Winter Olympics (for those that like them)

[Wilson]

Try it with the volume muted.
The two over-excited commentators make it so that every run seems exactly the same. They don’t enhance it at all.

I had similar feelings watching the ice hockey earlier. Are there actually any rules or tactics? It just looks like when you watch 7-year olds playing football, but on fast forward.

Ice hockey is a far better watch in person than on TV as it’s easier to follow the puck, but rules are fairly simple.

- whoever gets the puck in the net the most times wins.
- 3 forwards/2 defenders on the ice, plus a goalie.
- the puck has to go into the offensive zone, (over the blue line) before the players.
- if you do something naughty you might get 2 mins in the penalty box, really naughty 5 mins, really really naughty and you might get kicked out the game.

 

[Neilds]

Ice hockey is a far better watch in person than on TV as it’s easier to follow the puck, but rules are fairly simple.

- whoever gets the puck in the net the most times wins.
- 3 forwards/2 defenders on the ice, plus a goalie.
- the puck has to go into the offensive zone, (over the blue line) before the players.
- if you do something naughty you might get 2 mins in the penalty box, really naughty 5 mins, really really naughty and you might get kicked out the game.

You forgot the rule about having a punch up every 10 minutes

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Ice hockey is a far better watch in person than on TV as it’s easier to follow the puck, but rules are fairly simple.

- whoever gets the puck in the net the most times wins.
- 3 forwards/2 defenders on the ice, plus a goalie.
- the puck has to go into the offensive zone, (over the blue line) before the players.
- if you do something naughty you might get 2 mins in the penalty box, really naughty 5 mins, really really naughty and you might get kicked out the game.

I remember watching a game at the Newcastle arena, as it was called then, many years ago. Someone would be skating down the side and a defender would just slam them into the barriers. No attempt to get the puck. I couldn't get my head around that, took the fun out of it for me. I wanted to see stick work and skill.

I'm sure there is plenty there still but it didn't make sense.

Thank you for the explanation about the puck going forwards, never understood that and not seen it explained clearly before

 

[RichA]

Don’t mind admitting I like watching the ice dance; as a son of Notts, Sarajevo ‘84 is forever etched in my memory.
So pleased the French couple beat the Americans for the gold tonight. That routine wasn’t as perfectly performed as Bolero but it was as beautiful and probably more difficult.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Don’t mind admitting I like watching the ice dance; as a son of Notts, Sarajevo ‘84 is forever etched in my memory.
So pleased the French couple beat the Americans for the gold tonight. That routine wasn’t as perfectly performed as Bolero but it was as beautiful and probably more difficult.

I'm not a fan of sports that have to be judged being in the Olympics but the bronze to gold medallists were all beautiful in their own way. The right couple won.

 

[Norrin Radd]

If ice dancing is an Olympic sport why isn't ballroom dancing in the summer games .
Surely it's the same thing .
As for all this half pipe and jumping around with a couple of somersaults thrown in for food measure and any of the so called sports that need a judge or judges to decide the winner shouldn't be part of winter or summer games .
So do me no judgemental sports should be in ,that includes boxing .

 

[jim8flog]

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