I love watching the older routines. It seemed like w/ the bars closer together it made them have to be more creative in order to outdo one another. I'm not a gymnast so I don't know what is really considered harder, but what does Nastia Liukien do that's supposedly so much harder than what some of these girls were doing?
Yes! The focus used to be the hip distance to the bars but as the tricks became more demanding that the bars have much mire room leaving those cool tricks behind. I was just 7 when Nadia inspired me to learn her first Olympic 10- and I did for a while . But by the time I was competing 6 years later- our bats were set for more Ariel moves and not just a "front hip circle to an Eagles nest" lol- at 7- was considered advanced!! This was an awesome look at the transitions- I have to ask why Mary Lo
Wow, bar routines back in the day were so different, it almost seems like an entirely different event altogether. Some of those mounts they were doing were so cool. And when they were doing the swinging around by their midsections w/no hands. But when they were doing it thay way, did they adjust the bars depending on the height of the girl? Wonder what's considered more difficult-the old routines or the more recent routines. Looked like it was somewhere in the 80s when the bars changed
Oh and also who this is a message to the person who said gymnastics isn't a sport, your an idiot, gymnastics takes more effort skill and talent then soccer, football, basketball or another sports put together!!!
Trust me, wrapping around the bars was fun yes, but it beat the daylights out of your body. I used to get bruises the size of dinner plates on my hips. No grips needed for those basics, rips and bloody hands galore. It is a wonder we were never reported for child abuse...And yes Nadia is the best. Unfortunately not one of my students even knows who she is.
nice montage, but wen it comes to an Uneven Bars montage, directly we expect to see the Queen of bars, the Diva Svetlana Khorkina, without her this montage in incomplete, due to what originality and beauty she brought to the Artistic Gymnastics & especially on the Uneven Bars.
I cant believe the standards of the 50s. They were just horrible and laughable, they were fat house wives who would not even make it to the highschool championships today. That gives you an idea of how easy was to live before, people without education got permanent jobs, could buy cheap apartments, it was laughable. Today you need 2 degrees, 3 languages, a Master and you will only get a rubbish temporary job and appartments that you can never pay. Bastard old people!
@phpciphreak Those gymnasts of the 50s looked like grown women, they were not fat or unfit... They did not have an easy life, look up Stalin and Krushev.... Read the history of the Soviet Union, those women competed for the prize of their own apartment which was no penthouse...They lived under a brutal dictatorship, those that were not Russian, lived in occupied countries, Belarus is still a dictatorship.
The 50's are just to boring for me. The 60's and 70's are wonderful and then the fast paced gymnastics starting in the mid-80's is not that great either. Don't get me wrong it's still incredible but I miss the grace and beauty of the 60's and 70's
I think they should put the bars closer again... it seemed to be more graceful at 70s. Most of today's routines are just the same, a competition of " the highest realesing moves", no much difference among. The old style was more interesting to watch.
I have heard gymnasts say that the release moves are easier to do than the swing work on the bar, especially single arm swings. The releases look impressive to the audience, but are not as hard to do.
@baggedyman I don't know for certain, but I think it had to do with shifts in the focus for the apparatus. Originally, gymnasts focused on sustained moves and demonstrating control and flexibility. Over time the focus has evolved to emphasize more flying skills.
I love this video. Its so weird to see some of the earlier gymnastics. It looks so simple but I guess back then it was a big deal like the gymnastics today is.
I have to agree with HowDareThey1970. Today's uneven bar routines may be dynamic like men's high bar, but they lack interesting transitions btwn high and low bars. Back then, they really knew how to incorporate both bars into a routine and make each routine stand out. Today's bar routines look so similar. I miss the old days :0(
@koalapoofa it's kim gwang suk from north korea :) i recommend you to watch the newer montage, it's linked in the description it's much better :) thanks for watching
@borzasiandras thanks alot i appreciate that!! :)), a newer montage is up and it's much better, it would be great if you take a look at it, its link is in the description :))
I wanted to so some of my old tricks on the bars at the gym where I coach so I put the bars in as far as I could. Even as close as I could get them, they were still too far apart to do a kip catch and a bar beat. I miss the old days.
@getnasty08 i belive it's a big mistake, but see, that montage was made like...3 years ago and i didn't have alot of videos for khorkina, that's why i'll be working on another one soon, much better, and in alot more better quality.... :) thanks for watching
ohhh so THATS why some people call them the uneven parellel bars. I'm a gymnast myself and I never knew that they used to simply use a set of men's parellel bars w/ one higher than the other. Haha, bars have become SO much better now, they were boring in the 50's and 60's
It seems like the bars get further and further apart from each other every year!! I think that eventually, the low bar will be taken out altogether for the women just like mens highbar. I actually was watching some elite womens gymnastics clips from egypt, and i was noticing that in some of the clips, the low bar has been taken out completely. There were national level meets i was watching. It was so strange to see that, when i am so used to the lowbar being there.
@justin1gibson thanks for all your comments, I'm a great believer that gymnastics days are unfortunately over, i really get bored watching gymnastics nowadays. I believe in Nadia and olga and all the old gymnastics great champions uptill 2004 ponor and izbasa, now I only watch old gymnastics because it was Artistic Gymnastics as it is actually called.
And about the Egyptian clips you saw, well, I'm a 100% Egyptian if you don't know, gymnastics has never been good in Egypt...
@justin1gibson Egyptian gymnastics needs to be fixed starting from the very basic training they train the small gymnasts with and the gymnasts here arn't so committed to their sport, most of the girls leave gymnastics at an age maybe before 15, because some parents aren't okay with their daughters wearing a leotard which is a religious and cultural part of us. And those who persue their career make it to the Worldschampionships, but never qualify to the finals.
@Justin: if i were a gymast myself, my parents wouldn't mind it even if I play gymnastics till I'm 40, it differs from a family to another..uhh gymnastics in Egypt is a one big issue that i can talk to you about for days :DD It's not only the cultural thing..
@iwinyoulose101 well to be honest, i don't know further than that either :D i knew there was some other girl called norhan saad, she competed at the 06 and the 07 worlds, she has two younger sisters, the middle one is my friend actually, she was a gymnast too but she retired, their youngest sister is a gymnast and competed in the youth olympics 2010... :))
@ThePingShowJL well, no it revolves around both of the rythmic and the artistic one, i guess we have trampoline gymnastics too but it's not common at atll, and i don't think we have trampoline gymnastics..... though i guess maybe after that team silver medal at the youth olmpics in the rythmic gymnastics may be a good start...
I liked better the 50's - 80's gymnasts, they were much more feminine! 2day is all about power, b4 it was more important how gracefuly they were doing the routines.
Thanks so much for this video. I find this so fascinating. I have always known the bars were once closer together and seen videos. But this was great. I loved through the yers. Can you imagin how many of these gymnst bruised or broke their ribs. Ouch
@Letissiaskatetapes23 you don't hit your ribs on the bar. You wrap at your hips, below the bone, right where your leg bends. Done correctly, it really doesn't hurt. Done incorrectly, it will leave bruises, but it never involves your ribs.
I loved this. This was so cool to see how much the parallel bars have evolved, but I wanted to groan when some of the girls in the 80's did their giants; talk about horrible body positioning with the back arching! Yikes! I'm glad they stamped that out in the elite level.
Haha the bars were so close at first, I thought they were raised parallel bars. @RandalynFaith, I completely agree with you. But certain skills are prettier, or more artistic or more powerful than others.
Why does everyone fight about the older and newer gymnastics? Who cares which one is harder and which one takes more skill or is more artistic or prettier? Gymnastics is gymnastics. Every gymnast works there butt off to do what they do. Every single gymanst, new or old, puts their all into it day after day after day. Gymnastics is a hard skill to master no matter the change in equipment. So why bring gymnasts down? Instead applaud them for what they can do today.
The gymnast that I've liked on the bars within the last decade is Sventlana Khorkina. She seems to have an understanding of how to use the bars to not only show athleticism but elegance as well. I agree with previous posters that the bar routines from the late 60s to the mid-90s were much more interesting and exciting. Now it's an event I usually ignore.
Wow, those early routines don't even look like the same sport as we know it today. Seemed like they had the freedom to come up with more creative little tricks and unique quirks. Now it is a high-flying, fast-paced exercise on technical skill and physically challenging moves. Very different. Very strange to think how much it's changed!
Great video! But in my opinion the old routines look kinda wimpy...I like the fierce style gymnasts do now, because it's now a serious sport with dedicated, hardcore athletes. Who cares if they're "feminine" or not? If a woman is really THAT concerned about being traditionally feminine (delicate, soft, weak, curvy, polite) she probably shouldn't play sports, because being strong and having muscles is definitely not "feminine."
Which move was it that caused the most injuries back then on bars? Was it the one where they hit the bar with their stomach? Or those big releases like the one Olga Korbutt did first when she stood on the top bar and then somersaulted to catch?
This was so fun to watch. I'm one of those who thought it much more fun in the days when the bars were closer together - more inventive moves. The old footage was amazing - I loved 1) women doing gymnastics with big ol' buns on their heads, and 2) the fact that there were spotters there when the girls were barely doing swings. Thanks for posting it!
I miss the old style uneven bars, when the bars were closer. The routines were way cooler to watch. Today's uneven bars look like men's high bar with another bar that they jump to a couple of times like it's an annoyance in the way, as opposed to a integral part of their routine.
I prefer the old style of uneven bars, where it was parallel bars with one raised higher than the other. Allowed for so much more art and creativity. Now a'days, gymnastics is all about brute force, and strenght, and how many skills you can put in a routine, and less about the art and perfection :/
@nmd556 It's arguable which one is more difficult. The 50s were faced with unique challenges that don't exist in current gymnastics. And as the bars moved farther apart but were still parallel and were not a full body's length away, the challenges of spinning and tricks were even greater. So maybe the rules of the sport which make it about brute force and strength make it more difficult in competition now, but 'in the old days' when it was about art and perfection it was more difficult.
Wow it's amazing how much gymnastics has changed 50's to 80's wad pure creativity with originality but now it is just the same old thing you see in EVERY routine!!! I don't even know why they banned some of those moves if it was because they where dangerous then that's stupid because gymnasts have already done it! So confusing!!!!!!!!!!!!
@gymnastics4eva369 most of the moves were banned because the bars moved farther away so it became impossible to do them. yes 50´s to 80´s was the period that had the most originality, imo 50´s to early 90´s was the golden age in gymnastics.
AH! YESSS! finally, i found this video, i watched it a while ago and was looking all over for it. man, a lot of the older moves would be hard on a girls stomach D:
Wow that was really impressive! Cool to see where everything has come from. I use to wonder how they competed with so little room between the bars but it literally looked like they were twirling. Looks like they had so much finesse to just be able to keep going. It seems today it's more about power I guess. Both are great though. Awesome video!
All of that switching between bars, and flipping over both looks so painful... I remember taking gymnastics when I was younger, I'd get painful bruises on my hips form bars, and I was just doing simple things like a front pullover!
I love watching the older routines. It seemed like w/ the bars closer together it made them have to be more creative in order to outdo one another. I'm not a gymnast so I don't know what is really considered harder, but what does Nastia Liukien do that's supposedly so much harder than what some of these girls were doing?
cj222100 3 days ago
Yes! The focus used to be the hip distance to the bars but as the tricks became more demanding that the bars have much mire room leaving those cool tricks behind. I was just 7 when Nadia inspired me to learn her first Olympic 10- and I did for a while . But by the time I was competing 6 years later- our bats were set for more Ariel moves and not just a "front hip circle to an Eagles nest" lol- at 7- was considered advanced!! This was an awesome look at the transitions- I have to ask why Mary Lo
2cdmitchell 6 days ago
70's bar routines were the best. They were sooo graceful and beautiful, and the tricks were fun and unique. Now its fun to watch, but not as fun
datravelers 1 week ago
Wow, bar routines back in the day were so different, it almost seems like an entirely different event altogether. Some of those mounts they were doing were so cool. And when they were doing the swinging around by their midsections w/no hands. But when they were doing it thay way, did they adjust the bars depending on the height of the girl? Wonder what's considered more difficult-the old routines or the more recent routines. Looked like it was somewhere in the 80s when the bars changed
cj222100 2 weeks ago
C'est magnifique mais ma no 1 reste Comaneci !!! Merci de cette belle vidéo :)))
Milety63 1 month ago
@mia7789, it's *you're but any sport requires strength, commitment and effort so you can't really choose one sport over the other :)
couturecritique89 1 month ago
Oh and also who this is a message to the person who said gymnastics isn't a sport, your an idiot, gymnastics takes more effort skill and talent then soccer, football, basketball or another sports put together!!!
mia7789 2 months ago
Wow I had no idea bars used to be like that!
mia7789 2 months ago
Someone cared about the health of these girls? This is not a sport!
MsNoage 2 months ago
seriously u skiped sydney 2000
tumblefan101 4 months ago
@tumblefan101 watch the newer one, its link is in the description
comaneci1 4 months ago
Was Rhonda Schwandt the first to do giant swings on the bars?
iwax64 4 months ago
@iwax64 yes... as far as i know
comaneci1 4 months ago
Trust me, wrapping around the bars was fun yes, but it beat the daylights out of your body. I used to get bruises the size of dinner plates on my hips. No grips needed for those basics, rips and bloody hands galore. It is a wonder we were never reported for child abuse...And yes Nadia is the best. Unfortunately not one of my students even knows who she is.
kesciabarri 5 months ago
NADIA IS THE BEST!!!
claudia22calvin 6 months ago
Nice to see the developement. The age of the athletes are getting much younger over the years.
marjan12342 6 months ago
hahahah are the first few just a set of P-bars placed at different heights?
Bonweg1 6 months ago
I'm just a guy who don't know anything about this and just came here to see some ass, but I kinda liked the old style, this new thing is lame.
riotofdablood 7 months ago
Gosh, in the old days it was much more interesting. Now, all the routines are the same. :/
kourtneybff1 7 months ago
0:40 THAT scared the shit out of me... Definitely looked like it was going to be a head dive
ObsessedWithPassions 7 months ago
Awwsome
sydneyxxxx1 7 months ago
Haha yah
sydneyxxxx1 7 months ago
wow you can really see how much higher and further away the bars got! i think it would be more fun to have them close again :)
cheeseygymnast 8 months ago
No Khorkina!?!?! This beautiful video is irrelevent without her!! She is the QUEEN!!!!
rpruneda9 8 months ago
Great montage ! It's very beautiful !
JustDoSport 8 months ago
nice montage, but wen it comes to an Uneven Bars montage, directly we expect to see the Queen of bars, the Diva Svetlana Khorkina, without her this montage in incomplete, due to what originality and beauty she brought to the Artistic Gymnastics & especially on the Uneven Bars.
AmeenAlNabbout 9 months ago 2
@AmeenAlNabbout watch the newer one, khorkina is in it... the link is in the description
comaneci1 9 months ago
such a easy things they do! comparing with the things that the gymnast do today, they will find that to much easyer! sorry for my inglish:A
ivysports15 9 months ago
You never see any of the moves from the 90's anymore. Is that because they're too difficult or were made illegal?
daydreamer526 9 months ago
thx.
funny old gym.
hemtokem 9 months ago
I cant believe the standards of the 50s. They were just horrible and laughable, they were fat house wives who would not even make it to the highschool championships today. That gives you an idea of how easy was to live before, people without education got permanent jobs, could buy cheap apartments, it was laughable. Today you need 2 degrees, 3 languages, a Master and you will only get a rubbish temporary job and appartments that you can never pay. Bastard old people!
phpciphreak 9 months ago
@phpciphreak Those gymnasts of the 50s looked like grown women, they were not fat or unfit... They did not have an easy life, look up Stalin and Krushev.... Read the history of the Soviet Union, those women competed for the prize of their own apartment which was no penthouse...They lived under a brutal dictatorship, those that were not Russian, lived in occupied countries, Belarus is still a dictatorship.
emmyjo720 8 months ago
And I thought I was good because I am good at catching random objects thrown at me.
175myles 9 months ago
i like the older stuff better, tbh. the more modern style just has me asking "why dont we have women's high bar...?"
pyr666 9 months ago
wow it's hard to believe that back then they used to actually climb up and sit on the uneven bars..
nicki446 9 months ago 2
The 50's are just to boring for me. The 60's and 70's are wonderful and then the fast paced gymnastics starting in the mid-80's is not that great either. Don't get me wrong it's still incredible but I miss the grace and beauty of the 60's and 70's
Stonymypony 9 months ago
I'm A Gymnast And My Hips Bruise Simply From Doing Kips, And Back Hip Circles.
I Can't Even Imagine How Bad The Gymnasts From Back Then Bruised.
It's Crazy How The Sport Has Evolved.
KassidyGetsMoney 11 months ago 2
@KassidyGetsMoney I bruise from casts...
sweetpotatopie99 10 months ago
I think they should put the bars closer again... it seemed to be more graceful at 70s. Most of today's routines are just the same, a competition of " the highest realesing moves", no much difference among. The old style was more interesting to watch.
aleksrnv 11 months ago 14
@aleksrnv it was more interesting to watch because u weren't used to it
GladiolusPrincess 2 months ago
How come korkhina is not there??? She is the queen of bars
efrainherrera1 11 months ago
I have heard gymnasts say that the release moves are easier to do than the swing work on the bar, especially single arm swings. The releases look impressive to the audience, but are not as hard to do.
sylviekell 1 year ago
Evolution !
kaka01kaka 1 year ago
If we keep moving those two bars further apart, by the next century, the second bar will be one mile away from the first bar.
btcyan 1 year ago
NADIA! first perfect 10.0.
TheFeelin89 1 year ago
I love watching this. The olympic level routines of the 1950's seem like beginner routines today. I've tell my daughter this all the time.
pageantgaga 1 year ago
This definitely convinces me that we are evolved from primates :D
so142001 1 year ago
Wow, in the 50:s they had control. Nowadays its like flying limbs all over the place..
a575981735977018 1 year ago 2
the way gymnastics first started is actually cool haha u get to dance on it
MyUnknownSmile 1 year ago
Why did they space the bars?
baggedyman 1 year ago
@baggedyman I don't know for certain, but I think it had to do with shifts in the focus for the apparatus. Originally, gymnasts focused on sustained moves and demonstrating control and flexibility. Over time the focus has evolved to emphasize more flying skills.
nickelcreekster 11 months ago 2
Nadia Comaneci, champion of uneven bars
wn747031 1 year ago
Awesome.. very cool...
dalesalsa 1 year ago
I love how that have everything to do with penguins
yksnimus 1 year ago
very nice...it's amazing knowing people can do that~
lilkuo 1 year ago
What are those ladies doing outside the kitchen?
freestaylah 1 year ago
I liked it better when the bars were closer together.
doohuh 1 year ago
I love this video. Its so weird to see some of the earlier gymnastics. It looks so simple but I guess back then it was a big deal like the gymnastics today is.
Stonymypony 1 year ago
WHERE IS KHORKINA????????????????
ViknAl 1 year ago 6
@ViknAl watch the newer one, it's linked in tyhe description, and it includes khorkina
comaneci1 1 year ago
I have to agree with HowDareThey1970. Today's uneven bar routines may be dynamic like men's high bar, but they lack interesting transitions btwn high and low bars. Back then, they really knew how to incorporate both bars into a routine and make each routine stand out. Today's bar routines look so similar. I miss the old days :0(
QuirkyGirl10 1 year ago
2:20 - 2:24 -- AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!
mikitavi 1 year ago
Says the new montage is private so wont let me view it!!
getnasty08 1 year ago
@getnasty08 no, try viewing it now and it will work :)
comaneci1 1 year ago
@kuddygymnast12 yes she was unfortunately
comaneci1 1 year ago
the bar r soo close
lakbjones1 1 year ago
the older routines are very beautiful, who's that on at 5:29??
koalapoofa 1 year ago
@koalapoofa it's kim gwang suk from north korea :) i recommend you to watch the newer montage, it's linked in the description it's much better :) thanks for watching
comaneci1 1 year ago
I saw the artistic side of this apparatus disappear little by little.
zeldafreak701 1 year ago
I just noticed that none of the videos have grips untill like the 80's....
peacelaurenpeace739 1 year ago
i have no idea why 6 people dislike this superb video.
borzasiandras 1 year ago
@borzasiandras thanks alot i appreciate that!! :)), a newer montage is up and it's much better, it would be great if you take a look at it, its link is in the description :))
comaneci1 1 year ago
I wanted to so some of my old tricks on the bars at the gym where I coach so I put the bars in as far as I could. Even as close as I could get them, they were still too far apart to do a kip catch and a bar beat. I miss the old days.
ivybop 1 year ago
No Khorkina?? Shame on you!!!! :D
getnasty08 1 year ago
@getnasty08 i belive it's a big mistake, but see, that montage was made like...3 years ago and i didn't have alot of videos for khorkina, that's why i'll be working on another one soon, much better, and in alot more better quality.... :) thanks for watching
comaneci1 1 year ago
@comaneci1 Ah I'm kidding - the video was excellent to watch.
But she is the queen of UB so don't forget her in your next one :D - esp in 2000 when she kissed the UB after winning the EF
<3
getnasty08 1 year ago
@comaneci1 if you're making a new one, you should totally add he kexin's bar routine!
an excellent montage as it is, though... very enjoyable! thanks so much for sharing! :-)
sprinklefriend 1 year ago
@sprinklefriend the new montage is up, and it invludes kexin :D
comaneci1 1 year ago
@getnasty08 the new montage is up :D
comaneci1 1 year ago
The further apart the bars get, the less booty the leotard covers...
SalieriFoe 1 year ago
ohhh so THATS why some people call them the uneven parellel bars. I'm a gymnast myself and I never knew that they used to simply use a set of men's parellel bars w/ one higher than the other. Haha, bars have become SO much better now, they were boring in the 50's and 60's
theaterqueen95 1 year ago
why do the bars get further and further each year?
kouriskiii 1 year ago
I'm no gymnast, but i love watching it, especially the Olympics. But compared to the old clips in this video - gymnastics nowadays is just boring!!
Can anyone tell me if there's a reason why they don't do all the unusual and unique moves anymore? Is it rules? Or do they just not? Thanks! :D
RaintreeRagtime 1 year ago
just amazing!!It was so beautiful to watch this movie!!Thanx Comaneci1!!
aline7390 1 year ago
See if Bart and Nadia's son is good at gymnastics someday?
HattieLovesCattie 1 year ago
Early 90's style looks best to me, because you can still do those cool early tricks, and also so form of a modern giant.
If a gymnast wanted to, could she still compete with the bars like that?
eiffel65isawesome 1 year ago
It seems like the bars get further and further apart from each other every year!! I think that eventually, the low bar will be taken out altogether for the women just like mens highbar. I actually was watching some elite womens gymnastics clips from egypt, and i was noticing that in some of the clips, the low bar has been taken out completely. There were national level meets i was watching. It was so strange to see that, when i am so used to the lowbar being there.
justin1gibson 1 year ago
@justin1gibson thanks for all your comments, I'm a great believer that gymnastics days are unfortunately over, i really get bored watching gymnastics nowadays. I believe in Nadia and olga and all the old gymnastics great champions uptill 2004 ponor and izbasa, now I only watch old gymnastics because it was Artistic Gymnastics as it is actually called.
And about the Egyptian clips you saw, well, I'm a 100% Egyptian if you don't know, gymnastics has never been good in Egypt...
comaneci1 1 year ago
@justin1gibson Egyptian gymnastics needs to be fixed starting from the very basic training they train the small gymnasts with and the gymnasts here arn't so committed to their sport, most of the girls leave gymnastics at an age maybe before 15, because some parents aren't okay with their daughters wearing a leotard which is a religious and cultural part of us. And those who persue their career make it to the Worldschampionships, but never qualify to the finals.
comaneci1 1 year ago
@Justin: if i were a gymast myself, my parents wouldn't mind it even if I play gymnastics till I'm 40, it differs from a family to another..uhh gymnastics in Egypt is a one big issue that i can talk to you about for days :DD It's not only the cultural thing..
comaneci1 1 year ago
@comaneci1
ooh plz tell me about gymnastics in eygpt, i know nothing apart from sherine el zeiny
iwinyoulose101 1 year ago
@iwinyoulose101 well to be honest, i don't know further than that either :D i knew there was some other girl called norhan saad, she competed at the 06 and the 07 worlds, she has two younger sisters, the middle one is my friend actually, she was a gymnast too but she retired, their youngest sister is a gymnast and competed in the youth olympics 2010... :))
comaneci1 1 year ago
@comaneci1
thank youuuu!
iwinyoulose101 1 year ago
@comaneci1
Most Egyptian gymnastics revolve around rythmic am I right, not artistic?
ThePingShowJL 1 year ago
@ThePingShowJL well, no it revolves around both of the rythmic and the artistic one, i guess we have trampoline gymnastics too but it's not common at atll, and i don't think we have trampoline gymnastics..... though i guess maybe after that team silver medal at the youth olmpics in the rythmic gymnastics may be a good start...
comaneci1 1 year ago
Thank u for this amazing video. :)
I liked better the 50's - 80's gymnasts, they were much more feminine! 2day is all about power, b4 it was more important how gracefuly they were doing the routines.
annarocam 1 year ago
Thanks so much for this video. I find this so fascinating. I have always known the bars were once closer together and seen videos. But this was great. I loved through the yers. Can you imagin how many of these gymnst bruised or broke their ribs. Ouch
Letissiaskatetapes23 1 year ago
@Letissiaskatetapes23 you don't hit your ribs on the bar. You wrap at your hips, below the bone, right where your leg bends. Done correctly, it really doesn't hurt. Done incorrectly, it will leave bruises, but it never involves your ribs.
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bbhouk1 1 year ago
woooooooooow!!! O_O
m0LuZc0V3Rd3 1 year ago
6:40- Wow, no grips!!!! D:
mindyschocolate 1 year ago
i like the music
it is classical, it fits it very well, especially with early routines
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bbhouk1 1 year ago
i think the routines now lost it's grace and artistic creativity...
emjay12 1 year ago
I loved this. This was so cool to see how much the parallel bars have evolved, but I wanted to groan when some of the girls in the 80's did their giants; talk about horrible body positioning with the back arching! Yikes! I'm glad they stamped that out in the elite level.
mindyschocolate 1 year ago
@mindyschocolate i know! it used to annoy me so much. so i just stopped watching 80's bar routines
they were to painful to watch lol
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bbhouk1 1 year ago
Who is that from 5:11 to 5:13 ?
92glou 1 year ago
@92glou svetlana baitova
comaneci1 1 year ago
Haha the bars were so close at first, I thought they were raised parallel bars. @RandalynFaith, I completely agree with you. But certain skills are prettier, or more artistic or more powerful than others.
gymnastchica154 1 year ago
Why does everyone fight about the older and newer gymnastics? Who cares which one is harder and which one takes more skill or is more artistic or prettier? Gymnastics is gymnastics. Every gymnast works there butt off to do what they do. Every single gymanst, new or old, puts their all into it day after day after day. Gymnastics is a hard skill to master no matter the change in equipment. So why bring gymnasts down? Instead applaud them for what they can do today.
RandalynFaith 1 year ago
@RandalynFaith Amen!
bbhouk1 1 year ago
routines were so much better back before they moved the bars farther apart.
animalphanatik 1 year ago
why wasn't Beth Tweddle in the 2000's part of the video??
chizzyoma 1 year ago
@chizzyoma kindly watch the newer montage, it's linked in the description, and it includes tweddle :))
comaneci1 1 year ago
The gymnast that I've liked on the bars within the last decade is Sventlana Khorkina. She seems to have an understanding of how to use the bars to not only show athleticism but elegance as well. I agree with previous posters that the bar routines from the late 60s to the mid-90s were much more interesting and exciting. Now it's an event I usually ignore.
terr751 1 year ago
Wow, those early routines don't even look like the same sport as we know it today. Seemed like they had the freedom to come up with more creative little tricks and unique quirks. Now it is a high-flying, fast-paced exercise on technical skill and physically challenging moves. Very different. Very strange to think how much it's changed!
msbunnypaws 1 year ago 10
slowly got wider
blarg1027 1 year ago
i think if the bars were that closes i might actually be able to catch my toe-shoots!!
Twilightlover18ful 1 year ago
Great video! But in my opinion the old routines look kinda wimpy...I like the fierce style gymnasts do now, because it's now a serious sport with dedicated, hardcore athletes. Who cares if they're "feminine" or not? If a woman is really THAT concerned about being traditionally feminine (delicate, soft, weak, curvy, polite) she probably shouldn't play sports, because being strong and having muscles is definitely not "feminine."
I think a fierce woman with muscles is beautiful.
johnmillerllc 1 year ago
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bbhouk1 1 year ago
Which move was it that caused the most injuries back then on bars? Was it the one where they hit the bar with their stomach? Or those big releases like the one Olga Korbutt did first when she stood on the top bar and then somersaulted to catch?
lanpingpug 1 year ago
@lanpingpug i know, i think they took that stuff out for the same reason that they changed the vault from that horrible rectangle.
Lenae6292 1 year ago
very cool! to see all that footage from the 50's on up....it's crazy how the sport has changed!
BraveNewGirl07 1 year ago
This was so fun to watch. I'm one of those who thought it much more fun in the days when the bars were closer together - more inventive moves. The old footage was amazing - I loved 1) women doing gymnastics with big ol' buns on their heads, and 2) the fact that there were spotters there when the girls were barely doing swings. Thanks for posting it!
Be3tBe3t 1 year ago
Who is it at 3:03, please? :)
woofiegrrl 1 year ago
@woofiegrrl It's Elena Mukhina (USSR)
comaneci1 1 year ago
@comaneci1 Of course, I see it now! Thank you.
woofiegrrl 1 year ago
Wonderful video. I miss the style and grace that the older gymnastics had - it is very athletic now but at the expense of being less artistic.
AlanGayleCynthiaSara 1 year ago
70's and 80's were the best i think, very creative and fluent .
brooke123456788 1 year ago
I miss the old style uneven bars, when the bars were closer. The routines were way cooler to watch. Today's uneven bars look like men's high bar with another bar that they jump to a couple of times like it's an annoyance in the way, as opposed to a integral part of their routine.
HowDareThey1970 1 year ago 14
5:12! WOW!
dewayne408 1 year ago
@dewayne408 I thought the same while I watched it! XD
Vaalee0X 1 year ago
imagine what kind of skills we would be doing today if the bars were still that close! :)
GYMNAStGiRL892 1 year ago
i agree bring back theold school IN THE new school mix it up.. i bet if they mixed up some routines their scores would go up moree
DreamNbelieveGYMNAST 1 year ago
i think i like gymnastics better today no ofence
jkadbaker 1 year ago
@jkadbaker - the skill level of todays gymansists has improved. However, one has to remeber, this video shows gymnastics at its invfancy.
krstnlhjt 1 year ago
What a fantastic montage! Thank you for this. So well edited, and so illuminating. Great, GREAT work.
nothersheep 1 year ago
I love this. The old routines look so good - I wish we could still see that on tv :(
LithiumxLacrymosa 1 year ago 2
the bars were very close
Mrmartinnico 1 year ago
@KillaKitty and iPenguin01 its the same thing happening i figure skating! those new rules make everyone look the same :/
rusicesk8ingirl 1 year ago
5:11 is sick nasty
aznfreak99 1 year ago
I prefer the old style of uneven bars, where it was parallel bars with one raised higher than the other. Allowed for so much more art and creativity. Now a'days, gymnastics is all about brute force, and strenght, and how many skills you can put in a routine, and less about the art and perfection :/
staronmybelly 1 year ago
its much harder now thanin the 50s
nmd556 1 year ago
@nmd556 It's arguable which one is more difficult. The 50s were faced with unique challenges that don't exist in current gymnastics. And as the bars moved farther apart but were still parallel and were not a full body's length away, the challenges of spinning and tricks were even greater. So maybe the rules of the sport which make it about brute force and strength make it more difficult in competition now, but 'in the old days' when it was about art and perfection it was more difficult.
rene833 1 year ago
Wow it's amazing how much gymnastics has changed 50's to 80's wad pure creativity with originality but now it is just the same old thing you see in EVERY routine!!! I don't even know why they banned some of those moves if it was because they where dangerous then that's stupid because gymnasts have already done it! So confusing!!!!!!!!!!!!
gymnastics4eva369 1 year ago
@gymnastics4eva369 most of the moves were banned because the bars moved farther away so it became impossible to do them. yes 50´s to 80´s was the period that had the most originality, imo 50´s to early 90´s was the golden age in gymnastics.
mrsTorrard88 1 year ago
the 2000's and beyond have no creativity, just technicality.
thegirlnerd 1 year ago 3
these days gymnasts lost their femininity ! AND all the routines look the same! They are all only like robots, not feminine or elegant!
iPenguin01 1 year ago 25
@iPenguin01 but still, look at the SKILL!
AimeeUntitled 1 year ago
70's and 80's were amazing! after that, it got cookie cutter
iwinyoulose101 1 year ago
AH! YESSS! finally, i found this video, i watched it a while ago and was looking all over for it. man, a lot of the older moves would be hard on a girls stomach D:
Gothgoddess512 1 year ago 3
@Gothgoddess512 now watch the newer montage :D it's linked in the description
comaneci1 1 year ago
@comaneci1 Ohhhhh :) I'll go look now!
Gothgoddess512 1 year ago
2010 is so different from the 50's hah good job!
OrangeSodaFizzyMonke 1 year ago
The bars back then is sooooo cool!!
P.S. watch my video: Agnes in 2010 NorCal Level 7 State Championships!!
superspunkydog 1 year ago
they used to be so close together!
xXxRachyJaneXxX 1 year ago
Did she seriously need a spot at 0:26? LOL.
adventuregirl76 1 year ago
wow that kool but i can not do that i will break something
neekaish 1 year ago
Wow that was really impressive! Cool to see where everything has come from. I use to wonder how they competed with so little room between the bars but it literally looked like they were twirling. Looks like they had so much finesse to just be able to keep going. It seems today it's more about power I guess. Both are great though. Awesome video!
Golddusttwin1 1 year ago
wow I love this video!! great job!
ccosmato891 1 year ago
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deltafoverdeltax 1 year ago
i disagree. i think the more recent skills are much more impressive and beautiful.
iwitchhunter 2 years ago
omg old bars were soo much bettter and soo interesting!!!
LIGAgymnastics 2 years ago
yeah it seems like hip beats would hurt wouldnt they though?
stjohnspreschool 2 years ago 4
thats what I thought!
peacelovecheer24 1 year ago
Yeah I would have thought they would have bruises from that.
Golddusttwin1 1 year ago
All of that switching between bars, and flipping over both looks so painful... I remember taking gymnastics when I was younger, I'd get painful bruises on my hips form bars, and I was just doing simple things like a front pullover!
PigPenguin91 2 years ago 2
because they are borrowing from the men's high bars. They want to masculinize women's gymnastics but yet make them look slutty for them judges.
silentmoviemusicfrk 1 year ago
it's ridicoulus don't put Khorkina in this montage. it's like talk about a cake without sugar...
raar8 2 years ago