Chinese gymnastics training centre...

[AndromedaAiken]

Is that Jin Yang at 3:04? I never realised it until today! :)

[amylily123]

i think that says a lot.

[amylily123]

the american team have time to go on strictly come dancing and twitter.

[golyg]

what an ugly language...sorry it's true

[yuanyi1993]

@golyg Well, there's a Chinese maxime : people with love in their heart are able to see loveliness, people with shit in their heart see shit. (have changed it a little, so that you can understand ;) )

[shaheen893]

me and my gymnastic team want 2 training n chaina

[guyvellis148]

Granted, the Chinese method of training may seem harsh to Western eyes, but the same principles of discipline and respect are applied throughout Chinese society. Ever wondered why there are so many musical and mathematical prodigies from China? Because extreme discipline and commitment is simply part of their way of life.

Chinese parents see instilling this discipline in their children as giving them a gift, not hurting them. That is why China is the world's next superpower.

[LeeshKeYS]

I have such a respect for all gymnasts, for what they go through, and for what they achieve

[parsprincess]

They are great

but can't beat the russians :/

[megabronagh]

i wis i knew what they were saying

[kbkritics]

this is looking at chinese gymnast training with rose colored glasses. the reality is very harsh.

[kayper54]

Looks like she dislocated her wrist. It looks the way my MiL's wrist looked when she fell and dislocated her wrist.

[X0X0studios]

@USANieke Are you nuts?! She obviosly hurt her hand really bad and they just put ice-spray on it and then it's supposed to be okay.

[greysrocks25]

i would like to settle this matter once and for all: (i am neither american, nor chinese but i am an elite coach, i know my job). some countries like china and romania pick the girls from a young age, separate them from their families, and remind them constantly that they are training for 1. national pride, 2. to earn some money for their family. in other (and most) countries, girls who end up on the national squad WANT to be there and train extremely hard. that's the difference.

[bikerOGX]

@greysrocks25 Ur on crack dude. Every Olympic gymnast from whatever country WANTS to be there. If they didn't, they wouldn't last very long on the team with dozens of other gymnasts ready to take their spot. So WANT isn't the deciding factor. It's the quality of coaching. I'm sure every U.S. gymnast before the 80's WANTED to be there as bad as today's gymnasts, but they didn't win crap cause the U.S. coaches sucked. Difference today? The U.S. hires quality foreign coaches to run the team.

[greysrocks25]

@bikerOGX well i beg to differ. did you know the first thing yelena muchina said after she broke her neck was "oh thank god, now i won't have to go to the olympics"? it is hard for us to even wrap our heads around this concept, but she never even loved her sport. she just happened to be extremey good at it. i think it's sad. a lot of little ones at my gym will never make the elite rank, but they come to practice with a smile on their face. and yes, romanian/chinese coaches are the way to go! ;)

[sophia98ful]

well to me thats normal. i am spanish and was a very good gymnast but i have quit now. they use to shout, sit on us, push us and on top of that they did not give a shit when are hands were bleeding. they just worked us harder :( x x x

[anzdf]

Un magnifico video.

[EhUkAiLaNi808]

shes so beautiful, i dislocated my elbow on giants,

[x0hollisterx0365]

all this and they still dont always win...

[sami7798]

They only film the reallly bad parts, fir example my hands get blusters and they bleed and they hurt...

Because that is just stuff you have to deal with if you ant to be a gymnastics!

Um not saying that they don't work harder than us because they do,( it shows in compotions) but it isn't as bad as it looks

[thebridieboo]

that is so tight omg once they have jonied it they cant quit thats why they are so skinny xx i ell so sorry for them :(

[amylily123]

its weird seeing cheng fei training at a small age. Now, she's like, captain.

[MarieClairexD]

is training in US as intense as China?

[babycloudzz]

i really dont encourge small children to learn this kind of things... at this age.. they shld have fun during their child hood =)

[MarieClairexD]

@babycloudzz Its chinese tradition, Parents push theyre child into the training centre, and the girls have to stick at it and learn to be happy there cause they want to make theyre parents proud and i think once you get to a older age you thank your parents for it :)

[devilhunterred]

@babycloudzz What makes you think that they are not having fun?

[EmiLiaThe1]

This Kids have no childhood the whole life is about winning and loosing. And why? Because of their parents, they want to become their children famous. And mostly the teacher ar like the parents for this kids and they see the parents just one day in month. Is this fair? I think not. Its just horrible and sad!

[Bella2animals2]

I am a gymnast in level 3 in Aus

[pubesy]

what gym do you train at?

[Doreen145]

Die Ausbildung ist zwar hart aber dadurch kommt es zum Erfolg.

Ich hätte auch gern so ein durchhalte Vermögen.

[NaKoiPes]

learn chinese

[Tumble4Life123]

lol

[rhythmichouston]

@NaKoiPes you need to stop being mean

[hello123456ify]

uhh.... y do u play it in australia??

[maronme]

it is brutal how they train.. but that's the best way they will learn and i think it's not wonderess why chinese ppl are one of the best in the world in these kind of sports.. but i could never manage this training..

[ellerus87]

USANieke absolutely agree with you!

Sport is always HARD work, tears and pain. i/m very surprised that there are people who things that sport is just gold medals, flowers and smiles on athelet faces...

[kolbeanta]

All elite sports include tears, fears and suffer. The most important thing is that the coaches should put only the gymnasts they can suffer the presion not so young gymnasts

[USANieke]

This is how everybody should train!

Focussed and crowded by disciplene

[LexU224]

Only if they have the soul for it.

[LMA629]

@USANieke have you seen the video where the little 6 yr old chinese girl was doing some kind of strength exercise for so long the bar she was holding on to was covered in blood?? yeah, the blisters on her hands had ruptured and there was so much blood it looked like she dipped her hand in red finger paint and pasted it on there.

personally, id rather not put my child through that

[USANieke]

@LMA629 They only film the worst things. It's not always like that.

I have blisters to and then my hands are covered into blood, that's normal for a gymnast.

[nottypanda1]

Sports is a metaphor for life. The winner paid for their victory with blood, sweat, and tears.

[huaren62]

In China ppl c an work hard and till late. Still when they finish their work at night they still look fresh and have still energy to spend a few hous in karaoke. In America if ppl work like Chinese for 3 consecutive days, they have to take one day off as sick leave. If Chinese have more capability to work hard than the westerners, why should we not take advantage of it. Why should we play by western rules.

[USANieke]

I like that!

[tmwalkerm]

@huaren62 With all due respect, the Chinese officials lied to the IOC about the girls' ages in 2000, why is that ok according to the Chinese culture? At least the Westerners play by the rules and don't make a mockery out of it.

[powertumbler247]

it i sreally hard but it is worth it being there and it will get you fit.

[boikimvideos]

1:29

I cant help to notice that that girl has a HUGE BUSH.

[zhouang1]

hahaha LOL!

[iwatchyutube]

HAHAHAAH

[chineseacrobatic]

Ithink push does mean bad thing and I would like my daugher to be pushed otherwise she did not work hard

[TurnstertuhIris]

what happened with her hand

[paulydublinboy]

She dislocated her fingers

[GymLover1717]

OMG thats soo sad!

[MeggyMoo94]

i dont know what the point is of all this racist crap but every gymnast works their butts off. and it is the ones that really want it that stick through it. no one is being forced. and true, pople cry it is really painful they are crying though because they want it, they want to shine. not because they are american or chinese becasue they want to be an olympian and stick it.

[SingingBlackbird]

Thanks...that's what I think... it's just the price you gotta pay to be a winner...

[xfliptrik]

so true!!!

[georgiapeach87165]

yea they dont show the other side to the chineese gymnastics traing. aka- where they push the kids around, make them cry and strech them till their tendons bleed

[dogluver75]

wow in my gymnastics we dont train that hard but that is because we only have 3 balance beams,2 vaults 1 small floor that can only fit a roundoff backahandspring back handspring back tuck!We also have one set of uneven bars one low bar. 1 rings paralel bars (sorry i cant spell!!!!)and a tumble track. I doubt that anyone is going 2 be in the olympics when they grow up because it sucks there and their motto is the road 2 bejing starts here well yeah right

[huaren62]

There are tens of thousands kids in China training in Wushu. They train very hard like in any other sports. But no one in America will complain anything well so long Wushu is not a Olympic sport that bring gold medals. Yes thats the problem with America - more Gold medals and Glory.

[huaren62]

..//..2 Its no surprise that Paralympics is not a priority for America. See how little medals they win. They must say: A handicapped swimmer winning gold medal pumping his fist and hitting his chest like Michael Phelps dont make sense and dont bring Glory for america.

[huaren62]

3/ Is it a problem for America if Chinese can endure pain better than the westerners. Chinese can work for very long hours and after their day they still keep their smile in their faces. If an American work for 3 days like that he has to take 3 days off as sick leave.

[greysrocks25]

@huaren62 and yet your chinese girls, who you say can endure pain better than the americans and are much harder working, lost out to BOTH americans in the all-around in beijing. time to put the stereotypes behind and stop being racist, don't you think?

[bikerOGX]

@greysrocks25 Yes, BOTH Americans in the all-around in Beijing:

Nastia Liukin, coached by her dad from Russia, Valeri Liukin.

Shawn Johnson, coached by Liang Chow from China.

COACHING! See what I mean?

Before hiring quality foreign coaches from Romania, Russia, and now China, Cathy Rigby was a big deal in the U.S. for just winning a silver medal on beam. Today, hysterically, a silver medal seems to be considered a disappointment by many Americans.

[greysrocks25]

@bikerOGX i agree that good coaching is 50% of what an athlete needs to make it (i AM a coach, i should know!) but i stand by what i said, the kids who are chosen to make the chinese national team do not enjoy what they do as much as the the americans (or other nations like france, italy etc, but they are not as successful at international level), and the results on a personal level, ie the all-around, speak for themselves

[bikerOGX]

@greysrocks25 I don't see the connection between gymnastic all-around results and how you think it is an indication of how gymnasts from different countries enjoy the sport. So you think U.S. gymnasts hated the sport before the Karolyi era? Cause the U.S. didn't win 50% less AA gold medals back then, they won ZERO gold medals of any kind. And what about the U.S. men gymnasts? They don't seem to be enjoying the sport as much as the women...

[greysrocks25]

@bikerOGX no, clearly, you don't understand what i am saying, sigh. let's just agree to disagree.

[bikerOGX]

@greysrocks25 I understand exactly what you are saying, which is why I'm telling you that you're wrong. This "agree to disagree" bullshit is usually what people say when they realize that they're wrong and want to take the pussy way out instead of just admitting it.

[greysrocks25]

@bikerOGX actually no, i still think you're wrong and always will. and you're starting to piss me off calling me a pussy, is it because i am a woman that you can't understand i might disagree with you, or is that just reason enough to call me names? i have better things to do than try and convince a macho that he is wrong. i stand by my "bullshit" let's agree to disagree, that's what civilised people do, but you wouldn't know.

[bikerOGX]

@greysrocks25 Actually yes, you are completely wrong. If you don't think so, why don't you back up what you say with facts, like intelligent people do? The U.S. mens gymnastic team didn't do too well in the 2008 Olympics. You think their lack of success is because they don't enjoy the sport as much as gymnasts from other countries do? Go ahead...explain yourself or do you want to take the pussy way out again? Your choice.

[greysrocks25]

@bikerOGX when i read your last comment i was amazed with both your lack of intelligence and the irrelevance of your comment, which made me have a look at your profile and discover that not only are you an old pervert but apparently you have some serious anger management problems. oh and you seem to be a homophobic prick, too. is youtube your outlet for your vile tendencies, since your name doesn't show? fire insults away, now i know that about you, i won't bother answering... ps: get some help.

[bikerOGX]

@greysrocks25 I am honored that you've taken an interest in me. Everything you say about me is absolutely true. I'm a typical dumbass, perverted, angry, homophobic American prick. Deal with it. It still doesn't change the fact that you were talking out of your ass, couldn't defend anything you said, finally realized that you were wrong, and decided to take the pussy route out of here. Goodbye, Ma'am.

[sinergy16]

Go China! Fuck the haters!

[allimoballi]

is that hung wei? aka 2008 team china leader?

[uztoobz]

1:13 = ludacris?!?!

[stuccomark]

when they are 3 to 4 months old the chinese will determine if the girls are for swimmming or gymnastics then by the time they are 3 they start intense training they tell them to smile so it doesn't show pain the reason these girls are so small is the intense training at young ages they have so much muscle they have bearly any puberty have you looked at their breast they hardly have any because by the time they reach puberty they already have pecks.

[kukurukuru21]

you dont even have proof of what you're saying. you only heard this from a TV american commentator and here you are, accusing people about something you only HEARD from someone else. why are you messing up with china's business. your country is killing millions in iraq. take care of your own sins first, murderers.

[stuccomark]

yes kukuru i do know a person that went through similar training and said that. maybe you shouldn't assume that i got the info off the t.v and war is not my sin do you think i started

[yjfbehappy]

You supported the war at least.

[briaberger]

Don't call Americans murderers.

The people commenting on gymnastics videos are not the ones that designed and started the war.

I've been trying to STOP THE WAR since it started, so DO NOT EVER call me names like that again.

[littlefuzzer]

...and these idiots wonder why we can't stand them.Looks like a concentration camp for little kids.

[nickschuyler]

All Gymnastic Camps are like this. You just havent paid attention before. Those who compete, even semi-professionally, are put through the physical wringer - stisted and broken ankles, popped shoulders, concussions, etcetera.

[sannndyzhou]

why are you being so racist for . dont other countries trainings like that too ?

[WAGgymnasticsluva]

can anyone translate this doc. into english

[tzhang2]

this is about qualification for 2002 Asian Games. All these young girls are just pooled nationwide to prepare for the 2008 Olympic Games. In fact, Deng Linlin, Jiang Yuyuan, Xiao Sha, Sui Lu were amonog them.

However, during the qualification, Yang Yun broke her bone, and had to give up the Asian Games. These little girls all liked Yang Yun and Kang Xin. The blonde girl is from France, the choregrapher for Team China. All girls in Team China like her and preprared gifts for her.

[walfitsmetaller]

i think it's a bit an abuse of those littles girls...

[nickschuyler]

Do you think other countries take it that much easier, or have you looked through the microscope at them, too?

[will19726]

It's not that they take it much easier. It's that they force them into an occupation against their will. It's not the same as in other countries, the Chinese government gets involved in their training from an early age. They need them to win to take attention from their oppressive authoritarian government on the international level.

[JadedMemoirs]

Some of these girls' families made them do this because it's a chance for their daughters to have a better life. There are a lot of stories of the athletes coming from extremely poor families. So undergoing this hard training for a chance to get their families out of poverty is a choice they're willing to make.

[kukurukuru21]

they don't have a choice self righteous hypocrite.....either they become gymnast or die of hunger. stop giving your unneeded opinion about something you dont understand. you visit china so you know the truth....but you cannot coz you dont have money to travel idiot. your media is worst that china, your media is brainwashing and propaganda.

[joetheogre]

You're an idiot. sounds like you've read 1984 one too many times

[kukurukuru21]

you're a fag and an idiot...wahahahahahahaha!

[joetheogre]

you're the one ranting about the media...the media affects everyone everywhere. whether its extremely liberal or extremely conservative, its still incredibly biased. this video is propaganda its playing on human pathos.

As for the video, this is probably why China is more efficent in everything than western cultures...they have discipline. Stuff in this video isn't even that bad, it goes on in youth sports everywhere

[sannndyzhou]

how'd you know china forced them ? have you ever even experienced it ? china didnt even force them , my sister has experienced it before , the government people came to our house and asked my parents if they could let my sister go for trainings and stuff but my parents said no , then they never even come back anyone . if you dont know a thing , then SHUT THE FUCK UP ! you only HEARD they forced them , have you ever SEEN it ?

[19lizzy94]

Dit is gwn zielug hoe hun worden getraint..

[laneyjvio]

Y is everyone trashing America?

[lemialone]

"i hate america as much as the next guy"

hehe, that should be on a T shirt.

[mileycyrus990]

can you tell me were you can get this footage? if so can you do this asap I love your vids

[zzzxtreme]

i wonder how's north korea training centre is like...

[MileyCyrusFan1212]

Come To Canada Its ALot Of Money For Competitive BELIVE USSS:P

[ilovehollycombs]

I love the chinese. but their training is soo hard! in some of the videos I actually cried because i feel so bad for them. everyone says its like that because they want to be good.but thats not true. look at the US. thy are the leaders in gymnastics now but they are never trained like that. its illegal over there.

i think they need to jus lower the stress on those kids in china :)

[egrojodnamra]

what an stupid comment

[ilovehollycombs]

how is that a stupid comment? im not american. im just saying that i feel really bad for some of the chinese gymnasts. if u watch the other documentary u see many of the crying. i just think thats not right.. how is that wrong?

and i used america as an example that you can be good at it without being too hard on the kids. considering in america u cant even slap a kid on the butt...

[egrojodnamra]

no, ythe only ones with that privilege are the catholic priest. And provably the north american gymnastic kids don't cry cuz their social sitution is better than the chinese. So we'll have to wait till china starts invading other countries to give their people the rigth way of living that north amrericans got. Oh! and for pain, maybe chinese could use all of those drugs that most of NA athlets use...IE Neil Armstrong, among so many others

[ilovehollycombs]

omg ur acting as if im AMERICAN! get a life. im not comparing and making fun of china. i LOVE china! ive been there twice! you dont know what ur talking about!

I hate america as much as the next guy. im actually european! BUT u keep making stupid comments on athleits using drugs. the american gymnasts dont! i dont care about other sports im talking about gymnastics. i just feel bad for those kids over there.

[ilovehollycombs]

if you know anything about the chinese training you will know that they admitted that its hard!

former gymnasts there said it was really hard on the kids. they dont get to see their parents sometimes up to a year! but in china the lower income families can then provide for their kid because if shes in gymnastics she will get food etc.

its just sad that it has to be that way. ur acting as if im making fun of china?

im rooting for them for the Olympics..

[AutumnNatae]

they are only hard because they want them to succeed so they could be in the olympics and most of the time parent make children nervous . It is the childs decisio to be in gymnastics not the parent...unless he cant take of the child and so on...

[AutumnNatae]

the girls at 3:05 was pretty

[KarenLovesGymnastics]

Just because you're not American doesn't mean your comments can't be stupid. i'm not saying your comment was stupid but it seems that so many Europeans follow that stereotype "If you're American, you're stupid"

P.S. All of my friends have been slapped at least once, LOL.

[fredrika27]

Although training in the US is difficult as in China, the real problem is money. Parents pay about $200 a month for a good gymnastic school. Elite gymnasitcs cost $25,000 a year, making gymnastic a sport of the upper class. There are NO FREE academies for talented gymnasts in the US unlike France, Germany or China. Parents have to pay all cost. Everything is not that rosy in the US! We are losing talent based on the ability to pay.

[ilovehollycombs]

oh i agree. I am originally from europe (croatia) and EVERY sport is free. or at least was.

[AutumnNatae]

and the currancy is going down for my gymanstics we pay 38 a week

[corhaewon1219]

how do u know american people r better??? Chinese people r so much better..i'm korean..and i don't like chinese people..they got talent.The kids r as just as good as those people that r 16 and did gymnastics for like 2 years..

[ZunguDUFF]

i DONT like Korean either

[berberluvspandas2]

I agree!

[Raymasaki]

他们 不光 有 天赋、还 要

丛 小 僦 开始 刻苦 地 训练

[hinataoO]

I understand quite a bit of chinese I can speak it myself, so I understand bits of it, but the lady in this is speaking to fast for me to understand the whole thing...

[defying67gravity]

can someone translate what the person is saying throughout the video from Chinese to English, please?

[NaKoiPes]

If you read the last 6 comments posted before yours you will see that someone has already translated.

[maryanntc]

Upon leaving, she left all the kids with happiness, etc. and hints that the chinese system is unfriendly and hopes that they change their strict and demanding ways. "

SOMETHING like that.

i tried haha, but you get the basic point :)

[maryanntc]

4:10

They hired a french choreographer. After teaching them for a few months the french lady fell in love with china and the kids. She is very affectionate and all the gmynasts enjoy her company and help

After tryouts are over, the gymnasts give her small presents and souvenirs. When he work is done, she retursn to france. All te kids are sad to see her leave. theyve had a teacher that they considered a friend. She brought fun and enjoyment to the strict gymanstics school

[maryanntc]

They see how theyre idols have worked so hard to have the opportunity.

During practices however, theyre workouts are not as elegant as in thier performances. They do many awkward exercises to wrok their muscles. Makes us viewers laugh and think about the hard work

All these kids train for a long time in order to accomplish their goals

[maryanntc]

2:46

"Where did so many cute little kids come from? They are not normal kids though. They train at the county gym. They have come to watch their hometown idols compete. They have already been in gymnastics for 4,5 years to follow in their footsteps

seeing the gymnasts fly and tumble and perform, they admire and envy them."

kids say how they watch so intently that they cant move their eyes and hope to be like them

[maryanntc]

118-245

injuries.they are typical in this sport occuring mostly to wrists,ankles,etc.wrapping has become quik and easy showing the frequency.

17 Yang Yun, considered one of the best leaders in china on bars&vault. seemed as if god planned for it to happen before the competition. she injured her right hand that had already been hurt before &didnt want surgery. this sport is cruel and in this cruel world we must take everthing a step at a time and continue our journeys.we can only pray for her

[maryanntc]

0:35-1:17

"routinely they line up in order of height and practice going to show respect to their spectators/judges. Even their leos are subject to be judged. They are all so nice that it's [confusing] looking at them all. Red is most popular color. there are long/short sleeved & sleevless leos. they all look nice."

they talk about their fav. leo.

[maryanntc]

She speaks fast and very properly but i can do basic paraphrasing haha.

0:00-0:35

"Who would've thought that these nationally trained Chinese gymnasts would have so much fun training everyday in this big house. While warming up and practices they always talk, joke, and laugh and have a good time. If competitions were this easygoing, the coaches wouldnt need to be so strict"

coach man basically says that practice is starting

[ralucagymnast]

Who is the lady who is speaking French? The blonde haired lady?

[ArwenCaz]

I truly admire Yang Yun for denying surgery. I wonder whether how she's doing with her hand injury. If it needed surgery she must be in so much pain!

[CHNOnyon]

cute

[MuckleJoannie]

i know mandarin chinese, from the bbc languages.

(I know simple mandarin chinese words only)

[hinataoO]

hen hao! *wuge

[Piiin3]

I wish i could chinese, but great documentary

[samgymnast]

too bad its in chinese!

[PartyPigs95]

i really want 2 learn chinese

[gymkenz]

What are they saying

[kenybox]

Great doc about chinese gym !

[ilyon2012]

cant understand it

[allimoballi]

diddo

[hk1997die]

time to learn chinese