WAG Evolution of Beam

[LindyHopper]

Just saw this for the first time today. It's been around a while, but I thought others might be interested too.

 

[GymMom4]

How fun! Thanks for sharing!

 

[l.c.o]

That's really cool to watch it evolve.

And for me a bit of an epiphany... The balance beam seems to have genuinely started out as a balance beam. As in, to showcase the athlete's ability balance in a variety of positions on a 4" (was it 4" then?) beam.

Today, it more of a tumble beam. It showcases an athlete's ability to tumble on a 4" wide beam... Not that it isn't a tremendous feat, and not that it doesn't require an insane ability to balance, but feels a bit like a different skill set to me...?

 

[ladybird]

And here within lurks the beginnings of the wolf turn in one of those grainy 50's videos.

Who knew?

 

[Deleted member 18037]

That was very cool.

And yes the beginning of wolf turns and I liked them back then.

Another thing, in the 50's 60's, they actually looked old enough to be women.

 

[duyetanh]

And here within lurks the beginnings of the wolf turn in one of those grainy 50's videos.

Who knew?

Omg....

 

[Gymmommy71]

I liked the 80's and 90's the best. You don't see a lot of those artistic flexibilty/dance moves anymore. It's interesting that the acro skills really haven't even gotten harder since then either (I've always been under the impression that today's stuff is harder) - people were doing all kinds of fulls, etc., and consecutive layouts, etc. even back then.

 

[cadybearsmommy]

This was really cool to watch, thanks for posting!