The Art of Bobsleigh | Faster Higher Stronger

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We talk to Steven Holcomb; driver in USA's Gold medal winning 4 Men Bobsleigh team during the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games in 2010 to find out what techniques and training is involved to become successful in the sport in our latest episode of Faster Higher Stronger.
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  • @chesterlsy
    @chesterlsy6 жыл бұрын

    They get to play roller coaster everyday.

  • @ajuwu5807

    @ajuwu5807

    4 жыл бұрын

    Lmao 😂

  • @imsagar8295

    @imsagar8295

    3 жыл бұрын

    Epic 😁

  • @Patrick-qo2co

    @Patrick-qo2co

    3 жыл бұрын

    But they have to push the roller coasterp

  • @AussieGunzel

    @AussieGunzel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Just the coldest and icest

  • @improviseadaptovercome5651

    @improviseadaptovercome5651

    2 жыл бұрын

    Bro this could be way more dangerouse tho xD..

  • @kea070010
    @kea07001010 жыл бұрын

    Every sport has their own art

  • @rubyrogers239

    @rubyrogers239

    2 жыл бұрын

    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".

  • @Ethkaeve21

    @Ethkaeve21

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@rubyrogers239 for me it’s like watching F1 on ice, with 3 passengers

  • @jfd47
    @jfd476 жыл бұрын

    Feel the Rhythm! Feel the Rhyme! Get on up, it's bobsled time! Cool Runnings

  • @mileycyprus2040

    @mileycyprus2040

    2 жыл бұрын

    -Sanka coffee

  • @andyjeanmacondo

    @andyjeanmacondo

    8 ай бұрын

    👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

  • @Hjw511
    @Hjw5114 жыл бұрын

    Today, a wimpy guy realized that bobsleighers do control their sleighs.

  • @bigazzun3472

    @bigazzun3472

    2 жыл бұрын

    Only the driver pretty much

  • @elliewillow4556

    @elliewillow4556

    5 ай бұрын

    Does a wimpy girl count ?

  • @oc3207

    @oc3207

    4 ай бұрын

    @@bigazzun3472pretty much, but it’s difficult to drive 😀

  • @danielrickel8807
    @danielrickel88072 жыл бұрын

    I’ve loved bobsled ever since I was a kid back in the 80’s

  • @yankees29

    @yankees29

    Ай бұрын

    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.

  • @rmachayes
    @rmachayes10 жыл бұрын

    All I can is: "These guys have balls of titanium!"

  • @peterdimitriou9621

    @peterdimitriou9621

    7 жыл бұрын

    All I can is

  • @randallparker7896

    @randallparker7896

    2 жыл бұрын

    balls of vanadium really

  • @mikehunt2337
    @mikehunt233710 жыл бұрын

    AWESOME! I want to do this

  • @mickamck6714
    @mickamck67146 жыл бұрын

    R.I.P. Steven Holcomb.

  • @Levente20

    @Levente20

    6 жыл бұрын

    how did he die?

  • @gateauxq4604

    @gateauxq4604

    6 жыл бұрын

    Levente Deli he committed suicide shortly before Pyeongchang :(

  • @DarraghWalsh
    @DarraghWalsh10 жыл бұрын

    I really want to download the video!

  • @broski7111
    @broski71117 ай бұрын

    whos hear from the pull-ups 😉

  • @boredguy52
    @boredguy5210 жыл бұрын

    so cool!

  • @anushikhathakur5305
    @anushikhathakur53053 жыл бұрын

    Who are there after watching SuperM Mtopia 😂 Ps: superM Mtopia brought me here🤭

  • @khalishahahmad602

    @khalishahahmad602

    3 жыл бұрын

    SAMEE 😂🤘🏻

  • @bw335

    @bw335

    3 жыл бұрын

    Omg that’s me LOL

  • @carlobautista6532

    @carlobautista6532

    3 жыл бұрын

    Holdup I love SuperM but they did a bobsled thing😭😭

  • @anushikhathakur5305

    @anushikhathakur5305

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@carlobautista6532 Nooo they just used this word in a game in Mtopia😅

  • @hajer1797

    @hajer1797

    3 жыл бұрын

    omg this is weird SAMEEEEE

  • @DrPastah
    @DrPastah3 жыл бұрын

    Are the other 3 guys redundant during the ride? Do they help at all in skill of winning?

  • @Kipricoffical

    @Kipricoffical

    3 жыл бұрын

    speed at the start

  • @Aya-ho2cw

    @Aya-ho2cw

    3 жыл бұрын

    the power of friendship. duh

  • @DanceySteveYNWA

    @DanceySteveYNWA

    3 жыл бұрын

    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

  • @yankees29

    @yankees29

    Ай бұрын

    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.

  • @Herbert04
    @Herbert042 жыл бұрын

    How do you get the bobsled to the Olympics? I want a video.

  • @porkchop6402
    @porkchop640210 жыл бұрын

    I like how they wore ties back then

  • @richardharepax123
    @richardharepax1235 жыл бұрын

    He anticipated great enough to win gold sad he left us to soon

  • @dawsonb6040
    @dawsonb60403 ай бұрын

    Holcomb an OG

  • @RAHULROY-ub5gd
    @RAHULROY-ub5gd2 жыл бұрын

    Lovely

  • @Zohirul-Jewel
    @Zohirul-Jewel6 жыл бұрын

    Anyone know where I can try this? F.Y.I I live in Toronto

  • @GreatCdn59

    @GreatCdn59

    6 жыл бұрын

    the closest bobsled track to you is in Lake Placid, NY. It is roughly 6 hours drive from Toronto.

  • @Stevenwernke

    @Stevenwernke

    6 жыл бұрын

    Bobsleds biggest crashes

  • @GhostofTradition

    @GhostofTradition

    6 жыл бұрын

    Jamaica

  • @ahmadnajmiroslan
    @ahmadnajmiroslan Жыл бұрын

    Probably the most slowest bobsleigh team in this world is the zombie in Plants vs Zombies

  • @NotThatGuy39
    @NotThatGuy39 Жыл бұрын

    I have literally no idea who the heck plays bobsled

  • @emmacavalier
    @emmacavalier2 жыл бұрын

    I wanna try but im so pathetic at sports ill probs fly out the top somehow

  • @vimeopictures5170
    @vimeopictures51706 ай бұрын

    thats very terrifying

  • @awa_de_uwu__-
    @awa_de_uwu__-10 ай бұрын

    i'd just WEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

  • @2X_rxo
    @2X_rxo5 ай бұрын

    maximum speed

  • @aliceli9239
    @aliceli92392 жыл бұрын

    It looks so much fun hope it won't fly out of the track hahah.....

  • @andyjeanmacondo
    @andyjeanmacondo8 ай бұрын

    Disney’s Cool Running brought me here.

  • @klavdia8272
    @klavdia82723 жыл бұрын

    hejka widzowie

  • @kasia.a4551

    @kasia.a4551

    3 жыл бұрын

    witaj co u ciebie? jak wf?

  • @klavdia8272

    @klavdia8272

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@kasia.a4551 bardzo fajnie, super rzeczy mamy drożdżówko

  • @kasia.a4551

    @kasia.a4551

    3 жыл бұрын

    @@klavdia8272 pomocy wf byl ok ale chemia ?! Ona nas zabije dhsgsgsvdhd

  • @gringopinchao
    @gringopinchao2 жыл бұрын

    2021

  • @katier.9462
    @katier.94622 жыл бұрын

    cool

  • @kaiyang5426
    @kaiyang54262 жыл бұрын

    Ha... I thought they just lying there and enjoy the game and wind

  • @bigazzun3472
    @bigazzun34722 жыл бұрын

    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

    @gavinedinburgh

    2 жыл бұрын

    Go on then, go and show how easy it is and bring back a medal!

  • @bigazzun3472

    @bigazzun3472

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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

  • @Portrial

    @Portrial

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @peterb2325

    @peterb2325

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@Portrial Why do they have 4 guys ?

  • @gavinedinburgh

    @gavinedinburgh

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@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.

  • @AlienMax95
    @AlienMax95 Жыл бұрын

    not sure how this sport is in the olympics compared to squash

  • @simbamukandatsama6333
    @simbamukandatsama63333 ай бұрын

    👌

  • @nannerz1994
    @nannerz199416 күн бұрын

    I kind of understood nothing that this guy said

  • @selflesssamaritan6417
    @selflesssamaritan64172 ай бұрын

    Somehow Plants vs Zombies brought me here.

  • @caelstevens7511
    @caelstevens75116 жыл бұрын

    uhhhhhhhhhh

  • @four-twenty4205
    @four-twenty42053 жыл бұрын

    Wipe out in real life

  • @xjer1128
    @xjer1128 Жыл бұрын

    plants vs zombies

  • @sorontilasTM
    @sorontilasTM2 ай бұрын

    and then hefest got this run

  • @fizzgaming7134
    @fizzgaming71346 жыл бұрын

    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....

  • @TokyoBalletReprise

    @TokyoBalletReprise

    6 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @AussieGunzel

    @AussieGunzel

    2 жыл бұрын

    You must be fast and heavy, fast for the push and weight for the gravity down the hill

  • @TenTonNuke
    @TenTonNuke6 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @noicenuggets6993

    @noicenuggets6993

    6 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @noicenuggets6993

    @noicenuggets6993

    6 жыл бұрын

    Coen Neu don’t forget the balls of steel

  • @Lakupata

    @Lakupata

    6 жыл бұрын

    It takes strenght to get the sleigh moving fast enough

  • @SamiiYou

    @SamiiYou

    3 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @rubyrogers239

    @rubyrogers239

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@SamiiYou is leaning really enough to be an athlete?

  • @T0pViralVideos
    @T0pViralVideos4 жыл бұрын

    This sport requires very little skill, you don’t even have to be fit lmao

  • @samuelhopely4853

    @samuelhopely4853

    4 жыл бұрын

    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.

  • @nismocal373

    @nismocal373

    3 жыл бұрын

    Samuel Hopely don’t forget the people in the sled pull 5 Gs

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