Recent content by flappergirl

It’s not interesting to me, nice, but boring

I did not understand how that could be at the time. I was just a fan and I understood the selection process ahead of time, how could the Parkettes not understand? It did not make sense, but also I was relieved because kim always peaked for selection and never competed well internationally

i was thinking English, Irish and German, though there are a lot of people with Scandinavian descent in the US, I wouldn’t know since everyone would call them white. I just hate white and black as designations. Though it’s unavoidable

I remember feeling at the time that the selection was skewed against Donnell. I could be wrong and he was inconsistent, but so was everyone else. It seemed like a old boys frat club liked their team to be of N European descent. Danell Leyva didn’t fit in either. It seems way better now

I don’t understand the Russian, but you can tell exactly what the moves are. It can train the eyes for people who love gymnastics and want to understand better. This would be perfect in English

My first favorite gymnast (not counting Nadia) was Natalia Frolova. We read that she was running a gym in St Petersburg, but it’s hard to hear news about past gymnasts

This reminds me of when I was a super fan, I had a code of points, watched the competitions over and over, wrote my predictions and theories and imagined fictional stories, but no internet… It was a hard time to be a fan, no information. My husband went to the library and xeroxed all past...

Does Seals training include ugly stuff like this? I mean, basic training breaks people down so the obey automatically, but I thought seals focused on developing high level skills

Yeah, when I agreed with makam, I was thinking of happiness as a general state of being when you push yourself super hard, because you want to, yeah a coach helps you course-correct and you may even hate him/her and get mad and feel exhausted or push through pain, but the drive comes from...

Sounds like usag

Admittedly I was just a new fan watching on tv with no Internet to speak of, but I thought her gymnastics was way below par compared to the Soviets, obviously, but also Missy Marlowe and other good Americans

I 100% agree about coaches can’t always be nice, but there needs to be a line that cannot be crossed. Obviously gymnasts cannot be sexually or physically abused, starved or forced to compete in minor competitions at all. And there needs to be a policy about injuries that maximizes the gymnast’s...

I agree we need more higher standards, but it the pendulum should not swing towards abuse. Coaches need resources, because there are so many areas they need to understand: code of points, how to motivate, the progressions necessary to lay a good foundation, how to handle different ages...

Exactly. I see parallels in the US and worry about the LA Olympics, but also hope I’m wrong

I would probably since I hate tight clothes. I like to swim in shorts and a bathing suit top