tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232787713283993396.post4266063131012833995..comments2024-01-24T23:22:56.535-06:00Comments on The Racquetball Blog: Racquetball in the Olympics?The Racquetball Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03838611322434995656noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232787713283993396.post-20900211021009174952014-02-19T09:59:17.445-06:002014-02-19T09:59:17.445-06:00Xia Yang via Ben Croft
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The ...Xia Yang via Ben Croft<br />Options for this story<br />The Map of Racquetball to Olympics<br /><br />A simple draft map I drew of Racquetball to Olympics – <br /><br />1. Where is racquetball on the map now? Well, the map says in America.<br />2. Why is it not at Olympic yet? The map says in order to be at Olympic it must be played all over the world, oh, well, at least in many countries. Racquetball is not played in that many countries yet. <br />3. Where is our path? The map says, to start through America to other continents.<br />4. How can it get there? The map says, to accumulate bigger momentum (power) from where it is. Need passionate players and trainers to spread seeds.to those places and generate more passionate players who carry on this mission further and further. <br />5. What are challenges? <br />- Bigger population plays this sport, especially younger people. <br />-Access to the Sport, i.e. Court , how about courts at public parks?<br />-Attract bigger audience, how about make media likes us more, such as paint the wall the color the camera favors, I’m just saying…. <br />….<br />6. How to overcome these challenges? ….. says everybody, …<br /><br />I’ll keep drawing the map in my mindAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14104815170637085050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232787713283993396.post-49230444939999307412014-02-19T09:58:33.114-06:002014-02-19T09:58:33.114-06:00Xia Yang via Ben Croft
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The ...Xia Yang via Ben Croft<br />Options for this story<br />The Map of Racquetball to Olympics<br /><br />A simple draft map I drew of Racquetball to Olympics – <br /><br />1. Where is racquetball on the map now? Well, the map says in America.<br />2. Why is it not at Olympic yet? The map says in order to be at Olympic it must be played all over the world, oh, well, at least in many countries. Racquetball is not played in that many countries yet. <br />3. Where is our path? The map says, to start through America to other continents.<br />4. How can it get there? The map says, to accumulate bigger momentum (power) from where it is. Need passionate players and trainers to spread seeds.to those places and generate more passionate players who carry on this mission further and further. <br />5. What are challenges? <br />- Bigger population plays this sport, especially younger people. <br />-Access to the Sport, i.e. Court , how about courts at public parks?<br />-Attract bigger audience, how about make media likes us more, such as paint the wall the color the camera favors, I’m just saying…. <br />….<br />6. How to overcome these challenges? ….. says everybody, …<br /><br />I’ll keep drawing the map in my mind<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14104815170637085050noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232787713283993396.post-59706575899028351262012-08-01T18:05:35.356-05:002012-08-01T18:05:35.356-05:00i agree costruction of a racquetball facility is c...i agree costruction of a racquetball facility is certainly higher than the building costs of a flat area needed for badminton. the advent of modern, mobile, temporary all glass courts that are used in the highest level tournaments of today actually cost less than a lot of the building going on for current Olympic sports. additionally, if by chance the Olympics were held in a city within the USA there is also the possibility there are facilities already in place.<br />thanks.<br /><br />-t riscile<br />Atlanta, GAyankeeriscilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135854085792476413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232787713283993396.post-30977111910172880672012-08-01T18:01:35.640-05:002012-08-01T18:01:35.640-05:00i do agree building a multi-court permanent struct...i do agree building a multi-court permanent structure to house a racquetball tournament would be quite an undertaking for an Olympic city if they didnt have a facility already. however with the advent of modern, mobile, temporary all-glass courts used in todays highest level tournaments, the cost would actually be far less than alot of the building that is required by sports in the Olympics today.<br /><br />-t riscile<br /> Atlanta, GAyankeeriscilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13135854085792476413noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7232787713283993396.post-21803771272318177212008-08-12T17:51:00.000-05:002008-08-12T17:51:00.000-05:00Another problem that puts Racquetball at a disadva...Another problem that puts Racquetball at a disadvantage to, say, badminton, is the court construction. All that is required for the badminton court is the floor and the net. Fencing just requires a flat area, and so on.<BR/><BR/>Racquetball requires constructing an entire box. And consider that to run a world size event you would need quite a few courts.<BR/><BR/>Building a whole facility for one fledgling event is not something the host nation would jump at.<BR/><BR/>I firmly believe that someday it will make the Olympic games, it may be a long way off and as you elude to it may be on the coattails of squash.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10447750779506292007noreply@blogger.com