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There’s gymnasts of all shapes and sizes throughout the provincial teams, and China has had plenty of powerful gymnasts in the past who could vault and tumble.
I would put it more like… WOGA is good at coaching UB but typically have weaker vaulters. Karolyi could get all his gymnasts hitting BB but their UB were lacking. MLT and Kelli Hill could coach strong UB, while Brestyan gymnasts were a mess on UB but could out tumble everyone. Parkettes can’t teach good form but can show everyone how to vault on a broken leg.
None of those gyms were selecting certain types of gymnasts, they got whoever happened to sign up, but their coaching teams had certain strengths and weaknesses. China used to have a few decent VT/FX coaches (Lu, Xiong) but they retired. The current National team staff consists of a surplus of coaches that are great at coaching UB and BB. So they brought in Chow and changed their conditioning program. After his contract ended they brought in Nabieva and Paseka.
What makes the problem worse is a China is just so bad at rehabbing injuries. So you have girls come up who CAN do nice DTYs and then they get injured and you never see it again. That Ou Yushan was able to come back and be as good as she is now after coach Wang broke her is a credit to her provincial coaches.
I would put it more like… WOGA is good at coaching UB but typically have weaker vaulters. Karolyi could get all his gymnasts hitting BB but their UB were lacking. MLT and Kelli Hill could coach strong UB, while Brestyan gymnasts were a mess on UB but could out tumble everyone. Parkettes can’t teach good form but can show everyone how to vault on a broken leg.
None of those gyms were selecting certain types of gymnasts, they got whoever happened to sign up, but their coaching teams had certain strengths and weaknesses. China used to have a few decent VT/FX coaches (Lu, Xiong) but they retired. The current National team staff consists of a surplus of coaches that are great at coaching UB and BB. So they brought in Chow and changed their conditioning program. After his contract ended they brought in Nabieva and Paseka.
What makes the problem worse is a China is just so bad at rehabbing injuries. So you have girls come up who CAN do nice DTYs and then they get injured and you never see it again. That Ou Yushan was able to come back and be as good as she is now after coach Wang broke her is a credit to her provincial coaches.