Who here wants to compete in the Olympics? - Calgarypuck Forums - The Unofficial Calgary Flames Fan Community

icarus · 03-24-2007, 12:09 AM

Hey guys, I have a plan for anyone interested to go to the Olympics--as a competitor.

We (i.e. interested Calgarypuckers) pick some random useless sport--I say handball--learn the rules, play a few games, by which time we would probably be the top team in Canada. Then go to some international tourneys as Team Canada, qualify for the Olympics, and Bob's your uncle (Jordon, that's for you) we are Olympians.

Sure we would get our asses handed to us by Sweden or Germany, but the key point is that we get into the Olympic village parties (can you say foreign sporty chicks and doping? Hells yeah). Who's in for the Calgarypuck handball team?

Calgary Flames-o'-the-Floor handball lineup:
icarus
Scrambler
ricoFlame
Jiggy_12
kipperfan
JBR the pirate
octothorp
Caged Greats (sucker in net)
Rather Dashing
Firefly (until she finalises the women's squad)
ParaNoia

Scrambler · 03-24-2007, 12:28 AM

I am so down with that idea, London 2012 here we come!

Beijing might be too early no?

ricoFlame · 03-24-2007, 12:39 AM

alright, sure. i'm in.

Jiggy_12 · 03-24-2007, 12:53 AM

I'm actually good at handball.

lol, good choice for me.

icarus · 03-24-2007, 02:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Jiggy_12

I'm actually good at handball.

lol, good choice for me.

Really? Where did you play it? You can be our coach and star player. What do we have to do?

kipperfan · 03-24-2007, 03:02 AM

I am definatley in....its worth a shot anyways....as long as we are all semi-athletic...how hard could it be?

Jiggy_12 · 03-24-2007, 07:27 AM

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Originally Posted by icarus

Really? Where did you play it? You can be our coach and star player. What do we have to do?

I played this in highschool gym a few years ago, and found great success. Now, I wouldn't say I'm anything close to an expert, but how hard can these 'olympics' be to make?

Handball is like a combo between soccer, basketball, and hockey. All you really need is good hand-eye coordination, and a decent ability to throw and catch a ball.

JBR · 03-24-2007, 08:14 AM

This sounds a lot like the movie Dodgeball.....

Any room for a pirate?

octothorp · 03-24-2007, 09:55 AM

Sure, I'm in. I was really good at it in high school too, back about a decade ago. I was always annoyed that there was an organized school competitive league for volleyball (which I sucked at), and yet none for handball.

FireFly · 03-24-2007, 10:55 AM

Isn't there some less athletic sport we could compete in? Curling is out because there are good Canadian teams... but there has to be a more wimpy sport than handball. Where's the list of sports?

ricoFlame · 03-24-2007, 11:03 AM

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Originally Posted by FireFly

Isn't there some less athletic sport we could compete in? Curling is out because there are good Canadian teams... but there has to be a more wimpy sport than handball. Where's the list of sports?

here's the list of sports: http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/index_uk.asp

not too sure you pretty much have to be an elite athlete for all of them.

ricoFlame · 03-24-2007, 11:05 AM

jeez, i just went to the olympis handball page, i'll tell you this much, i'm not in net. i don't want to get beaned in the teeth with a toss from this russian dude: http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/pro...p?SportCode=HB

ParaNoia · 03-24-2007, 11:07 AM

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Originally Posted by FireFly

Isn't there some less athletic sport we could compete in? Curling is out because there are good Canadian teams... but there has to be a more wimpy sport than handball. Where's the list of sports?

http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/index_uk.asp
they have a list of competition sports, they all look pretty athletic...
but if you look at the "RECOGNISED SPORTS"..some looks not very athletic at all

and i am sure we can represent in some of those areas too...(in a way?)

ParaNoia · 03-24-2007, 11:07 AM

rico beat me to it. haha : <

CaramonLS · 03-24-2007, 11:55 AM

Wasn't there that guy from Calgary who basically said "I'm going to win a medal no matter what" who had never done any Olympic sports. Then won a gold in the Skeleton or whatever?

I think the key is to jump on board with a new event. What are the new ones being introduced?

Scrambler · 03-24-2007, 12:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Jiggy_12

I played this in highschool gym a few years ago, and found great success. Now, I wouldn't say I'm anything close to an expert, but how hard can these 'olympics' be to make?

Handball is like a combo between soccer, basketball, and hockey. All you really need is good hand-eye coordination, and a decent ability to throw and catch a ball.

I'm actually not too shabby at this sport either, got the opportunity to play it whilst in 'Gymnasium' (High School) in Sweden. I think we could be putting a pretty good team together here...

ricoFlame · 03-24-2007, 12:37 PM

i think it's time to teach those eastern european and scandinavian chumps who have dedicated their lives to handball the way we do things over here...half assed and on a whim!

Scrambler · 03-24-2007, 12:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ricoFlame

i think it's time to teach those eastern european and scandinavian chumps who have dedicated their lives to handball the way we do things over here...half assed and on a whim!

And drunk whilst doing it!

browna · 03-24-2007, 01:08 PM

I had the idea way back in University in 1996 to be a ski jumper, since we weren't sending a team in Nagano and the team was in disarray (I assumed) as a result.

Facilities right in town (I know, another thread) would be easy to train, although you'd have to make the minimum IOC/FIS requirement (assumebly raised after Eddie the Eagle in 1988), you make whatever Top 100 in the world, and then go to Nagano for a week/ten days, finish 85th, and party your face off.

Never got past that stage...

pope04 · 03-24-2007, 01:48 PM

This should inspire you would-be Olympians:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ym85m8skU4Q

I love the spins they put on the ball - 34 second mark of this vid.