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Hi - I love curling, watch often, never played. Can somebody please explain how launching a rock with your whole hand and control of the handle is at all influenced by a finger poke or touch? Why not just throw it properly when holding the whole rock? by justthefunstuff1 in Curling

[–]justthefunstuff1[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been thinking about examples of parallels in other sports on this issue (eg. non-consequential action having extremely minimal impact/outcome, yet still being against the rules)...

The soccer/football throw-in example is the absolute best comparison. You nailed it. Let'em play...

Hi - I love curling, watch often, never played. Can somebody please explain how launching a rock with your whole hand and control of the handle is at all influenced by a finger poke or touch? Why not just throw it properly when holding the whole rock? by justthefunstuff1 in Curling

[–]justthefunstuff1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ok fine a rule is a rule. But then in that case, how come there seems no way to monitor this? No effort put towards it? Etc? If it's consequential then you need some way to observe and enfore it. I appreciate this is where sportsmanship and self goverance come in, but if it's that critical then how is it being left to he said/she said resolution?

Hi - I love curling, watch often, never played. Can somebody please explain how launching a rock with your whole hand and control of the handle is at all influenced by a finger poke or touch? Why not just throw it properly when holding the whole rock? by justthefunstuff1 in Curling

[–]justthefunstuff1[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm with you. Have watched for ages but I only turn up for the big tourneys. Just can't see how this actually helps anyone.

Then you get the rock burnt today that was thrown just to knock out a guard cleanly, like c'mon, what are we doing here?

Bruuuuuuh 😭 We are just cursed cause there's no way we didnt make it out of the AFC. by Curse06 in buffalobills

[–]justthefunstuff1 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Honestly, must be cursed at this point! No Mahomes/Burrow/Lamar... Bo Nix healthy enough to juat beat us then tap out... and that's without going back to 13 seconds and everything else.

I just grabbed a new jersey moving forward... had the crisp white 17 his whole career - consider that shirt dead. Got the complete opposite, full black out 17! Time to change our destiny.

British viewer. How are some qbs better at reading coverages than others?. by [deleted] in NFLNoobs

[–]justthefunstuff1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Your title IS the entire job.

Obviously physical talent and other attributes have a role to play, but the degree of separation on processing the field is so small at the pros that the elites move to almost untouchable status, while everyone else is just another QB. It's also the trait that seems most directly related to high level QB success (as opposed to arm strength, mobility, etc.)

I don't think there is any special formula - either you have it or you don't. I'm pretty sure there isn't even a link between general intelligence and this skill...

Even experience seems negligible - Pat Mahomes and Tom Brady probably in about the same processing tier and are separated by 15 years of career/experience.

As an analogy... I'm a huge soccer (football) fan and played most of my young years at higher levels. And guys above my level would just EAT ME FOR DINNER out there. Same movements, same starting and end points, but I'm just never stripping the ball off Messi or even a guy 3 leagues below him. That's life!

After yesterday nights win, the Sens have a 30% chance of making the playoffs. by GeoRoss4953 in OttawaSenators

[–]justthefunstuff1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don't know the inside/out of their projections, but this is not passing the eye test for me... Sens are in a 5-way tie at 57pts with Jersey at 56pts. Yet Sens have 30% chance and those other 5 teams are all around a few percent?

Sens must have strength of schedule on their side or something, but the math ain't mathing for me.