Thursday, 2 August 2012
Beach Volleyball was located in the Horse Guard Parade. London was transformed for the Olympics. After watching the games live, I really should have applied for games making at the Beach Volleyball venue with hindsight.
The game was played on a small court with two players on each team. So as someone without that many friends could tell you that the variations in play and tactics were actually quite limited compared to the hard court counterparts. Rallies of more than 4 or 5 hits were rare. I guess the players’ attire suggests that the focus was not necessary the sport itself.
However, the USA girls managed to win 3 Olympics in a row spanning over 12 years. Their consistency and concentration must had been a cut above their peers. I did not managed to see them in action but I am sure they were great to watch.
My Olympics updates became a day by day, hour by hour account which I actually found it to be a bit lacklustre. My experience could be summarised by “intense” (one of all-time favourite word of 2005*). It was tiring, exciting, boring at times, engaging, tedious and mesmerising all rolled into one which is like living.
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