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Print this entrySwimming Question of the Week - February 24, 2010
No doubt about it. There are some pretty cool events in the Winter Olympics. If you held a Winter Olympics at your pool, using the real WO events as your model, what would be some of your events?
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I've been at many pools with the water slides, and I'd have to say I'd love to ride a skeleton into the pool. That would be my choice. |
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In our pool, it might have to be luge on the water slide. I'm not sure we're allowed to go head first for skeleton. I'm thinking biathlon: 3 X 50 while holding a water-polo ball (or maybe medball) and you have to hit a kickboard "target" at the end of each 50. Extra 50 if you miss a target. |
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How about using cords and some skis and going off of the blocks? |
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It has to be OLYMPIC CURLING...jajaja...but remeber that "a good game of curling always melts the ice". |
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Cross country skiing= go swim the distance ( i think its 2k) |
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The same swimming events, but in 0 ̊C water. The chlorine will keep it from freezing over. |
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1. Ice dancing... it would be syncronized swimming then. I think it is pretty cool and requires a lot of skills. If the swimemrs watn they can even dress up and put on make up and all that jazz. :D
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The Winter Olympics need a really big international snowball fight. Think about how awesome that would be. The only thing more awesome would be to have it at the pool. Back in Alaska, my age group coach used to fill a couple of large trash cans full of snow and bring them in as a surprise. We would be swimming a set and all off a sudden we were getting pummeled by snowballs. It was amazing. It gets incredibly foggy, especially if someone opens up a door to the outside. I would train my butt off to make the team for that one. :) |
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Super G on the slopes requires 35 changes of direction for men and at least 30 for women. In the pool, this might be Flip-Turn Super G. Five swimmers start in the middle of the pool, one per lane. Take at least 2 strokes... flip...take at least 2 strokes in the opposite direction... flip...etc. First swimmer to complete 35 turns wins. |
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Barbara, I stole your biathlon game and used it this morning at the end of our 6 a.m. practice. I had them throw 4-pound med balls from 5 yards out. My swimmers loved it. (If I did it again, I'd make the penalty 50s be regular swim without the ball; otherwise, they tend to lose track of how many regulation 50s they've done.) |
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i would |
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sorry about that . i would freeze my pool then cut holes and go ice fishing |
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