Recent content by makam

Well, he said the right thing there, too bad he didn't practice it...

I realize this was the era of "if you stop training for even a minute, you will lose every single skill" but damn. Insanity from every side.

No, like "I'm trying to do a switch half but my back leg is at maybe 30 degrees from vertical, nowhere 90." So if you made it an "L half," at least the form deductions would go away. Watch Sabrina's bb, it might have been the filming angle, but it was tragic looking.

Yeah, has there ever been a reason given why bars requirements are so basic?

I think my question got lost, but could someone submit an "L" leap/jump so that you don't get penalized for shitty switch halfs? "I totes meant for it to look like that!" Even if it was down a letter or two, the fewer deductions should compensate.

I wonder what the general reaction would be if the track and swimming athletes started blinging out their uniforms. And think how rhinestones could change an outdoor tennis match ("Ah! I was blinded by her sparkle and missed the lob."). We don't see basketball players with flesh mesh cutouts and...

Dang, she was my favorite to take the win. She must really want the break because I'm sure she also noticed she was the one to beat--the other gymnasts with comparable scores suffer from more inconsistency than she does.

Yeah. Her acting/line delivery has improved, much more natural sounding than the sportswear commercials. They do have to do a voice over telling us who she is because I'm betting (hah) the more adult audience they are targeting does not know who she is or follow her socials.

That 3/4 (?) jump Sabrina does in the first half of her routine, could she submit it as a new skill, an "L" jump, and not get the deductions it is probably bleeding?

Okay, your personal experience doesn't negate the impression people who don't have your "insider" view get. LOL. And it hardly helps that one of the currently most famous gymnasts is doing betting website ads in a bathtub in the middle of a stadium for some reason. LOL. No weird impressions are...

Nunno is such an attention where. But the networks ate that shit up back then, so I guess he knew his audience.

I don't love the "glamor shots" look, they are elite athletes. It feels like it minimizes their worth to how good they look in the highly edited pics. Guess they all love it, so as long as they all have bought in and want to, whatever. Feels like it plays into stereotypes from the outside though.

I was scrolling through, I was going to comment that Esponda would fit in at LSU, already having the required tan color. So, guess she found her people.

And offered personal consultations--one session free with the class, extra sessions by the hour. I also think coaches should be showing them historic and interesting routines of the past. Let them see what is possible and what interesting skills might have fallen out of fashion but would...

I think they must cuz so many keep them when there has to be literally anything else of more value or it might be bad coaching, hard to know without the athlete weighing in. No way was Kayla DiCello getting positive points on her switch half but it showed up in every routine. And Kara Eaker (or...