Summer Non-Olympic Sports Discussion Thread

[tirtha22 234]

1 hour ago, heywoodu said:

How is yoga competitive? Genuine question, I only know it from those poses and as basically a form of stretching and meditation and such  

Yogasana is a sport that focuses on the physical aspect of yoga, where players have to perform yogic postures and are judged on their difficulty, balance, control, flexibility and endurance.

 

The rules of yogasana are different for every event. Competitions are generally held in three major events – artistic, rhythmic and traditional.

 

Artistic yogasana is similar to artistic gymnastics. Athletes have to perform postures for three minutes while synchronising their performance to music.

 

Athletes must include 10 asanas in their routine from a predetermined list, which includes leg balance, hand balance, back bend, forward bend and body twisting. Artistic yogasana is held in individual as well as pair categories.

 

Meanwhile, the traditional yogasana event requires participants to hold their postures for 15 seconds or 30 seconds, depending on the asana, with emphasis being laid on balance and stability.

 

The third event category, rhythmic yogasana, is conducted in pairs and groups of five. Players are required to perform asanas in sync with each other and maintain each posture for five to seven seconds. Points are also awarded for smooth transition between two postures.

[Grassmarket 3,448]

3 hours ago, tirtha22 said:

Yogasana is a sport that focuses on the physical aspect of yoga, where players have to perform yogic postures and are judged on their difficulty, balance, control, flexibility and endurance.

 

The rules of yogasana are different for every event. Competitions are generally held in three major events – artistic, rhythmic and traditional.

 

Artistic yogasana is similar to artistic gymnastics. Athletes have to perform postures for three minutes while synchronising their performance to music.

 

Athletes must include 10 asanas in their routine from a predetermined list, which includes leg balance, hand balance, back bend, forward bend and body twisting. Artistic yogasana is held in individual as well as pair categories.

 

Meanwhile, the traditional yogasana event requires participants to hold their postures for 15 seconds or 30 seconds, depending on the asana, with emphasis being laid on balance and stability.

 

The third event category, rhythmic yogasana, is conducted in pairs and groups of five. Players are required to perform asanas in sync with each other and maintain each posture for five to seven seconds. Points are also awarded for smooth transition between two postures.

Can't wait to hear our generic  rugby commentators on the Olympic Channel getting to grips with that lot. 

[phelps 7,706]

6 hours ago, Dragon said:

Wasn't AC Milan originally a cricket club?

no, I think Genua (that was founded by some British people) was originally also a cricket club, but both Milan's teams were born exclusively as football clubs (even if in the early Nineties Berlusconi tried to make AC Milan a multi-sport club like Real madrid and Barcelona, opening volleyball, baseball, rugby and ice hockey sections...unfortunately the experience ended quite quickly because of the big fincial losses)

[phelps 7,706]

5 hours ago, vovanA said:

the one who breaks his back first loses 

given the usual situation of my back, I already have the gold medal at my neck, then...  

[tirtha22 234]

 

The first edition of the Kho Kho World Cup will be held in India in 2025 and will feature 16 men's and women's teams from 24 countries and six continents

[heywoodu 15,174]

Is anyone aware of a clear schedule for the canoe polo world championships? So far all I can find is this one here, but it's not exactly a clear one, just a massive table with lots of possible matches and no information on which matches are in which knockout phase and so on.

https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/cap_wc_bulletin_6.pdf

[heywoodu 15,174]

One day away, still no schedule in terms of who plays when and such  

 

https://www.canoeicf.com/canoe-polo-world-championships/deqing-huzhou-2024

[Olympian1010 7,989]

35 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

One day away, still no schedule in terms of who plays when and such  

 

https://www.canoeicf.com/canoe-polo-world-championships/deqing-huzhou-2024

This might be of use: https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/cap_wc_bulletin_6.pdf

[heywoodu 15,174]

1 hour ago, Olympian1010 said:

This might be of use: https://www.canoeicf.com/sites/default/files/cap_wc_bulletin_6.pdf

That's the only thing I had so far, I think I'll make do with that indeed. Not ideal, because the schedule there looks just so incredibly messy and it's even harder to tell the knockout schedule, but alright. Don't think it can be watched without a Planet Canoe subscription anyway and I'm not doing that I'm afraid

 

[heywoodu 15,174]

Finally, there we go, a full and clear schedule  

https://www.kayak-polo.info/app/#/games