Day 7~My own sport~Paralympics

My Task for today:

Imagine that you are on the Paralympic Committee and you have been asked to create one new sport to add to the competition for this year. Use your awesome imagination to design a brand new Paralympic sport. Please remember that some of the athletes will not be able to walk or run and others may be blind or deaf. On your blog, please write:

1. The name of your sport,
2. A brief description of how you play the sport, and
3. Three rules for the sport

My sport isn't really "my" own sport. It is called Lacrosse. This game involves:

-Lacrosse Stick

-Helmet

-Shoulder Pads

-Elbow Pads

-gloves

This sport is a contact sport but I am going to change it up a little bit. For this sport only athletes who can not run or walk are allowed to play for they would be playing on wheel chairs. Same rules apply for this sport. Though it would be hard holding a stick in your hands while trying to drive the wheel chair, it will be such a challenge.

3 Rules

-No contact involved

-Must pass the light ball at least 5 times before scoring

-Only athletes who cannot walk or run

Hope you enjoy reading my remixed sport

Photo Image

Day 7~Who to choose~Paralympics

Today's Task:

Activity 1: At the first ever Paralympic Games in Rome, the athletes competed in eight sports. Cycling was one of them. For the cycling event, two people compete together as a team – one of the people has a disability and the other does not. Here is a picture of a para-cycling team from New Zealand:

https://www.paralympic.org/news/paralympics-new-zealand-make-para-cycling-appointment

At the moment the most famous para-cycling team in New Zealand is comprised of two female athletes – Emma Foy and Laura Thompson. Emma is blind but Laura is not. Together they work as an amazing team. Imagine that you were asked to compete in a tandem cycling event and you had to choose one person to compete with. Who would it be? On your blog, tell us who you would compete with and why. If it was me, I would choose my son, Aronui because he’s pretty fast and very funny. He would make me laugh as we biked along and would be very supportive and encouraging! I know that I could trust him to be a good teammate. Who would you choose?

I would choose my dad. First of all because m dad is so supportive of me and my siblings. He is funny aand cracks jokes when ever he can. But also because he has such great sportsmanship, whether he loses or wins.

Day 6~Entertaining the crowd

I will be judging and rating the NZ team uniforms for the Olympics from, 2012, 2008 and 2004. Here are the uniforms.

New Zealand Team Uniform – London Olympics 2012

Let's just say that this is a fashion upset. I really don't get the patterns used on the dresses, I don't know but the dresses are not good. Though I do love the blazers. I give these uniforms a 5/10. (Worst)

New Zealand Team Uniform – Beijing Olympics 2008

These outfits are colourful and I think they are matching it too much Though I do love the symbols and the use of the colours. I give this outfit a 7/10.

New Zealand Team Uniform – Athens Olympics 2004

Now I think this look is the best for it's very simple. I like how they used just black and white and the eegant skirts the women are wearing.

Day 5 ~Marjorie Gestring~Eddie the eagle

In 1936, a 13 year old girl named Marjorie Gestring became the youngest person to ever win an Olympic gold medal. She won the gold medal in the springboard diving competition. Imagine that you were alive in 1936 and you had the chance to interview her. What questions would I ask her?. Here are my Questions.

1- Marjorie, were you intimidated by the other athletes, if not why?

2-How do you feel being the youngest person to win an Olympic gold medal?

3-What are your goals to succeeding?

4-What was your reaction when you were selected to represent your country at the Olympics?

5-What are the highlights for you of your Olympic journey?

Photo Website

Day 3~Rio poem~Sport Specifics

If I worked for TVNZ and were paid to attend the Rio Olympics and had to report at either the golf or rugby sevens competition, I would be nervous. To express my feelings of this event I wrote a poem.

What do I say?, what do I do?
If I mess up who do I go to?
There's nothing to worry about for i'll be okay
And the viewers out there, are miles away

How will I cope
Surely i'll still have hope
Just traveling to Rio has me jumping on my seat
Oh no here comes the terrible hot heat

Rio's not that bad it's a town of happy ought
Maybe when I return, i'll come back with happy thoughts
Interviewing talented athletes
Which they approach me with varieties of greets

Out of no where, the doubt disappears
My deepest fear, suddenly clears
Having a great time, meeting new people
Every interview there's always a loop whole

Day 1~Olympic Rules~Once upon a time in Olympia

During the first Olympic games men were allowed to compete in the Olympic games. But according to a law women weren't, for a fact they weren't allowed to watch either.

In my opinion, I think this rule was wrong. I think that back then everybody should have competed together. Because women have strengths that men don't have too. It was a disrespectful act and rule for women are not slaves. But I am very grateful now for the rule has been forgotten and now every gender is allowed to compete. 

 

Day 1~Milo Kroton!~Once upon a time in Olympia

Milo Kroton is a famous Olympian from the first games. Here are three interesting facts on this legendary man.

1. Milo of Kroton. Six-time Olympic victor: Won once in boys' wrestling, 60th Olympiad, 540 BCE. five-time wrestling champion from 62nd to 66th Olympiad, 532 to 516 BCE.(Before the common era).
http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/milo.html

2. Milo was said to be an associate of Pythagoras. One story tells of the wrestler saving the philosopher's life when a roof was about to collapse upon him and another that Milo may have married the philosopher's daughter Myia.\
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_of_Croton

3.

The date of Milo's death is unknown, but he reportedly was attempting to tear a tree apart when his hands became trapped in a crevice in its trunk, and a pack of wolves surprised and devoured him.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo_of_Croton