mcj metroid Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 i love skipping and am really good at it i must say. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePigMarcher Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 The NFL season opens on Thursday night and I cannot wait for it all to begin again. Just in case the sig hasn't clued you up , I am a massive fan of the sport and have been for a number of years and apart from the occasional Ice Hockey game it's pretty much the only sport I really enjoy watching. I have quite high hopes for my beloved Seahawks this year but previous experience also tells me to expect them to find a way of naffing it all up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginger_Chris Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Squash is another of those games that's great to play and rubbish to watch. In fact its really bad to watch because the balls moving to fast to see properly and all you watching it two people running around hitting the air. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slaggis Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Squash is another of those games that's great to play and rubbish to watch. In fact its really bad to watch because the balls moving to fast to see properly and all you watching it two people running around hitting the air. Definitely, squash is a really great sport to play. Really energetic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roostophe Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 The NFL season opens on Thursday night and I cannot wait for it all to begin again. Just in case the sig hasn't clued you up , I am a massive fan of the sport and have been for a number of years and apart from the occasional Ice Hockey game it's pretty much the only sport I really enjoy watching. I have quite high hopes for my beloved Seahawks this year but previous experience also tells me to expect them to find a way of naffing it all up. I'm thinking of having a look at the NFL. See how the Cleveland Browns get on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stefkov Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 The NFL season opens on Thursday night and I cannot wait for it all to begin again. Just in case the sig hasn't clued you up , I am a massive fan of the sport and have been for a number of years and apart from the occasional Ice Hockey game it's pretty much the only sport I really enjoy watching. I have quite high hopes for my beloved Seahawks this year but previous experience also tells me to expect them to find a way of naffing it all up. Thursday? I'll be setting my V+ box to record the games. Can't wait to go see the Dolphins vs Giants in Wembley. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Paul Posted September 4, 2007 Author Share Posted September 4, 2007 My only problem with NFL is the same one everyone does- can't stand how it stops after every single play. I like my sports to be pretty continuous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mariosmentor Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 I quite enjoy watching hockey, fast paced US sport as apposed to baseball and football(US). Hockey was always fun to play aswell, really easy game to get to grips with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conzer16 Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 How exactly does Hurling work Conzer? Any similarities to the games we have here in Britain? Well here's a quick rundown!! There's a team of 15 players. They line out traditionally in a 6-2-6 formation. 6 backs, 2 midfielders and 6 forwards, thus: Goalkeeper Right Corner Back - Full Back - Left Corner Back Right Wing Back - Centre Back - Left Wing Back Midfielder - Midfielder Right Wing Forward - Centre Forward - Left Wing Forward Right Corner Forward - Full Forward - Left Wing Forward The game is played using a hurl or hurley (Irish: camán) and this is made from ash. It is similar to a hockey stick but wider at the base with a large flat striking surface. The hurl is used to control and strike the ball called a sliothar (pronounced: sli-thur) which is a hard leather covered ball about the size of a tennis ball made form a core of twine bound cork. The idea in hurling is to get the sliothar over the bar and between the posts of your opponents goal, doing so awards you with a single point. If the sliothar is hit into the net it is worth a goal - or 3 points. The goal posts are seven yards (6.37 m) apart and the crossbar is seven feet (2.12 m) above the ground. It's played on a pitch that is much larger than a soccer or rugby pitch. You might have noticed during the 6 Nations this year during the Ireland games in Croke park that the pitch surface was huge in comparison to the Rugby layout. Here's a good sketch from BBC. At the end of 2 halves of 35 minutes each the team with the most points wins. Simple really. Nice introduction to hurling and explanation of the game on this video here. As for any games that ye would have in Britain that are similar, I know of only one. The Scottish version of this game is called Shinty. Hurling Shinty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcj metroid Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 aw introducing hurling eh haha. ya i watched that great stuff but we LOSTTTT:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Paul Posted September 4, 2007 Author Share Posted September 4, 2007 Well here's a quick rundown!! There's a team of 15 players. They line out traditionally in a 6-2-6 formation. 6 backs, 2 midfielders and 6 forwards, thus: Goalkeeper Right Corner Back - Full Back - Left Corner Back Right Wing Back - Centre Back - Left Wing Back Midfielder - Midfielder Right Wing Forward - Centre Forward - Left Wing Forward Right Corner Forward - Full Forward - Left Wing Forward The game is played using a hurl or hurley (Irish: camán) and this is made from ash. It is similar to a hockey stick but wider at the base with a large flat striking surface. The hurl is used to control and strike the ball called a sliothar (pronounced: sli-thur) which is a hard leather covered ball about the size of a tennis ball made form a core of twine bound cork. The idea in hurling is to get the sliothar over the bar and between the posts of your opponents goal, doing so awards you with a single point. If the sliothar is hit into the net it is worth a goal - or 3 points. The goal posts are seven yards (6.37 m) apart and the crossbar is seven feet (2.12 m) above the ground. It's played on a pitch that is much larger than a soccer or rugby pitch. You might have noticed during the 6 Nations this year during the Ireland games in Croke park that the pitch surface was huge in comparison to the Rugby layout. Here's a good sketch from BBC. At the end of 2 halves of 35 minutes each the team with the most points wins. Simple really. Nice introduction to hurling and explanation of the game on this video here. Looks quite fun! Don't think I couldbe trusted with one of those big sticks though! Do they play it anywhere else in the world apart from Ireland? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksnowman Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Federer set ups the meeting with Roddick with a four sets victory over Feliciano Lopez. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
conzer16 Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 They do. As far as I know there is a European Championship and Warwickshire, London and something-else-shire have teams as well. London play in the Connacht Football Championship and the Ulser Hurling Championship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goron_3 Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Anyone been watching the cricket so far? The ODIs have all been fantastic! Shame I'm at school tomorrow so i'll miss it, but I'm hoping India will win so it becomes 3-3 and we get a tense finale Also, F1 this weekend shall be AWESOME! Anyone know what track it is? i heard it's monza..? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Paul Posted September 4, 2007 Author Share Posted September 4, 2007 Anyone been watching the cricket so far? The ODIs have all been fantastic! Shame I'm at school tomorrow so i'll miss it, but I'm hoping India will win so it becomes 3-3 and we get a tense finale Also, F1 this weekend shall be AWESOME! Anyone know what track it is? i heard it's monza..? Yeah it is Monza. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zell Posted September 4, 2007 Share Posted September 4, 2007 Anyone been watching the cricket so far? The ODIs have all been fantastic! Shame I'm at school tomorrow so i'll miss it, but I'm hoping India will win so it becomes 3-3 and we get a tense finale Also, F1 this weekend shall be AWESOME! Anyone know what track it is? i heard it's monza..? Yes they have! I still think we'll end up winning overall, our world cup side has matured a fair bit. The only thing stopping us is all our bloody injuries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Paul Posted September 4, 2007 Author Share Posted September 4, 2007 Andy Roddick v Roger Federer in the US Open quarter final. Should be a goood match. Still looks like Federer will probably end up winning it though. Anyone watching the England India cricket? Looks like its going to be a close match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zell Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Anyone watched the cricket? Bloody fantastic! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goron_3 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Anyone watched the cricket? Bloody fantastic! Fuck yes. It was ABSOLUTELY incredible! Uthappa played great, considering it's his first game of the series. Quite easily the best cricket ODI match i've ever seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Paul Posted September 5, 2007 Author Share Posted September 5, 2007 Anyone watched the cricket? Bloody fantastic! Great match! Shame England lost though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zell Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Fuck yes. It was ABSOLUTELY incredible! Uthappa played great, considering it's his first game of the series. Quite easily the best cricket ODI match i've ever seen. Hah, it's not quite as good as the South Africa vs Australia match last year where both teams scored 430 or something. Great match! Shame England lost though. Tis a shame, we played so well, but at least now there will be thrilling final on Saturday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
darksnowman Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Well, The Fed Machine rolls on past Andy Roddick and into the semi's to meet Davydenko. It was a tight three setter in the early hours of this morning after a reasonably epic womans match up between Venus and Jankovic, with Venus winning in a third set tie break. Allez la Suisse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr-Paul Posted September 6, 2007 Author Share Posted September 6, 2007 Definitely looks like Federer will win the US Open now, especially seeing that Nadal is out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
motion Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 Allez la France pour demain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
somme Posted September 6, 2007 Share Posted September 6, 2007 The only sport I could ever play well was Badminton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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