The most pioneering beam worker is definitely Nadia Comaneci, since she was the first gymnast to do front arial, side arial, the killer combination of side arial back handspring and the first ever to connect a series of back handsprings after back walkover, her valdez pose remains most beautiful ever, to dismount with a double twist. So many first ones... Huh 😰😰😰
it was Olga Korbut the one who revolutionised it. if Olga hadn't done that, Nadia's routines would have been completely different, and not only Nadia's. Olga Korbut was the gymnast who changed it all.
MÜNCHOLERIE Georgia of my Kind, Only Korbut on my Mind (thıs tıme) Akhmata my lo ..love, and all The LOSO-LOSO’s in the world... To slow-dance now wıth Lohses... High-steppin’ still On and across Rרssian Tov
@@leykimayri You are right. I was there and the American gyms which were close to empty started filling up with little girls after the 1972 Olympics after Korbut did the first back tuck on the beam immediately into a front dismount of the side. They thought THAT was too dangerous. Ha. Tourescheva was the real champ of the era but Olga got the attention of the entire country. It was amazing to watch the sport explode and four years later Nadia came in with perfect form and more skills and that is when the US started packing the gyms. Now we have an abundance of talent.
I guess it's because of the Korbut move that men don't use the balance beam. But seriously, low blow can hurt women as well. Can the Korbut move be painful?
1. PLEASE, watch til the end, I know its a long video, but give me a chance lol 2. Im sorry for some grammar mistakes (not a native english speaker) 3. This is to ilustrate how much this sport evolve in this more than six decades. I hope you like it. This is the last one of this series
This set of videos is very informative, gymnastics is one of the sports that changed the most in the last decades. One thing that I noticed is that most gymnasts of the past used to wear shoes (even on bars!). Do you know when and why bare feet became the most common choice? Was it just an aestethic change or there were a technical reason?
Leonardo Ascorti I'm not sure, but I remember that one day my gymnastics teacher commented that the shoes were more of a connection with dance, let's say. Because in the beginning gym was pretty much treated as a more "acrobatic dance", the gymnasts also used shoes. I believe that as it distanced itself more from dance, this was abandoned. Also, once I heard someone saying (really don't remember who) that the shoes kind of get in the way of the friction your feet would be able to create with the ground/beam, so they end being a nuisance. Again, I may be wrong hahaha
The late 80s to early 90s was the golden era of beam. The skills were on par with the current gymnasts, sometimes even harder, and overall--there are exceptions of course--the late 80s to early 90s gymnasts were more elegant.
Fern Lin-Healy I think the late 70s to the 80s was the golden era. The routines were unique, they were graceful and it just made gymnastics way more exciting. If you look at the routines, the routines were perfected and there were barely any mistakes.
During the 80 90 less diffculty was required i think w all the required elements beam started out at9 or 9.5 then u added the extra difficulty to to reach 10 . This allowed for more variety and creativity since it was easier to get to max value (10) gymnast could spend more time on dance and variety of acro .u really see the difference in dance on floor now they need so much diffculty that they dont have hss much time or energy for elaborate cherograpy. Which is sad but i also like the open scoring system bc its less room for bias
exactly what i was thinking, those eras were really the perfect combo of acro and grace, athletic but still very intersting and artful in a way that gymnastics doesn't have today thanks to the "new" scoring
Also the COP needs to take a step back on how harsh they are with rewarding connections. Gymnasts aren't doing long exciting connections anymore, because they know they won't get credit for it
Yeah, there are a lot of beautiful skills in the present connections that make Beamer teens mesmerizing and impressive to watch, but they don’t get rewarded for it. Many of the jaw-dropping mounts come to mind . . .
Thank you for pointing this out. There are so many interesting and difficult/unique skills especially mounts and sprint board mounts out there, but gymnasts simply won't do them because of the risk to reward aspect of it. The point system doesn't differentiate those skills over the simple repetitive ones so gymnasts won't do it for risk doing it wrong and losing points when they could have done and simpler, more boring skill and easily get the points. It's all about that point system.
KameronC My observations aren’t the opposite! Some of the gals are doing short tumbling rounds, so intense. With the scoring the way it is now it’s worth doing the daring acts if you can!
5:13 gave me my FUCKING LIFE OMFG!!!.... the 70's is prob my fav. they were so graceful and they made it look easy they looked like they were on air they looked so light!
All eras had their difficulty. The early routines required perfect form and execution of moves that were less dynamic. Latter eras had much more energy and dynamic motion ... but perfect form and execution is trumped by sheer difficulty points.
Hard to find a world class gymnast who worked the beam like Yang Bo when she was younger.. her connection, fluidity and how she stretched her limbs and body was beyond imagination
This video left out one of my favorite unique connections. I only ever saw her do it once, but during the team qualifying round of the 2004 Olympic Games, Allana Slater of Australia did an Onodi+Switch leap+Rulfova. Difficult because you have to keep the free leg up after the Onodi in order to make the connection and she does it well on this occasion
80s/90s best gymnastics ever! Performances were more difficult and routines were just better. As a cheerleader, taking gymnastics, I use to idolize these gymnasts!!
For me personally, gymnastics was better back in the days, where gymnasts were more flexible, graceful and they looked beautiful performing, now is all about force, big muscles, flipping up and down and it has lost all the art 😏
BeMyRomeoo How is *flipping up and down* not art? One can one flip without being flexible? That is why Rhythmic Gymnastics exists. To showcase beauty and grace (in a classical way). The term *Artistic* in Artistic Gymnastics does not mean what you think. It means free-flowing styles as opposed to the one that were used in the late 19th century in military training. The early forms of Artistic Gymnastics included things like swimming and rock lifting and club swinging. It wasn't until 1928 when Women Artistic Gymnastics was introduced at the Amsterdam Olympics. Even then there were no apparatus to be performed. Fast forward to 1952 when WAG was standardized. It tended to attract those with ballet backgrounds. Eventually there was a new class of gymnasts trained from infancy up by the new Soviet programs that could do things others couldn't such as Nadia Comaneci at 14. This is what led to the code to increase the age of participation to 16. It's alright to have a preference but I don't know why those who like grace and all don't just watch Rhythmic Gymnastics. It is full of ballerina-like gymnasts. In Artistic Gymnastics, being able to tumble and fly better than anyone will always be prized more. www.olympic.org/gymnastics-artistic
Well everyone has their preferences so i can respect that. I see the charm of the old days tho i wasnt even born n most of these. Its really cool get to compare all the different styles
BeMyRomeoo oh gosh I’m not that flexible so I’m glad with how gymnastics is nowadays it was pretty to watch but the current skills are so much fun to watch. I personally like how gymnastics is right now and I would love to see new skills happen soon☺️
@@kundakaps simple. Rhythmic and Artistic are completely different. Obviously people enjoy WAG more. The combination of artistry and athleticism that is literally the entire basis of modern WAG is what most people enjoy. People are allowed to have opinions that don't sync with yours.
I'm not a gymnast, so please forgive me if my question seems ignorant. I've watched all four of your "development" videos (beam, bars, vault, floor), and it seems to me that some time over the course of the 70's, gymnastics went from being "a sport to show your strength and control" to "a sport to do death-defying moves in the course of which, if anything goes wrong, you could break your neck." It went from being "merely" impressive to being both impressive and terrifying to watch. Am I wrong that the 70's was when some sort of new outlook entered the gymnastics world? What happened?
Sarahle3 agree...but im a fan not a gymnast. I miss the beautiful mounts they dont do anymore. The COP for me is difficult to understand and beauty of sport replaced w difficult risky moves. I miss the 10.0 days. Love svetlana boginskaya!
Sarahle3 I'm not completely sure...but I think that the rules changed..like they got tougher towards getting perfect scores because in the 70's Nadia got them...so I guess it was because of that
Olga Korbut happened. In 72 she unveiled several new skills and was the first to introduce flighted acrobatic elements to the beam, revolutionising the gymnastics world.
90s was peak gymnastics and beam. Perfect balance of older “elegant dance” style and new “hard acro” skills. 90s routines on beam were so creative and entertaining to watch.
Wow. I remember the sport back in the 70s-80s but hadn't really watched any since until watching a vid of recent gymnasts. I was amazed at how different the sport had become, watching the progression you just Illustrated VERY well I could see how it evolved between then and now. Correct me if I'm wrong but I noticed what seems to me to be a parkour / Capoeira influence in some of the moves in the last 20 years.
@@valentinaqueenofthevalkyri3128 As much as I love Miller and will forever herald her as one of the most artistic American gymnasts of all times. Her bent knees in her acro connections used to really ruin her BB programmes for me...So while I'll def say she's up there, I can't put her on Ponor's level.
It seems like modern beam routines are just like floor routine tumbling passes. I like how the old routines highlighted the interaction between the gymnast and the beam, emphasizing with measured poise the skill of being able to actually “balance on the beam”
I’ve always loved the 80’s the best, at least for beam and floor (I’d have to re-view a video of bars to remind myself which decade is my favorite there) . . . Anyway, the 80s on those two events had the perfect combination of natural looking, beautiful dance seamlessly mixed in with impressive powerful tumbling. On the floor in particular, the routine actually went with the music.
Beam routines used to be so elegant and graceful and now they're so aggressive - I guess that could go with all the elements of gymnastics too - I'm not saying that's a bad thing either of course it's just the best way I can describe how different it is now 🤣
Nadia is such a dream to watch. Her technique, her grace...she had the whole package. Sure the routines have gotten more challenging but it seems to have come at the cost of grace and fluidity. Now it's just about setting up for the next stunt. That's why the gymnasts are all wobbly when they pull of a tough move. I still prefer Nadia's 'old fashioned' style over today's.
It's all about points and I guess the mount isn't high on their priority list. If they screw up the mount by wobbling or even falling off, that's a big deduction.
Contrast 0:56 to 8:50. Gymnasts seemed to be trained ballerinas back then and made their movement "flow." The Code of Points nowadays means you must rush through as many skills as possible within the time limit to increase your potential max score. Much less regard for form and looking like you're "floating" on the beam. You can have poor posture and facing, visibly look like your straining to stay balanced... and poses are given almost halfheartedly since they are a distraction from the next tumbling skill.
I didn’t start gymnastics until I was 14 so obviously I didn’t get very far, but it’s gratifying to know that I could have easily have been an Olympian in the 50s and 69s! Lol
I just realized how scandalized the western world must have been to see hair in the arm pits of these graceful women. Ha ha ha. I already saw this but was watching again. Thanks for the video.
Thanks, I needed that. We need one of these for every category of sport. I can't imagine footage from the 1930's. I'm going to Google right now (haha, it's as bad as you can imagine lol).
Fern Lin-Healy it's because of changes in the code. Mounts no longer count towards the difficulty of the routine, so there's no point in risking a fall with a difficult mount if you're not going to get credit for the skill.
rg lma I don't buy that excuse. In the 10.0 era, it was easy to construct a 10.0 value routine using an easy mount. Gymnasts took the same unrewarded risk when using a difficult mount. And you know what? They did it anyway.
I suppose because of movies like the Korbut at 3:14 and 3:20, men don't do the balance beam. Does it hurt women when they land and straddle the balance beam?
not a gymnast but I think the next big thing would be seamless connections moving backwards then immediately doing a forward series in all one go without stopping to catch your balance.
I'd like you list all the athlets in the vid, if you know their names and the time where they perform. It would be nice, for them and for us too :) Thanks :)
No generation is better cause of talent it's what's required of them in the cop! Sure in the 50s,60,70s, they did far less difficulty but nothing had been evolved that time it was new,.. 80s the girls were doing aerial cartwheel to 2 loso a combo I haven't seen since plus the highest rated layout full and full in dismounts!! Lashenova did the same dismount as Biles in 1989 and pretty good!! It's what the cop wants in terms of difficulty that designs routine
E aquí la razón por la cual ya no hay gismastas de 10. No es que no haya nadie como Nadia Comaneci (la gimnasta "perfecta"). Simplemente el grado de dificultad a aumentado extraordinariamente y difícilmente alguien logra la perfección.
@@em_mkay They're talking about the balance check and how so many gymnasts come to grief trying to complete even one revolution, let alone three. But the truth is even back then several gymnasts received balance checks for full turns because they're a lot harder to do than they look.
The most pioneering beam worker is definitely Nadia Comaneci, since she was the first gymnast to do front arial, side arial, the killer combination of side arial back handspring and the first ever to connect a series of back handsprings after back walkover, her valdez pose remains most beautiful ever, to dismount with a double twist. So many first ones... Huh 😰😰😰
it was Olga Korbut the one who revolutionised it.
if Olga hadn't done that, Nadia's routines would have been completely different, and not only Nadia's.
Olga Korbut was the gymnast who changed it all.
I prefer Svetlana Grozdova but also Nadia was good on Beam
MÜNCHOLERIE
Georgia of my Kind,
Only Korbut on my Mind (thıs tıme)
Akhmata my lo ..love, and all
The LOSO-LOSO’s in the world...
To slow-dance now wıth Lohses...
High-steppin’ still
On and across
Rרssian
Tov
@@davidmehnert6206 what are you smoking?
@@leykimayri You are right. I was there and the American gyms which were close to empty started filling up with little girls after the 1972 Olympics after Korbut did the first back tuck on the beam immediately into a front dismount of the side. They thought THAT was too dangerous. Ha. Tourescheva was the real champ of the era but Olga got the attention of the entire country. It was amazing to watch the sport explode and four years later Nadia came in with perfect form and more skills and that is when the US started packing the gyms. Now we have an abundance of talent.
Real Talk: When is the Korbut going to come back into style?? It's such a cool skill to put at the end of a connection
KalexC ikr!
It may not be worth the points, unfortunately.
the last US gymnast to have in a beam routine was in 2008 Nastia Liukin. otherwise it should be.
Hayley Howard two us gymnasts (as far as I know) have it now!
I guess it's because of the Korbut move that men don't use the balance beam. But seriously, low blow can hurt women as well. Can the Korbut move be painful?
1. PLEASE, watch til the end, I know its a long video, but give me a chance lol
2. Im sorry for some grammar mistakes (not a native english speaker)
3. This is to ilustrate how much this sport evolve in this more than six decades. I hope you like it. This is the last one of this series
Amazing video!!!
Artistics Gymnastics for a non-native speaker, your grammar was really good! I really enjoyed this video! Awesome job!
This set of videos is very informative, gymnastics is one of the sports that changed the most in the last decades. One thing that I noticed is that most gymnasts of the past used to wear shoes (even on bars!). Do you know when and why bare feet became the most common choice? Was it just an aestethic change or there were a technical reason?
Leonardo Ascorti I'm not sure, but I remember that one day my gymnastics teacher commented that the shoes were more of a connection with dance, let's say. Because in the beginning gym was pretty much treated as a more "acrobatic dance", the gymnasts also used shoes. I believe that as it distanced itself more from dance, this was abandoned. Also, once I heard someone saying (really don't remember who) that the shoes kind of get in the way of the friction your feet would be able to create with the ground/beam, so they end being a nuisance. Again, I may be wrong hahaha
A very educational video and extremely well done. Thank you!
The late 80s to early 90s was the golden era of beam. The skills were on par with the current gymnasts, sometimes even harder, and overall--there are exceptions of course--the late 80s to early 90s gymnasts were more elegant.
Fern Lin-Healy I think the late 70s to the 80s was the golden era. The routines were unique, they were graceful and it just made gymnastics way more exciting. If you look at the routines, the routines were perfected and there were barely any mistakes.
Graceit but when you look at it they are only doing good dismounts
Yang Bo and Dudnik. ❤
That was my era! I was a gymnast then! I was a level 6.
Yeah, and that’s when the Romanians dominated, I agree. The routines there were simply perfection
80s /90s were definitely the best combo of acro and grace. I can't stand most beam routines these days.
During the 80 90 less diffculty was required i think w all the required elements beam started out at9 or 9.5 then u added the extra difficulty to to reach 10 . This allowed for more variety and creativity since it was easier to get to max value (10) gymnast could spend more time on dance and variety of acro .u really see the difference in dance on floor now they need so much diffculty that they dont have hss much time or energy for elaborate cherograpy. Which is sad but i also like the open scoring system bc its less room for bias
I liked the 70's cause I'm in love with the grace I mean I'm a ballet, lyrical, and acro dancer myself but I respect your opinion
Christina G. The Difficult moves are crazy! I love watching the sport get more intense!
exactly what i was thinking, those eras were really the perfect combo of acro and grace, athletic but still very intersting and artful in a way that gymnastics doesn't have today thanks to the "new" scoring
I love the 80’s and 90’s. It has hard skills combined with beautiful dance moves. I feel that’s been lost in all aspects of gymnastics.
If only the gymnasts today could combine the difficult tumbling/striving for perfection with the grace and uniqueness of the 70s and 80s
Also the COP needs to take a step back on how harsh they are with rewarding connections. Gymnasts aren't doing long exciting connections anymore, because they know they won't get credit for it
They do a lot of fake disconnected ugly arm poses now, like Simone biles. It’s ugly and pointless filler
Yeah, there are a lot of beautiful skills in the present connections that make Beamer teens mesmerizing and impressive to watch, but they don’t get rewarded for it. Many of the jaw-dropping mounts come to mind . . .
Thank you for pointing this out. There are so many interesting and difficult/unique skills especially mounts and sprint board mounts out there, but gymnasts simply won't do them because of the risk to reward aspect of it. The point system doesn't differentiate those skills over the simple repetitive ones so gymnasts won't do it for risk doing it wrong and losing points when they could have done and simpler, more boring skill and easily get the points. It's all about that point system.
KameronC My observations aren’t the opposite! Some of the gals are doing short tumbling rounds, so intense. With the scoring the way it is now it’s worth doing the daring acts if you can!
Em Hu WOW, Simone I’ve never described as BORING!
5:13 gave me my FUCKING LIFE OMFG!!!.... the 70's is prob my fav. they were so graceful and they made it look easy they looked like they were on air they looked so light!
Jordan Williams true!! it's like they barely push off their hands and feet and they're already up in the air
80s - 2000 were some unique years, it was very exciting to watch.
All eras had their difficulty. The early routines required perfect form and execution of moves that were less dynamic. Latter eras had much more energy and dynamic motion ... but perfect form and execution is trumped by sheer difficulty points.
I am still in love with the aerial cartwheel to 2 back layout stepouts on the beam!!!! That is so awesome!!!!
And thus the famous wolf turn was introduced in the 60’s yet it didn’t get popular until around 2011ish
I adore under-the-beam skills, I wish there were more of those.
I'm so sad that this series is over :((( I love these videos so much!!!! Thank you
Amazing at 4:20!!!
I think the Onodi is my all time favorite beam move. Its just so beautiful.
I miss skills that went under the beam.
Ouch. Those hurt a lot when your off tho
Same
Jessi on the Go why when there’s the bars
Are those even allowed now?
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Gutsu's dismount series just gets me every time. What a gymnast.
Hard to find a world class gymnast who worked the beam like Yang Bo when she was younger.. her connection, fluidity and how she stretched her limbs and body was beyond imagination
This video left out one of my favorite unique connections. I only ever saw her do it once, but during the team qualifying round of the 2004 Olympic Games, Allana Slater of Australia did an Onodi+Switch leap+Rulfova. Difficult because you have to keep the free leg up after the Onodi in order to make the connection and she does it well on this occasion
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80s/90s best gymnastics ever! Performances were more difficult and routines were just better. As a cheerleader, taking gymnastics, I use to idolize these gymnasts!!
I prefer the 70's routines. A mix of dance and acrobatic skills. More beauty and less danger.
Agreed
Same
80s & 90s are my personal favorite!
..............будто бы чувство страха отсутствует выполняя такие сложные связки на бревне.................Молодцы!!!!
For me personally, gymnastics was better back in the days, where gymnasts were more flexible, graceful and they looked beautiful performing, now is all about force, big muscles, flipping up and down and it has lost all the art 😏
BeMyRomeoo
How is *flipping up and down* not art?
One can one flip without being flexible?
That is why Rhythmic Gymnastics exists. To showcase beauty and grace (in a classical way).
The term *Artistic* in Artistic Gymnastics does not mean what you think. It means free-flowing styles as opposed to the one that were used in the late 19th century in military training.
The early forms of Artistic Gymnastics included things like swimming and rock lifting and club swinging.
It wasn't until 1928 when Women Artistic Gymnastics was introduced at the Amsterdam Olympics. Even then there were no apparatus to be performed.
Fast forward to 1952 when WAG was standardized. It tended to attract those with ballet backgrounds. Eventually there was a new class of gymnasts trained from infancy up by the new Soviet programs that could do things others couldn't such as Nadia Comaneci at 14.
This is what led to the code to increase the age of participation to 16.
It's alright to have a preference but I don't know why those who like grace and all don't just watch Rhythmic Gymnastics. It is full of ballerina-like gymnasts.
In Artistic Gymnastics, being able to tumble and fly better than anyone will always be prized more.
www.olympic.org/gymnastics-artistic
Well everyone has their preferences so i can respect that. I see the charm of the old days tho i wasnt even born n most of these. Its really cool get to compare all the different styles
BeMyRomeoo agreed
BeMyRomeoo oh gosh I’m not that flexible so I’m glad with how gymnastics is nowadays it was pretty to watch but the current skills are so much fun to watch. I personally like how gymnastics is right now and I would love to see new skills happen soon☺️
@@kundakaps simple. Rhythmic and Artistic are completely different. Obviously people enjoy WAG more. The combination of artistry and athleticism that is literally the entire basis of modern WAG is what most people enjoy. People are allowed to have opinions that don't sync with yours.
I'm not a gymnast, so please forgive me if my question seems ignorant. I've watched all four of your "development" videos (beam, bars, vault, floor), and it seems to me that some time over the course of the 70's, gymnastics went from being "a sport to show your strength and control" to "a sport to do death-defying moves in the course of which, if anything goes wrong, you could break your neck." It went from being "merely" impressive to being both impressive and terrifying to watch. Am I wrong that the 70's was when some sort of new outlook entered the gymnastics world? What happened?
Sarahle3 agree...but im a fan not a gymnast. I miss the beautiful mounts they dont do anymore. The COP for me is difficult to understand and beauty of sport replaced w difficult risky moves. I miss the 10.0 days. Love svetlana boginskaya!
Sarahle3 I'm not completely sure...but I think that the rules changed..like they got tougher towards getting perfect scores because in the 70's Nadia got them...so I guess it was because of that
Olga Korbut happened. In 72 she unveiled several new skills and was the first to introduce flighted acrobatic elements to the beam, revolutionising the gymnastics world.
Worldwide recognition in line with money came (from advs, sponsors etc), that's what's changed (just a theory)
I totally agree the 70s moves seemed so scary
90s was peak gymnastics and beam. Perfect balance of older “elegant dance” style and new “hard acro” skills. 90s routines on beam were so creative and entertaining to watch.
Oh wow...thanks for putting this together...how the sport has revolved is amaizing.
4:20 was so cool
Jesus. Some incredible stuff here. Takes a lot of discipline.
The 80's had the most dangerous routines and they hadn't outlawed many of the moves yet.
Wow. I remember the sport back in the 70s-80s but hadn't really watched any since until watching a vid of recent gymnasts. I was amazed at how different the sport had become, watching the progression you just Illustrated VERY well I could see how it evolved between then and now. Correct me if I'm wrong but I noticed what seems to me to be a parkour / Capoeira influence in some of the moves in the last 20 years.
And The Queen of BB Catalina Ponor of course
Ivan Terrones Her connections are so smooth! She can do forward to backward connections better than anyone I've ever seen.
Her and Shannon Miller
@@valentinaqueenofthevalkyri3128 As much as I love Miller and will forever herald her as one of the most artistic American gymnasts of all times. Her bent knees in her acro connections used to really ruin her BB programmes for me...So while I'll def say she's up there, I can't put her on Ponor's level.
The recent front handspring to a front tuck connections by Chinese beam workers are truly spectacular. Hope you do an update.
It seems like modern beam routines are just like floor routine tumbling passes. I like how the old routines highlighted the interaction between the gymnast and the beam, emphasizing with measured poise the skill of being able to actually “balance on the beam”
The Teza is the most insane element on beam. How did she even think of doing this? 😲
Maybe she saw Yurchenko and thought "I can turn that cute cupcake trick you do completely fierce with a twist".
where is it??
I didn't see it?
Everything look so smooth and easy, but nop, it's extremely hard. I respect those gymnastic people
Honestly im impressed on the 5:04
If you liked that, you should see the Teza.
I’ve always loved the 80’s the best, at least for beam and floor (I’d have to re-view a video of bars to remind myself which decade is my favorite there) . . . Anyway, the 80s on those two events had the perfect combination of natural looking, beautiful dance seamlessly mixed in with impressive powerful tumbling. On the floor in particular, the routine actually went with the music.
Beam routines used to be so elegant and graceful and now they're so aggressive - I guess that could go with all the elements of gymnastics too - I'm not saying that's a bad thing either of course it's just the best way I can describe how different it is now 🤣
Nadia is such a dream to watch. Her technique, her grace...she had the whole package. Sure the routines have gotten more challenging but it seems to have come at the cost of grace and fluidity. Now it's just about setting up for the next stunt. That's why the gymnasts are all wobbly when they pull of a tough move. I still prefer Nadia's 'old fashioned' style over today's.
Thanks for this educational video - I learned a lot :)
Vraiment dingue l'evolution ... et fou tt ce qu'elles arrivent a realiser 😊👏👏👏
80's and 90's nailed it!
can you do this series for MAG? I love it!
That's a great idea! They are really fun to watch!!
Every time they do a skill that requires them to go on their stomach I always freak out a little because I think they fell off 😂😂
It's all about points and I guess the mount isn't high on their priority list. If they screw up the mount by wobbling or even falling off, that's a big deduction.
That's what made it so dramatic to watch! 80s-90s beam routines were amazing
Each exercise is worth a gold medal as very hard work is in each one. It is unjust that only very few a rewarded.
I love that element “Mostepanova”!
Thank you for your work putting this together. I could barely watch it bc beam makes me so nervous!
Love those layout mounts.
Что творят эти девушки😮каждая уникальна❤
Beautifully done. Can you imagine doing any remotely difficult move on a hard wooden beam without any padding? Ouch!
Probably the nicest wolf turn I've ever seen (triple wolf - Lauren Mitchell)
I could be an Olympian in 60's and 70's 😄
Most likely not. I doubt you posses a fraction of the grace and elegance gymnasts like Tourischeva possessed and were scored on.
Lebronze 😑😒
Wow we have a Nadia Comaneci here with us!
Your comment is very ignorant.
Me to
Contrast 0:56 to 8:50. Gymnasts seemed to be trained ballerinas back then and made their movement "flow." The Code of Points nowadays means you must rush through as many skills as possible within the time limit to increase your potential max score. Much less regard for form and looking like you're "floating" on the beam. You can have poor posture and facing, visibly look like your straining to stay balanced... and poses are given almost halfheartedly since they are a distraction from the next tumbling skill.
4:20 that was so beautiful! I wish I knew the girls name so I could find the whole routine!
Her name is Li Li and the turn is her eponymous skill. But my favourite part is the back-scale she does afterwards. Incredible work
Another lovely video! Thank you!
My past times..great upload. 👍🌹
Sou apaixonada por esse esporte principalmente pela barra de equilíbrio.
The 80s through early 2000s were the best eras. A mixture of danger with grace and so much variety. Nowadays, most beam routines look similar.
Shawn Johnson on the beam was awesome!
Thanks for sharing! That was great!
4:20 *THAT LOOKED SO GOOOOOOD!!*
I didn’t start gymnastics until I was 14 so obviously I didn’t get very far, but it’s gratifying to know that I could have easily have been an Olympian in the 50s and 69s! Lol
I like the 60s and 70s .they are much graceful to watch.
Love the beautiful Holly Vise scale!
The captions are brilliant.
very educational and stunning!!
Awesome video! I miss 90's beam 😥
Great edition!! Thank you for your hard work I've learned a lot about gymnastics on your channel
I want that so cool wish i could do that
Awesome
Awesome video! Thank you!
I absolutely love Arabians!
AT 10 MINUTES THE OMELIANCHIK, THE GYMNAST IS SO STRONG IN STOPPING MOMENTUM AND KEEP SUCH FORM. STOLE ALL MY PENNIES
That was Catalina Ponor in the European beam final 2017.
I just realized how scandalized the western world must have been to see hair in the arm pits of these graceful women. Ha ha ha.
I already saw this but was watching again. Thanks for the video.
You did a really good job on this video!!! :) :)
At my primary school we had a old beam that was polished wood from like the 60's! Nobody really knew how to do anything tho as we were 5-11...
Приятно видеть гимнастку,которая была у твоего тренера
Mesmo editado, o video só comprova aquilo que sempre observei, nesses últimos vinte poucos anos o nível das ginastas, especialmente na trave, caiu...
Thanks, I needed that. We need one of these for every category of sport. I can't imagine footage from the 1930's. I'm going to Google right now (haha, it's as bad as you can imagine lol).
I liked this video, it was interesting.
The 2008 through 2016 Olympic cycles should be renamed the era of pathetically easy boring mounts.
Fern Lin-Healy agreed. Zzzzzzzz.
Fern Lin-Healy it's because of changes in the code. Mounts no longer count towards the difficulty of the routine, so there's no point in risking a fall with a difficult mount if you're not going to get credit for the skill.
rg lma I don't buy that excuse. In the 10.0 era, it was easy to construct a 10.0 value routine using an easy mount. Gymnasts took the same unrewarded risk when using a difficult mount. And you know what? They did it anyway.
Fern Lin-Healy let's see u do these mounts , not so easy now
Well, not hating but could you do that? I’d like to see you give it a try
great video, thanks
I suppose because of movies like the Korbut at 3:14 and 3:20, men don't do the balance beam. Does it hurt women when they land and straddle the balance beam?
So cool, whoever invented gymnastic, who ever did the first cartwheel and somersault.
How harder can it get?
not a gymnast but I think the next big thing would be seamless connections moving backwards then immediately doing a forward series in all one go without stopping to catch your balance.
Amazing
I'd like you list all the athlets in the vid, if you know their names and the time where they perform. It would be nice, for them and for us too :) Thanks :)
And now we have the double double dismount!
Ohashi actually did amazing.
Khorkinas geiner anything are my favorite! Dismount, on beam, doesn't matter!
No generation is better cause of talent it's what's required of them in the cop! Sure in the 50s,60,70s, they did far less difficulty but nothing had been evolved that time it was new,.. 80s the girls were doing aerial cartwheel to 2 loso a combo I haven't seen since plus the highest rated layout full and full in dismounts!! Lashenova did the same dismount as Biles in 1989 and pretty good!! It's what the cop wants in terms of difficulty that designs routine
E aquí la razón por la cual ya no hay gismastas de 10. No es que no haya nadie como Nadia Comaneci (la gimnasta "perfecta"). Simplemente el grado de dificultad a aumentado extraordinariamente y difícilmente alguien logra la perfección.
Amazing video as always! Do you happen to know when the switch ring leaps started?
What’s the music behind the 2000’s? Thanks for the great video!
The triple turn at 4:16 is how most full turns look nowdays 🙄
That’s actually a very rare turn
@@em_mkay They're talking about the balance check and how so many gymnasts come to grief trying to complete even one revolution, let alone three.
But the truth is even back then several gymnasts received balance checks for full turns because they're a lot harder to do than they look.
I really wish modern gymnasts would incorporate old skills.