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mmanzz · 08-18-2008, 04:59 PM

The recent improvements of Australia, UK , and China have a lot to do with targeting of specific events that are winnable. For example Men's swimming seems to be dominated by the US and a couple of other countries, long distance and middle distances are won by Africans, soccer and basketball are a complete waste of time! Unless we plan to recruit specific people to win those events(it seemed like everyone in the middle to long distance races has their own group of Kenyon runners), its best to leave them aside.

Their are sports that are intrinsically Canadian like rowing and kayaking where we should pile in the money, and there are a pile of sports that are win-able and should be targeted for heavy funding. It seems like Australia and now GB decided to get good at the cycling events and did so, this appears to be just a matter of proper funding and training.

Finally we need an overall Olympic strategy that takes into consideration the Olympic timetable, we need to get really good at some of the events that occur early in the games. A win or two in the first two days could help the confidence of some of the other athletes. There is no reason why should not be getting 10 gold and 30 medals in the summer games.

08-18-2008, 04:59 PM	#564
mmanzz Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Dec 2005 Exp:	Targeting specifuc events that are winnable The recent improvements of Australia, UK , and China have a lot to do with targeting of specific events that are winnable. For example Men's swimming seems to be dominated by the US and a couple of other countries, long distance and middle distances are won by Africans, soccer and basketball are a complete waste of time! Unless we plan to recruit specific people to win those events(it seemed like everyone in the middle to long distance races has their own group of Kenyon runners), its best to leave them aside. Their are sports that are intrinsically Canadian like rowing and kayaking where we should pile in the money, and there are a pile of sports that are win-able and should be targeted for heavy funding. It seems like Australia and now GB decided to get good at the cycling events and did so, this appears to be just a matter of proper funding and training. Finally we need an overall Olympic strategy that takes into consideration the Olympic timetable, we need to get really good at some of the events that occur early in the games. A win or two in the first two days could help the confidence of some of the other athletes. There is no reason why should not be getting 10 gold and 30 medals in the summer games.