Although I have found sports can be interesting, I have never really considered my self a sports fan. Coming from a family where my cousin, uncle and grandfather were all suburban high school football coaches, it’s kind of hard for me to escape the sports world.
But somewhere around the second grade I started practicing gymnastics, the one and only sport I thoroughly enjoyed and actually participated in during high school. So make fun of me if you will, but if I was a sports reporter I would be most excited to cover gymnastics in the 2012 Olympic games.
But unlike a large amount of typical Olympic gymnastics viewers in this country, I actually know what the hell is going on. I don’t just gawk at Nastia Liukin’s beam routine. I can understand the complexities and dedication involved in mastering such difficult routines.
I suppose writing a sports-feature piece on gymnastics would be most interesting for me, as well as the typical reporting on the Olympics. The angle could dissect some gymnasts’ routines and explain just where the athletes went wrong and how the judges arrived at a final score.
Maybe this could get boring to the typical reader, but I would love to read more in depth on the topic of gymnastics and I’m sure there are others out there like me.
Another story could revolve around the actual scoring process brought into effect after the 2004 games in Athens. This points system allows for a greater separation of gymnasts’ scores. I know I’ve had to explain this scoring system to my mother many times and I feel like other readers could benefit from such a story.
And by readers, I mean mostly bored middle-aged housewives. But whatever, I still enjoy the sport.
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