Chinese speed skater tricks competitors | Things You Missed

[@snapwilson316]

The speed skating video is so interesting. In marathon running, there's pacesetter (often paid by the marathon organizers) whose job is to jump out ahead of the pack and prevent "tactical racing" where the pack of elite racers conserve their energy before the final stretch, because marathon organizers want to see fast racing times. In the 1994 Los Angeles Marathon, the pacesetter actually won the whole thing because the pack refused to keep up and he had such a sizeable lead, he decided to just go ahead and finish the race. The other racers thought he had dropped out and by the time the second place guy crossed the finish line, he was very confused and then very pissed off. Tactical racing is really prevalent in speed skating and it's wild that the other skaters weren't able to get out of their tactical racing mindset when someone jumped out to take a huge lead. It just wasn't in their training or planning, to the point where they forgot someone had a full lap on them. Amazing stuff.

[@CRneu]

Tactical racing is really annoying to watch from a fan perspective. Good breakdown of it. Thanks for the input.

[@falcon1378]

I love watching speed skating, but I wish there were more tactics than just “conserve, conserve, now go!” Either shorten the lap count so all have to race faster, or maybe add track variation to emphasize line efficiency.

[@Swiggityswagger]

I believe that Marathon pacer setter you're referring to gapped the group because he ran faster than his intended pace and then just figured fuck it and ran as fast as he could to win.

[@gamingnoob4417]

He’s the coach/one of the coaches of my college’s cross country team

[@aglamarche]

These kids are really young, that strategy just doesn't happen at the world cup level cause everybody would just follow the guy going fast. Races also go a lat faster at higher level.

[@AkilanNarayanaswamy]

the skating finesse was clean af

[@ChopSuck]

Shaking up the speed skating meta. Great teamwork.

[@Medsas]

do they seriously not count by themselves how many laps they've done 😂😂😂 even without counting it should be obvious to your body if you've done the right number of laps after practicing so much times, its like muscle memory, they probably even keep track of the actual number of strides they take!!

[@YeeSoest]

That was embarrassing AF, how does nobody communicate what's going on or didn't they even notice it? Switch sports if people can beat you by making you forget how to do it😅

[@FaliggetFTW]

Seems you all have forgotten it was juniors. 16 and 17 year olds. They’re just not very experienced. With more years of focus and training, they won’t end up in a similar situation.

[@kaiyotech]

I'm surprised it caught them off guard. In track cycling that sort of thing happens constantly (although there, if the rider off the front attaches to the lead pack, who is now a lap down, everyone is now on the same number of laps as the leader, so they all finish at the same time, because it's dangerous to have one person who is finished and riding slow and a bunch of people still racing).

[@Black_Jesus3005]

Those Chinese skaters were slick af. You can’t even be mad

[@CRneu]

You know some of the other skaters were pissed, probably saying stuff about "respect" or something. lol

[@ryun6097]

yes you can be mad, the chinese always find ways how to exploit and cheat.

[@omgvague]

@@CRneu "spoils and taints the integrity of the sport!"

[@rickroodbergen5957]

Bro on the other social media platforms the americans specifically were PISSED. Really funny to see not gonna lie

[@Black_Jesus3005]

@@rickroodbergen5957 they’re just mad they didn’t think of this first and I say that as an American😂

[@matthewsawczyn6592]

"He didn't hear no bell!" amazing line 😆

[@burtan2000]

So … how DOES he hear a bell? Do they flash lights for him?

[@yoduh99]

@@burtan2000 I read in an article "He can hear the vibration of the 10-second clapper warnings and depends on ringside help and the referee to let him know a round is over."

[@alexperlinger]

Probably less guessing from the GK and more of an amazing scouting report. Would explain why the GK went straight to the coach to celebrate.

[@Hrb1010]

100% these guys most the time have a ole reliable spot for every time my coach use to say hey L, R, I (for I don't know) he was right 90% of the time

[@bipolarminddroppings]

@@Hrb1010 I played as both a striker and a keeper in my youth, being a keeper taught me to not have a "go to" spot for my penalty kicks. There were players I'd played against since I was 5 years old and by the time we were 11 I knew exactly where they were going to put a penalty. For sure, this was the coach doing some excellent scouting work and the keeper executing the saves brilliantly.

[@theDJOcho]

You built up that speed skating in another video and it did not disappoint! What a strategy

[@justinbellio2285]

The Hexagon Cup is a professional padel tournament. Padel is a racket sport that is a combination of tennis and squash. Padel is usually played in doubles on a court that is one third the size of a tennis court. The court is enclosed by glass and metallic mash, and the ball can bounce off any wall but can only hit the turf once before being returned

[@agentcodybanx8909]

The GK and the coach hugging was wholesome

[@Overcast2626]

i've seen the speed skating thing happen before in the rollerblading races and its a pretty sizable advantage if you pull it off because once you catch back on to the rear of the pack, not only are you a lap up but also in the draft of the other skaters and dont have to work as hard.

[@Jillousa]

In the person in first place got to do the fast part by themselves.

[@RisitasKEKW]

Ref: how do you feel? Boxer after 7th knockdown: “not good”

[@emmettrussell8762]

Full circle moment, Jomboy. I started watching your videos when I first moved to the states to try and understand baseball. Now I click one of your uploads and the first thing I see is my first love and national sport of Gaelic football. Legend!

[@kylen6430]

Do you guys get as much shit as we do for the misuse of the term “football”

[@HydraMods]

What a complete lack of awareness for the other skaters lol, did they legit forget that they watched someone scoot off at the start?

[@benjaminwalters6703]

Please never stop this series. I insta click every time I see a new episode

[@agentcodybanx8909]

The camera man being all in that guys face after he got knocked down was hilarious

[@hugsnotdrugsjr.3003]

The skating was so badass. Well played. Used the aerodynamics to conserve prolly. Well done.

[@cmilla111]

That was a very special moment with the coach and the goalkeeper.

[@OldToyoter]

Best sports series on KZbin. Some how got a Canadian in the middle of winter addicted to cricket lol

[@markbogle4784]

Imagine he gets cracked hard enough his hearing came back

[@seantimmons5900]

​@@TheDogGoesWoof69Well, two things. People constantly misunderstand legally with totally. He is legally deaf, hearing loss of 81+ decibels. Second, aside from the bell (which could easily be combined with a light), what does hearing do for you in a boxing match?

[@imightbebiased9311]

@@seantimmons5900 You can hear what the opponent's corner man is yelling for the boxer to do. But, all in all, I agree with you on all counts. The guy's not completely deaf out there, and a guy who can't hear is not at a huuuuge disadvantage.

[@supersasukemaniac]

@@seantimmons5900 hard to follow Refs instructions and Corner advice if you can't hear well.

[@nathanakers45]

That racquetball-pickleball-tennis hybrid looks like fun!

[@worldarcherlas]

Its called paddle, its been around for ages. Really popular here in Argentina, even the winners in this video are from here, rank 1 couple iirc

[@BB--13118]

I believe there was actually a padel event in NYC last year. Not sure if it was an exhibition or tournament, however. Perhaps they have another as the popularity of the sport has grown incredibly. Personally, I'd love to see them hold it at the West Side Tennis Club in Forest Hills, NY the former home of the US Open tennis tournament

[@roems6396]

This is the first I’m seeing it too. It’s great that new events are gaining popularity. Definitely looks fun.

[@roflmatol]

This actually requires skill and athleticism to play, unlike pickleball

[@Boofatcha]

Pickleball = gay tennis

[@aawillma]

This smorgasbord was SICK! I can't decide if I like trick play on ice, humble goalie, or padel tennis chaos the best!

[@CantFightRobots]

Man that speed skating strategy is SO good and the plan worked perfectly. Love to see it!

[@yettibeh]

bro, tons of videos and you were the only one to explain what did china team do in that skating competition. kudos and thanks!

[@MikeP2055]

Gaelic football is wild. If they score into the netted goal it's three points, but there are additional goalposts extending above that, so splitting the uprights is worth one point.

[@erakfishfishfish]

And you have to do the math to determine the score! It would be like American football displaying the score as touchdowns and field goals, but not the total score.

[@psymar]

Australian football is similar, except the goal doesn't have a top, and a goal is 6 points, but then there's a wider set of goalposts outside it that if you miss the goal but get it through the wider posts it's 1 point. The math matters pretty rarely because generally if a team has a lead of 6 in the 1-pointer department they've also got a lead in 6-pointers because they're just taking more shots.

[@B3Band]

It's basically soccer/football for the absolute worst soccer players in the world. They're allowed to pick the ball up and carry it around, and if they sky the shot over the bar, you still get a point for it. It's basically soccer vs. your annoying 5 year old cousin who keeps changing the rules, except now he's grown up and someone actually wrote down the rules that he made up!

[@lagraefz9982]

You are displaying your ignorance. If Gaelic football was easy then they'd call it soccer.​@@B3Band

[@mang0donald874]

That speedskating clip was wild! Brilliant smart strategies wow. Really clever.

[@piousheart]

People keep saying now everyone is going to do the speed skating thing - like it's easy to just lap the entire field and join the back?? Guess people try it fairly often she just timed it perfectly. And then the rest of the field was dumb for not knowing they had another lap.

[@skippythealien9627]

i was going to say that it's not like some dumbass can do it lmao. she must have incredible stamina, training, and mental awareness to pull it off the crazy thing is that she totally fooled everyone else except her teammate lmao

[@mashy0001]

@@skippythealien9627 Don't forget also that this is the Youth Olympics. The kids racing here are at least 5 years from entering their prime (assuming they don't wash out of the sport before then) and they will be well short on the tactical skills which distinguish a winning skater from a fast skater who loses races. In a World Championship or Olympic race you wouldn't see the tactical errors from the rest of the field which allowed her to join the back of the field and slipstream the rest of the way to the finish. They would have put in a serious acceleration earlier and chased her down as she grew tired from the early sprint.

[@adiuntesserande6893]

When you said ‘tennis with walls’, I figured you were talking about Court Tennis, sometimes called Royal or Real Tennis. That sport is a lot of fun, but confusing to many people. This one, I’d never previously heard of. Now I need to go find several tournaments to watch! This looks like an absolute blast to watch!

[@godlikemonolith]

Real Pickle Ball Tennis? lol.

[@edteach3r]

The commentary makes this the most enjoyable video I have seen in a long time. Well done! Liked and subscribed in a heartbeat.

[@dirty_mac]

The speedskating clip is a lot like the Scratch Race in track cycling where some riders will attempt to jump ahead and lap the peloton

[@scurvylouse8458]

i dig the breakdown compilations, jimmy. 5 in a row makes it a more enjoyable watch

[@sebulbathx]

Really nice to see "tennis with walls" aka Padel on a sports news/covering channel! I think if this gets more coverage it can become really big both in the US but also worldwide. Especially since racket sports and tennis is really big in the US but also since it's very exciting to watch even for non-players and novices.

[@101wormwood]

great episode man. Could tell you were actually stoked for some of these clips.

[@everydayhero5076]

Giving your coach all the love shows where this mans priorities are at. Well done, sir!

[@cmac3530]

It's absolutely WILD to me that no one has done that before in speed skating. I mean why are they even doing that bullshit slow start in the first place? Is this shit not a race?!

[@bryanmacdonald4967]

I was thinking this too, if you start out slow to conserve energy, when exactly were they gonna turn on the jets and catch up??

[@elfigos1631]

This is youth olympic, not the real one 😂

[@joerrg5842]

Someone did that skating thing in the Olympics in Beijing. Always wondered why this is done so rarely

[@rap3208]

Because not all skaters can be confused, they'll remember that somebody was ahead of them and they never caught up with him.

[@studogable]

This reminds me of Billy Hoy. Deadball era center fielder, great career. Contributed on offense and defense. Stone deaf, and almost completely nonverbal - he had an odd grunt that stood in for "got it" in the outfield. Amazing guy.

[@sachill]

Best show on the internet!!!!

[@harrybum13]

I first learned about Gaelic football through a buddy I met from Ireland. He took me to a game and it was honestly one of the coolest live sports experiences I've ever had. The sport itself is awesome and the energy at the pitch was fantastic. Wish it was a bigger thing outside of Ireland!

[@tatehill3142]

I really like this format bro, Really solid

[@choiie]

I can’t believe the padel pandemic during the pandemic didn’t happen in the US. Thousands of halls opened up in Sweden and had to close again cause it’s too expensive to play

[@UrDomb]

North America went with Pickleball instead. My parents painted a court on the street in front of their house.

[@RussellBeattie]

Exactly opposite, actually. Pickleball has taken off since the pandemic. It's ridiculously cheap - just a couple $10 paddles and a plastic ball. A single tennis court with just new lines and some portable nets can be used for 4 different Pickleball games. Padel seems to try to solve the same problem as Pickleball - make tennis smaller - but did it in a completely different way. All those glass walls and big paddles are way more involved, expensive and much less accessible (grandmas and 8yos can play) than pickleball. Padel is a much cooler name though. Pickleball needs a rebranding. The sport is too good to have such a dorky name.

[@worldarcherlas]

Most paddle places here just use brick walls not the back and half of the playing area (were is more common the ball would hit) and nets for the rest. Glass walls are only for fancy tournament setups

[@loofy26]

same in France its insane i never seen that. public private everybody building courts. like 25 in 30k people city. gonna last 5 years then being abandon. its good for people lame at tennis that never progress, they feels like they are good just cuz they can touche more ball xD

[@andybradford4425]

I can never get enough of these breakdowns. Cannot wait for baseball. Go Os

[@panda4247]

I don't watch speed skating, but I loved the Bradbury's story (FML, it was 20 years ago already???) and I love this one. The Chinese team anticipated the tactics of everybody else and they were 2 steps ahead (or, one lap ahead, literally). It's not their problem that the other skaters went slow :)

[@B3Band]

It's almost like speed skaters should consider focusing on speed while skating.

[@metalvideos1961]

It's short track not speed skating

[@panda4247]

@@metalvideos1961 1) I went by the title of the video 2) for the point of my comment it does not matter (even if this was one and Bradbury was the other)

[@eyesyc]

Excellent break down on the skating! Im dying

[@matter9]

Speed skating strategy is brilliant, sure you have to bust a move to gain that 1st lap, but then you can take Ada vantage of aero at the back of the pack from then on. Also, you more or less get to determine your breakout pace to gain that initial lap, instead of a foot race against the other competitors. A little like that nascar video game maneuver a while back. 😂

[@ziggystardust4627]

For the speed skater, there was a guy in our speed skating club who used to try that all the time. Most of the time, the other skaters keep a good awareness of what’s happening and don’t let this happen. These were young skaters, and probably got thrown off by an unorthodox strategy. Things like this can also happen in track cycling.

[@mashy0001]

Even at Youth Olympics level where you expect tactical errors, this was still a very low percentage strategy for a 13 lap short track race. She probably only tried it because China had two skaters in the final and therefore the ability to split their tactics. Lapping the field is an integral part of the Points Race and Madison events in track cycling, perhaps the next sport for @Jomboy Media to get into!

[@rap3208]

Even if it works out, at least it'll keep the racers honest and maybe actually race from the start instead of that dreaded tactical racing where they all just coast until the last 2 or 3 laps and then race like crazy to win.

[@TheTEN24]

Love that speed skating clip I expect more people to do such a smart strategy

[@tewhamcgee4945]

This a cool channel you got here bro I'll be watching more of you

[@LeandroBaca]

So happy to see pádel featured here! It's such an amazing sport!

[@zekelucente9702]

Seriously I would never have stopped here until I saw it was Jomboy.

[@conrailhbgline]

Hexagon reminds me of a "sport" we played at the Naval Academy that was Volleyball on a squash court. Normal rules of volleyball but walls were in play. The speed skating was awesome. She got so far ahead of everyone she was able to drat the rest of the distance off the line of other skaters. I wonder how many will adopt that in the future on those long distance skates.

[@Vzw-dj9rf]

I played a version of that volleyball in my HS gymnasium...walls, bleachers, hoops, backboards were all in play. Basically it was chaos. But fun chaos.

[@Darin.Pearson]

Fun channel and great presentation. Subscribed.

[@marshallclifton1329]

Sometimes in soccer goalkeeping it does come down to guessing, but other times you can get a read by tells from the hips and legs.

[@jerryhamer]

Jomboy gonna make these sports more popular

[@Otterpawp]

that skating strat is so cool. the two chinese skaters knew they were locked in on the podium before they got laced up.

[@jasonbrewer2339]

I love these videos of sports I never knew about!

[@JohnDough-yr2zt]

You’re the GOAT Jomboy

[@JtownIsrael]

this is my fav weekly show, keep up the good work man.

[@uasakura]

That Chinese strategy is the most amazing thing I have seen in speed staking (Given I dont watch it at all). But that is super smart and great teamwork!

[@EverettBurger]

Paul Berlenbach was light heavyweight champ back in the 1920s. He too was deaf.

[@thephilosopher7173]

Great channel bud!

[@Jillousa]

I'm glad he explained how that tricked everybody for second and third place. I saw that clip quite a few times and now it makes even more sense what she did

[@Condors55]

Belgian Hugo Broos is the coach of South Africa. Used to play defense for Anderlecht and Bruges. 24 caps for the Belgian National team, the Red Devils.

[@whollymindless]

Best sports program I've seen in years.

[@MP-ej9pw]

That speed skating move was brilliant.

[@jio-lito]

That keeper going straight for his coach was awesome. Those Chinese skaters finessing the rest of the skater was just epic.

[@guitarhiker9671]

Great concept n vids. Thanks 🙏

[@jamisonweaver3711]

I love this series.

[@pali1H]

Wow that speed skating strat was incredible. Skaters don't have comms with their coaches so this created so much confusion with the last lap bell going.

[@chase152]

If you slow it down, the goalie isn't guessing. Between the last two steps and him kicking it is when it seems the goalie is either having to read the step/steps remaining and make his decision or he's having to wait to see which direction the kicker's going. Either way its impressive how little time there is to calculate it

[@marthastewwart]

I'm willing to bet his brain is 100% off in processing thoughts. He is definitely in what they call a flow state, and you don't have the ability to think of thoughts in this state. It sounds dumb. But you are purely in the moment, and your brain shuts off the ability to think thoughts so you can process more information and take in the moment at a higher level. He is purely in the moment, and his body is trained with muscle memory, so he is in a way completely letting go and letting the years of practice take him to victory. I got to experience a similar state when I was playing guitar in an old band I used to be in, and the show was an opening for 15k people. I was absolutely terrified and shaking it was the biggest crowd by 15 to 20x. I was thinking and started to get off beat the first song. And we were opening with a song that has one of the hardest solos for me. I was so scared, but when everyone drops out for a drum fill right before my solo, I went into this flow state for the rest of the show. And because I was in it, It was like I traveled time. I have no recollection of playing that show aside from the videos. It's a wild thing. I'm very sorry for the tangent. Just wanted to say. I bet this guy is in the same frame of mind.

[@michaelhockus8208]

Love me some Jomboy! Great episode

[@Bozbaby103]

The last one reminds me of wallyball, but with tennis balls and rackets. Miss playing wallyball. ❤️

[@bensinger2261]

They had padel courts near me in Virginia for university. Actually so much fun

[@drdrai7479]

“He didn’t hear no bell” lmao

[@PCRAGE]

Keep up the great work!

[@Medsas]

would love to see a padel tournament at the warehouse games that would be nuts!!! 😂😂😂

[@CGR89]

The speed skating one is hilarious. I get that they don’t want to seriously exert themselves for more than like 2 minutes but they barely tried at the end, none of them even accounted for being lapped and tried to correct for it because they all trained the exact same way.

[@MindShiftChronicle]

The skating is something you'd think only would work in mangas.. but here it is real life better than manga!

[@TehAwesomer]

Love this series! 🙌

[@post-leftluddite]

I've never said anything like this before, but that South Africa goalie hugging coach moment was great....who knows, maybe that coach is the mentor he always wanted but never had

[@1995blooper]

First time that that’s happened on ice that I know of but it has been done before on skates, and I think this is a better planned, more intentional strategy inspired by that race. Rignhen and de Souza won the 2017 world games in the 15000 meter inline final using exactly this same concept.

[@philarcuri6338]

Great video as always

[@Gremlack13]

What the heck is that hexagon cup game!?!? It’s badass. Seems a combination between tennis, pickleball, and racquet ball. Very intriguing.

[@scrooge201]

That’s genius straight up f1 type strategy for speed skating. She took off on the softs and lapped so fast she could pit for hards and draft the rest of pack to the finish. Nice.

[@TheEagle247]

Great episode!

[@jimturnbull2343]

There is also rollerblade speed skating and I had seen that same maneuver used where one guy blistered the field until he was behind the pack and then just coasted with the pack easy win!

[@Fish_-]

God I love sports. And I love you Jomboy, your breakdowns are always the best. Keep doing what you do!

[@keiraneagen3336]

Lapping the field is a fairly common thing in track cycling. You should look into some track cycling races, they can be pretty nuts!

[@1jsaid647]

damn I did just hear a choking of tears:) @7:33 lol, "That goalies AWE(chokeT.T)SOME"

[@DrgnRebrn]

Africa Cup of Nations. You're right. I wish I'd seen that!

[@rickmoreno7166]

The speed skating clip was great. It's not quite a first though. Someone else did the same thing in the most recent Olympics, and exactly the same thing happened... everybody forgot about her, the skaters that thought they were the leaders let up, and someone snuck their way onto the podium by paying attention, though I don't think they were from the same country as the winner. It was a slightly longer race, if i remember right, and the commentators on NBC were well aware of what was happening and called it perfectly.

[@TimewornUncle]

The peekaboo is like playing Punch Out!! on Nintendo.

[@erakfishfishfish]

I’m sure if the guy punched him as soon as he peeked, he would’ve gotten a star.

[@joeidaho5938]

You gotta be in lala land to not realize you are one lap behind...in the speed skating race. That kind of spacing out in a race is just bizarre.

[@ITBlanka]

I'm a native portuguese speaker and I don't know why Vozinha(Josimar Dias, Cabo Verde goalkeeper) has his nickname: - either some joke about his voice (voz' inha) - something about grandmother (vovózinha) - something else that does not make sense.. Also, skating girls strategy was brilliant lol

[@thejkyle]

Gaelic football is pretty fun, we play a bit of it here in Nova Scotia.

[@CornDogShaun]

I rewatched the video dozens of times for the draft kings code, but I keep missing it 😂😂

[@JonEffinZoidberg]

I can't be anything but amazed by the skating trick... That was brilliant and could have been done by anyone up until this point. It's a new strategy and it's exciting.

[@mashy0001]

It's been around forever, this is just the first time it's been seen in a high profile televised event like the Youth Olympics. It just doesn't work at the World Championships or Olympics because they are contested by skaters with the best part of a decade's more experience of the sport's tactics.

[@3xceIIent]

Gaelic football is incredibly confusing on first glance. Never seen it before. Also that ref must really have to be on point with a deaf boxer. Consequences for hitting after the bell can be bad, but he can't hear the bell..

[@mjproebstle]

Chinese skater…brilliant. AFCON…brilliant tournament and congrats host nation Cote D’Ivoire

[@imightbebiased9311]

So glad that my padel suggestion from a few months back is giving you some fun stuff to watch! I would have loved to play this 20 years ago, but I 100% would absolutely KO myself or pop out a limb trying it now. As far as the speed skating goes, I think it's quite telling that this happened in a youth event. I think you have players conditioned much better to listening for their coaches' instructions at the adult level, and they'd just never let that happen.

[@kyleessex6301]

So as a former high level speed skater (Olympic trials 2018-Long Track), This is a strategy that is not employed often. But there is a precedent for it. It works well if you can draft after lapping. The 1500 is a brutal event which is why it isn't done often. Think you are about 3g's on the turns, so each step you are single leg leg-pressing 3x your body weight for 13.5 laps (27 turns) If you estimate that it is usually averaging 3 steps each leg per corner (2 when slow, most are 3, 4 when skating a track for acceleration), you are performing approximately 81 single leg leg presses of 3x your body weight per leg. With short track at world cups it is points based not individual events. So I don't think the athletes "forgot", they are racing for points, so once lapped they likely acknowledge they are racing for second, but still are chasing points. Hopefully someone here learned something about this awesome sport.

[@Jarlaxled-wg6wj]

Cmon, mate... The other girls literally stopped skating when they thought they were at the finish line (even stretching out their skates) and their coaches were desperate trying to tell them. I'm a total noob in this sport but it is clear that the only skater who kept going was the Chinese one, which knew what was going on and eventually finished second because of that. Brilliant.

[@111day1]

My Asian friend is the first person to say that the Chinese are crafty.

[@scottsmith2052]

My aunt was a fast speedskater in the 60's (She made the Olympic team). My dad was slower but tried. He won one race in his life - a city of Rochester championship. The coach holding up the laps remaining signs messed up. My dad was the only one who trusted his instinct and knew the correct count in his head, so he cruised to a cheap victory.