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What’s the sport for short form video?
by bobro 8mo ago
What’s the sport for short form video?
- Analemma_ 8mo agoThat's actually an interesting question. Table tennis, maybe? Each volley is the right length for a TikTok video, and some of them (certainly not all) have spectacular long-distance lob+smash plays. Seems like it plays well with vertical video orientation too.
- derektank 8mo agoLots of Olympic events seem well suited to the format. BMX racing, freestyle skiing, luge/skeleton, and a variety of track and field events all have runs that last for less than a couple of minutes. Not sure if there’s anything comparable in the realm of professional sports besides highlights
- wincy 8mo agoI remember that Turkish guy and the Korean woman who looked like total badasses in the shooting competition in the Olympics, the Turkish guy because he wasn’t using all the fancy gear, and the woman because she looked like someone out of a James Bond movie. Those highlights were just too cool.
- WorldMaker 8mo agoBasketball trick shots and single plays?
- vessenes 8mo agoI wish it were chess boxing. I love chess boxing.
- sandspar 8mo agoJoke answer but it would be fencing, if only we could convince people to turn their phones to landscape.
- onlypassingthru 8mo agoSwimming and diving.
- colechristensen 8mo agopost-game Chess analysis, diving, skis/snowboards/bikes/skateboards/etc doing tricks, any sports bloopers or amazing single plays (like the dad holding a beer and a baby who manages to also catch a foul ball, racing crashes, curling throws...