Shayla Worley Courtney McCool BB 2010 vs Florida

[tomsk14]

Reminds me of a phrase a coach said to me when I was young -

' The difference between Gymnasts and Ballerinas is that Ballerinas have necks '

[OhEmGeeDoubleUTeeEff]

@chinghxd No different than competing with Kupets and McCool, I imagine. But Shayla has contributed very little to the team's success or lack thereof. She's usually the one fucking up now. She wouldn't be able to handle another round of elite, I guarantee. Especially since they changed the COP again and her skill sets wouldn't be very competitive.

[96horseluvr]

how come she doesn't do the worley in this routine?

[LCAmarkymark]

@96horseluvr probably not recognized

[481095ymg2]

And now she's walking down the beam while moving arms...

[fishdude77]

what was with the zooming in? i dont want to see her face(though shes got a nice one), i want to see what tricks shes doing!

[xbubbleluvx]

is it really necessary for the announcer girl to say every single skill they do

[maddylovescheer]

these girls were supposed to be Olympians and world champions, not college gymnasts. these girls are not half of what they used to be and it is sad and unfortunate that their dreams were taken away because of silly things like a broken leg and a few bad routines in qualifiers.

[raspberrypavlova92]

Katie Heenan's ensemble is not flattering.

[PekoeDeLaRosa666]

Two very nice routines, but also great examples of how broken the scoring is for NCAA women's gymnastics. The AVERAGE score for the top teams is 9.8 or higher. Thus routines with several tiny deductions are left with 9.9+. This leaves no room to reward the truly exceptional. The NCAA men have gone to international scoring. It is time for the women to follow.

[danielcnsilva]

@PekoeDeLaRosa666 I completely agree.

[eeffiieejj]

@PekoeDeLaRosa666 I disagree, because men peak when they are around the age of 22, after college. Women peak when they are 16, so by the time they reach college their bodies can't handle it so well anymore.. look at Shayla, she was elite for 6 years or so, and is constantly injured now...

They can downgrade some of the skills though, the Yurchenko full vault for example..

[LCAmarkymark]

@eeffiieejj totally agree

[LCAmarkymark]

@PekoeDeLaRosa666 lol why not since international scoring is so confusing lol..then you will have a bunch of college girls trying to hurt themselves doing crazy stunts..theres a reason these two women are not competing internationally anymore..not because they suck but because the scoring system internationally wears and tears on your body.

[96horseluvr]

@PekoeDeLaRosa666 very well said, and i could not agree more

[JTGPCFL]

How was she a bad commentator?

[mrparke007]

I love that this HORRIFIC commentator thinks she was memorable enough as a gymnast to hyphenate her last name... when all she's doing is pumping out babies now.

[un1sogno]

Who are you to judge? Nastia Liukin? Shawn Johnson?

[mrparke007]

Based on what you said, it sounds like you mean "who are you to judge her abilities as a commentator." Katies is one of the worst commentators for gymnastics and it doesn't take a whole lotta knowledge about the sport to recognize that... which means that even you should be able to process that.

[ogrunner4lyfe]

@mrparke007 some people hyphenate their name because they like to simply keep it. I see nothing wrong with her keeping it. Plus she's a world medalist, so it isn't as if she's a one off gymnast.

[mrparke007]

@ogrunner4lyfe I think it's pretentious and pointless.