Should Parkor otherwise known as FreeRunning be in the Olympics? If so, how would it work? Would a course be constructed? What kind of things should judges look for? I personally think it would be amazing to watch. What do you all think?
Wow! What a great idea! Alot of freestyle events are being added to the Olympics, like freestyle snowboarding, etc. They could create a random course, without the competitors knowing, and they would have to get to the other end. And the judges would score them, on difficulty of moves, gaps, etc. And the types of things they do, and the form they have. Parkour is amazing to watch. That is an awesome idea! I Completely think it should be added. My friend went free running on campus last year, late late at night and he came back with gashes on his arms, and when I asked what happened, he said he jumped off the second story of our social science building, onto a palm tree. haha
This is idea that has been in my mind lately as well, I think it would be absolutely awesome to have Parkour and/or FreeRunning (they are two different things) in the Olympics. That would hands down, be the best event to watch.
Ya seriously! That would really be so cool! I feel like, why is it not on now, I would love to watch that. Free runners do such cool stuff. Or you know what? You know how the marathon takes place in a sectioned off part of the city? Well, they could section off a part of the city where there are a lot of obstacles, and have them do it there, so its like a natural setting. That would be an extremely entertaining event.
Sectioned off part of the city. Brilliant. It would showcase a part of the city of whatever country we're in, which is cool by itself, plus it makes me more true to the sport. We should pitch this to the Internationl Olympic Commity.
Yea, often they are mistaken as the same thing but they are a little bit different. Although they are similar, Parkour is the sport of moving ones body through an environment as fast as possible using the surroundings to boost you and to do so without losing momentum.
Free Running is similar but there is more focus on doing 'cool tricks' - rather than having a goal for established purpose (such as doing a back flip off a roof)
It is a good idea and i dont mean any disrepect 2 any free runners out there but i dont think it should be in the Olypics. The whole point of free running is in the name 'free'. IE it is spontaneous. Putting it in the Olympics and judging it would take the creativity out of it. Also how would you judge it? Wot would it be a race or skills n tricks an things like that? It seems that many people are up for the idea of it but havent thought it thru.
Just the same as any other sport. Gymnastics is creative and you can do whatever you like, but the Olympic committee created a set of scoring rules, and it works. They would have to do the same fro Parkour. They could be times, to see who gets through the course the fastest. Then get additional points for difficulty of execution of moves, and for the types of things they did. And Points deducted for falls or mistakes made. A set of rules for scoring would be developed as for any other scored olympic sport like: diving, gymnastics, freestyle snowboarding, and others.
Good point woody, I think that if it was in the olympics, it would be under like a Parkour speed course. I think that follows the idea of the sport well, the ability to move the human body through the environment at high speeds. If you've ever seen the show Ninja Warrior, it would have to be something like that. A timed obstacle course. And maybe you are right, maybe it shouldn't be in the Olympics because that could take a the sport in a different direction than what it's intended to be, however I do think that it would be nice to have more professional coverage of the sport instead of lots of low quality youTube videos.
As an avid traceur(one who does parkour), I would be against the idea of putting parkour in the olympics. This is because parkour is not only an activity, but has a philosophy behind it as well. This is promoting quick-thinking and awareness in everyday situations. This philosophy, as intended by the creator, is a strict non-competitive activity and therefore should not be added to the olympics. Free running, on the other hand, could be an olympic event, because to the best of my knowledge, does not have quite the philosophical background of parkour. The difference between the two can pretty much be summed up as free running contains flips and focuses on movements while parkour is all about using the most efficient route possible from point A to point B.
bbyers9113, Judo has a philosophy that goes along with it and it's in the olympics. However, I think you make a good point and I'm all for freerunning if not parkour.
The difference is Flipski between parkour and free running is that how many proffessional parkour/free running judges do you think there are. It would definitly hav tons of teething problems.
