Why are the olympics offered as sports options at American schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Watching handball made me wonder why we never did that in PE class. We did a lot of the other sports and that one needs so much less equipment than field hockey, for instance.

This needs to be taught in US schools.

European schools teach it.

[Anonymous]

Most countries don't have any sports in schools, they are learned elsewhere.

[Anonymous]

Op, they are supposed to learned as extra curriculars outside of school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Most countries don't have any sports in schools, they are learned elsewhere.

Australians swim with clubs primarily. Seems to work for them.

Most countries don't have college sports - apparently universities are for academics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Most countries don't have any sports in schools, they are learned elsewhere.

Australians swim with clubs primarily. Seems to work for them.

Most countries don't have college sports - apparently universities are for academics.

Yet we still get the most international students- must be doing something right

[Anonymous]

Gosh you've got a victim mentality OP. A St. Lucian woman won a gold medal for running beating out a lot of well-funded opponents, including Americans.

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/03/g-s1-15238/julien-alfred-shacarri-st-lucia-paris-100m
“Growing up, I used to be on the field struggling, with no shoes, running barefoot, running in my school uniform, running all over the place," she said. "We barely have the right facilities. The stadium is not fixed. I hope this gold medal will help St. Lucia build a new stadium, to help the sport grow.”

[Anonymous]

How about we get all these urban gang members to use their guns for target practice & sheet shooting? People whose towns routinely flood have good opportunities to learn to swim faster. People in dangerous neighborhoods have an incentive to learn to run faster, and to master judo, wrestling, boxing, & fencing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gosh you've got a victim mentality OP. A St. Lucian woman won a gold medal for running beating out a lot of well-funded opponents, including Americans.

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/03/g-s1-15238/julien-alfred-shacarri-st-lucia-paris-100m
“Growing up, I used to be on the field struggling, with no shoes, running barefoot, running in my school uniform, running all over the place," she said. "We barely have the right facilities. The stadium is not fixed. I hope this gold medal will help St. Lucia build a new stadium, to help the sport grow.”

Running seems to be an Olympic exception. Every country on the planet has space to practice running.

And running shoes don’t cost that much.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:How about we get all these urban gang members to use their guns for target practice & sheet shooting? People whose towns routinely flood have good opportunities to learn to swim faster. People in dangerous neighborhoods have an incentive to learn to run faster, and to master judo, wrestling, boxing, & fencing.

I realize you are grasping at humor about gun violence, which is in really poor taste.

But as a matter of fact, the US has never done well in any of the Olympic shooting sports beyond the clay-bird sports. We are particularly inept at rapid fire pistol.

[Anonymous]

Well an American won 2 gold medals in cycling and didn't even start until after college. As shocking as it is, training doesn't have to start in the womb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:How about we get all these urban gang members to use their guns for target practice & sheet shooting? People whose towns routinely flood have good opportunities to learn to swim faster. People in dangerous neighborhoods have an incentive to learn to run faster, and to master judo, wrestling, boxing, & fencing.

I realize you are grasping at humor about gun violence, which is in really poor taste.

But as a matter of fact, the US has never done well in any of the Olympic shooting sports beyond the clay-bird sports. We are particularly inept at rapid fire pistol.

Not shocking. The sport that most resembles hunting is the one we're good at.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Gosh you've got a victim mentality OP. A St. Lucian woman won a gold medal for running beating out a lot of well-funded opponents, including Americans.

https://www.npr.org/2024/08/03/g-s1-15238/julien-alfred-shacarri-st-lucia-paris-100m
“Growing up, I used to be on the field struggling, with no shoes, running barefoot, running in my school uniform, running all over the place," she said. "We barely have the right facilities. The stadium is not fixed. I hope this gold medal will help St. Lucia build a new stadium, to help the sport grow.”

You mean the same Julien Alfred that ran for University of Texas and trained in the US?

https://texaslonghorns.com/sports/track-and-field/roster/julien-alfred/11862

[Anonymous]

Schools that offer Swimming are also offering Diving
Ice Hockey
Rifle club
Some schools have mountain biking

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I mean, sure there's soccer and basketball. But like 99.9% of the olympic sports arent even offered at schools around here.

How is America supposed to compete on a level playing field when 9 out of the 10 sports we don't even give our kids a chance to try out in school?

Duplantis is more American than Swedish

[Anonymous]

Handball looks easier to play than pickleball