🏅 Have you been keeping up with the Olympics this year? We certainly have!
📈 Combining the Olympics and our LeisureVision Dataset, we have explored the distribution and makeup of the UK's Olympic Sport Facilities.
Have a read here 👉 https://lnkd.in/e3KQvHZ9
🧠 Let us know what your favourite event has been so far in the comments below.
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IT’S NOT HOW FAST!
For the 24th year in a row, the US men have failed to deliver a medal of any colour in the 4x100 meter relay in the Olympics! Now we know that this is not due to lack of speed. These athletes are the best the world has to offer and are individually accomplished in their own right. In the just concluded Olympics in Paris, we watched with bated breadth hoping that this talented team would break the jinx and finally deliver a gold medal for the US. That was not to be as the botched handoff between Christian Coleman and Kenny Bednarek caused the team to finish 7th then be disqualified for handing the baton outside the zone.
As mentioned, the failures of the team to deliver a medal are not due to lack of speed, these men are incredibly fast! Instead, the failures have been due to timing, handoffs, and getting the right people in the right spots of the relay. The US has also relied for too long in the idea that because they are fast, they will automatically win the race while other countries have taken the time to establish a four-person team that work together in the years between Olympics to establish cohesion and chemistry so that everyone is connected and can deliver when they need to. A case in point is the Canadian Team that won the race.
As witnessed with the American team, the handoffs are everything and will make or break the race. You can have the fastest men on the relay team but if you are unable to pass the baton, the race is over.
Your team can be individually great, and can bring their A-Game to work, but if they are unable to collaborate, work as a team and build cohesion, their individual efforts will come to nothing, and the entire team will fail to deliver on its mandate. Its not how fast, it’s how efficiently and effectively a team can deliver as a unit.
#teamcohesion#teamsynergies#ParisOlympics#teamUSA
Interesting Facts from the Manufacturing World - The Olympic Medals
As the Olympic Games come to a close, let's take a closer look at the coveted medals that athletes strive to win. Did you know how they are made and what they are made of?
We found out watching this video https://hubs.ly/Q02KfBFd0
🏅 #Olympics#OlympicMedals#FunFacts
Blind bullseye front stop. 90-degree parallel-parked trailer. These are just a couple of the complex maneuvers our competitors practice in the months leading up to the National Truck Driving Championships. Like Olympic athletes, they spend countless hours preparing for minutes of live competition. Learn more about NTDC and our #OlympiansofTrucking at bit.ly/NTDC-2024
When I tell people I work at Derrick, the follow-up is often, "What does Derrick do?" Depending on how much time I think they have, I go into one of my canned spiels because the truth is we do a whole lot.
For instance, today, I can say we engineered and manufactured the equipment used to process and separate the sand used on the Beach Volleyball courts in the Champs-de-Mars at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
That's what happens when you're a global leader in fine separation technologies for numerous industries and commodities. #DerrickCorporation#Paris2024#Olympics
The best athletes deserve the best conditions to compete.
If you've watched any of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, you may have noticed a new feature in Champ-de-Mars Park at the foot of the Eiffel Tower: a beach volleyball court.
Believe it or not, that wasn't there before the games began.
Our partners at Sibelco Group used Derrick's Stack Sizer® technology to process high-quality sand that met the stringent standards required for Olympic play. Nearly 2000 tons of naturally weathered sand is spread across the competition and warm-up courts.
It's rewarding to know that our equipment was trusted to deliver such a critical component of this year's games in a location as iconic as the Eiffel Tower. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/4drNwdS#DerrickCorporation#StackSizer#Paris2024
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Take a look at the ITA Championships coming up this spring! Be sure to mark your calendars so that you don't miss a minute of the action!
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