hollie vise beam 2008 oklahoma vs. texas women's

[AdamJLemon]

So what if her skills have deteriorated from being elite. She's still the hottest gymnast alive.

[dancedevil94]

SHE'S REALLY GOOD but wasnt it extremely distracting with all those ppl screaming and shouting in the background

[turbojon811]

LOL - yeah cuz usually NCAA meets are so quiet

[gymnastixfreak23]

if the camera went to the right more, u could see me. i was right there!

[kingfbi]

allegria78. Buy it or not i dont really care.

The fact u cant distunguish friendly conversation from genuine lack of education proves your mentality was left behind in 1957. U are far too presumptuous. And after your appalling attitude i no longer care whats on your profile. U judge a persons integrity by their use of english, we judge u by your closed mind. And u also blocked me which shows u lack the courage to continue an argument u started. i smell DECADENCE.

[alexandrite105]

who are you talking about here?

[kingfbi]

Just a little argument with someone. Not u so dont worry.

[alexandrite105]

college gymnastics isn't the elite level though; it's supposed to be a step down. it doesn't mean she thinks it's a joke, it means she's giving her body a rest from all the years of pounding it took when she was training for athens. and she didn't lose her mount, she's had some back problems so it's better for her to not do the extreme flexibility skills.

[tallflag]

Do you think she will compete on floor or even vault? When she left the elite seen, her skills on those events were strong enough for the collegiate scene. She had a yurchenko full and her tumbling is up to par to those on the circut at the moment. I miss her artistry and dance.

[uwoeric]

I hope she does all 4 events eventually, but I think it's gonna be awhile. Her elite tumbling/vault were VERY difficult for her, and I don't think she's in the type of shape right now to be able to do those skills consistently. FX/VT doesn't come naturally to her like UB/BB.

[otwgymnastt01]

she reminds me a bit of alicia sacramone in this

[Crazie4Gymnastics]

as you can see when hollie took a break she lost some of her skills... like her mount

[tallflag]

...and her tumbling. Really no series in that routine, (if you are going to count the "front ariel to the back handspring and the dismount". Gosh I miss her flip flop to full, onodi and her series to a double back. Just a shadow of her former self.

[soonergym]

I know! to me she might as well just hold up a sign that says "I think NCAA is a joke, that means I don't have to do anything hard"

I too miss the onodi!

[Lyssenk0]

Her routine isn't easy. She gets 0.2 from the front aerial to a FF. That's a DB connection. She gets 0.2 from the switch ring leap. She gets another 0.1 from the sheep jump. NCAA uses the level 10 code of points. It's a comparable difficulty level to that of the 1996 Olympic cycle.

[tallflag]

Lyssenk0, we are not saying that it isn't hard compared to NCAA stardards, we are are just not use to see a very watered down routine compared to her elite routines the made her so infamous. She made those elite routines look so easy, that it is hard to imagine that she can't do them anymore. Look at her bar routine. She was know for her twisting and turning on the bars, which made her a co-world champ. But when you see her now, it is almost disappointing.

[Lyssenk0]

Oh ok, I see. My mistake!

[tallflag]

Oh BTW! Thank you for putting up all those great videos, for everyone to see! The whole world appreciate you. Thanks again

[briaberger]

What do you expect?

She's had countless injuries, is a full-time college student, and has grown since her elite days. She's still spectacular.

I think it's incredibly lousy to say she's 'disappointing'. She's remained a gymnast after a devastating decision in 2004, when she was left off the Olympic team, so she deserves our RESPECT for continuing against such odds, not crappy comments.

Congratulations Hollie! Good luck in the NCAA!