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2016 rio olympic thread

I think men's volleyball is my favorite summer Olympic event. Karch and Steve Timmons growing up were awesome.
 
Ok serious question. Is the natural transition, team volleyball to beach volleyball, or do most specialize in one throughout their career? I mean, did most players like Walsh-Jennings play team before going beach?
 
Beach volleyball was added to the Olympics so we could see women in bikinis and the U.S. could win some more medals when we hosted. I didn't even know it was a sport of consequence before then.
 
CDeacMan said:
Beach volleyball was added to the Olympics so we could see women in bikinis and the U.S. could win some more medals when we hosted. I didn't even know it was a sport of consequence before then.
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You obviously don't remember the great Karch/Steffes team of the early 90s -- they were HUGE even before the Olympics. It was big news when Karch didn't team up with Timmons, but he won a lot of titles with Steffes, so I guess it worked out alright. Great rivalry with Randy Stoklos and Sinjin Smith.
 
Did you guys know KARCH is our women's volleyball karch now? What a legend. Greatest Karch/karch of all time.
 
El Chupacabra said:
You obviously don't remember the great Karch/Steffes team of the early 90s -- they were HUGE even before the Olympics. It was big news when Karch didn't team up with Timmons, but he won a lot of titles with Steffes, so I guess it worked out alright. Great rivalry with Randy Stoklos and Sinjin Smith.
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Yep, Karch brought beach volleyball into public consciousness. Stoklos and Smith were the stars of the Kings of the Beach video game.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kings_of_the_Beach
 
liveanddiedeac said:
Ok serious question. Is the natural transition, team volleyball to beach volleyball, or do most specialize in one throughout their career? I mean, did most players like Walsh-Jennings play team before going beach?
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Nearly all beach players played court before transitioning (generally college aged or later). Even the ones growing up in the beach almost always play both before specializing.
 
vadimivich said:
Nearly all beach players played court before transitioning (generally college aged or later). Even the ones growing up in the beach almost always play both before specializing.
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Thanks. It's kind of funny all the sports they try to make into beach sports. I was flipping through the sports channels awhile back and ran across a "beach tennis" match. Yes, played with tennis rackets, a tennis ball, and a net, but it was more like volleyball height. I mean it was being treated as a serious thing, like beach volleyball. I've also seen beach soccer on TV a few times. Waiting for beach bowling, beach golf, beach hockey and beach lacrosse.
 
liveanddiedeac said:
Thanks. It's kind of funny all the sports they try to make into beach sports. I was flipping through the sports channels awhile back and ran across a "beach tennis" match. Yes, played with tennis rackets, a tennis ball, and a net, but it was more like volleyball height. I mean it was being treated as a serious thing, like beach volleyball. I've also seen beach soccer on TV a few times. Waiting for beach bowling, beach golf, beach hockey and beach lacrosse.
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Beach volleyball players are generally all arounders that are flawed in some way for the court at the elite level (too small, good but not elite setter, etc). Court is a land of extreme specialists and lots of great players through their 20s just end up left out.
 
Misty May is a great example - she was a tremendous college player (2x NCAA PoY, led LBSU to undefeated national championship) ... but at 5' 9" she was a bit small for an elite Olympic level outside hitter so she went to the beach where her all around game outside of hitting made her much more valuable.
 
Good article about a hypothetical "super-race" between 800-meter world champion Rudisha and Bolt over 400 meters. Personally, I think Rudisha would take him right now, but I highly doubt Bolt would ever put his legacy at risk, even for charity. This is exhibit A, though, in why distance runners are the safe money in college track and field.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/usain-bo...uper-race-between-usain-bolt-and-david-rudis/
 
If the armed robbery didn't happen, why did Lochte need to make up a story in the first place? Was he just out after curfew and had to have a story to get back into the athletes' village or is there something else he needed a story to cover up?
 
vadimivich said:
Beach volleyball players are generally all arounders that are flawed in some way for the court at the elite level (too small, good but not elite setter, etc). Court is a land of extreme specialists and lots of great players through their 20s just end up left out.
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Interesting to present it that way - that beach volleyball is where those not good enough or not specialized enough for indoor volleyball end up. I can name a total of 4 volleyball players: Karch, Kent, Kerri, and Misty. I assume this means that those are the volleyball players who make the most and have the most endorsements. So is it more the case that everyone would prefer to play beach if they could but those that have holes in their game stay indoor?
 
wakephan09 said:
Good article about a hypothetical "super-race" between 800-meter world champion Rudisha and Bolt over 400 meters. Personally, I think Rudisha would take him right now, but I highly doubt Bolt would ever put his legacy at risk, even for charity. This is exhibit A, though, in why distance runners are the safe money in college track and field.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/usain-bo...uper-race-between-usain-bolt-and-david-rudis/
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Why wouldn't the writer throw Van Niekerk in there? You know the guy just broke the world record in the 400 meters?
 
The 80s were high cotton days for bros named sinjin

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timthedeac said:
If the armed robbery didn't happen, why did Lochte need to make up a story in the first place? Was he just out after curfew and had to have a story to get back into the athletes' village or is there something else he needed a story to cover up?
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Was he partying with Robert Allenby?
 
CDeacMan said:
Why wouldn't the writer throw Van Niekerk in there? You know the guy just broke the world record in the 400 meters?
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Because that dude would smoke Bolt. The hypothetical race is supposed to be fairer because neither Rudisha or Bolt is currently a specialist at the distance.
 
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