People make fun of Steven Bradbury getting Australia’s first gold medal in speed skating. Most don’t know he was World Champion and this was his third Olympics. It isn’t easy to be a speed skater in Australia so I respect what he did.
I think you missed the wierdest point of that last one: the batsman was out! The ball came off the bowler's head and hit the stumps with the batjsman outside the crease, so it counts as a run out. You can't keep the ball in cricket. The condition of the ball plays a significant part in bowling tactics, so changing it after every six wouldn't work.
@@damiangordon8893 could not disagree more with you there are no real pathways from juniors to wallabies. Eddie Jones knows he has to try to sign league players just like he has done on the past. I'm 58 years old and lived in Newcastle my whole life and it's definitely league heartland plus the surrounding coalfields
Melbourne cup , then AFL Grand final ,then boxing day test cricket match then Bathurst car race would be the 4 biggest days in sports events in Aus , you should fit in well here as your accent isn't far from Aussie accent , just a slight bit of English or something in there lol
A spectator can't keep the cricket ball, no; it's not like baseball. The condition of the ball is an important aspect of the game (less so in T20 than in tests, but it's still part of the game). If the ball were lost or damaged too badly to play with. the umpires would need to bring out the box of used balls and choose one of similar condition to the one being replaced.
the first tuesday of November is Melbourne cup day. The whole country STOPS FOR one horse race./ meaning its a day off work of course. You would be more than welcomed here down under mate. btw cricket would have to be the national sports.
Nope, aussie rules, cricket, basketball, soccer rugby, tennis, golf. Rugby is only popular in NSW and QLD, no other state really has much of a following in it. Cricket will draw more of a crowd in every state, soccer is semi popular in most states. Basketball is quite popular here aswell. Id put it in line with cricket.
@@whatthe3131 In the spirit of gentle teasing: And because you don’t know any they don’t exist? The registered bodies made up the numbers? Our #1 sport in terms of participants is swimming, and more people play soccer than AFL. Cheers.
Amongst sporting Aussies and “ old school” Aussies, sledging is our most popular sport..... anywhere, anytime. But our politicians, judges, lawyers , reporters , actors , musicians and other FAKE Australians want sledging outlawed with possible minimal jail sentences for a first offence. For a third offence they might even re introduce capital punishment. Then comes Aussie Rules football, cricket, voluntary tax ( horse racing and poker machines ), golf, Rugby League, soccer, tennis, squash, motor racing, hockey, monopoly, tiddlywinks .......and many more with baseball and grid iron claiming a few dozen supporters Australia wide. Ah, BUGGER...... I forgot fightin’, joy ridin’ and theft.
The sport on ice is Short Track Speed Skating. Apolo Anton Ohno the first skater, subsequently the second to cross the finish line should have won that race. That last place Aussie lucked out by being in last place to not get caught in the mayhem. A whack gold medal win for a loser. 😂
@@Bellas1717 I do know the whole story. I was literally watching the race in real time as it happened. For most races, incidents like this would have usually disqualified the person who caused the pile up. And they should have re-run the race. If the skater that caused the mayhem had never done so, dude in the way way half a lap behind everyone else, would have never seen a medal let alone the gold!
Yeah read his history in the sport, he isn't a 'nobody'. They all know the rules of the sport and chose to compete, this has probably happened a fair bit, Bradbury just happened to do it in front of an Olympic crowd and win a gold medal.
@@belgnbor Yes, it was his stated strategy, successful in the lead-up. Given that so many had fallen in the heats and semis, he knew he had a good chance they would overcompete again in the final.
Do you know how much money a player even way down the rankings can make? More than enough for a coach. As with any individual sport, the investment comes before the payoff.
@@Bellas1717 first off, if you're just starting out and haven't won any titles. You Don't Make Any Money. Hello!!! Any money you make has to go for travel, nutrition, equipment, clothes, shoes etc. Coaches are expensive, that's why some of the lowest ranked tennis players don't have one. It's called common sense, get some...please.
@@kikibigbangfan3540 Both my brothers and I were elite sportspeople, representing our state and for one of us country. So we well know about what’s required to reach that level. Most don’t have family members who are skilled coaches the way that Ellise Perry does. How many of our top swimmers didn’t have coaches growing up? Individual sports demand it to reach the level it takes to start making money. As I said, there’s an investment before the payoff. So it’s not a case of ‘duh’ when you’re in the sport, it’s a case of what you have to do if you believe you have the potential to be competitive enough in the sport to make serious money.
@@Bellas1717 I never said that these athletes never had coaches to get to that point. Sometimes circumstances come up, that causes some people to not have coaches at certain times in their career especially early on.
@@kikibigbangfan3540 It’s just a little irritating to be preached to about getting 'common sense' when you’ve actually lived that life. It’s probably a good idea not to be condescending when you don’t know the circumstances of the people with whom you’re communicating.
People make fun of Steven Bradbury getting Australia’s first gold medal in speed skating. Most don’t know he was World Champion and this was his third Olympics. It isn’t easy to be a speed skater in Australia so I respect what he did.
Doing a Bradbury is the best 🤣 australia's first winter olympics gold medal pmsfl just iconic
I think you missed the wierdest point of that last one: the batsman was out! The ball came off the bowler's head and hit the stumps with the batjsman outside the crease, so it counts as a run out.
You can't keep the ball in cricket. The condition of the ball plays a significant part in bowling tactics, so changing it after every six wouldn't work.
The speed skating commentary team of HG and Roy are amazing, they did the Sydney Olympics show 'The Dream' and much more.
Riley McGree was up there for the Puskas Award that year, he plays for Middlesbrough at the moment and has 5 goals 2 assists in all competitions.
Rugby is definitely not that popular in Australia but Rugby league is the no1 football code in NSW and Queensland
I'm not biased at all, but I would agree.
No2 would be Cricket
Soccer
Tennis
etc. Down to,
Toad races
Tuna tossing
And finally, AFL.
guys i think you dont realise how big rugby union is in mostly yhe eastern states but its spreading slowly across Australia
@@damiangordon8893 could not disagree more with you there are no real pathways from juniors to wallabies. Eddie Jones knows he has to try to sign league players just like he has done on the past. I'm 58 years old and lived in Newcastle my whole life and it's definitely league heartland plus the surrounding coalfields
@@tropicsalt. Hahahahahahahaha
@@tropicsalt. No Cricket is no 1 because it is played every where, easily the most watched and played sport in Australia
Steven won no other stayed upright he’s a winner in my book
He only stayed up because he was last FFS LOL
Melbourne cup , then AFL Grand final ,then boxing day test cricket match then Bathurst car race would be the 4 biggest days in sports events in Aus , you should fit in well here as your accent isn't far from Aussie accent , just a slight bit of English or something in there lol
Mate - where's the Todd River Regatta!
and the Sydney to Hobart!
Not even close
@@Ausecko1 ahh ok I thought it was only big for us Tasmanians , didn't realise the mainlanders even knew it was an event 😆
A spectator can't keep the cricket ball, no; it's not like baseball. The condition of the ball is an important aspect of the game (less so in T20 than in tests, but it's still part of the game). If the ball were lost or damaged too badly to play with. the umpires would need to bring out the box of used balls and choose one of similar condition to the one being replaced.
Yeah, a beer soaked Cricket Ball is not a Cricket Ball...lol
@@Mirrorgirl492 It very definitely is, just like a rain soaked ball.
the first tuesday of November is Melbourne cup day. The whole country STOPS FOR one horse race./ meaning its a day off work of course. You would be more than welcomed here down under mate. btw cricket would have to be the national sports.
It’s only a day off in Victoria. They lost a lot in NSW when they changed the time, it’s now after school's finished for the day.
Haha you can't be using "class" to describe Australians 😂
So many OS UA-camrs being misled that AFL is our national sport.
Because it is!
@@whatthe3131 No, cricket and swimming are our national sports. AFL is one of our football codes, our homegrown one.
Pick all the soccer related ones of course hahah
Nope, aussie rules, cricket, basketball, soccer rugby, tennis, golf. Rugby is only popular in NSW and QLD, no other state really has much of a following in it. Cricket will draw more of a crowd in every state, soccer is semi popular in most states. Basketball is quite popular here aswell. Id put it in line with cricket.
I mean i don't even like rugby but id still rank it as more popular than golf in this country.
You’re forgetting Rugby League. Rugby League has more registered fans than AFL.
Kyrgios has the potential to get to the top and stay there, but not the discipline. I was a big fan but not anymore.
COYS! Only because you are a gooner!
You got sports backwards, rugby league, then rugby union, then gayfl, then cricket 😂
Banana Bender spotted. Keep sooking that most of the country doesn't like your watered down American football.
There are more registered Rugby League fans than AFL fans, and more registered players. AFL’s not our #1 sport.
and soccer is way way bigger than those 2 combined in australia in participants
@@Arko1112 apples and oranges...
Maybe it depends which State you live in. I don't know any rugby or soccer fans.
@@whatthe3131 In the spirit of gentle teasing: And because you don’t know any they don’t exist? The registered bodies made up the numbers? Our #1 sport in terms of participants is swimming, and more people play soccer than AFL. Cheers.
Amongst sporting Aussies and “ old school” Aussies, sledging is our most popular sport..... anywhere, anytime.
But our politicians, judges, lawyers , reporters , actors , musicians and other FAKE Australians want sledging outlawed with possible minimal jail sentences for a first offence.
For a third offence they might even re introduce capital punishment.
Then comes Aussie Rules football, cricket, voluntary tax ( horse racing and poker machines ), golf, Rugby League, soccer, tennis, squash, motor racing, hockey, monopoly, tiddlywinks .......and many more with baseball and grid iron claiming a few dozen supporters Australia wide.
Ah, BUGGER...... I forgot fightin’, joy ridin’ and theft.
Be more specific with your "rugby" description lol it's rugby league 😉
The sport on ice is Short Track Speed Skating. Apolo Anton Ohno the first skater, subsequently the second to cross the finish line should have won that race. That last place Aussie lucked out by being in last place to not get caught in the mayhem. A whack gold medal win for a loser. 😂
You don’t know the full story, do you? Read about it some time and I think you’d change your view.
@@Bellas1717 I do know the whole story. I was literally watching the race in real time as it happened. For most races, incidents like this would have usually disqualified the person who caused the pile up. And they should have re-run the race. If the skater that caused the mayhem had never done so, dude in the way way half a lap behind everyone else, would have never seen a medal let alone the gold!
@@kikibigbangfan3540 His whole story, not just that race.
Yeah read his history in the sport, he isn't a 'nobody'. They all know the rules of the sport and chose to compete, this has probably happened a fair bit, Bradbury just happened to do it in front of an Olympic crowd and win a gold medal.
@@belgnbor Yes, it was his stated strategy, successful in the lead-up. Given that so many had fallen in the heats and semis, he knew he had a good chance they would overcompete again in the final.
Umm. " he should just get a coach" he says. You do know coaches don't come free, YOU HAVE TO PAY THEM....real money not potential winning money. Duh 🙄
Do you know how much money a player even way down the rankings can make? More than enough for a coach. As with any individual sport, the investment comes before the payoff.
@@Bellas1717 first off, if you're just starting out and haven't won any titles. You Don't Make Any Money. Hello!!! Any money you make has to go for travel, nutrition, equipment, clothes, shoes etc. Coaches are expensive, that's why some of the lowest ranked tennis players don't have one. It's called common sense, get some...please.
@@kikibigbangfan3540 Both my brothers and I were elite sportspeople, representing our state and for one of us country. So we well know about what’s required to reach that level. Most don’t have family members who are skilled coaches the way that Ellise Perry does. How many of our top swimmers didn’t have coaches growing up? Individual sports demand it to reach the level it takes to start making money. As I said, there’s an investment before the payoff. So it’s not a case of ‘duh’ when you’re in the sport, it’s a case of what you have to do if you believe you have the potential to be competitive enough in the sport to make serious money.
@@Bellas1717 I never said that these athletes never had coaches to get to that point. Sometimes circumstances come up, that causes some people to not have coaches at certain times in their career especially early on.
@@kikibigbangfan3540 It’s just a little irritating to be preached to about getting 'common sense' when you’ve actually lived that life. It’s probably a good idea not to be condescending when you don’t know the circumstances of the people with whom you’re communicating.