Yesterday's Gymnastics -

[GymnasticsFreak321]

even though i only started gymnastics in 2000 i definately wish i was involved in the 60's and 70's! Its so effortless unlike many gymnasts today!

[kid4orange]

who is the very first one? What's your name? Tell me, please :)

[kid4orange]

who is the very first one? What's her name?

[jujub1996]

i love the types of videos the simplicity and elegance of the older gymnastics is just beautiful and on floor they really showed the flexibility and i really like it in the 80's when theyed tumble down then back.old school gymnastics is simply amazing.

[DefyingNoodles]

i completely agree. As time went on, it became more of the competition then the elegance. people competed for who could do the best tricks, and it lost a lot of elegance. Some of them don't even look nice. A lot of gymnasts today would laugh at the world class gymnasts in this video competing moves like that on such a high level, but it looks so elegant it sometimes beats them out.

[yaminaC4]

great video !!!

[gymcat4ever]

cool video =)

[Ryafer1]

the bars were the p-bars one was just lowered to make them umeven- lol thats were you get uneven bars

[gymnast110596]

could the bars get any closer???

lol

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[0choali]

oh yeah back in the day when you could tell the difference between men and womens gymnastics...

[klopextube]

With the uneven bars so close to each other, there have to be so few moves available to them!

[fatcatlover97]

the bars at like 0:34 were like paralell bars but like a lil bit further apart and uneven

thers like 2 feet of extra bar!!

[BreannaLovesJuan2333]

That tumbling at 2:55 was crazy.

[BARBIEequalsROSE]

OMG the bars are SOO close together.

[Tammikatu]

If you think that that what they are doing is easy, try to make full in at hard floor

[Binabik56]

I was a male gymnast in the 70s. It's true the gynmasts are better now. They start at a younger age and the sport is taken more seriously. In my day there was no place to do gymnastics until you got to high school.

Today's gymnasts are better, but the technique has suffered terribly. It's not just about difficulty. It's about having complete control of every muscle in your body, ALWAYS.

Gymnastics stays in the heart. I still want to go chaulk up, fall on my butt, get up and do it again.

[silverrose1810]

you simply can't compare gymnastics nowadays with theirs. everything has changed simce that time from the equipment to the body of the gymnasts. back then, the gymnasts weren't always girls who trained since a very young age, but many couragous women many of them married and some even were mothers already. Nowadays gymnasts are young, with very rare exceptions like Chusovitina, and the equipment is way better than it was back then. I really admire those brave women.

[yentaleh]

There moves may look easy and primative. But could you do a Korbut or a Mukhina? I tried a Mukhina once (not in competition but in practice) and I thought I would get thrown off my team. My coach was furious. Anyways don't knock old school because with out it we wouldn't be where we are today.

[zpal24]

what is the song in this?

[WorldClassGym]

Gafsa performed by Natacha Atlas.

[lexi4263]

omg there vault is like a level 5 vault

[bobbalishous]

Its like a differant sport neraly!

[goldfish424]

haha the bars are funny looking, lol

[purplehippo125]

they cant even do a giant on bars

[InCupsOfCoffee821]

they weren't moved far enough apart until like the 80's or 90's

[KeriCarter]

Love It! Great Montage! Makes me wish I could have been there to see some of this.