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FireFly · 03-24-2007, 02:37 PM

Come on now... archery can't be that hard, can it? Ping pong? I could do that... Shooting? I can't see any of those taking great athletic ability.

ricoFlame · 03-24-2007, 02:42 PM

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Originally Posted by FireFly

Come on now... archery can't be that hard, can it? Ping pong? I could do that... Shooting? I can't see any of those taking great athletic ability.

There are canadians at a very high level in all of those sports. and it's table tennis, ping pong is a trademarked name of Parker Bros. I'd love to see ya in a match against the chinese champion

calf · 03-24-2007, 03:16 PM

Don't flame me for this...but how hard can ballroom dancing be? Sure, it's not the most athletic of competitions, but think of the chicks!

guess it's not a team sport, but still...

OILFAN #81 · 03-24-2007, 03:35 PM

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Originally Posted by FireFly

Come on now... archery can't be that hard, can it? Ping pong? I could do that... Shooting? I can't see any of those taking great athletic ability.

Are you serious? All of those sports are very highly competitive. Even the Canadian champion in table tennis is damn good. It would be 15-0, 15-0, 15-0.

ricoFlame · 03-24-2007, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by OILFAN #81

Are you serious? All of those sports are very highly competitive. Even the Canadian champion in table tennis is damn good. It would be 15-0, 15-0, 15-0.

Isn't table tennis to 21? it doesn't matter anyways it would be a massacre.

FireFly · 03-24-2007, 04:15 PM

You don't know my skill level! I could probably get a point or two!

And Calf, I would love to see you try ballroom dancing.

OILFAN #81 · 03-24-2007, 04:25 PM

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Isn't table tennis to 21? it doesn't matter anyways it would be a massacre.

Yeah don't know why I said 15, haha. 21-0, 21-0, 21-0.

Mean Mr. Mustard · 03-24-2007, 04:28 PM

I am holding out for Belly Baseball to be an official olympic sport. Afterall Tug of War is a recognized sport and the key to that is having the fatest guy at the end of the rope.

JiriHrdina · 03-24-2007, 04:34 PM

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Originally Posted by OILFAN #81

Are you serious? All of those sports are very highly competitive. Even the Canadian champion in table tennis is damn good. It would be 15-0, 15-0, 15-0.

When I was about 14 I went to a table tennis camp (I was really into it at the time) and one of the guest instructors was a former world champ. They let each of us rally with him for a bit.

The spins and velocity those guys use is simpy unreal. Pretty cool stuff.

ricoFlame · 03-24-2007, 07:57 PM

here are the international handball rules...read up people, we only have a few years to get good. we don't want to look like a bunch of idiots out there

http://www.ihf.info/upload/Refereeing/rules_english.pdf

Caged Great · 03-24-2007, 08:14 PM

I'll be the goalie.

I'm Crazy

I play indoor soccer in net and I'm pretty good so I could be a good one.

icarus · 03-24-2007, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by FireFly

Come on now... archery can't be that hard, can it? Ping pong? I could do that... Shooting? I can't see any of those taking great athletic ability.

Unfortunately however, there are other Canadians who do those things. We need to find something Canadians have never even heard of, let alone do. That's where handball comes in. It seems a handful of CPers already have the fundamentals from school. All we need to do is get to the Olympics, nothing more. If we are inspirational enough, Disney will make a movie about us and we will be forever rich. So yes, let's be inspirational too.

Jiggy_12 · 03-24-2007, 10:49 PM

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Unfortunately however, there are other Canadians who do those things. We need to find something Canadians have never even heard of, let alone do. That's where handball comes in. It seems a handful of CPers already have the fundamentals from school. All we need to do is get to the Olympics, nothing more. If we are inspirational enough, Disney will make a movie about us and we will be forever rich. So yes, let's be inspirational too.

It really is a perfect Disney movie for the 21st century.

Down on their luck internet message boarders form a rec handball team. They go on to international olympic glory, where in the movie 1 member of the team narrarates the whole thing in his best Morgan Freeman impersonation.

RatherDashing · 03-24-2007, 11:06 PM

I don't know how serious you are about this, but after watching that video and reading up on it, I really want to play handball. It shouldn't be that hard to book a gym, and round up enough people for two teams, so I am hoping you are serious enough to give this a shot.

icarus · 03-24-2007, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by RatherDashing

I don't know how serious you are about this, but after watching that video and reading up on it, I really want to play handball. It shouldn't be that hard to book a gym, and round up enough people for two teams, so I am hoping you are serious enough to give this a shot.

I am dead serious, however you guys might have to make a go of it yourselves until I get back to Canada in June. Maybe I will try to find some weekend handball here in the meantime.

Caged Great · 03-24-2007, 11:48 PM

I'm definitely game for this. You could probably contact the CBE (calgary board of education just in case you didn't know what I was talking about) and ask to rent one of the gyms in one of the schools.

Caged Great · 03-25-2007, 12:04 AM

After watching that video, honestly, I don't think I'd do that bad in net...

Caged Great · 03-25-2007, 01:59 AM

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Originally Posted by icarus

I am dead serious, however you guys might have to make a go of it yourselves until I get back to Canada in June. Maybe I will try to find some weekend handball here in the meantime.

Well, there's 14 players needed for a team so how about we get 15 or so out (two goalies so we can have a game of it)

Why don't you update the front page with people who are wanting to do this.

FireFly · 03-25-2007, 02:15 AM

Well, since it's a men's sport, I'm apparently out. Lame. I could help with practices though. Perhaps you need a towel girl? A general manager? I could do that.

icarus · 03-25-2007, 02:19 AM

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Originally Posted by FireFly

Well, since it's a men's sport, I'm apparently out. Lame. I could help with practices though. Perhaps you need a towel girl? A general manager? I could do that.

You work on assembling the CP women's team.