 40x per training ? (or possibly she is training twice a day, which is more likely, and that give us an average of 2x 20x per day)

My God, that's really, reeeeally a lot! My former Biathlon coach used to let us shoot an average of 8x per training (within ≤1h30min), only once a day. She does in one single training what I was allowed to do in 5! That sounds like a dream! ?

If she doesn't blow up (shooting is fun, but can make your mind very tired as well), no doubt she will bring biathlon to a next, very interesting, level.

Edited April 8, 2020 by brunamoura