Recent content by makam

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 🔥.

Yeah, you hope she didn't jump from a full pond to an even fuller pond.

Could France be experiencing a post olympic bump? I know they didn't medal, but was money dumped into gyms in the run up? Or would it be too soon to be seeing that?

That feels...ambitious. Is there a 3-event score?

Leanne seems like a very self-motivated gymnast. It makes you wonder how she would have done under a coach like Spini or one who wasn't so invested they give the athlete the silent treatment when they failed to perform to the coaches standard. Gotta think Al and Armine's intensity affected...

Man, it sounds like she was trying to be nice about Al and Armine but talk about damning with faint praise. Her basics seem better than most gage gymnasts but they did never seem to get to her top potential--from the summary it definitely seems they spent more time working against her than with...

Yeah, the international ones that choose Utah or Alabama always leave me scratching my head but maybe proximity to transportation overrides the drawbacks. And, well, if they offer you the scholarship, you go where you go. But Utah or 'bama have to be major culture shock.

Someone just aching for a broken heart...

Okay, you know I meant barbosu... but, on point response.

Someone's gotta have the numbers of her vs Esposito vs Barbosa vs Hang(? Not sure who is the current best USA) vs whoever is top in China (one of the Zhangs? Qin?) vs Sugihara. That feels like it covers the top gymnasts we've seen. I always liked when Spencer or someone broke out the numbers and...

Guess mommyblogging or whatever she does isn't paying the bills--gotta hitch that wagon to the culture wars and trashing minor children of a minority group. Seems on brand.