I’m at a coaching course with Frank Szabo, Men’s Head Coach at Richmond Gymnastics in Vancouver, British Columbia.
When I mentioned the Hungarian gymnastics film White Palms, I learned that Frank did not appreciate the movie. It was filmed at his childhood gym and reflected badly on Hungarian gymnastics. Frank was clear that the fictional version of training there in no way represented his experience growing up.
I related in a way. The movie showed my home gym, Altadore, as dark and foreboding. Just the opposite of how it is in reality.
Here’s a candid shot of the kids with one of their coaches, star “Uldi†Zoltan Miklos Hajdu, goofing around between “takes” at Altadore.
Uldi on Flickr
photo credit – Stephen Neal
Andrew Vetter (in the white t-shirt) is the gymnast who gets “hit” in the film.
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