Will the USA have 3 gymnasts who can score 15.0+ on Pommels at Worlds 2011?
At the 2012 Olympics?
That’s what they’ll need to challenge for a Team medal in London.
Why is Pommels the weak apparatus right now?
Why did very talented boys have so many falls at J.O. Nationals 2011. This lad, for example.
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Ron Noe of Stick It Media noted that well over 50% of the (young) Level 9 boys fell on Pommels.
The USA, I feel, is still putting boys on the pommeled horse in competition too soon. They’d be far better off keeping them on a lower (safer) horse without pommels, longer. I blame the JO rules for providing too much incentive to go for a hard routine.
Team USA will continue to produce a lot of guys with “piked”, muscled swing if they don’t correct this problem.
Leave a comment if you feel the American pommel problem is improving. Or if you think I’m wrong altogether.
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