2014 Fantesy Olympic Picks

Resources:
sportsmyriad
sportsunbiased


Top athletes:
In a draft system biathlon and alpine seem the strongest sports to pick a winner from. I would draft. 

Tina Maze
Marit Bjørgen
Martin Fourcade
Tora Berger

In case anyone out there is interested in my picks. The league I am in has some interesting and specific rules and is not based on a draft.
Individuals
Alpine Skiing-Aksel Lund Svindal (m, Norway), Tina Maze, (f, Slovania)Ted Ligety
Biathlon- Martin Fourcade (m, France), Tora Berger (f, Norway) Emil Hegle Svendsen (m, Norway)
Cross Country Skiing- Petter Northug (m, Norway), Marit Bjørgen (f Norway), Charlotte Kalla (f, Sweden)
Figure Skating-Patric Chan (m, canada) Mao Asada (f, Japan) Wagner (f, USA)
Freestyle Skiing- Xu Mengtao (f, China), Mikael Kingsbury (m, Canada), Qi Guangpu (m, China)
Short Track Speed Skating- Charles Hamelin (m, Canada), Suk Hee Shim (f, South Korea) Seung-Hi Park (f, South Korea)
Snowboarding Shaun White (m, USA), Patrizia Kummer (f, Switzerland), Roland Fischnaller (m, Italy)
Speed Skating Ireen Wüst (f, Netherlands), Sven Kramer (f, Netherlands), Martina Sáblíková (f, Czech Republic)

Team
Bobsleigh (two- and four-man) USA!
Curling- Sweden
Ice Hockey- Canada
Luge (doubles and team relay)- Germany
Ski Jumping (large hill team)- Austria
Nordic Combined (team hill)- France

If anyone has a tip on who is going to light the big candle this year I would love to hear! I need it for a tie breaker.

World Baseball Classic 2009 Bracket and Scoring for office pool betting.

See Scoring Rules Below.
1pt for each correct winner or runner up in the first round
1pt for each correct member of pools 1 and 2
2pt for each correct winner or runner up from pools 1 and 2
2pt for each correct member of SF1 and 2
3pt for each correct winner of each SF.
3pt for each correct member of the Final
5pt for the winner.
Tie breaker with total runs.

Instructions for building a ladder golf set (DIY ladder golf)

This post will show you how to build the standard 3'x2' ladder golf set. (AKA: bolo toss, testicle toss, polish(or any other ethnicity) golf, hillbilly golf, ladder ball, Lasso golf, Norwegian Horseshoes, Hillbilly Horseshoes, tailgate golf, cowboy golf.....) I would love to see the complete list of names that ladder golf goes by. Please vote on the right side for your favorite or if it is not there add it by commenting on the post.


PART ONE: golf ball bolas
Parts:
12 golf balls 6 each of two different colors, 108" of nylon cord,

Tools:
Drill w/ 1/4" bit.
Scissors.
Matches

Drill a hole through each ball. Make sure to use older golf balls as some newer ones will shoot out liquid and be no good. Though it will be fun.

Cut the string to 6 18" lengths.

Tie a knot on the end of one cord. Thread a ball.









Tie another knot tight on that ball.













Thread another ball.
Tie a knot on the other far end.








Pull the ball to that end and tie another knot holding it tight.


Burn each end as shown.

(video)

Repeat until you have 6 cords with balls on either end. Scroll down for instructions on how to build the goals.



PART TWO: pvc pipe ladder golf goals

Parts:
4x 10' 3/4" PVC pipe
12x T intersections joiners for the 3/4" pipe
4x right angle joiners for the 3/4" pipe

Tools:
PVC glue
Saw

Cut the pipe into 16x1' sections 6x2' sections and 4x1.5" sections.
Assemble the structure as it is show in this blueprint of the official ladder golf dimensions. Have you read different specifications somewhere? they are wrong. These are the official specs.




Ladder Golf Setup

the 2' bars are horizontal and the 1' bars are vertical. The portion that is on the ground has a 1' bar in front and the 1.5' bar in the back. Glue all of this together except do not attach the T that is on the bottom to the upper portion. This allows the structure to be disassembled for storage or moving.

Now Beat this shot:

Lazy? Where can I buy a ladder golf set?:

Match Gun (or peg gun) made from clothespin and cork

HOW TO BUILD THE MATCH GUN (AKA MATCH SHOOTER, CLOTHESPIN GUN, PEG GUN)


This spring powered toy made out of only things you have in the house already is seriously great. If you have any questions post them in the comments section and I will address them.

What you need:
Wooden match, Sandpaper, a wooden clothespin (this will be the peg for the peg gun), Miter saw, a cork and some rubber bands.
A Dremel tool will make this much quicker but is not needed. Masking tape and twist ties can be used for some tweaking of the design.

Step one: disassemble your clothespin.

Step two: using your Miter saw and sand paper carve out a pathway that is the width of a match and another space for the metal clip to pass through that is the same width one half of the clothespin. See photos.




Step Three: Take the other half of the clothespin and make a notch for the spring to clip in. See photo for before and after comparison.





Now test your sanding job by rubberbanding the two halves together and trying to launch a match. If you are unable to cock the gun by pushing a match through the barrel you will need to either cut it again with a less deep grove or fill part of your grove with tape.



If you are having trouble with getting the metal part in see the photos at the end of the post.

Step Four:If it worked you can now glue it together with wood glue. Put the rubberbands on to hold it tight while it dries.

Step Five: While that is drying it is time to prepare the cork. Cut a grove in the cork that is the width of the clothespin that is slightly angled so that when inserted the clothespin makes a ~110 degree angle.





Step Six: Once the Glue is dry take of the rubber bands and glue on the cork. I used a vice grip to hold it tight while drying.



Once this is dry you are done. Now make another and challenge your friends.


Placing the metal part.

Mario Kart style RC battle

This was fun and relatively simple all you need is two RC cars of different frequencies, rubber bands, push pins and balloons. In this case the cars are TYCO canned heat. I think this is pretty self explanatory so I will not go into a detailed explanation. The only trick is pushing the pin through the rubber band. It seems to work best at a 45 degree angle upward.