Athletic Cubers

[ProStar]

virus wise we still have all the deaths? i understand it may seem such an extremely small number as america has had such large numbers. I live in the same area where the majority of the cases and deaths are happening also... so that is a minus

In 2018 the UK had just over 616,000 deaths. That's 1,687 deaths a day. I'm not a genius, but 300 is much less than 1,687.

Source

616000 / 365 = 1687.671233

 

[Phyun]

I think Liam is just meaning deaths from the virus, so 300 on top of the average deaths.
in Australia we've had a total of 103 deaths overall, so we have had nothing on what other places have had.

 

[LiamSquirrell]

yeah. Just virus specific. not overall. God knows what those statistics are. so 300 odd, plus average per day due to virus +

 

[brododragon]

biking in swimming

Doesn't your bike get rusty?

 

[HaHaHaHeeHeeHee]

Doesn't your bike get rusty?

lol gangsta
I do track in the pool

 

[NevEr_QeyX]

I'm unsettled at the amount of people who play ping pong as their main sport. (it's the answer you give when you don't want to tell anybody you don't do sports and instead sit in your house and do pyraminx ao100s)

Although Ping Pong does look quite legit let me say.

 

[LiamSquirrell]

I'm unsettled at the amount of people who play ping pong as their main sport. (it's the answer you give when you don't want to tell anybody you don't do sports and instead sit in your house and do pyraminx ao100s)

Although Ping Pong does look quite legit let me say.

Just to be the first to say, its called table tennis, not ping pong. They're two separate sports. Also, its been shown that cubing helps increase the speed of reactions when playing on the table. We do drills such as solving and playing, moving one piece after each shot and so on. Hugo calderano is a major example. One of the worlds greatest table tennis players solves in 10 seconds i believe. And it's being implemented all over the world using cubes in table tennis, aswell as chess believe it or not

 

[alexiscubing]

I'm unsettled at the amount of people who play ping pong as their main sport. (it's the answer you give when you don't want to tell anybody you don't do sports and instead sit in your house and do pyraminx ao100s)

Although Ping Pong does look quite legit let me say.

what is so unsettling??? It is a great sport, and looking at this thread, it is one of a big variety. table tennis is a prefered sport of many because it is easy to setup and u can play inside your house, so a lot easier to do during quarantine

 

[Tiv0w]

@Sub1Hour I play a contact sport: handball. I've been playing for 13 years, both as a field player (lots of direct contact) and for the last 3 years as a goalie (lots of direct contact with the ball)

 

[LiamSquirrell]

@Sub1Hour I play a contact sport: handball. I've been playing for 13 years, both as a field player (lots of direct contact) and for the last 3 years as a goalie (lots of direct contact with the ball)

I've always been fascinated with handball. i watch it and you see people bounce the ball a lot. Is that a rule or just something that you do? i wish i could get involved in another sport if i wasn't so indulged in one already

 

[Tiv0w]

I've always been fascinated with handball. i watch it and you see people bounce the ball a lot. Is that a rule or just something that you do? i wish i could get involved in another sport if i wasn't so indulged in one already

3 rules explain the high frequency of bounces:

• you can only make 3 footsteps with the ball in hand;
• if you're dribbling the ball (like in basketball) you can make as many footsteps as you want;
• if you're static for 3 seconds or more with the ball in hand, it's a fault and the referee gives the ball to the opposite team.

So essentially, if you need to travel a long distance, you need to dribble, otherwise you're limited to only 3 steps. But the ball in hand is the better option if you need to go in the opponent's defense, because you can protect it with your body.

 

[LiamSquirrell]

3 rules explain the high frequency of bounces:

• you can only make 3 footsteps with the ball in hand;
• if you're dribbling the ball (like in basketball) you can make as many footsteps as you want;
• if you're static for 3 seconds or more with the ball in hand, it's a fault and the referee gives the ball to the opposite team.

So essentially, if you need to travel a long distance, you need to dribble, otherwise you're limited to only 3 steps. But the ball in hand is the better option if you need to go in the opponent's defense, because you can protect it with your body.

Ahhh. I like it! I might look for clubs nearby. Im extremely intrigued. I also feel like i have a good throwing arm

 

[BenChristman1]

Well, I just started football training yesterday. It feels weird waking up at 5:45 after sleeping in for 2 months but at least now I have something to do. Anyone else starting sports back up?

I wish. My cross-country coach does send out monthly workout plans, though.

Yep! Cross country summer training started yesterday. It was nice seeing other people even if we needed temperature checks and some social distancing.

Dang, I don't start until August.

I'm unsettled at the amount of people who play ping pong as their main sport. (it's the answer you give when you don't want to tell anybody you don't do sports and instead sit in your house and do pyraminx ao100s)

Although Ping Pong does look quite legit let me say.

I love playing ping-pong for fun. We have a pool table in our basement that came with a ping-pong table top. And pyraminx? Really? Why would you do an Ao100 on pyraminx instead of playing sports? (Skewb would be worse, though.)

 

[brododragon]

what is so unsettling??? It is a great sport, and looking at this thread, it is one of a big variety. table tennis is a prefered sport of many because it is easy to setup and u can play inside your house, so a lot easier to do during quarantine

It kinda takes the sport out of sport.

 

[2018AMSB02]

I'm unsettled at the amount of people who play ping pong as their main sport. (it's the answer you give when you don't want to tell anybody you don't do sports and instead sit in your house and do pyraminx ao100s)

Although Ping Pong does look quite legit let me say.

I dont know why that's unsettling, it is the 6th most popular sport in the world according to a lot of sites, and on Colorado sports betting has just been legalized and Table Tennis is dominating as the most popular sport that fans are betting on, so it makes sense that there are a lot of people who do it. Kian Mansour, Mats Valk, Kevin Hays, and Antoine Cantin all play at least casually and many other cubers have said they play competitively. More people on the poll said they liked wrestling, a much less popular sport so if anything should be unsettling it would be that.

 

[LiamSquirrell]

It kinda takes the sport out of sport.

What do you mean?

 

[brododragon]

What do you mean?

Sports are athletic.

 

[2018AMSB02]

Sports are athletic.

What’s not athletic about Table Tennis? Did you not see the video sent, or any other videos? It’s an Olympic sport, which definitely qualifies it as athletic

 

[eyeballboi]

I fence why was that not on there?

 

[brododragon]

What’s not athletic about Table Tennis? Did you not see the video sent, or any other videos? It’s an Olympic sport, which definitely qualifies it as athletic

You don't do that much physical work?