- Dec 14, 2009
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In response to yours and KB's posts- If people have forgotten how the competitiveness of allstars has changed, just watch videos from 2005-now. In 5 years, you've gone from winning with straight-up stunts to needing a MINIMUM of a full-up one leg to various release moves and multiple creative sequences. That's just in stunts..I agree with your last few posts. I posted something a couple days ago in the standing double thread from a parent perspective on how our elite tumblers today in Junior and Senior were a result of a much different time in All Stars. Elite tumblers are highly motivated and have an internal push that is not there in every athlete. There are many very beautiful and talented tumblers who can double and have the ability to double but don't for many reasons. Are some afraid? I'm sure they are They are more the majority out there. The contributions they bring to a team may be measured in so many other ways. A beautiful trick pass to full also counts and has just as much value. Very few can do theseelite amazing passes to double and standing to doubles because it is very difficult. The score sheets push to have more and more doubles and who are the kids they look to to bring numbers up? Thhe kids beyond the phenoms. That pressure can make them walk away because there is only value placed on the elusive double.