Same here. I’m obsessed with it. I remember watching the Sarajevo Olympics . My neighbors across the street were half Yugoslavian. I love how all the sled occupants get low and fast. So cool.
The last guy is the brake man, but he doesn't do anything until over the finish line. They are just there for the speed at the start and for ballast I think. Although I think they lean into corners as a group but it's mainly all about the driver
This seems like a sport that u dont really control your performance and it seems odd that some teams win when the whole sport seems to be highly dependant on luck, i might not know something but as far as im concerned there is less skill then luck involved.
@@gavinedinburgh This was not really a statement but since u say that, could u please explain how this is a sport in which some participants are better than others
@@bigazzun3472 if you are familiar in speedrunning, or f1 racing, bobsled is pretty much the same. Evrything is calculated in the professional level. How long do they have to run, how many steps till they get in. And once in the sled, the driver pretty much gors through the most effecient route with as minimal time loss as possible.
@@bigazzun3472 Umm....so difficult to respond to this. I don't know what your experience or knowledge of sports is, but usually participants are of slightly differing ability (very, very, minor at the highest echelons), which tends to result in some winning competitions and some not. There are usually some other factors at play - weather, for example, where sports are played outdoors, or the conditions (I'm watching the women's curling final and the commentator is talking about the surface finish of the ice) - but the skill of those at the top of their game will help to minimise the impact of these. Hope this is helpful.
The driver steers very little, the brake man only brakes at the end, and the two guys in the middle don't seem to do anything. Hate me for saying it, but it's hard to call this a skill sport.
TenTonNuke it takes a lot more skill than you think. This might sound weird but it’s like baseball. A great hitter can read the pitch and know where to put the bat, so he can make contact. The ball is moving so fast that reaction just doesn’t work all the time. Bobsledding works the same way. Sled is going so fast that you must feel or predict what’s next in a split second. That my friend takes skill.
Can someone tell me what is the skill needed to ride the sleigh ?? It seems thst the only thing to win this sport is you just need to have a great speed at fist and pray that your team is faster that other... Whos agree with me.... I think that this is the least skill sport needed....
FizFariz Gaming At first you must sprint (some bobsleigh athletes could compete in track and field, one of the most known one is faster in 40m then Usain Bolt), then you have to enter inside the sleigh with your teammates at the same time or approximately the same time and then the front man steers on the turns whom can sometimes be very sharp and at the end the person in the back must break.
Wind back and take a look at the legs on these guys. Most of them are ex football players and track sprinters. That's an 800 pound sled. Shame is that Steve Holcomb was far and away the best driver in the world, and you'd be shocked at how big of a gap there is in skill for drivers. He passed away a few years back and our team has never been the same. It definitely doesn't look that hard from a distance but you bet it's a feat of athleticism to push and pilot these puppies.
They get to play roller coaster everyday.
Lmao 😂
Epic 😁
But they have to push the roller coasterp
Just the coldest and icest
Bro this could be way more dangerouse tho xD..
Every sport has their own art
I don't get the art in this though. All they said was "it's anticipation not reaction" and "the back three try not to move at all".
@@rubyrogers239 for me it’s like watching F1 on ice, with 3 passengers
Feel the Rhythm! Feel the Rhyme! Get on up, it's bobsled time! Cool Runnings
-Sanka coffee
👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Today, a wimpy guy realized that bobsleighers do control their sleighs.
Only the driver pretty much
Does a wimpy girl count ?
@@bigazzun3472pretty much, but it’s difficult to drive 😀
I’ve loved bobsled ever since I was a kid back in the 80’s
Same here. I’m obsessed with it. I remember watching the Sarajevo Olympics . My neighbors across the street were half Yugoslavian. I love how all the sled occupants get low and fast. So cool.
All I can is: "These guys have balls of titanium!"
All I can is
balls of vanadium really
AWESOME! I want to do this
so cool!
R.I.P. Steven Holcomb.
how did he die?
Levente Deli he committed suicide shortly before Pyeongchang :(
whos hear from the pull-ups 😉
Are the other 3 guys redundant during the ride? Do they help at all in skill of winning?
speed at the start
the power of friendship. duh
The last guy is the brake man, but he doesn't do anything until over the finish line. They are just there for the speed at the start and for ballast I think. Although I think they lean into corners as a group but it's mainly all about the driver
They can affect the speed of the sled. They have to stay low and centered or they can throw off the person steering the sled.
I really want to download the video!
How do you get the bobsled to the Olympics? I want a video.
Lovely
Who are there after watching SuperM Mtopia 😂
Ps: superM Mtopia brought me here🤭
SAMEE 😂🤘🏻
Omg that’s me LOL
Holdup I love SuperM but they did a bobsled thing😭😭
@@carlobautista6532 Nooo they just used this word in a game in Mtopia😅
omg this is weird SAMEEEEE
Holcomb an OG
I like how they wore ties back then
He anticipated great enough to win gold sad he left us to soon
2021
thats very terrifying
Probably the most slowest bobsleigh team in this world is the zombie in Plants vs Zombies
maximum speed
cool
I wanna try but im so pathetic at sports ill probs fly out the top somehow
Anyone know where I can try this? F.Y.I I live in Toronto
the closest bobsled track to you is in Lake Placid, NY. It is roughly 6 hours drive from Toronto.
Bobsleds biggest crashes
Jamaica
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i'd just WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
It looks so much fun hope it won't fly out of the track hahah.....
I have literally no idea who the heck plays bobsled
Disney’s Cool Running brought me here.
hejka widzowie
witaj co u ciebie? jak wf?
@@kasia.a4551 bardzo fajnie, super rzeczy mamy drożdżówko
@@klavdia8272 pomocy wf byl ok ale chemia ?! Ona nas zabije dhsgsgsvdhd
Ha... I thought they just lying there and enjoy the game and wind
This seems like a sport that u dont really control your performance and it seems odd that some teams win when the whole sport seems to be highly dependant on luck, i might not know something but as far as im concerned there is less skill then luck involved.
Go on then, go and show how easy it is and bring back a medal!
@@gavinedinburgh This was not really a statement but since u say that, could u please explain how this is a sport in which some participants are better than others
@@bigazzun3472 if you are familiar in speedrunning, or f1 racing, bobsled is pretty much the same. Evrything is calculated in the professional level. How long do they have to run, how many steps till they get in. And once in the sled, the driver pretty much gors through the most effecient route with as minimal time loss as possible.
@@Portrial Why do they have 4 guys ?
@@bigazzun3472 Umm....so difficult to respond to this. I don't know what your experience or knowledge of sports is, but usually participants are of slightly differing ability (very, very, minor at the highest echelons), which tends to result in some winning competitions and some not. There are usually some other factors at play - weather, for example, where sports are played outdoors, or the conditions (I'm watching the women's curling final and the commentator is talking about the surface finish of the ice) - but the skill of those at the top of their game will help to minimise the impact of these.
Hope this is helpful.
uhhhhhhhhhh
not sure how this sport is in the olympics compared to squash
Somehow Plants vs Zombies brought me here.
Wipe out in real life
plants vs zombies
I kind of understood nothing that this guy said
and then hefest got this run
The driver steers very little, the brake man only brakes at the end, and the two guys in the middle don't seem to do anything. Hate me for saying it, but it's hard to call this a skill sport.
TenTonNuke it takes a lot more skill than you think. This might sound weird but it’s like baseball. A great hitter can read the pitch and know where to put the bat, so he can make contact. The ball is moving so fast that reaction just doesn’t work all the time. Bobsledding works the same way. Sled is going so fast that you must feel or predict what’s next in a split second. That my friend takes skill.
Coen Neu don’t forget the balls of steel
It takes strenght to get the sleigh moving fast enough
They have to lean into the corners dude. If they just did nothing then the bobsled would simply flip over after they hit the side of the track.
@@SamiiYou is leaning really enough to be an athlete?
Can someone tell me what is the skill needed to ride the sleigh ?? It seems thst the only thing to win this sport is you just need to have a great speed at fist and pray that your team is faster that other... Whos agree with me.... I think that this is the least skill sport needed....
FizFariz Gaming At first you must sprint (some bobsleigh athletes could compete in track and field, one of the most known one is faster in 40m then Usain Bolt), then you have to enter inside the sleigh with your teammates at the same time or approximately the same time and then the front man steers on the turns whom can sometimes be very sharp and at the end the person in the back must break.
You must be fast and heavy, fast for the push and weight for the gravity down the hill
This sport requires very little skill, you don’t even have to be fit lmao
Wind back and take a look at the legs on these guys. Most of them are ex football players and track sprinters. That's an 800 pound sled. Shame is that Steve Holcomb was far and away the best driver in the world, and you'd be shocked at how big of a gap there is in skill for drivers. He passed away a few years back and our team has never been the same. It definitely doesn't look that hard from a distance but you bet it's a feat of athleticism to push and pilot these puppies.
Samuel Hopely don’t forget the people in the sled pull 5 Gs
What wrong with this people? Turn anything to a sports lol