Mo Isom to tryout for the LSU Tigers Football team

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  1. martin

    martin Banned Forever

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    she cant.


    do you understand why it would be pointless to bring in special olympian kids to kick? you could certainly argue that they should be allowed to kick if they can. but they cant. you guys dont seem to understand. she cant kick.
     
  2. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Why don't you listen to the actual vaulter. They are judged on superior form and precision. No one measures the height and power. The highest score does not go to the longest landing spot or the highest arc reached, it goes to the best performance.
     
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    ok:

    "Power, speed and height are only relevant in executing the vault"

    presumably the judges want you to actually execute the vault?

    by your logic, gymnasts should eat cheeseburgers all day, because they dont even need to be strong, just artistic. neither of you actually even believe your own points.
     
  4. red55

    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    Liar. It comes easy for you doesn't it?
     
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    LSUsupaFan Founding Member

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    Are you ignoring the physics on purpose? Men have to vault over a longer horse that is higher than the women's apparatus. It takes more speed and power to accomplish this. I don't think there is a woman alive that could do a naked gainer over a long horse set at 135 CM. This is a trick that elite men consider so easy it is only performed in exhibitions becuase it wouldn't carry a high enough point value to do in competetion. Still looks hella cool though.
     
  6. martin

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    sure why not. again, i know you are just pulling my chain, amigo.
     
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    red55 curmudgeon Staff Member

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    You lie every time you try to tell me what I believe. We have an actual vaulter here who has told you how it is. Pardon me if it is obvious that you are wrong. Supa, too.
     
  8. LSUsupaFan

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    Dude, I am an actual vaulter. I was in competetive gymnastics from 6-14 before I gave it up to concentrate on swimming full time. One of my many college jobs was coaching gymnastics at Elite. I won the student handstand contest after LSU gym meets so many times they stopped letting me compete. So when I tell you womens vaulting is different than mens it is because I know a couple or three things about it.

    Men's vaulting requires more speed and power because the horse is longer and higher. That is simply physics. Some women could probably do some mens vaults, but most elite women could not do the higher difficulty vaults on the men's settings. The world gymnastics community realizes this and that is why the standards are different.
     
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    Richdog 02 Cecilia alumni champs

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    how do you KNOW that she can't? have you seen her fail?
     
  10. martin

    martin Banned Forever

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    i have never seen her lose a tennis match either. lets give her an invitation to the mens french open. i have never seen her fail at tennis.

    so you make a smart point. i dont know she cant kick. and i dont know she is not the best tennis player that ever lived. i actually dont know the she is not the best chess player that ever lived. i dont know that she isnt god. i actually cant say for certain that she didnt create the heaven and the earth. but i have some theories. perhaps you dont and think everyone can do everything, no matter what it is. perhaps you think kicking FG for a major college program is something anyone can do. anyone can beat out everyone else and get that job easily. if you think that, good luck with everything.
     

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