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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
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.
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?
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!!
I thought that at first, but what about the other direction?
they're screwed? hee! i have no idea!
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.
The one moment from the Sydney Olympics that I will never till my dying day forget: [link]
Ouch.
So, why are there different tie-breaker methods for men's and women's gymnastics?
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.
dude, I LOVED Superstars.
I thought that at first, but what about the other direction?
The judges are on that side, so you would be blocking their view if you were spotting. And yes, the mats are for breaking a fall.
I LOVED Superstars.
Me too! I remembered the kickassiness of pole vaulters from that.
The Russian female pole vaulter cracks me up.
So, with fall-breaking... do you sort of half-catch and fall with them?
It's more that the coach knows how to spot that move and what's likely to go wrong, so they can guide the gymnast's body in a less dangerous direction. And the coaches tend to be in pretty good shape, and the gymnasts tend to weigh about 5 pounds, so sometimes they can just catch them, like in this example of little Nastia: