16 Sports that Should Be in the Olympics
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- Опубліковано 18 сер 2016
- I have definitely enjoyed this year's Olympic Games...when I've been able to watch them. But if we can have dressage and race walking, I think there are a number of games that would be inexpensive and simple to include that would increase interest and appeal both in younger Americans, and also among people all across the world.
This video is like 10% tongue in cheek, but for the most part, I actually stand by these suggestions. Maybe not in 2020, maybe not in 2024, but someday.
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Sepak Takraw: • Sepak Takraw Prince Cu...
Wushu: • Wushu - Men's Duel Eve...
• Wushu - Women's Option...
Mounted Archery: • Video
• A Modern Day Warrior: ...
Ultra-Running: Ethan Newberry’s documentary “Wonderland”: • WONDERLAND: Gary Robbi...
Parkour: • PARKOUR AND FREERUNNIN...
Darts: • Romanian International...
Headis: • Headis Top 10 Plays - ...
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Kabaddi Highlights: • Video
Kabaddi Rules: • Five Rules of Star Spo...
Kite Fighting Chirag Pandya, Montreal: • Kite Flying in India
Cheer: • SSX Cheer Extreme Rale...
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OK, so what did I miss...what do you think should be in my new massively parallel Olympics and why?
QUIDDITCH!
This is such a good point
I might have missed it but did you mention chess? i would love to see that. Also we need Olympic magic the gathering
Hoop wrangling. It's a sport a friend and I came up with in elementary school in which you use one hula hoop and one jump rope and do guided tricks by using the rope as a ripcord and then spinning and lassoing, etc. It got banned on the playground because... I guess it was too much fun.
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You forgot about a sport your beloved brother witnessed back in Berlin: *Chess-Boxing*. 3 Minutes of chess, 3 Minutes of Boxing. Winning by K.O. or checkmate. Literally Nerdfighting
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I saw a lot of Sepak Takraw being played while I was passing through the slums of Bangkok. It's crazy awesome...
Where are from then?
+Illidan Stormrage I'm sorry?
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I broke a rib while playing that sports.
Oh guy,someone broke their leg while playing football..what makes you wonder to get injured in any game..
The Olympics does not need eSports. Esports needs to make its own olympics.
Stephen Goralski what the exacklyE-sport? is it really a sport? what the silly idea? Only sitting infront the screen without move your body.😁😁😂😂🤣😅😂😅 How do you call.Sport??🤗🤔🤔🤔
Elympics..?
@@TheLungNuad soo like chess?
Elympics
Chess. Used to be an Olympics sport .....
You know what sport should be an Olympic sport? Two words. Medieval. Jousting.
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Brady and Grey are on board!
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You are not a true sportsman until you have been hit in the face with a lance.
Ultimate Frisbee, it would become the second sport where men and women compete on an even playing field (the other being equestrian) and you basically need a field or a beach, and a frisbee. It's already got IOC recognition and is really entertaining to watch, plus with the whole being self refereed and promoting Spirit of the Game, it's really alligned with the olympic values
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Hide n Seek should be in the olympics.
Masturbating should be in the olympics
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that would be so fun! A little bit difficult though
if they find u. u loose :)
i don't know. Maybe 20 mins per game. Always a different setup, a random one and u get to choose from different suits what to wear. Obviously it has to have some wardrobe rules. :)
See, in the UK, the Olympics is a grade 1 sporting event. This means that by law, it must be shown on freeview and can not be pay to watch
In Canada, the national government funded CBC had a free app with live streams of every event.
wait doesn't olympics come on the tellie for you
see, in america, we have given up on bonding through culture and have chosen to focus more on profiting.
Mate, quidditch. It's gender inclusive and open to players of all abilities/sporting backgrounds. It also has the greatest community of any sport I've come across.
I'm sure someone can enlighten me but I don't currently know of any mixed gender sports in the Olympics, everything is either mens or womens.
Quidditch doesn't draw the line at binary, it is inclusive of ALL genders and I think it's time we had that sort of representation on the world stage.
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Badminton and tennis have mixed doubles events
tilly. Oh neat! Everybody can have a dancey horse friends! Yay for equeslity... equalstrian... horses!
Tug of war is actually very dangerous because the rope can snap, and it snaps with a deadly force
That is exactly why it was removed from the Olympic programme.
It seems like, with modern technology, we could make unsnappable ropes.
yeah!
maybe you shouldn't just pick up random ropes found lieing around
Michael Hughes Tug of war was removed from the Olympic programme because it's too dangerous.
Randall Munroe's take on the subject: what-if.xkcd.com/127/
I was so happy when you said cheerleading. I've done competitive cheerleading for 13 years and it's so fun to do and watch! They're actually pushing to make it an olympic sport for 2020.
There will be a big no no from Islamic world
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please don't advertise kite fighting, it actually kills a lot of people, the string becomes fatal, specially for people riding bikes or motorcycles
I have no clue whatsoever about how kite fighting is practised currently, but I suppose it isn't an official sport, right? At least from the footage it looks rather improvised, done wherever there might be enough space to do it. So if it became an olympic discipline, then maybe there would be special places where it is allowed to be "trained"/ whatever and that would prevent those accidents..
+NoxBellatricis it's like shooting and archery, you have those on the Olympics, of course they are dangerous practiced outside of proper environments, but a gun or a bow are not so accessible as a Kite for kids or teenagers, which is pretty cheap, and the mixture is just glue and mashed glass so anyone can do it... And most of times they are not aware of how dangerous it is until it's too late
I see your point, definitely, but I think if it gained attention/ popularity the awareness of the risks would rise, too. Like if there were rules etc that people would follow, those could minimize the dangers. But then again, this is all just hypothetical and probably it wouldn't work out as well as I would like to imagine it. Also, I should probably just shut up since I haven't heard about this sport prior to watching this video and am definitely not qualified to judge about how it might or might not change in case of an increase of popularity without actually knowing anything about it and the culture that might have formed around it already... But however, in general I believe that awareness (eg of the dangers of kite fighting) comes with more attention. Then again, this could backfire as well, if it results in kids wanting to try it and do so oblivious to it's dangers or something along those lines...
So I think I'm just going to stop blabbering on since I don't see me coming to a satisfying solution any time soon.
Just one last thing: after considering this whole topic more intensely than I thought I ever would, I don't think I would actually support it, just like I cannot support shooting as a sport, no matter how interesting as a sport it might be... When I first heard about it and wrote that comment I was merely fascinated, I guess.
Hard to compare kites flying out in the open, controlled by the wind and kill people by kite dude not stopping it in time to guns which are fired down a range 99% of the time, controlled by hands and kill people by someone squeezing a trigger? Also guns serve the purpose of killing intruders and a tyranical government, kites are just for fun and therefore have no excuse to be a neccesary evil people practice with.
Kite fighting is something just done for fun, at least it is in Pakistan anyway. It is incredibly dangerous though and i wouldn't really want to see it in the olympics as that would promote more people doing it on the streets. As much as I enjoyed it as a kid on family trips to Pakistan, it isn't safe.
yes! Cheerleading! I don't understand why people still don't consider it a sport when team synchronized swimming is LITERALLY Cheerleading in the water!
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I find your lack of DODGEBALL disturbing. C'mon Hank.
To support the point, huge amount of teamwork, fast and intense play, super awesome plays to watch (catches at the buzzer, dodging multiple balls in one fluid movement, headshots galore), and there's nothing like seeing an 8.5" rubber kickball (or 8.25" super bounce foam, or 7" soffplay ball) cross a court at 70-80 MPH. Bonus points if pinching is allowed.
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Kabbadi deserves a place!
Kite fighting kills people. After a kite is cut free it drifts away uncontrolled. Occasionally, one of these kites, with supper strong, glass coated string still attached cuts into someones neck and kills them. The sport is banned or heavily regulated in many countries for this reason.
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Some people just died from this sport a few days ago.
Kite fighting is a festival here in India. And this is the first time I've heard of a person dying because of the above mentioned reason.
Mounted archery ill be won by mongolia every year if it were in the olympics
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Possibly Iran.
Japan would give them a run for their money with their Yabusame riders/archers
Don't forget about the native Americans, they would be epic at it too, and incidentally raise awareness of a disenfranchised people.
Mounted archery will be won by... Wait for it... The Mongols.
I think running in heels should be an Olympic sport
Also speed dressing; skinny-jeans division.
This is such a great video Hank!!! I hadn't heard of so many of these sports but now I want all of them in the Olympics next time round. Your enthusiasm in this video is also just so cheering :)
I would add Brazilian jiujutsu since sports jiujutsu is different enough from judo to have its own slot in the Olympics and should have been part of Rio as a demo sport
Hank I would like to note something that I believe you missed - ULTIMATE FRISBEE. I play it; it's really fun to watch, very fast paced, and very popular in not just the US :P
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Scrolling through Tumblr as an Olympic sport
Netflix binge marathons as an Olympic sport
Netflix binge? I guess so, I can think of stranger things.
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Scroll through Tumblr would end in many suicides from lack of faith in humanity.
Shotgun Mongol If scrolling through Tumblr was an event they couldn't use a "starter pistol," someone would be... triggered.
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Master Therion I literally hit my face in disapproval because of that pun...
Thumbs up for mounted archery.
Mongols approve.
I think quidditch should be an olympic sport.
Yeah, I thought so too that he was missing out on Muggle Quidditch on his ist. A few weeks ago I happened to be at the Quidditch world cup in Frankfurt and it was amazing!
Hurrah to Australia, for winning the most recent Quidditch World Cup
Speaking of quidditch, did Hank release this year's Harry Potter song? Did I miss it? Doesn't it come out around now?
Kind of disappointed he didn't mention Quidditch ö
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Did you just say "jif", Mr. Jreen?
Just kidding, don't be mad :p
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Here's a jift for your comment: 🎁
Choosy developers choose GIF.
Proper test cricket wouldn't be suited for the olympics because a single match takes literal days to complete.
What about ODI's or T20's?
Then they make a quicker version. Like they did with Rugby Sevens.
T20 would be perfect
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And, I thought they were the best of humanity, not wimps
Kabaddi & Cricket Has to be there at Olympics.. Great Sports..Humungous Viewership..Lots of money..And Tons to Explore
Man I have seen you in like 100 other videos talking about how good cricket is. Try some other good sports. Like Ice hockey, Formula 1,Rugby, Hurling etc
kinda boring sport to me
T20 cricket is good.... And kabaddi is nice
Kabbadi is best
@@ldho4027 yes but test cricket is love ❤️
HANK! I AM SO HAPPY YOU INCLUDED CHEER IN THIS! It would be amazing if the world could actually see how cheerleading has evolved into the sport it now is. Props to you for seeing that!
Same, I'm rewatching a lot of old vlogbrothers videos right now and I only decided to watch this one because I was hoping that he included cheer. xD
I'm a competitive cheerleader AND Nerdfighter so I just died a little of excitement ahhhh
Same
Who remembers the vlogbrothers video "fitness for nerds"...idk why this reminded me of that haha
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I have to look that video up again. thanks for the reminder :)
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That's probably my favourite video they've made, thank you for reminding me that it exists.
Cricket was in the 1900 Paris Olympics. Only two teams ended up competing: Britain and France. The British team was a Devon and Somerset touring team while the French Team was almost entirely composed of British expats living in Paris. The British won the gold.
Well I personally think that it should be in the olympics NOW 🤗😁
No kickball? :[
GlitchxCity why
I see your recommended sports and I raise you QUIDDITCH
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Flying broomsticks that can support a human's weight. That's the only part of that game we can't do.
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Fine, then. Muggle quidditch. Happy?
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One glaring omission from your list: orienteering.
How such a beautiful synergy of athleticism and intellect is not already part of the Olympics is frankly lost on me.
+Anders Hvasshovd (DrAlrick) Ooooo! Great idea!! I love this lots!
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Short (~about a day-30ish miles) and long (~maybe a week 150ish miles) versions. Here's point A, here's point B, no GPS or communication except an emergency beacon, no wheeled vehicles. Taped via drones. Maybe someone scales a cliff, maybe fords a big river or builds a raft maybe hunts instead of carrying food. Who knows. solo and partner versions/events.
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Yeah "athleticism"
Tug of war was dismissed from the Olympics because it is by far the most dangerous sport, and has in Olympic history killed members of the audience.
The ropes keep snapping, when they try stronger ropes, they still snap, but more violently.
I am a huge fan of Wushu, Cheer, mounted archery, free running, and that foot volley ball.
That would just result in it being so much worse when the rope inevitably snaps
can't they just do it behind a clear wall like hockey then? besides, technology has improved in the past hundred years, and ropes could probably be made with carbon fiber and stuff now. I don't think 50+ ton rope will snap with ten people pulling on it.
We already have super strong rope like Spectra, Dynema, or Amsteel. A suitably sized rope wouldn’t snap if several hundred people were tugging on it.
Tug of war is basically the sport where you try to get a bunch of international professional strong men to break a super strong rope to catastrophic result. It is not a good idea.
Elouj Time Reaver A 1/4" AmSteel rope has a breaking strength of 8,600lb. A half inch has a breaking strength of 34,000lb. I couldn't find the spec for a 1 inch rope, but it should be about 200,000 lb. If 20 guys are pulling on it, they would each have to exert 10,000 lbs to reach the rated breaking strength. That's not going to happen. A two or three inch rope? Absolutely no way.
Hobbit drinking song compilation?? Just wonderful! I really enjoyed it-i watched it twice. thanks for sharing!
I nominate chainsaw-fencing as an event.
You know you'd watch it.
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it hurts my humanity but your right😧
Chainsaw fencing on those dancing horses- no Chainsaw juggling on dancing horses! New Sport!
Warhammer 40K the olympics coming to a table top near you
So, what if Google obtained the broadcast rights for the 2020 games and had it all up live on UA-cam for two weeks? (and forever) EH?!?!! Imagine playlists of all the gold medal contests in each genera of sport. Imagine UA-camrs getting to go TO the Olympics to be anchors and commentators. Imagine the inclusively and impartiality of every athlete getting his/her moment on the screen for all to see, no matter what some fat-cats think of the sport they play. This dream is too big.
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I stumbled across the Hobbit Drinking Songs on Spotify and god is it great!
Thanks for sharing all of these.
Kabaddi is growing fast.
IT'S GIF NOT GIF
Exactly!
When he said Gif in this I had no idea what he was talking about and watched it again to figure out wtf he was saying. If he had just said Gif in the first place it'd be easier for everyone to understand.
But the creator of the GIF pronounces it's JIF so how is it wrong if the inventor of it pronounces it JIF?
because he is wrong?
The creator is wrong because it's an acronyn for Graphics Interchange Format (Geh, Ih, Feh). Well it isn't pronounced "jraphics" is it :P
Hank: mentions sepak takraw straight off the bat
Me: YAAAAAASSSSSSSS
ALSO: why isn't squash mentioned? it was snubbed again for 2020.
So awesome you're in so many channels (Came from Peter Hollins hobbit drinking song!) if late IDK fan from Sci Show
Omg thank you for including cricket 🏏 in ur video. I love it so much 😁😄❤️
You can watch the olympics without a cable subscription in Canada.
Indeed. CBC's got streaming of all the channels they're showing olympics on, plus the raw live feed from the olympic broadcasters of everything else. And you can watch on the website or an app. Only downside is it's geolocked to Canada
Yet another reason why Canada is awesome (I'm not Canadian nor from the USA)
Just another example of why I would rather be in Canada.
And in Austria, and probably in any European country.
CBC also posts a event finals on their youtube page
dance and getting ready need to be Olympic sports!!
THANK YOU
As great as it sounds, they poorly qualify as sports.
You could sportify anything in theory.
But by that, reading would also be one.
+Aditya Khanna I think dance is a sport!
Rhythmic Gymnastics is basically dancing, synchronised swimming is water dancing, dressage is horse dancing.
Dancing is definitely represented.
Awkward Squirtle Perfect!
OMGOSH!! HANK!! You are wearing a The Tick shirt. The Tick is my favorite and I just totally geeked out like I haven't in years. Thanks for the reminder that I still have a ton of Tick comics somewhere that I need to find.
what the 1st sport he said? im trying to search it up cant find it
Pole dancing. It's like gymnastics on a pole.
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I like the way you think
It is gymnastics on a pole
For sure, strength, balance and flexibility, as well as choreography and movement!
Maybe I'm biased, but I would also like to see... like DCI-style marching band competitions in the Olympics. It's basically the same idea as some of the floor-exercises in the Olympics where it's physical prowess timed with music, but in this case these high-caliber marching ensembles are _creating_ the music on top of actually exhibiting that physical prowess. And it's all judged like it is in gymnastics, with points in Music, Visual and General Effect. And you don't need American football fields! In Japan I believe the use empty sumo rings or some other indoor venue, and I imagine in other countries they just use soccer/football fields.
Also bonus points for the BattleBots idea. I personally wouldn't think of it as an "Olympic" sport, but it is definitely an underappreciated sporting event in my opinion.
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For anyone interested in horseback archery, i saw an amazing ad last week while I was on holiday in Slowakia for an event called
"World Nomad Games", which will be held for the second time ever in early September in Kyrgisistan. It seems to celebrate several nomad traditions, including swordfighting and horseback archery. The website is not so clear about whether it will be available to watch on livestream, though. But definitely check it out! :)
Thanks for introducing me to Sepak Takraw! Why have I never heard of this incredible sport?!
Y'all know Pentatonix would win the Olympic Gold in A Capella Singing, don't even deny it. Sorry Hank.
True, but maybe I could get the silver or bronze :-)
Oshit. Love your music man.
... and by a strange alignment of planets... that came out with a new youtube today.... it has been ages.
***** here for that podium!
Unless they allowed Jon Cozart to somehow clone himself
Thankfully, the UK has some really great coverage thanks to the BBC.
Yeah :) I can even watch my own country of Origin from BBC :P They cover nearly everything :D (Well except Golf)
And they say the BBC is a waste of money!
+Kuya Dan You don't have the red button?
+Captainwilts I have the Red button :/ Maybe I just wasn't able to find it :/
This is my comment gloating about the BBC.
I would love to see many of those in the olympics!
Also, nice narnia poster on the wall. *tips hat*
Honestly didn't expect you to put cheering in this video but I'm so happy you did! ❤️
Not able to watch without a cable subscription? Talking only about your country, I guess
America is stuck in the 90s. I currently have 14 live streams available online for free.
Yeah NBC is broadcasting here in the US and they have everything online but to watch more than 30 minutes you have to sign in with your cable subscription info (even though NBC is available on regular tv to people who don't have a cable subscription). It's infuriating and beyond stupid.
>to watch more than 30 minutes you have to sign in with your cable subscription
Well, that's an "interesting" concept. And I guess is is full of ads as well, judging how much the us-viewers were complaining about ads during the opening ceremony on reddit.
I only have 2 free live streams available which show whatever venues the broadcasters think most interesting to the audience. In our "age of the internet" there should really be a streaming service showing all the events live regardless of the viewers location.
NHK in Japan also used a mix of broadcast TV and paid satellite.
I think that quidditch should be an Olympic sport.
has to be the 17th sport that he missed...
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Lacrosse should totally also be a sport at the olympics.
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There's only three national teams that matter in Lacrosse, which becomes two since Iroquois aren't an IOC member.
SEPAK TAKRAW YEAHHHH
Just because it's more known in SEA, doesn't mean it doesn't deserve a place on an international level hmmphhh
I would add Ultimate Frisbee. It just got IOC recognition recently and they're proposing playing the mixed (men and women on the same team) version of it in international play. Get excited.
Thank you! Was looking for a frisbee comment!
Kite fighting??? People (mainly motorcycle riders) die in Brazil with their throats cut by kite strings coated with ground glass!
Have it carefully cordoned off, so that no one can run into the razor sharp kite strings(doesn't that sound cool?)
I totally heard about this happening in the news this week with several people being killed, so I would say a hard pass on Kite Fighting.
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This doesn't happen in India because we fly kites while standing on the roof (mostly) and yes we have plane surfaced roofs (mostly)...we even try to cut other strings by ours
And 3 or 4 people just died in India... including a couple kids.
I love your suggestion of cricket and your justification of it being the second most popular sport in the world. I personally love cricket and would love to see it in the olympics. That being said the rules can be pretty complicated to understand
I think the 5k and 10k should be taken out of the track and onto a course. It would make it way more interesting to watch
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He said League of Legends, I love you!!!
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Realistically, any competitive MMO/MOBA could be in the Olympics with a PvP factor.
Sure, LoL is just currently the most popular, and therefore the most obvious one to start with.
+Awkward Squirtle Yeah, and next along the line should be WildStar, WoW (maybe ESO), GW2, Starcraft 2, and SWTOR, in no particular order. Maybe some shooter games as well, such as the CoD franchise (I know there are events such as MLG Orlando supporting this, but I thought it should be taken a step further), maybe TF2, Battlefield, Overwatch, etc.
dota 2 > LOL
that is all
YES HANK!!! As a competitive cheerleader it would be SO GREAT for the olympics to recognize our sport for what it is. An extremely difficult exercise of gymnastic prowess, stunting excellence, dance, and creative choreography all done by kids college age or under! The talent and work it takes to become a great cheerleader is so underestimated by societies. Plus the US would dominate competitive cheer because we invented it and are much better at it than most of the countries it's gotten to.
Have you been to Worlds?
having one country dominate a sport is nice for the country, but not a great reason to have it in the olympics (1 reason wushu was not included in tokyo 2020, but was considered, is that china would dominate way too much).
I dont mind it being added but it isnt played in most places in the world. I absolutly agree that it fulfills all the requirements but that would be my only oposition
You actually don't want that. Long distance ice skating is considered for being taken off the olympic roster for exactly the same reason after all - the Dutch are way to good at it, win almost all of the medals. (It's also the reason why american football isn't an olypic sport.)
+Stultum Stulto from a chilean point of view, who else beside the US plays american football seriously? I reaally can think of another country right now
Why the FUCK is baseball and softball going to be in the Olympics and not cricket? There are like three countries that play baseball and softball is just easier baseball...
Baseball is really huge in Japan, and they lobbied for it to be back in time for the Tokyo Olympics. Seriously, look up Japanese crowds at baseball games- you'd think it's their national sport.
If India cared about the Olympics, they could petition the IOC for include cricket. However, they don't care about the Olympics because there's no cricket. It's a loop of indifference.
Softball is NOT easier baseball. If like to see a cricket player hit a full speed softball pitch. Shit talkers.
I think cricket should definitely be a major Olympic sport, though.
They need a version of cricket like rugby sevens that they can actually finish a game before the rest of the olympics is over - the football actually has to start before the Olympics officially starts so they can actually get through the tournament. There's talk of twenty-cricket being used for the olympics but it's still at the early stages right now
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T20 Cricket, very fast and exciting.
Cricket isn't just popular in India tho. why can't GB get cricket included?
Loved this
Thank you so much for adding Cheerleading! I know Worlds is every year, but so many countries have such great teams. And such incredible ability.
actually the longest race in the olympics is the 50km speed walk not the 42 km marathon
that collab video was epic, i would so visit bars way more often if my friends would get into it like that! Also, I agree with your olympic sports, except for maybe handshakes, not exactly sure if that one is supposed to count or not, cause you said 17 and the video says 16
Didn't think Hank could come up with that many good ideas for legit Olympic adds. Handshakes aside, those were all suggestions I would get behind.
most of the media complaints you have are about NBC. Other countries' Olympic coverage is much better, eg BBC.
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Yeah, CBC's (along with Canada's 2 specialty sports networks) does a great job. I can watch almost any event online (although some won't have commentary), as well as the Canadian feeds that are broadcast or show up on cable. NBC, OTOH, has been rightly derided for the past several Olympics for not doing a good job.
Yes, but even the BBC (which I have watched exclusively this year) has flaws and doesn't cover as many awesome moments as it could. I think American coverage is actually better at covering other country's great or exceptional moments whilst BBC is better (easier to listen to certainly) at their own coverage and allowing alternate access to it.
Every media outlet needs to get better at access though as Leslie Jones' twitter coverage is fantastic example of how it can be done better :D
What about Ultimate Frisbee?!?! =(
(Look it up, it'll change your life)
Oh my god yes. I love ultimate so much.
I was looking through the comments specifically for this! I've been screaming this at my TV for the past few weeks.
Supposedly, the IOC has been considering adding it, but I don't know what progress has been made.
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sepak takraw is so fun to watch because I love volleyball but this sports intensify it 10000x
Jonathan Aplacador as a volleyball player i feel intimidated by them
Artistic roller skating!
CS:GO should also be included alongside League of Legends. I find the teamwork behind these fast paced games to be unparalleled by any game or sport.
RTS too, mainly age of empires and starcraft are the most popular, the competitive level is really crazy with all the stuff going on at once
I doubt Blizzard/Valve/Riot would let the IOC use their game commercially for free, and I doubt the IOC would want to shell out for something with (currently) a relatively small/niche viewing audience
Ideally, eSports could be developed into standard rulesets existing in the public domain.
Olympics is for showing off physical ability, go watch twitch for csgo or lol.
LoL is SHIT.
eSports require no less physical ability than shooting, in some cases more.
I like the idea of parkour in the olympics, but I don't get how it could be judged while keeping the integrity of the sport. They'd probably have to keep the same settings for everyone which would mess with how parkour is sort of urban and typically in a pedestrian setting. Also, what would they judge on: speed? Tricks?
Maybe how indoor courses are set up maybe it would be judged like... I dunno a mix of how fast they can get across a course whether it be indoor or outdoor and what tricks can be added in without reducing speed?
Speed seems reasonable. Tricks are more for freerunning.
maybe like gymnastics, difficulty, mistakes and forms?
***** Perhaps freerunning should also be an Olympic sport?
Well, for real parkour it would be quite easy: Set up a space with a start, a finish and a lot of obstacles. Fastest person wins. Your time will be effected by your planing of the optimal path and your physical ability to overcome the obstacles (where you might plan according to your profficiency in overcomeing specific obstacles), but time is every thing that matters.
In freerunning (as actually seen in the video, when he said "parkour") the athlete would either get a specific amount of time ot a specific path on which he may not move backwards (or maybe both) and there would be judges who give points based on the variety, difficulty and quality of movements / tricks - just like in any other freestyle event (figure skating, high diving, rhythmic gymnastics, gymwheel, skateboarding, ...)
oh my god, Hank, you just reminded me that I read a book about kite fighting one year for school (homeschool)! I must find this book now, omg, it was so interesting!
How did I not know about sepak takraw?! It is quite possibly the coolest thing ever
At the beginning of this video you said there would be 17 sports but there were only 16 so LIAR.
Yes...this is true. I did do that. I cannot even explain why, but I could not be bothered to go back and re-record it...IT WAS SO LATE AND I WAS TIRED!
***** Haha, it's cool. I'm just being difficult this morning. Loved the video and completely agree with the lack of Olympic advancement into the new era. Thanks for a great video!
"Goodmorning,Jah-ilovetheolympics,ilovetheinternationality,iloveitshistory,i lovetocelebratewithfriends,andilovetoseehumansdoextraordinarythings!"
God damn, Hank...take a breath. ;)
I mean he has to get everything he wants to say in 4 minutes.
+Awkward Squirtle We don't want him to die of asphyxiation, though :P
He breathes. He just edits out the breaths xD
+Corey Lando Ah, makes sense...
Michael Laserroam Yeah. That's what he's doing any time you see a jump cut. He's gotten really good at it.
"Kabbadi" has to there in Olympic 🐼
Thanks for mentioning Kabaddi Hank! We love this sport dearly. Where my Indian nerdfighters at?
Half of the time I was going "what that's a thing?!"
Stop pronouncing it "Jif".
I die a little every time.
Jif
ikr jiff is a brand of peanut butter, not a form of media
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Hey, we're all our own people...I'm from the jif era...I can't stop being old.
ua-cam.com/video/WRe8HtJ7q6o/v-deo.html
Both 'jif' and 'gif' are acceptable pronunciations
Peter Hollens!
Watched that video just prior to this one, loved it!!!
Kabaddi & Tug of war should be included in Olympics 😌
Before this video even starts, I will say that if it doesn't include roller derby and BattleBots, it's wrong. Or at least incomplete.
I WAS HALF RIGHT! Tho honestly that was not the half I was expecting.
Roller Derby def. should be included. Good one.
League of Legends as an Olympic game is possibly the worst idea Hank has ever come up with. Why not Street Fighter? Starcraft? Or a bazillion other games? Just the most popular online game right now? For popularity reasons? 😐
Pokemon is arguably as or even more popular...
I love your sensibility towards different cultures of the world. And you look so cute when you're ranting about something.☺
I LOVE THIS THANKS
In America
In America
In America.
IN AMERICA.
UA-cam.... Broadcast outside of America.
Just FYI
Well he is American so I mean........
+Zawadi Williams A lot of us are. I wouldn't watch a swede and expect him to talk about us all the time.
No, but you would be just as annoyed if he talked about Sweedish things as if they were global human experience.
He talks about issues outside of the US more than most UA-camrs in his genre do...
And that somehow means we shouldn't be irritated by america-centrism? Particularly on a video that is specifically about an international event?
Ultimate Frisbee, pretty awesome fast paced team sport with a lot of athleticism, teamwork, and
cordination needed.
Yes that would be fun
some of the sports you have mentioned are very creative, but they will be good games for Olympics for sure :)
Cricket was once played in the Olympics in the 1910 games I guess..but woman's T20 Cricket will soon be in the Common Wealth Games and there are good chances of 🏏 soon being inducted into the 2028 Olympics.
Tug of war should not be added. I believe it was taken away because of many gruesome injuries and lots of cheating.
I agree with about half of them
and it's gif, not jif
jif is peanut butter
Anyone else think of the Kite Runner when Hank was talking about kite fighting? "For you, a thousand times over"
Sepak Takraw for sure should be in Olympic.