{"id":69994,"date":"2020-09-17T21:25:09","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T18:25:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/for-some-bobsled-hopefuls-the-olympics-may-be-a-click-away\/"},"modified":"2020-09-17T21:25:09","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T18:25:09","slug":"for-some-bobsled-hopefuls-the-olympics-may-be-a-click-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/for-some-bobsled-hopefuls-the-olympics-may-be-a-click-away\/","title":{"rendered":"#For some bobsled hopefuls, the Olympics may be a click away"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#For some bobsled hopefuls, the Olympics may be a click away<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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\n USA Bobsled and Skeleton typically has staff spending part of the spring and summer months on the road recruiting, looking for new talent and luring them with the potential of representing their country in the Olympics.<\/p>\n

This year, amid a pandemic, none of that could take place.<\/p>\n

So USABS made the entire process digital \u2014 and so far, it\u2019s working.<\/p>\n

Following the same sort of thinking that works for high school athletes trying to get noticed by colleges, USABS has invited potential sliders to upload resumes and videos that show what they can do and who they are. The results have been overwhelming, both in terms of the numbers and the quality of athleticism from many who are interested.<\/p>\n

\u201cI would say in this short amount of time \u2014 and we\u2019re just talking really like from May to now \u2014 I think this has been the greatest response rate of any recruiting thing that we\u2019ve ever done,\u201d said USABS assistant coach Mike Dionne, who handles much of the federation\u2019s recruiting efforts. \u201cI was shocked at the amount of responses that we were getting.\u201d<\/p>\n

Someone submitted video of herself pushing a car for 30 yards in a parking lot. Another sent his rugby highlights. One woman inserted a clip of her missing what would have been a game<\/a>-winning goal in a state high school soccer championship game and how she grew from that experience.<\/p>\n

USABS already has gotten dozens of serious candidates involved, through Zoom video conferences with coaches and established athletes and past bobsled and skeleton Olympians. Team officials expect many more names<\/a> to get into the mix before the Sept. 30 submission deadline for consideration this season.<\/p>\n

The idea of taking the process online, USABS CEO Aron McGuire said, was probably overdue and is likely here to stay. Athletes submit themselves running a 40-yard dash, completing a broad jump, plus fill out a questionnaire. Just like that, they officially become Olympic hopefuls.<\/p>\n

\u201cCOVID or no COVID, we\u2019ve got to be thinking about ways that we can be more efficient and really get a greater reach,\u201d McGuire said. \u201cWe can get more athletes excited about the sports and get them involved. So, this is kind of a great way to kind of reach that next generation of athletes.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another plus for USABS: It saves a ton of money. Budget constraints would typically limit the team to recruiting stops in 8-10 cities, McGuire said. This reach, being online, is unlimited.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow, we can have the entire reach of literally anyone in the world, any US citizen in the world that wants to try out,\u201d McGuire said. \u201cIt\u2019s much more effective in terms of that outreach.\u201d<\/p>\n

What happ<\/a>ens in the coming weeks, if all goes to plan, would see many of the Olympic hopefuls travel<\/a> to Lake Placid, New York, \u2014 the team\u2019s home base \u2014 or possibly Park City, Utah, for rookie camps. Lake Placid would be where many of the incoming athletes who are seeking to be part of the bobsled program would see a push track for the first time, and coaches could start getting more information on who has the type of strength, speed and explosiveness that is needed to help get a sled down a mountain as fast as possible.<\/p>\n

Dionne said it\u2019s not outside the realm of possibility that someone who comes into the program this fall could still find themselves on the 2022 U.S. Olympic bobsled team. There are precedents for things happening that quickly.<\/p>\n

And this season, it\u2019s unclear how much U.S. national team athletes will be overseas because of the pandemic. If some top athletes are able to train in Lake Placid or Park City more for even some of the sliding season, that could accelerate the development of this year\u2019s rookie class.<\/p>\n

\u201cFor a bobsled push athlete, 2022 is definitely not out of the question,\u201d Dionne said. \u201cAnd we\u2019re also trying to fill the pipeline for bobsled and skeleton drivers more than anything. On average, that can be an eight-year process before they\u2019re ready to be in medal contention at the Olympics. So, we have to get those athletes in the pipeline.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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