February 2012
85 posts
obscurereality replied to your post: obscurereality replied to…
you can still do 3 up 3 count with seven it just gives you more options
Yeah, especially if something happens like last year or in 2008 with injuries, you don’t have to put up the same three girls on practically every event. Spread the love. Have some AAers and some event specialists.
obscurereality replied to your post: dancingdingledodies replied to…
exactly… I say go back to teams of 7 with 3 for everything.
I agree. A lot more fair and balanced.
dancingdingledodies replied to your post: dancingdingledodies replied to…
That’s true. I mean some girls deserve to be there, like Porras from Guatemala, but honestly even though I’m Puerto Rican the PRican girl has no business going to the Olympics. They should have some kind of score cut off like you said.
Yeah, if Porras didn’t get to go I would die, because she is brilliant! And...
dancingdingledodies replied to your post: dancingdingledodies replied to…
For me it was when Kelli Hill defended her. haha I love Kelli, and she obviously hated Bela, but got along with Marta.
Oh yeah, very true. Kelli Hill is the “mom”-iest of coaches in the world, lol. She would never lead us astray! Geddert can be a giant dick but I think he’s got a lot of integrity.
dancingdingledodies replied to your post: obscurereality replied to…
They made it 5 so more athletes from more countries got to go, but it still sucks. I mean, a bunch of amazing international athletes aren’t gonna make it anyway so.
Oh, yeah, I guess that makes sense but I’d rather see more top athletes from the US, Russia, China, etc than girls from more varied countries who earn...
obscurereality replied to your post: obscurereality replied to…
Yes more options…. less heartbreak for all involved… I want to go back to 7
AMEN.
198.05
dancingdingledodies:
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198.05!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I. AM. SCREAMING.
UCLA IS THE SHIZNIT OMFGGGGGGGGGGGGG
This is why UCLA was ranked #1 Preseason. They have IT.
U - C - L - A U - C - L - A UCLA FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
I was eight clapping alone in my room!
dancingdingledodies replied to your post: wagrobanite replied to…
yep. this is my only problem with Marta as well. I really do think she has the athletes best interest at heart though. I mean why would so many former athletes love and respect her?
Yeah, it’s true, and when I kind of bashed her before Worlds, I got that email from John Geddert where he was basically like blah blah I...
obscurereality replied to your post: forcedrhyme replied to…
Why 5? It’s so few. Ahhhh. Are basically my thoughts.
I hate it! Are they trying to make it more challenging??? Stupid. I like big teams with more options. So silly.
wagrobanite replied to your post: wagrobanite replied to…
phew! I do questions some of Marta’s decisions, like not sending any girls to the test event and I think having two camps right before the Olympics was a mistake but yah she’s done good for USA gymnastics
Yes, I don’t like the crazy camps and think they’re there’s got to be a better way than the system of...
forcedrhyme replied to your post: forcedrhyme replied to…
I kinda don’t mind that she’s not doing a comeback now. There are so many girls I want on that team (more than any other year I think) that I’m bound to get my heart broken. If Sam was in the mix, I’d legit cry after Trials. I still might cry anyway.
Yeah, I totally get that…I think for me, Sam would be the one I’d want...
dancingdingledodies replied to your post: UCLA DESTROYS ARIZONA STATE, 198.05 TO 194.85
I’m happy Alyssa P is doing so well. Good for her.
Me too! She looks great on floor and holds her own against the top athletes on the team.
Huge Sweep for UCLA
Vault
1. Olivia Courtney (UCLA) - 9.975 2. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs (UCLA) - 9.925 3. Vanessa Zamarripa (UCLA) - 9.9
Bars
1. Monique De La Torre (UCLA) - 9.95 2T. Mattie Larson (UCLA) - 9.9 2T. Aisha Gerber (UCLA) - 9.9
Beam
1T. Samantha Peszek (UCLA) - 9.925 1T. Mattie Larson (UCLA) - 9.925 1T. Vanessa Zamarripa (UCLA) - 9.925
Floor
1T. Olivia Courtney (UCLA) - 9.95 1T. Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs...
dancingdingledodies replied to your post: UCLA vs Arizona State - Rotation 2!
MATTIE ON BARS!!!!!!! AND AISHA 9.9!!!!!!!!!!!!
Mo on bars was a legit hero. Best I’ve ever seen her, from what I could see, which was basically the last few bits and then the dismount. Mattie and Aisha were also like WHAT THE WHAT. I was seriously like what is happening right now!? They were both awesome. More of...
forcedrhyme replied to your post: dancingdingledodies replied to your post: UCLA vs…
This is why I will forever love Sam. I kinda hopes that, when she finishes college gym, she decides to go back to elite.
I do too. I want her in elite NOW. Of all of the 2008 comebacks hers is the one I want the most yet she’s the only one not doing it, lol. Damn you. She’ll finish at UCLA in...
dancingdingledodies replied to your post: UCLA vs Arizona State - Rotation 1!
What is going on with Tauny on vault this season. :(
I feel like her vault is just not right for her…she either lands it too low or has to take huge steps! I think it’s a blind landing, which might be the problem. Just do a FTY like everyone else, dummy!
Dancing Dingledodies: wait what. →
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bridgey and macko switched to texas dreams??
Does anyone know what’s going on with this?
USAG has them listed at TD, but according to their twitters Bridgey is still living in Chicago. Ummmmm
The only blog I found that talked about this was a blatantly anti-Martha blog…
GGMB posted this a few weeks ago but no one really caught onto the news until...
dancingdingledodies replied to your post: UCLA vs Arizona State - Rotation 3!
lol Sam: Injured! Do harder routine.
LOL I KNOW. Sam was like, ugh my frigging wrist injury, I guess I better upgrade instead of taking time off, nbd.
UCLA DESTROYS ARIZONA STATE, 198.05 TO 194.85
UCLA (floor)
Tauny Frattone - whip half to rudi into double stag, goes right back into second pass which is a great double pike! this combo always amazes me…leaps look a little short, fhs rudi to shushunova, great routine! - 9.875
Mattie Larson - super high double pike but one foot OOB (a new pass for her, according to Allison Taylor), lovely illusion turn, stop with the close-ups, you...
198.05
198.05!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I. AM. SCREAMING.
Pretty sure UCLA is about to BAAAAAMF through...
UCLA vs Arizona State - Rotation 3!
UCLA (beam)
Aisha Gerber - wobbles on her low turn, side somi with a balance check, pretty front aerial, bhs layout into a layout full, stuck! - 9.875
Kaelie Baer - off on her side somi, looks like she was way off from the start and literally landed the skill…just on the mat instead of the beam. BHS layout to layout full with a stick - 9.25
Mattie Larson - front aerial is gorgeous, bhs loso is...
UCLA vs Arizona State - Rotation 2!
UCLA (bars)
Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs - beautiful overshoot, blind change into Khorkina, beautiful handstands, double back looked like she came off waaaaaay too early but she hits it with just a tiny hop - 9.85
Olivia Courtney - shaposh to high, overshoot back to low, toe on back to high, half in half out dismount with a small step, her routine is like five seconds long!! so quick but looked good! -...
UCLA vs Arizona State - Rotation 1!
UCLA (vault)
Kaelie Baer - FTY with a small hop - 9.8
Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs - stuck FTY it looked like, leg separation on the entry - 9.925
Mattie Larson - WOW, legs completely glued together on her FTY, slight pike on the landing and a tiny hop - 9.85
Olivia Courtney - that was pretty much perfection, legs glued, stuck landing! - 9.975!
Tauny Frattone - looked a little off, took a huge hop...
wagrobanite replied to your post: obscurereality replied to…
Was she really showing obscenities at them?!
No, haha. I was just joking about what people think she does…I feel like people think Marta is this evil person who tries to destroy the team when really she is just doing her job, which is very difficult and she has to make some tough decisions that not everyone agrees with, but...
WatchI can’t believe I’m sharing this because it’s incredibly awkward but this is the first gym interview I ever did (for Couch Gymnast). I no longer film them because I felt awkward talking while filming and I feel like the athletes don’t know where to look…at me, or into the camera. I am an awkward person in general so in this situation I was actin’ a fool. On...
obscurereality replied to your post: obscurereality replied to…
Everyone uses her as a scape goat…
Yeah, they do. It’s unfortunate. It’s like, Alicia ruptures her Achilles? Blame Marta! The US wins silver instead of gold? Must be Marta’s fault! The US wins gold with only five athletes against the odds, beating even Russia’s winning score from the year before? Marta...
Alabama beats Louisiana State 197.025 to 196.575
Despite slightly underperforming on bars, Alabama was still able to come out on top at Louisiana State, defeating the Tigers after an exciting meet.
Rotation 1. LSU did well on vault, with no real issues. They earned a 49.15 total and Rheagan Courville did best for the team, earning a 9.9 and the third place spot. Bama wasn’t at their best on bars, hitting routines but staying in the 9.8...
stndingtuck replied to your video: Shayla missing the high bar…on her mount. One of…
Its not a competition if Shayla doesn’t have a problem!
LOL, nope! It’s what I look forward to every meet!
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Sharaya Musser fell on bars!!!!
Is this the first time she’s ever fallen EVER in her life!? It feels like it.
Draw for 2012 Olympics Games completed →
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Oooh, for once Romania isn’t in the first subdivision! I think they were for the 2010 Worlds and 2011 Worlds.
Canada, Great Britain, France, and USA in one - very interesting. Looks like the US is starting on floor, which they did in Beijing.
According to The All Around, it looks like the USA will start on vault.
obscurereality replied to your post: obscurereality replied to…
Marta is all knowing. I wish she would be like FIG president… but then I don’t bc she is ours & I don’t want to share. The team is so good bc of her.
I know!! I feel like it’s such an unpopular opinion to LIKE Marta but look at the team since she took over in 2001. Even look at Sydney compared to Athens!! It’s...
obscurereality replied to your post: obscurereality replied to your post: Gabby Douglas…
Yeah loved how usually it was someone first senior meet. But Marta knows what she is doing.
That she does! I trust that bitch more than I trust my own mother. When that USA Today article came out a few days ago and she said something about staying on for 2016 all of the comments were like back at...
obscurereality replied to your post: Gabby Douglas scored 62+ AA at the most recent camp!!!
Love all three of them but with Aly & Jordyn pro it just makes more promo sense. I would think.
Yeah, I’m pretty sure the fact that they’re pro is the reason why they’re doing it a third time each. Otherwise it wouldn’t really be worth it for either of them! I was hoping for...
Gabby Douglas scored 62+ AA at the most recent...
Apparently there was some inflation due to a special “bonus” or something? But WOW. Guess she’s doing the Amanar and has upgraded bars?? I think just yesterday or the day before I said I just had a feeling about her in terms of her making the Olympic team. If she can keep this up, I don’t see how Marta will leave her off.
PS how many of you would rather see Gabby compete...
Judging controversy mars Utah gymnasts’ win →
myinnermonoblog:
Explanation for why Stephanie McAllister received only a 9.675 when everyone in the arena was screaming for a 10.0. Spanny, Brigid and I were like “the fuck?” when her score came out, because her routine was awesome. Apparently she didn’t meet the leap requirement so they took her SV down to a 9.8. Why would her routine SUDDENLY not meet the requirement after performing it all...
Utah vs Stanford: AA/Event
Vault
1. Kyndal Robarts (Utah) - 9.975 2T. Tory Wilson (Utah) - 9.9 2T. Nicole Dayton (Stanford) - 9.9
Bars
1T. Ashley Morgan (Stanford) - 9.85 1T. Nicole Pechanec (Stanford) - 9.85 3. Georgia Dabritz (Utah) - 9.825
Beam
1T. Kyndal Robarts (Utah) - 9.875 1T. Amanda Spinner (Stanford) - 9.875 3T. Mary Beth Lofgren (Utah) - 9.85 3T. Cortni Beers (Utah) - 9.85 3T. Shona Morgan (Utah) - 9.85
...
Utah wins 196.3 to 196.1!
UTAH (floor)
Tory Wilson - this girl is great! what an awesome double layout to start, and a huge double pike to finish. awesome! - 9.775
Nansy Damianova - stuck double tuck, front full to front layout, nice double pike with a little bounce to finish - 9.825
Kyndal Robarts - big arabian double front to start, amazing double pike! - 9.8
Georgia Dabritz - one of my favorite FX routines of the...
dancingdingledodies replied to your post: THEORY: every other NCAA coach pays Shayla Worley a hefty sum to be a mole for Georgia. It’s literally her job to fall.
i seriously worry for her mental health. :(
I do, too, but it doesn’t even seem to bother her! At Nationals last year her team was all huddling and crying and praying it out when they didn’t make the Super Six, and she...
dancingdingledodies replied to your post: Florida defeats Georgia 197.525 to 196.825
would it be terribly mean to say i can’t stand to watch noel couch? her gymnastics is just not appealing to me in any way.
THANK YOU! She is probably my least favorite NCAA gymnast. I don’t get her appeal at all. I want to turn away when she’s on the screen.
Utah gains the lead, 147.25 to 146.875
UTAH (beam)
Kassandra Lopez - bhs loso was shaky, front punch with a balance check, nice double twist off with a small hop back - 9.8
Stephanie McAllister - solid bhs loso loso, big wobble on a turn, straddles the beam for her low requirement, double twist off - 9.775
Mary Beth Lofgren - bhs loso with a balance check, missed the rest! - 9.85
Corrie Lothrop - nice aerial, off on the bhs loso...
Stanford leads 48.175 to 48.1 after two rotations!
UTAH (bars)
Mary Beth Lofgren - close/tight tkachev but she caught it, overshoot to low was great, knees bent on some handstands, flipped the DLO around like a boss and stuck it! - 9.675
Kassandra Lopez - CRAZY high tkachev, she literally paused in the air, DLO with a little hop back - 9.8
Hailee Hansen - Fell on a release, which I missed…dismount had a tiny hop - 9.05
Cortni Beers -...
Utah leads Stanford 49.3 to 49.0
UTAH (vault)
Corrie Lothrop - wonderfully stuck FTY! - 9.85
Stephanie McAllister - FTY, a tiny bit piked, rebounded back quite a bit - 9.8
Kassandra Lopez - Nice FTY but HUGE rebound, bounced back at least five feet from where she landed - 9.75
Tori Wilson - Stuck FTY, good but a little piked as she turned the layout around - 9.9
Georgia Dabritz - Another vault with a ton of...
god, there's a picture of Fabian Hambuchen...
wagrobanite:
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i could be attracted to that kind of thing since F.Hambuchen is hot…
but it was flapping around and it looked like a elephant’s trunk with a little pig nose on the end. *scared for life*
Considering what he said in his book, I’m not at all surprised!
It’s a fake, sadly. :( I for one enjoy the pics of Phillipp Boy on high bar in his undies.
Florida vs Georgia: AA & Events
Vault
1. Kytra Hunter (Florida) - 9.95 2T. Ashanee Dickerson (Florida) - 9.9 2T. Alaina Johnson (Florida) - 9.9 2T. Cat Hires (Georgia) - 9.9 2T. Kat Ding (Georgia) - 9.9
Bars
1. Marissa King (Florida) - 9.925 2. Alaina Johnson (Florida) - 9.9 3T. Ashanee Dickerson (Florida) - 9.875 3T. Noel Couch (Georgia) - 9.875 3T. Chelsea Davis (Georgia) - 9.875
Beam
1. Marissa King (Florida) - 9.95 2....
Florida defeats Georgia 197.525 to 196.825
FLORIDA (floor)
Amy Ferguson - Music was too low when she began and she had to step off but just a minor glitch, 1.5 to front half to punch front (awesome!), front full to piked front punch also awesome, good routine - 9.85
Randy Stageberg - oh my lord a full twisting double pike and I think her heel went OOB like a centimeter, but mylanta that was amazeballs. Pretty double twist in the second...