The skill of cycling.

Lumen

Dear Thread,

I saw this and thought of you.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/sportSkills

Clickable columns and everything.

Hail 2 Da Thief

Cheerleading is a sport . GTFO!

Hail 2 Da Thief

+ They have Boxing ranked no.1, Wrestling ranked no. 5 & Martial Arts no. 6.
Boxing & Wrestling are forms of Martial Arts !

IM0

petethedrummer wrote: »

There are many examples of people turning up in cycling and being good at it out of the blocks. Because they were born with superior cardiovascular capacity.

Id love to know how 'they' know this, did they have tests after when they were born and before they started running and playing with other kids? - I think not

in short there is no way to know if its nature or nurture [what you did after you were born] or am I missing something only a cardiologist has access to with their training/research??

Lumen

me@ucd wrote: »

Id love to know how 'they' know this, did they have tests after when they were born and before they started running and playing with other kids? - I think not

This is why we need powermeters for babies.

Slideshowbob

http://www.sportsscientists.com/2011/11/sports-science-2011-talent-vs-training.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/cJKs+%28The+Science+of+Sport%29

Extract:

"The ultimate conclusion, in my opinion (and as always, I welcome your views), is that training is nothing more than the realization of genetic potential. Without both, you will not become an Olympic champion (in a competitive sport, that is). Training will improve everyone, and so everyone should be encouraged to train. But genetic factors determine where we start, how we respond to training (trainability), how much training we can tolerate before burnout or injury (because let's face it, chess players rarely get injuries that force 6-week layoffs, like stress fractures), and finally, where the "performance ceiling" exists.

Training will get you to your ceiling, you'll realize your genetic potential. But will it win you a medal? Only if you chose your parents right!"

Zorba

Didn't think my signature would create this much of a debate and there was me thinking of deleting it !

For what it's worth, what i was thinking when i came up with it was that if u put in a lot of kms on the bike unless your born with a big set of lungs and a big heart you'll still be just average compared to say the pros.

Personally if i don't put a bit of effort into it i'm way below average, whereas the more i go out on the bike the better i go, or the closer i get to being just average


It's like anything, the more u put in the more u get out of it.