So, with fall-breaking... do you sort of half-catch and fall with them?
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Trudy Booth - Aug 18, 2008 6:59:53 pm PDT #4200 of 10003
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msbelle - Aug 18, 2008 7:00:06 pm PDT #4201 of 10003
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb
gah, I am still catching up on Olympics - watching some of tonight's and then some from last week. women's 10000 - LOVED. Women's shotput - surprisingly cutiehead.
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tiggy - Aug 18, 2008 7:01:53 pm PDT #4202 of 10003
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Is it that the element is particularly tricky and they're ready to break a fall?
this. you'll notice they only come out when it's a tricky release skill.
And in trampoline, why does the coach (I guess) stand at the side with a big mat?
i'm no trampoline expert, but i would assume that it would be to break the gymnasts fall if she started coming in that direction.
Trudy Booth - Aug 18, 2008 7:03:47 pm PDT #4203 of 10003
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
i'm no trampoline expert, but i would assume that it would be to break the gymnasts fall if she started coming in that direction.
I thought that at first, but what about the other direction?
Sophia Brooks - Aug 18, 2008 7:07:04 pm PDT #4204 of 10003
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It is a good thing I am not a coach, because I would be running in there to breqak everyones fall! I do the mom hand out on the passenger seat when I stop short, and I am not even a mom, nor do I normally have passengers!!
tiggy - Aug 18, 2008 7:07:07 pm PDT #4205 of 10003
I do believe in killing the messenger, you know why? Because it sends a message. ~ Damon Salvatore
I thought that at first, but what about the other direction?
they're screwed? hee! i have no idea!
DavidS - Aug 18, 2008 7:11:17 pm PDT #4206 of 10003
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Can I also talk about how cool pole vaulters are? How they are my athletic ideal.... you have to be good at lots of different body areas to be a pole vaulter. And insane.
Back in the 70s there was a show called Superstars where athletes from different sports competed against each other (you couldn't do anything in your own sport). And the pole vaulters were almost invariably the best all around athletes with amazing coordination, speed and strength.
aurelia - Aug 18, 2008 7:11:30 pm PDT #4207 of 10003
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Ouch.
So, why are there different tie-breaker methods for men's and women's gymnastics?
Trudy Booth - Aug 18, 2008 7:24:01 pm PDT #4208 of 10003
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So, why are there different tie-breaker methods for men's and women's gymnastics?
I think its the different events, not the different genders.
If parallel bars had two scores like vault does I think they'd do it the vault way.
msbelle - Aug 18, 2008 7:25:45 pm PDT #4209 of 10003
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dude, I LOVED Superstars.