Beach Volleyball 2018 Discussion Thread

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 10/25/2018 at 1:02 PM, thiago_simoes said:

This is exactly why I think the "summer" in Summer Olympic Games is a farce. Not only indoor sports (volleyball, gymnastics) do not depend on the weather, even sports that were supposed to be played on the beach can be replicated in an indoor environment. 

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Maybe why most people (at least here) talk about the Winter Olympics and the Olympics instead of the Winter Olympics and Summer Olympics  

[Col_Frost 179]

  On 10/25/2018 at 1:02 PM, thiago_simoes said:

This is exactly why I think the "summer" in Summer Olympic Games is a farce. Not only indoor sports (volleyball, gymnastics) do not depend on the weather, even sports that were supposed to be played on the beach can be replicated in an indoor environment. 

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Well, you can say the same about Winter Olympics. Today hockey, curling and all skating are indoor sports (at least at the olympics). Hockey World Championships are in may! Maybe we should have Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics and Indoor Olympics now  

Edited October 25, 2018 by Col_Frost

[Olympian1010 8,074]

  On 10/25/2018 at 2:26 PM, Col_Frost said:

Well, you can say the same about Winter Olympics. Today hockey, curling and all skating are indoor sports (at least at the olympics). Hockey World Championships are in may! Maybe we should have Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics and Indoor Olympics now  

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That would allow us to add a lot more sports, especially an indoor games

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 10/25/2018 at 2:26 PM, Col_Frost said:

Well, you can say the same about Winter Olympics. Today hockey, curling and all skating are indoor sports (at least at the olympics). Hockey World Championships are in may! Maybe we should have Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics and Indoor Olympics now  

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Or start doing the skating outdoors

[Monzanator 4,611]

  On 10/25/2018 at 1:02 PM, thiago_simoes said:

This is exactly why I think the "summer" in Summer Olympic Games is a farce. Not only indoor sports (volleyball, gymnastics) do not depend on the weather, even sports that were supposed to be played on the beach can be replicated in an indoor environment. 

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Excuse me but some sports can't be played outdoors during the entire calendar year in every corner of the globe. I'm sure there's no need to play beach volleyball indoors in Brazil but majority of the world doesn't have that luxury. Hence it's not really a farce.

[Wumo 3,016]

  On 10/25/2018 at 2:26 PM, Col_Frost said:

Well, you can say the same about Winter Olympics. Today hockey, curling and all skating are indoor sports (at least at the olympics). Hockey World Championships are in may! Maybe we should have Summer Olympics, Winter Olympics and Indoor Olympics now  

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If Indoor Olympics becomes a thing, there should also be an Outdoor Olympics.  

[dcro 10,210]

Sometimes I'm glad IOC doesn't go for some prosals written here.

 

"Indoor Olympics", come on...

 

Summer sports are designed for summer conditions if moved outdoors (or at least it's heavily preferrable to play them during warmer months). Just because some reasons (khm... money) want to have them held all-year round, doesn't mean they stop being summer sports.

 

Winter sports are designed for colder months, and can't be played in their true form otherwise.

[heywoodu 15,355]

  On 10/25/2018 at 2:42 PM, Monzanator said:

 

Excuse me but some sports can't be played outdoors during the entire calendar year in every corner of the globe. I'm sure there's no need to play beach volleyball indoors in Brazil but majority of the world doesn't have that luxury. Hence it's not really a farce.

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[heywoodu 15,355]

Also, possibly a mod could move this to a general Olympic thread or something, it's not really a beach volleyball discussion anymore

 

[Monzanator 4,611]

People complain about everything these days