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[BravesCountry]

Is there a way to just watch the volleyball games, as opposed to some of the other sports? It's one of my favorite sports since I used to play it but atm I'm at the mercy of whatever is on NBC.

If you have cable you can watch the live streams online pretty easily.

 

[vas_a_morir]

I wish we had professional volleyball.

Also, I hear Japan is pushing hard to develop female sumo in order to get it accepted as an olympic sport (It's very international now, so why not?) Mongolia would rake in the medals. I am still a big Sumo fan from when I lived abroad, I'd love to see it get more international exposure.

 

[Dance Inferno]

nbc.com has all of the events live from youtube.

Oh snap, thanks!

 

[iamblades]

Why do they go for blocks at the net so often in volleyball.

Seems like more often then not it either deflects out of bounds or off the net, rarely do they get s score off a block. Best case scenario you just put the ball back in their side of the court weakly. Seems like if its not a super hard shot getting the dig to set up a spike is better strategy.

Also that Thompson chick was a bit nipply hehehe. Gotta have some serious nipples to poke through a sports bra and a jersey.

 

[Wilbur]

18 of USA's 29 medals in swimming made me laugh

 

[HoodWinked]

@iamblades

cause a free uncontested spike will always score

 

[Monroeski]

It really wouldn't have taken you longer than 30 seconds to figure it out.

That's an entire point during the high stakes part of the volleyball match we were in at the time.

 

[Psychotext]

Also that Thompson chick was a bit nipply hehehe. Gotta have some serious nipples to poke through a sports bra and a jersey.

Welp, that's not an image I'll get out of my head... thanks.

 

[Vyrance]

18 of USA's 29 medals in swimming made me laugh

That's because track & field hasn't started up yet!

 

[MIMIC]

So in fencing, does the person win the "point" (or whatever scoring method they use) by touching them ANYWHERE, or does it have to be at a specific body part?

 

[vas_a_morir]

18 of USA's 29 medals in swimming made me laugh

THe real meat and potatoes of the games don't start until the second week.

 

[Dance Inferno]

Dammit, I need a provider log-in and I don't have a cable subscription at home; I'm watching from the TV in my office.

 

[Maleficence]

That's an entire point during the high stakes part of the volleyball match we were in at the time.

Meh, I still think you'd be quicker served by google than me but whatever, I'm not busy

 

[Monroeski]

Why do they go for blocks at the net so often in volleyball.

Seems like more often then not it either deflects out of bounds or off the net, rarely do they get s score off a block. Best case scenario you just put the ball back in their side of the court weakly. Seems like if its not a super hard shot getting the dig to set up a spike is better strategy.

Also that Thompson chick was a bit nipply hehehe. Gotta have some serious nipples to poke through a sports bra and a jersey.

Not that I'm a volleyball pro or anything but I imagine giving the other side a completely uncontested spike would be a terrible idea. Particularly at this level if you give them the entire range of the court to pick their spot you would never have a chance to defend it.

 

[giga]

Dammit, I need a provider log-in and I don't have a cable subscription at home; I'm watching from the TV in my office.

http://lifehacker.com/5930437/how-a...ficial-olympics-coverage-and-overcome-nbcfail

 

[Dance Inferno]

Why do they go for blocks at the net so often in volleyball.

Seems like more often then not it either deflects out of bounds or off the net, rarely do they get s score off a block. Best case scenario you just put the ball back in their side of the court weakly. Seems like if its not a super hard shot getting the dig to set up a spike is better strategy.

Also that Thompson chick was a bit nipply hehehe. Gotta have some serious nipples to poke through a sports bra and a jersey.

Because if you don't block the spike it becomes pretty much a free point. The point of the block isn't to necessarily stop the ball, but to limit the angles at which the spike can go, therefore allowing the other 4 members of your team to cover those spots on the court. With no block you could spike the ball straight down into the ground.

 

[Good Job Bob]

18 of USA's 29 medals in swimming made me laugh

Has Britain hit 3 gold metals yet?

 

[McNei1y]

Dammit, I need a provider log-in and I don't have a cable subscription at home; I'm watching from the TV in my office.

Ah yea I forgot I had to log in. Sorry about that. :\

 

[CrunchinJelly]

Wow, they get their own stamp:

 

[Monroeski]

Meh, I still think you'd be quicker served by google than me but whatever, I'm not busy

Quicker served by google than by you, maybe, but you were the third person to respond.

 

[ag-my001]

So in fencing, does the person win the "point" (or whatever scoring method they use) by touching them ANYWHERE, or does it have to be at a specific body part?

Depends on which of the three disciplines. They each have a different set of rules for legal targets and initiative.

 

[Junior Asparagus]

So in fencing, does the person win the "point" (or whatever scoring method they use) by touching them ANYWHERE, or does it have to be at a specific body part?

Depends which "sword" they're using.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing - Intro paragraph

 

[Kurita]

Time for South Korea vs Brazil !

 

[Napoleonthechimp]

too much

http://www.nbcolympics.com/swimming/results-schedules/index.html

lol You've got to be kidding me with that.

 

[Jeff Albertson]

USA USA USA USA

(just wanted to see what it felt like to chant it lol)

Not as good as ECW ECW ECW ECW

Have china pretty much exhausted all the sports they do well in now? Next week is all about track and field mainly right?

 

[Maleficence]

Quicker served by google than by you, maybe, but you were the third person to respond.

Now I look like an idiot! I completed the answers a bit at least

 

[iamblades]

Not that I'm a volleyball pro or anything but I imagine giving the other side a completely uncontested spike would be a terrible idea. Particularly at this level if you give them the entire range of the court to pick their spot you would never have a chance to defend it.

Sometimes the shots they block aren't even hard spikes though. It just seems like the conversion rate on blocks is terribly low. Could be the alternative is even lower, but that's hard to believe.

 

[HoodWinked]

So in fencing, does the person win the "point" (or whatever scoring method they use) by touching them ANYWHERE, or does it have to be at a specific body part?

depends on which they're playing

there are three categories, saber, eepe, and the foil.

saber you can hit them with any part of the blade the other two have to be by the tip.

eepe anywhere on the body, saber top half of the body, foil only chest

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing#Foil

 

[Miles X]

Has Britain hit 3 gold metals yet?

I dunno, maybe he didn't mean anything bad by it, just that it was amusing, why you always gotta start this petty rivalry with the jabs, chip on shoulder or what.

 

[Subitai]

For some more context, these where the top 3 100 free times going into the olympics:

1 47.10 Magnussen, James AUS
2 47.63 Roberts, James AUS
3 48.02 Agnel, Yannick FRA



And then today happened! XD

 

[elkayes]

Depends which "sword" they're using.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing - Intro paragraph

Sabre is damn boring to watch. Engarde-Alle over and over and over.

Epee, on the other hand is great.

 

[Atrophis]

Surprisingly no, I didn't. That is the one thing if any that I will regret. You could only get in if you had a ticket to an event there or if you bought a day pass online. The day pass has been sold out since the games began. All of my sports were in the ExCel Arena at the Docklands.

I was pretty annoyed when I found out I wouldn't be able to go to the the olympic park

Was your hotel opposite the ExCel Arena? Same rates as the one I've got booked. How were the queues and the spectator zones?

 

[Wilbur]

Has Britain hit 3 gold metals yet?

Don't think so. Only one of us seems to care much though. However it did provoke a funny response, so thank you.

 

[fizzelopeguss]

lol You've got to be kidding me with that.

Wow, if you're going for gold on a limited olympic budget...sink that shit into swimming! has to be cheaper than track and field facilities as well.

 

[dc89]

Waiting for some more volleyball to start!

 

[MIMIC]

So the South Koreans take gold in fencing and archery.

Dat precision

 

[Good Job Bob]

Don't think so. Only one of us seems to care much though. However it did provoke a funny response, so thank you.

If only Britain cared as much as I do.

 

[zephervack]

So if the Weightlifter category 77kg, that means that the participants must weight 77kg or less right?

 

[davidsaurus]

Sometimes the shots they block aren't even hard spikes though. It just seems like the conversion rate on blocks is terribly low. Could be the alternative is even lower, but that's hard to believe.

I don't want to be an ass but if I ever had a thought like this on a topic I knew relatively little about I'd definitely give the benefit of the doubt to the professionals who do it for a living. Not blocking a spike puts no pressure on the "spikee" and that means they'd literally convert 99% of the time. By blocking you can put them off and also have a decent chance of knocking the ball back into play which will either win you the point or at least keep the point going.

 

[Wafflecakes]

I dunno, maybe he didn't mean anything bad by it, just that it was amusing, why you always gotta start this petty rivalry with the jabs, chip on shoulder or what.

Naw.

The jabs are what make the Olympics great You can only win if someone else loses.

 

[Sarcastic Response]

If only Britain cared as much as I do.

Ouch.

 

[Wilbur]

If only Britain cared as much as I did.

It's probably not that we don't care... just we don't blow the majority of our load in a field we forced a number of disciplines in and then entirely focused on that so we could pretend we owned the greatest Olympian ever.

 

[Kurita]

Nearly half of the Korean team is named Kim or Han.

 

[vas_a_morir]

Gabby Douglass is about to get paid big time, isn't she? Especially if she wins the all-around.

 

[McNei1y]

Can someone explain Olympic boxing to me? Do these contestants compete on those PPV events? Like, if Pacquio still boxed, would he compete in the Olympics?

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

So if the Weightlifter category 77kg, that means that the participants must weight 77kg or less right?

Yes, and the last weightlifting event is beast mode with participants allowed to go over 150kg.

 

[Mr Cola]

i want to do the handball dance :[

 

[davidsaurus]

Can someone explain Olympic boxing to me? Do these contestants compete on those PPV events? Like, if Pacquio still boxed, would he compete in the Olympics?

They must be amateurs.

 

[weekend_warrior]

Womens weightlifting on MSNBC.

 

[Wafflecakes]

It's probably not that we don't care... just we don't blow the majority of our load in a field we forced a number of disciplines in and then entirely focused on that so we could pretend we owned the greatest Olympian ever.

Sure sounds like you care. Dat salt.