Why is Thailand so terrible at sport?

[Yellow Fever]

With the Olympics coming up it got me thinking.. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Thailand win a medal.. I don’t think I’ve seen them do well in any world recognised sport, all they seem to have is Muay Thai but mma has moved past that and they don’t have any ufc fighters..

 

for all the hate farang get from Thai’s they seem to be a hell of a lot better at sport than thai’s

 

anyone have any clue as to why they stink at sport? I can see them

having a massive advantage eventually if they let trannies compete in women’s events I suppose. 

[Smokin Joe]

As of 2021, Thai athletes have won a total of 35 medals in the Olympics.

 

[Mekmong MICK]

9 minutes ago, Yellow Fever said:

With the Olympics coming up it got me thinking.. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Thailand win a medal.. I don’t think I’ve seen them do well in any world recognised sport, all they seem to have is Muay Thai but mma has moved past that and they don’t have any ufc fighters..

 

for all the hate farang get from Thai’s they seem to be a hell of a lot better at sport than thai’s

 

anyone have any clue as to why they stink at sport? I can see them

having a massive advantage eventually if they let trannies compete in women’s events I suppose. 

Fantastic Thread, well done OP.

 

Other than muay Thai and occasionally golf, the Thai's have failed to reach their sporting potential. They should focus more on swimming given their proximity to the sea.

 

It's also difficult when the infrastructure is on par with Adelaide 

[Ralf001]

15 minutes ago, Yellow Fever said:

With the Olympics coming up it got me thinking.. I don’t think I’ve ever seen Thailand win a medal.

[TimBKK]

I seem to remember some medalists in powerlifting, and they were rightly celebrated at home.  Thais are more than competitive in badminton, and competitive by SE Asian standards in football - probably should have advanced to the next round of WC qualifiers, to be fair.  No offense OP, but your premise is flawed.

Edited July 5 by TimBKK
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[Kinnock]

Lack of investment in sports facilities at ground level - so Thailand's success is by the elite wealthy with the minor exception of sports supported by gambling money.

 

 

[Smokin Joe]

Thai athletes have won a total of 35 medals, 14 in weightlifting, 15 in boxing and 6 in taekwondo. Among countries in Southeast Asia, Thailand ranks first in terms of the number of gold medals (10), and second in the number of overall medals (35), only behind Indonesia which has 37 medals.

 

Thailand at the Olympics

[it is what it is]

OP, you don;t know what you're talking about... thai's have definitely won medals, i remember one guy returning and presenting his medal to his majesty

[metisdead]

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[richard_smith237]

Thai's usually win some medals in Badminton, Boxing and Weight lifting.

 

The do relatively well regionally in Volley Ball.

 

I suspect a lot of the reason is due to lack of investment in the sports other than those mentioned above.

 

 

 

[stoner]

1 hour ago, Mekmong MICK said:

occasionally golf

 

thai women are tearing up the lpga. what country are you from mick ? 

[still kicking]

2 hours ago, stoner said:

 

thai women are tearing up the lpga. what country are you from mick ? 

Come on leave Bignok alone 

[still kicking]

Thailand has the most competes from all Southeast Asian countries,

[AlexRich]

They don't do too badly, but genetics play a part, as well as race. Not to mention coaching, athlete funding and sporting facilities. That's why the US does so well, and why Australia always produces great swimmers. The UK only really started to perform well after Lottery money was channeled into athlete funding. 

[Hummin]

35 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

They don't do too badly, but genetics play a part, as well as race. Not to mention coaching, athlete funding and sporting facilities. That's why the US does so well, and why Australia always produces great swimmers. The UK only really started to perform well after Lottery money was channeled into athlete funding. 

Genetics plays  role, of course. Africans dominance in mny sports even they come from poor countries proves genetics have alot to say.

 

Thai doesn't have a culture where they learn to push themselves to maximum performance long after they think they are done. It is something you have to learn to understand. When you think you do not have anything left to give and believe you are exhausted, you just started. 

 

Unfortunate the new generations in the west missing out to.

 

Edited July 5 by Hummin

[oxo1947]

7 hours ago, Yellow Fever said:

for all the hate farang get from Thai’s

[IvorBiggun2]

Thais have sports days at school but don't actually play any. It's not compulsory. 

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[ChipButty]

It all stems from grass roots and government investment and that doesnt happen in Thailand, I dont see schools with football fields, the junior school I went to had 3 football pitches, The only time Thai football had any success was when Peter Whithe was the manager but hat was paid for by the English FA after he left, they dropped off.

 

King Power who own Leicester City football club maybe had big ideas to develop Thai footballers, up till a couple of years ago they brought 45 Thai lads over to England, as far as I know not one made the grade. 

Only one was named in the line up but never got a game, 

[cdemundo]

I think it's a fair question.

Thai population is greater than UK or France, so that should represent the potential talent pool.

 

But I think those that point to lack of youth development programs are probably right.

[ChipButty]

22 minutes ago, cdemundo said:

I think it's a fair question.

Thai population is greater than UK or France, so that should represent the potential talent pool.

 

But I think those that point to lack of youth development programs are probably right.

I was born on the north side of Manchester even back in the late 50's it was a hotbed of talent, every school I can think of had football pitches then you had the local council ones, 5 doors from where I lived there was a pitch owned by a company next to it we as kids could use it, even at Junior's we had a school team, in secondary every year had a team, then which ever house you was in had a team, then you had the boys clubs every area had one, if you are old enough the most famous names to come out of there were Nobby Stiles and Brian Kidd, 

I guess the latest name would be Kobbie Mainoo played for a well known youth team, in North Manchester, 

Edited July 6 by ChipButty

[MalcolmB]

Women’s volleyball team goes alright.

 

Thai men over 40 seem in much better shape and more agile generally than Fatty Farang.

 

just another thread to hang it on the Thais but I get piled on for wanting to do a thread about learning thai language.

 

[Smokin Joe]

1 hour ago, cdemundo said:

I think it's a fair question.

Thai population is greater than UK or France, so that should represent the potential talent pool.

 

But I think those that point to lack of youth development programs are probably right.

 

Thailand has the same number of Olympic medals as India yet India has a population of 1 Billion.

[brianthainess]

1 hour ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

Thais have sports days at school but don't actually play any. It's not compulsory. 

I beg to differ at our local school the kids tend to spend more time playing sport than inside a classroom. They have Outside undercover volley ball. cricket nets, netball/basket ball, courts, and now a brand new full-size Astro-turfed flood lit football pitch. and this is a village school.

[cdemundo]

6 minutes ago, Smokin Joe said:

 

Thailand has the same number of Olympic medals as India yet India has a population of 1 Billion.

That brings up another question I have wondered about.

Since India and China have the largest populations, why don't they dominate sport?

 

Especially football (and a close second basketball) because there isn't a lot of expense for equipment.

I'm guessing it's the same answer. No youth development.

 

[cdemundo]

7 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

I beg to differ at our local school the kids tend to spend more time playing sport than inside a classroom. They have Outside undercover volley ball. cricket nets, netball/basket ball, courts, and now a brand new full-size Astro-turfed flood lit football pitch. and this is a village school.

Possibly your local school is not typical of Thai schools?

[IvorBiggun2]

7 minutes ago, brianthainess said:

I beg to differ

So do I. I have 3 teenage children and this week was 'Sports Week'. My kids went to school dressed for sport but never actually took part in any.

[brianthainess]

3 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:

So do I. I have 3 teenage children and this week was 'Sports Week'. My kids went to school dressed for sport but never actually took part in any.

So your kids are not into sport, why did they not play any ? the kids at our school are also playing after school hours. 

[Gottfrid]

35 minutes ago, Smokin Joe said:

 

Thailand has the same number of Olympic medals as India yet India has a population of 1 Billion.

That was long time ago, man Today they are 1,44 billion. However, that only makes your point stronger. 🙂 

This is just another thread made up by a newbie that has not done any research and only post something out of the blue. Has been turning up a lot of this lately.

[oxo1947]

 

2 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

Thailand has the same number of Olympic medals as India yet India has a population of 1 Billion.

 

The Philippines with nearly double the Thia population of Thailand----in its history at the Olympic games has --how many Gold   == 1

 

Could the answer be--- because India and Philippines hate Farangs more then ...Thailand.........