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u/Ute_Gym_Fan · 1 pointr/Gymnastics

>Then our whole university system should be burned from the ground up. The point of our university system isn't to learn, you can learn anything you want for much much cheaper on your own. People go to University for the social experience and networking.

>UCLA and other big brand Universities have fooled you and everyone else into thinking that it's a skills meritocracy. It's not. It's a networking meritocracy. Expecting it to be anything else means you don't really know the truth of the system.

Honestly, yes. Our university system is beyond fucked up. Read Jason Brennan's Cracks in the Ivory Tower; it shows how bad it is - honestly, I would rather take the east Asian system of basing everything on a test score than what we have now (indeed, the reason why those countries do that is because anything else is easily corruptible in their countries). Where did I say that I thought the current system is a meritocracy? I mentioned meritocracy because it should be a goal to strive towards, and indeed, many countries do a better job than the US in that respect.

>THE WHOLE ADMISSIONS PROCESS IS LIKE THIS.

>You are "calling out" 0.01% of the students admitted to UCLA. What about the other 99.99%?

>Making moral judgments about Val and her NCAA gymnastics team is 100% cherry picking what you get outraged about.

There's a name for the kind of argument that you just made. My criticism of Miss Val doesn't mean that I won't criticize other aspects of admissions, and indeed I have some very strong opinions on the state of college admissions today.

>3 national championships is a hall of fame career. Let's wait until she gets there.

She's won 4 of the last 6 and is a favorite to win again this year. More germane to this argument though is that she has done so without being able to rely on the name-brand juggernaut that is UCLA and has gotten more out of less.

>And KJ sure as hell hasn't done as much for the sport as Val. KJ hasn't ever said anything to go against her conservative schools agenda. Hell, they even went to visit Trump when countless other athletes have refused to go. Not sure how you can compare Val to KJ when KJ let Trump parade around in front of her team like he belongs there.

>Now that I think about it, I haven't ever heard KJ say anything other than typical coach-speak stuff.

Shifting goalposts. I don't think it's disputed that Miss Val has had profound influence on NCAA gymnastics. I will agree that KJ will not have the cultural legacy that Val has had on the sport, but that was not what I was making the comparison for.

As for KJ, I am evaluating her merits as a coach. She has been extremely effective at that. Her first win in 2014 involved exactly 1 elite - McKenzie Wofford. They went neck-and-neck against a Florida team loaded with former elites and an Olympian in Bridget Sloan. Since then, her 3 subsequent championships have been decisive, winning and winning big against teams that are no less talented than Oklahoma's. You can say "well she should recruit better", but she has a more difficult recruiting sell (though it has been getting easier as of late because of the championships) than UCLA or Florida. She might indeed be somewhat boring, apolitical, and unwilling to say profound or controversial things, but she is a frighteningly effective coach that delivers results.

u/King_Tofu · 1 pointr/Gymnastics

Hey OP, I know this is late but the book you used, "Building the Gymnastics Body: 7 Summits!" is that the same as building the gymnastics body: The Science of Gymnastics Strength Training? I plan on phasing my barbell workouts to gymnastics because that seems more fun. Thanks in advance!

u/Fifth_Down · 2 pointsr/Gymnastics

> whether you believe she was well known or not

I specifically talked about her not being as famous as her contemporaries, not that she isn't famous at all. And those are two very different arguments. Also, writing a book isn't something unique to Miller:

Kerri Strug has a book from 1997

Dominique Moceanu has a book from 1997

Kim Zmeskal has a book from 1994 written by the same author of your Shannon Miller book

Dominique Moceanu has another book from 1997 that was also written by the same person who wrote the Miller book.

And the nice thing about Amazon is that it tells you how successful each book is. Shannon Miller's book is ranked 12,355th in sports biographies. Kerri's is ranked 4,805th and Dominique Moceanu's is ranked 10,200th

u/pja314 · 10 pointsr/Gymnastics

Love it!

For those unaware, Generalova was featured in the same doc as Aly back in 2016, Gold Medal Families.

She also starred in Taylor Swift's Shake it Off music video.

u/beanreen · 1 pointr/Gymnastics

Also this 1997 book disagrees with you, whether you believe she was well known or not, she was highly celebrated for being America's most decorated gymnast.

Shannon Miller: America's Most Decorated Gymnast : A Biography https://www.amazon.com/dp/0964346052/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_G8s0Cb6P7KVJA

u/Smartman1775 · 2 pointsr/Gymnastics

I bought a black diamond crash mat for $300 it looked like this but was blue and didn’t fold
crash pad I quickly realized that i couldn’t do any flip tricks on it because it was too soft to get a bounce off of, and whenever i tried to flip onto it i would miss the pad and eat shit. It’s very small but Maybe you have better accuracy than myself. I would recommend it if you can actually land on it every time. I fell into it from my rooftop (two stories) and only got the wind knocked out of me. Can definitely vouch for its cushion.

u/homerule · 24 pointsr/Gymnastics

Her book comes out in September. I imagine we'll be seeing a lot more of Denhollander then :)

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Book available for pre-order here!

u/carly__ann · 2 pointsr/Gymnastics

Like these?

Medusa Rubber Sole Gymnastic Shoes Goat Leather Gymnastics Shoe USA
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01MTA02P2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_M9RwDb5595M5B

u/Levski123 · 4 pointsr/Gymnastics

Aside from what was recommended you could try
http://www.amazon.com/Overcoming-Gravity-Systematic-Gymnastics-Bodyweight/dp/1467933120

This book is sure to give you the low down

u/b0n3rjamz · 2 pointsr/Gymnastics

If she has the space at home for it, maybe a floor beam?