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5 Sports That Should Be In The Winter Olympics

February 26, 2010 in Fun with 1 Comment

The Winter Olympics, out of all the Olympics, is definitely my favourite Olympics.

I’ve been thinking (with the help of some friends) about some sports that should be added to the Winter Olympics. This year, Ski Cross was added to the games, which is basically 4 skiers going down a course and bumping into each other. Now it’s my turn, so here are 5 sports that should (not) be in the next Winter Olympics.

1. Bobsleigh Biathalon

I’m sure you all know what the bobsleigh is, and for those who don’t know, the biathlon involves skiing, and then shooting. This event would involve bobsleigh, with targets at points in the track for the people in the back of the bobsleigh to shoot (those guys don’t do much at the moment anyway). Think of it as drive by bobsleigh.

2. Double Skeleton

Sports down a bobsleigh track have gotten steadily more dangerous. Bobsleigh, luge, double luge, skeleton (face first luge), so naturally, double skeleton is next. Two guys, on their stomachs, going 130km/h on ice. Now that’s a sport!

3. Pentaluge

So if double luge wasn’t hardcore enough, why not stack ‘em 5 high? That could be fun(ny).

4. Snowboard Cross (Where tricks get you bonus time)

4 years ago, Lindsey Jacobellis went down in the Gold Medal snowboard cross event, trying to do a trick in the air. Now if she was used to doing tricks in races, maybe she wouldn’t have gone down. But surely tricks would make the sport more fun?

5. Car Skating

On Top Gear recently, they raced a car against a speed skater on an ice rink. Wouldn’t it be great to see two cars race each other on ice? Maybe even a whole grid of 20 cars. That would be pretty fun…

Well that’s it for me, what about you? Do you have any sports that should be added to the best Olympics?

NFL

December 11, 2009 in Fun with 1 Comment

Recently I have been enjoying watching the NFL on one. It’s a great sport and part of me wants to move to America to watch a game. Anyway, here’s a video of some NFL players with Mad Skills. They are amazing!

Public vs Private #4 | Sport

July 20, 2009 in Education with 5 Comments

Hang glidingAt a private school, co-curricular sport is usually compulsory.

The series on whether to teach in public or private schools continues. This is series of posts to discover all of the factors in deciding where to teach, so as to make the most informed choice for my situation. I hope that others may participate in this discussion and may use these thoughts in making their own decision. This thought was proposed by Kate Ramshaw.

The fact that co-curricular sport is compulsory means that teachers are often called in for participating in coaching. From my knowledge, each teacher is normally required to coach a team.

This has both positive and negative sides to it. The fact that you cans spend extra time with the students outside of class allows the teacher to continue their influence in their lives. It may also allow students to see the teacher in a different setting and possibly build respect. This is of course if the teacher has a sport that they are enthusiastic to coach.

Sport however, takes extra time. In the life of a teacher, especially a new teacher, there is already restrictions on time. Will the extra time taken to coach mean that sacrifices will need to be made in the rest of your life?

Read the rest of the posts in this series at Public vs Private | Main Page.