Volleyball and Beach Volleyball are two entirely different Olympic sports. The Beach kind is played on sand. The non-beach kind is played in an arena on a solid surface, probably wood like basketball.
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Started by nightscape94, Jul 21 2012 04:26 AM
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 07:02 PM
@Wojo: stop being facetious.
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 07:08 PM
Captain obvious!
I just saw the semi-final and it was played on sand, but NOT on a beach!
I just saw the semi-final and it was played on sand, but NOT on a beach!
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 07:12 PM
Does London even have beaches?
@Wojo: stop being facetious.
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 07:15 PM
The Olympics costs 8 billion to organize, they could have build some beaches for that!
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 07:18 PM
I watched some beach volleyball last week and it was on sand, may have even been a beach, I do not know.
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 07:19 PM
You wouldn't be able to hear anything at the beach.
Half the fun of beach volleyball is the noises of ecstasy from the players.
Half the fun of beach volleyball is the noises of ecstasy from the players.
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 07:22 PM
The other half is the skimpy the outfits the girls wear.
Historically the only source of sand was reliably found at the beach.
Trust me, I've played "beach volleyball" pretty far inland in college, in my bare feet, at 1 in the morning, and not given a shit that it wasn't at the beach. Nobody has bothered to rename the sport to be known as "sand volleyball."
But Stef, if you want this to become your calling in life, to rename the sports that are so inappropriately named, you go right ahead.
Historically the only source of sand was reliably found at the beach.
Trust me, I've played "beach volleyball" pretty far inland in college, in my bare feet, at 1 in the morning, and not given a shit that it wasn't at the beach. Nobody has bothered to rename the sport to be known as "sand volleyball."
But Stef, if you want this to become your calling in life, to rename the sports that are so inappropriately named, you go right ahead.
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 07:26 PM
STEFAN COSMAN
SPORTS RENAMER EXTRAORDINAIRE.
SPORTS RENAMER EXTRAORDINAIRE.
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 07:27 PM
You wouldn't be able to hear anything at the beach.
Half the fun of beach volleyball is the noises of ecstasy from the players.
Only with the women's teams!
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 07:27 PM
We already know he's going to start by renaming American football to something more descriptive.
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 07:29 PM
Stop And Go Throw A Ball Around and Occasionally Kick Ball?
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 07:34 PM
We already know he's going to start by renaming American football to something more descriptive.
American Rugby-based sports with body gear because the players are pussies compared to rugby players....
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 07:35 PM
Brits and Aussies would be pussies too if they saw our lawyers.
That's the only reason our players have to gear up with medieval armor. One guy breaks his neck and a team is sued to oblivion.
That's the only reason our players have to gear up with medieval armor. One guy breaks his neck and a team is sued to oblivion.
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Posted 09 August 2012 - 09:53 PM
Does London even have beaches?
The beach volleyball is taking place in a temporary arena built in Horse Guards Parade, where Trooping the Colour usually takes place. 5,000 tonnes of sand were shipped in from a quarry in Godstone in Surrey for the playing surface.
I've been a very lucky bunny this week - yesterday evening I went to the athletics in the Olympic Stadium and saw Usain Bolt jog his way to the 200m final, amongst other events, while today I was at Hyde Park to watch the women's 10k marathon swim where I got to cheer on one of my sporting heroes, Keri-anne Payne. Agonisingly, she missed out on a medal by 0.4 seconds in a dramatic sprint finish after nearly two hours of non-stop swimming around the Serpentine. It was a wonderful setting and a thrilling spectacle from start to finish.
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Posted 10 August 2012 - 09:01 AM
Team GB is doing great, but being hammered 9-2 in the hockey semi final by Holland is a bit humiliating
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Posted 10 August 2012 - 05:36 PM
Team GB is doing great, but being hammered 9-2 in the hockey semi final by Holland is a bit humiliating
Truth. Our men's hockey team was very embarrassed, but from the highlights I saw the Dutch were worthy of their win (and they have been well supported, judging by the numbers of orange-clad spectators I have come across on the way to and from the venues). The good thing about hockey - a game that I have never played myself - is that it strikes me as being more or less like football but with sticks, so I can enjoy it without knowing all the rules. Our women's team won the bronze medal match this afternoon so I am hoping the men will be suitably inspired to restore their pride against the Aussies tomorrow.
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Posted 10 August 2012 - 09:35 PM
Holland takes gold for hockey. Well done ladies!
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Posted 10 August 2012 - 10:45 PM
Hockey? In summer games?
My favorite team went to the final in basketball.
My favorite team went to the final in basketball.
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 12:10 AM
Hocky not ice hockey, you Nordic idiot!
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 01:52 AM
Out of the 41 gold medals the USA has, 27 of them are from the women side. Good job ladies.
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 02:02 AM
Love the women!
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 03:16 AM
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 11:31 AM
Yay Finland won a silver medal in wind surfing! Wohoo! We have one medal, not a complete and total humiliation for the nation!
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 12:30 PM
We have 19 medals 
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 12:33 PM
Hey the level of our athletes and sports in general is so bad at the moment it is a marvel we got one. Don't take that away from us Dutchman with your 19 precious medals!
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 02:51 PM
We have 18 medals which isn't bad considering our reputation at the Summer Olympics, but we need more gold dammit.
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 03:19 PM
Dont you guys kick ass during the Winter Olympics?
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 03:35 PM
Yup. We topped the medal count at Vancouver 2010 and got the record of most gold medals in any single Winter Olympics. 
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 05:20 PM
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 09:08 PM
Hey third medal for Finland today. We are definitely challenging the US in number of medals in these Games!
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 09:24 PM
As per tradition, Germany defeated Holland!
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 09:27 PM
Well, gold and silver in hockey, not so bad!
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 09:46 PM
And Usain Bolt took gold again.
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 10:02 PM
It's good he got the world record(or his team) since in individuals he has been little bit slow...
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Posted 11 August 2012 - 11:49 PM
Yup. We topped the medal count at Vancouver 2010 and got the record of most gold medals in any single Winter Olympics.
But if my history is right, my own country has the alltime gold medal record and has been in front of Canada on quite a few Winter Olympics. Not bad for a country of 5 million people as opposed to Canada's 34 million (or other mastodont countries like USA and Russia)!
Hey, we suck at summer games....we need something to brag about.
That being said, I'm impressed by our handball girls tonight, who took the gold and defended their win from the last Olympics.
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Posted 12 August 2012 - 06:14 PM
Holland goes home with 20 medals. 6 gold, 6 silver and 8 bronze. Most medals were taken by women.
Great Olympics!
Great Olympics!
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Posted 12 August 2012 - 06:31 PM
Great Olympics!
I have loved these last two weeks and will feel rather bereft tomorrow when it's all over.
It's great seeing sports that you don't usually watch and getting caught up in the excitement of it all - one of my favourite moments was watching on TV as Charlotte Dujardin won the freestyle dressage on her horse Valegro. She went last and had to get a really good score to win the gold medal; I think it was the choice of music that helped.
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Posted 12 August 2012 - 06:34 PM
2 gold medals, 1 silver and 1 bronze. True, we're not a summer nation, but still the worst summer Olympics we've had in 28 years!
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Posted 12 August 2012 - 06:40 PM
We were just short of thirty golds. Fabulous Olympics for our country in every possible way. Loved it! A first for me.
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Posted 12 August 2012 - 06:51 PM
Third overall after the US and China is pretty fantastic.
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