Recent content by makam

This whole thing doesn't take effect until after worlds, right? My heart is hoping for a beautiful montages of shitty scales from qualifications.

When the thread leads off with those Italian abominations, these German ones don't even ping the radar.

The one thing FIG should do in its busybodiness is define what kind of lighting is allowable at events. It would be a better use of their power than saying what facial expressions are good and which are bad.

Or bra strap showing... I want someone to work air walking into their choreography. Or som Raygun moves cuz whose to say those aren't artistic when presented as part of a performance?

I assume it is an extrapolation from all the gymnasts with back issues that stopped doing inbars. I'm guessing if you don't have the right technique or right body type (assuming a longer torso is better vs long legs), you are probably putting strain on your back in a way that can cause you...

Death to the leap sequence! Or give them a box of 10 possible artistic things, including a leap sequence for the same value and let the gymnast pick what fits in their routine. A cartwheel looks more artistic than the labored leap sequences in every routine. On beam, death to the switch half!

The thing is, with gymnasts trending older, you'd think they would look around, compare their results/routines and say to their coach "this needs to be better, what do we do." It is one thing for kids and juniors to lack awareness but if you are doing gymnastics in your 20s, you have made it a...

So Simone looks to have basically flat feet. Can flat footed people even achieve a komova-esque toe point?

Sadly, I don't think that is the ugliest "fashion" she has worn this year.

"No one caresssss" feels pretty mild from what I've seen of social media. Look, I don't think Simone and I would be friends in real life and she ain'tpaying me to leap to her defense, but this is absolute weaksauce compared to the vile hate that gets heaped on her. I'm giving her a pass on this...

On a note related to the horror of social media, is there like a bot farm of Simone haters trolling the gymnastics videos on Facebook? Literally any time some account posts a video of Simone's routines or a compilation she is included in, piles of people comment "she never sticks her landings"...

Tired of a year old post? Also, can we admit floor music is highly personal? Some is like nails on a chalkboard but the gymnast must like it enough to hear it every day. Even your favorite fx ever, you'll find someone who hated the music, thought it was background noise, or didn't fit the dance...

Well, maybe a lesson was learned about how an internet dogpile gets out of control.

Maybe. She sefinitely has some of the better technique leaving the springboard. Most gymnasts are starting to tuck when their hands hit the table which kills their rotational moment arm; she stayed pretty well laid out. Her second salto started pretty low compared to the table. I'm going to say...

Yeah, hot damn, that was 🔥.