That's awesome that you know him! Hope he finishes well tonight!
Having been to some of the meets... the way they set it up, the commentators are off to the right at the beginning of the vault runway, off the right end of the beam. The commentators are loud enough, that if you were just standing at beam or beginning of the runway, you would be able to hear them. Luckily, the gymnasts are used to blocking out the extra noise and getting in the zone. But for a first year senior, I imagine that could be a little overwhelming.
yeah i was thinking the same thing. i know on bars and beam and esp floor you can easily block them out, but that the beginning of vault that would be a little hard. I just thought they were being a little too loud, i don't know the guys name but i don't like him...at all.
Haha don't worry, I don't like any of them. Tim Daggett, Al Trautwig, and Elfi Schlegel need to stop being the NBC commentators and make way for people who are great at presenting the meet. I love when they have John Rethlisberger and Tasha Schwikert do the commentary at smaller events, they should hire them full time.
they really should. Tim & Al... :banghead: it really annoys me when someone messes up and they're like "OHH OHH OHH THAT WAS NOT SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN" well...yeah...can you please say that without you sounding like the work is going to end?
i wouldn't just cause he's from michigan...sorry lol its just a little ohio state-michigan rivalry haha but yeah he has a good shot
I don't have an answer for you, but my guess is that since the guys are usually older, they are probably in college and do their training there.
Most women stay elite in a club before going and training NCAA because the caliber of women's NCAA vs. Elite is very different. I'm pretty sure in women's you cannot compete NCAA and Elite in conflict with one another, which is different from the men. Men who train college and elite together, usually compete at Nationals representing the facility in which they train, which would be that university. I only know of one woman who did that recently, which was Vanessa Zamarripa who competed NCAA with UCLA and then switched to Elite still representing UCLA as that was where she trained.
I thought it was like that with the womens so I assumed it was the same with the mens, which is why I got confused. Thanks :)
