A Different Kind Of Pain. (Parketts/Elite Gymnastics)

[@ZYABB618]

Also, it is very difficult to perform under severly negative circumstances. Being the emotionally intelligent creatures we are and the fact the gymnastics is a sport that requires persistence and perfection, the gymnast goes through ENORMOUS internal battles as well as dealing with whatever else the coach puts on them...

[@cliautaud2]

WOW is all I can say!!!! so true and speaks to every gymnast! its the same in every high level gym, some may not like it but those are the ones you don't see on this video. this is how you win!

[@coley2319]

I must say you did an amazing job. I've seen the documentary and I loved the clips you selected along with the music. This is really well done.

[@paharrisonnc]

Wooooow...they are absolutely DESTROYING the spirits of those athletes...They shouldn't be coaches. Thank you for posting this.

[@MeganLMueller]

this is the life of a gymnast...if you are a elite or any high level gymnast..you know what I am talking about.the coaches yell at you..olny because they know you can do better. aand they want you to do the best that you can do! your coaches love you as if you were their kid.. I absolutly Love this video!

[@PkAndFrForLife]

harsh but it pays of !!BIG TIME!! really probably one of the best coaches...i had a socer coach that was strict but we went undefeated for two years running!!

[@demi360flip]

I know exactly how you feel, I'm an optional gymnast right now. Coaches can be harsh, but we all pull through. Crying and pain and holding back tears is now a part of our life. We choose to do this in the beginning, and we all knew what was ahead and accepted.

[@cutestuff358]

@UndefinedXObsession you have said all that needs to be said for all us gymnasts out there. Thank you

[@Rawlentlesspower]

This place is amazing! The coaches are crazy when it comes to getting to work! Love ya girls!

[@mlong9475]

A gymnast has to not only be physically tough, but mentally as well to be the best!

[@waleigh99]

its true, gymnasts are worked so hard so long that they want to get it right and when they dont get it perfect right away they get frustrated and hurt and feel like giving up sometimes. sometimes the coaches make it worse but they're just trying to help. thjey are so hard on us because they know we are able to do great things

[@perfect10nnrg]

I've been a gymnast for 14 years and i hear this all the time. when you're in a sport like this for so long, you learn to block out your emotions, and kind of live like a robot in a way, any other gymnast that have trained as long as i have know what i'm talkin about

[@sorrelsquirrel]

i remember learning the balnce beam. i cryed in my pratice because one day i knew it cold but some times it didn't work out. but my gymnastics teacher told me i should do ballet. i did and was very good at it. so the first stort/whatever you do dosen't work out for you try something else. nothing comes strate down from the sky, you have to work you're butt off for stuff.

[@stephibobz]

i remember watching this documentory a few years back it was really interesting

[@ashleyakaflipper]

oh i totally understand. i want to be pushed like this too. i want to spend 24 hours in the gym everyday, but it's not possible, i'd give up my social life, sleep, and school for gymnastics. but just work hard and push yourself, don't rely on someone else. it's all you just go for it. if you have a dream don't let anyone stand in the way. good luck

[@danielle88110]

Gymnastics is clearly the hardest sport and most demanding of all. Ive been doing it since i was 3 and im now done. i dont see the fun in it anymore. once you compete, theirs so much pressure on you to get better when sometimes you've just had enough. And want to give up.

[@megan4550az]

I'm in elite gymnastics and im 13, i know it hurts, but i get through it, and so does everyone else that makes it to elite. Alot of people think its all fun and games and that talent grows overnight. but we go through a lot to become as good as we are, and yes coaches can be mean, and when they are all they want if for you to try and do your best, most coaches only yell when you're not trying and can do better, they don't yell for fun and they don't try to make you cry,they just want you to try.

[@ccate104]

i'm glad i did (and still do) gymnastics. there are a few things i'd change but i wouldnt give it up for the world

[@tadatada1234]

i agree with you. Im in dance though my teacher was really relaxed and nice and didn't really care. My jazz and ballet dances were baaad. But we did when gold and high gold at our competitions.

[@greenpuppy61196]

you guys are all right about strength,and you guys make me want to cry(in a good way because I am in this video) i think you guys really understand the meaning of elite gymnastics and yes the abuse thing is right i have scars from me falling in the junior olympics(4th place)

[@ccate104]

as crazy as it may seem i wish i started doing gymnastics at this gym. the style of coaching might seem a little harsh but thats also the style that produces winners. amazing montage

[@Brittt3000]

this video gives me the chills

[@gymnastgurl88]

I luv this it shows gymnastics 4 wat it is. I mean u dont really no wat it feels like until u do it. I do gymnastics and i work really hard. I want 2 hve a career in gymnastics and if i start in a young age ill b good by the time i get older.

[@AlexisGilbert7]

it makes you a VERY strong person(lol)with lessons that were learned and challenges that were overcome and overall it makes you a better person with tough skin, dedication, and hard work....so gymnastics is just proof for all those things :)

[@kirdiewink]

i agree with elitegymfreak and not only does your meet performance have to be perfect to win but it also needs to be perfect to keep you alive

[@ashleyakaflipper]

thank you. i tried to make it like that so people can understand that falling isn't funny and it's really upsetting with all the pressure and just to show what gymnasts go through. thanks for watching!

[@stuntmanFRAZZLE]

I am a gymnast to and I am a level 7 trampolinist and level 5 tumbler and thats all I do I started last year but now I'm thinking about trying to convince my parents to bring me somewhere I can compete all around. I just don't think my coach challenges me enough

[@JohnDeergirl77]

i know how they feel. i had a coach that would tell me id be off the team if i didn't do this skill right or if my splits weren't perfect. shed pull me to the side every day and tell me i didnt try. so thats why i quite when i was in level 7. it just lost all the fun, i also quite because i braoke my arm and wrist. i still love gymnastics and do it but im never going back into competitive gymnastics.

[@ashleyakaflipper]

yeah flying is pretty scary but as long as you have dedicated bases you'll be fine. i've flown before and it is pretty scary like mentally challenging but not so much physically challenging as basing but they're both very difficult.

[@ashleyakaflipper]

no problem, thanks for watching.

[@bcrazy86]

its called tough love and if you want to be a major compettitor in this sport your gonna need it. As a coach i think you most work like the best to become the best. there is no point in given it half the effort!

[@ashleyakaflipper]

oh you shouldn't have given up! falling is a major part of gymnastics, if you never fall you can never get better. i've fallen at least 100 times since i started and it's made me even better!

[@kirdiewink]

Every sport has its hard moments, Every sport also has its easy moments. We all go through it.

[@babybambi159]

Ok, Gymnastics is in my opinion the hardest sport in the world! And when people try to say it's not a sport because its judged don't know the half of it. If it's judged, it means you have to be that much more perfect at what your doing. That much more focused. That much more committed. I went to get physical the other day and the person who did it was a football coach and a doctor, He told me he admired all gymnasts bcuz they are 10x tougher than any football player, and the

[@dilemmababe3462]

thankz every1 for your suggestions. i have decided to turn dosn the offer- just a little bit of doubt in my mind shows im no fully commited, but we are moving to america soon (my mum is american) so hopefully other places will come up at big gyms over there. emma x

[@ashleyakaflipper]

thank you! i'm glad you liked it.

[@Etrieys]

@airplanes2013 I can't speak from experience - I can only imagine, but I assume it's the same as myself with my physical sports - Martial Arts, Rollerblading, Free-running. There's a feeling I can't describe when everything just goes right. It's like flying, like a weightlessness as the whole world seems to re-assemble to make everything work so perfectly. I spend my whole life chasing that feeling, overcoming every obstacle, including the incredible pain that comes. I assume it's the same.

[@daniellexmarisa]

take it from someone who knows - our coaches are like gods to us ... we try to listen and yes sometimes we cant do ... but that is how we get through it and how we get better ... thats the only way to get better and gymnasts at that level, lik myself, are not there for fun anymore, we're there to make it far

[@ashleyakaflipper]

ha ha well i'm glad you like it. thanks for watching it!

[@perfect10nnrg]

i feel like that now. im a level 9 and its like i feel nothing anymore. recently when my first boyfriend broke up with me i cried for about 3 minutes, and then felt nothing. im 16 now and gymnastics isn't a part of my life, it IS my life

[@Brettegirl001]

this goes out to all gumnastics coaches that are like these: do you ever think that maybe they try but you just can't be satisfied with their best? I would really like to see you do those things when you know you can't. just think that maybe all these girls want is to have some fun without you getting mad at them for every little mistake. Think about that when you get mad at them.

[@flexiblegymnast382]

my coaches arent even close to that!!!!they make everything fun even in the rough times. like when we lost the lease on our gym and had to get a new gym. we ended up in a temporary gym that was supposed to be a rec gym for 6 monthes through competion season because the city! but were finally in our new gymm!!!!:)

[@xxdreamstreet4lifexx]

wow this video shows what us athletes go thru everyday but i dont do gymnastics i do taekwondo but this is the same thing we go thru because i am on a national team

[@Kebzy11]

they are really good videos. They are good gymnasts

[@berberluvspandas2]

Yes, I agree elite gymnastics is a whole different type po pain, both physicaly and mentaly, but it's not up to the point of "child abuse" these kids choose to be be dedicated to their team and to continue on training.These kids have to have ALOT of strength and dedication to still continue to train even though it hurts like crazy.

[@Icy6222]

eventualy all that pain and hardwork will pay off if u push ur self and have self confidence

[@NomikoNebula]

Great Montage and music seletion.

[@gymnast906]

i trained in a gym very opposite of that my whole life & now coach here. i can't imagine putting up w/ that so long & for what? the majority of those girls won't make it to the Olympics or get a college scholarship. then they'll feel like they wasted their life being criticized. as a coach, i can never imagine treating anyone that way. there are many gyms that are competitive & still know how to HAVE FUN! it saddens me to think that this is what people think gymnastics is all about.

[@ItalianWarrior777]

It's part of the discipline, it's tough love...No wonder they are such great gymnasts! I would be very strict too as a coach

[@ashleyakaflipper]

thanks for the support!

[@ashleyakaflipper]

thanks so much for the support! i really appreciate it! nice comeback! lol. thanks!

[@ashleyakaflipper]

thanks. it's called a different kind of pain but i'm not sure who it's by at the moment.

[@ashleyakaflipper]

thank you!! yeah i love it already and i haven't even started! lol. it's addicting.

[@clairebear70859]

okay Imy gym has a meet this weekend[Fiesta Bowl} its in arizona. And the parkettes are coming. they are from pensilvaniya[excuse my spelling] and thats far away so they came to train at our gym yesterday. They looked realllly sad.

[@ashleyakaflipper]

yeah but they love it and most of them want to do it. what most people don't realize is that the girls chose to do the sport and like Sharky's dad offered her to quit all the time, but she said no. the sport isn't all bad, most people just focus on the negative stuff, not the rest.

[@ItalianWarrior777]

Discipline is good for these kids, to excell in anything you do in life

[@ashleyakaflipper]

thanks lol! i have no clue, the only one i know from the documentary that's still doing elite gymnastics is Lou.

[@scottiemartin7558]

everyone at my school underestimates gymnastics a lot. they are all like "oh gymnastics is easy all you have to do is learn how to do backflips and splits and then ur done." UMM HOW DO U THINK WE GET THE STRENGTH TO DO A BACKFLIP?

[@MeganLMueller]

this is so true. welcome to my life. I do somthing right. my coaches yell at me I do something wrong. yell. i get hurt its my fault and more yelling. I love this. Its a gymnasts life.

[@ashleyakaflipper]

no i've never been to the gym! lol i'm not even a gymnast yet, lol. but there's a documentary on youtube and it's all from there. thanks for watching!

[@dlsw5k]

What hurts the most? I t is not if you win or lose it is if your coaches don't give you feed back so you keep doing what your then your coaches get mad at you.

[@ashleyakaflipper]

thanks for the support i highly doubt she has a quad twist also becasue if she did we would see her competing! you don't let that talent go to waste so she has none! probably! lol thanks again

[@AlexisGilbert7]

all of these montages make gymnasts look like slaves...I mean we should be proud on how many hours and days and tears we put into what we do!!! Not many ppl are as passionate as us and work as hard!! I am in level 10 and It's super hard and I have my good days and my bad days and spend more time at the gym than home but I just realize that this is what I was meant to do and I will do whatever it takes to make it to the TOP!!

[@MrsxEris]

@UndefinedXObsession yeah, always pisses me off, too. Most people think it is just jumping around, having fun and looking pretty and elegant while doing that... so not true

[@ashleyakaflipper]

no i just take tumbling classes at a gymnastics place, so i hear them all the time. i wish i was a gymnast though.

[@gymnast7225]

yeah i was going to go to lake owen

[@JennyJaquelineMR]

Im on soccer, basketball and softball and i gotta say gymnastics looks way harder than all three of those combined.We have to run a ton but those people have to pretty much dedicate there life to that sport

[@ohitsABBEY]

the coaches remind me of my jump coach for figure skating. he always made me cry and then would say since your so upset why don't you put that energy into your jumps? you would do alot bettter. yeah i quit

[@TigerToggers]

I think a lot of the tears is also due to frustration. you know like when they try and try again at a certain thing and still can't get it right.

[@itskelseyjamison]

because they are frustrated, and some of them are injured and in pain. imagine trying something over and over, and you can't do it. you're fed up and tired, and in pain. you're coaches are yelling at you, and all that you want to do is leave the gym and yell back. all you want to do is get the school, and prove the coaches wrong by showing them that you can do the skill. its hard sometimes and very frustrating

[@EricCris10sen]

I have a problem, and need advice, first off this is going to be in two posts cuz i am on my cell phone typing. But i just got out of the air force and have to personally taking care of her at my home. And she is 9 years old and has been doing gymnastics almost all her life. And she would come home crying sometimes.

[@gymdom]

i understand that comment more than others though.. not necessarily delivered the best way but i understand what she means

[@horsegirl04]

you are kinda right. but we risk the same thing in both. just the coaching isnt as hard... but i am an elite gymnast, so i know what the coaching is like... i think i have broken my ankle like 4 times maybe...

[@waleigh99]

i agree that it isnt fair to train a lot and only pick one, but thats how it is and the gymnasts have to live with that. i makes them want to try that much harder.

[@oXgymnasticsXo3]

I ALWAYS Watch this i LOVE iT!

[@ashleyakaflipper]

oh okay thanks! i love this song.

[@ashleyakaflipper]

i couldn't really understand that at all, btu yeah spring floors hurt like hell if you land funny, it's not like a matress i can't even tell you the difference a mat and a spring floor except a spring floor is a little more bouncy. but it still hurts it hurts even if you don't land funny

[@NomikoNebula]

amazing video. :] great song choice.

[@EricCris10sen]

And being my little sis, i hate her crying. I guess what i ultimately want to happen is for her to quit. Because her crying makes me extremely sad. But i know she has been doing it so long and it wouldnt be right for me to impede in such a manner. But i dont know how to approach Her. Any advice would be appreciated.

[@ashleyakaflipper]

thanks! i'm glad you're doing well.

[@EricCris10sen]

Stupid question, but do they always have to walk with their palms facing behind them and their back of their hands facing infront of them? Sorry i dont have the time of where it was. But they were walking in a row like that. Ty

[@definitelydisastrous]

loads of people. including me. the only time i really cried was when i had to be out because of an injury.

[@itskelseyjamison]

Nicole, [the girl at 3:27] has always been emotional. She didn't quit, she stopped when she made it to the Olympic Trials but had to w/draw because of an ankle injury. Bill Strauss was really good w/ her, & that's just the way Nicole is. I'm not disagreeing with the support needed, but I think the coaches overall could see what was best for the girls. And I'm sure most of the girls liked the coaches at Parkettes, else they wouldn't have stayed as long as they did there [Nicole, Tia, Sharky]

[@ashleyakaflipper]

what do you mean you don't like the song?

[@mirandie13]

i love this video what is the song?

[@tichblackxxx]

its so true!!!! i did this for a while and every day was like hell!! i dreded it so much i would break down before i got there... i was 11!!!!! eventually i quit and it was the besrt move i could have made. im not saying for gymnasts to quit because i still do it just not with a squad, so hang in there if you are going through this abuse!! :D

[@muna4eva]

@elitegymfreak tell me about i mean i love all sport but GYMNASTICS is something else pple dont understand unless they know that it requires hours of training a day its about flexibility,strength,balance,stamina,speed discipline thanks for makin pple more aware

[@ashleyakaflipper]

you can learn a double back whenever you want, you can't compete it until level 9

[@ilovegymx123456789]

@avenger007007 she means that the girl needs to be more mature. i know it sounds bad, but gymnastics is an intense sport and you have to commit and give every skill everything that you've got.

[@sprinkals123]

lol I'm in gymnastics (level 9) YES it is a really hard sport you have to be very legit to be a gymnast most great gymnasts are profectionist's. The coaches aren't mean they just no you can do it so they keep pushing you. And we do IT beacuse we love the sport!!

[@blacklabelskatergrl]

why would u argue about who dies more in a sport

[@TraceurZeno]

Massive respect!

[@mattjp_91]

their just perfectionists, and their coaches expect more than enough from them. It's so intense

[@comanecisalto1]

Actually Kristen Maloney of parkettes made the 2000 olympic team.

[@dilemmababe3462]

okay will do and thank you for the help -emma

[@EricCris10sen]

@danielle88110 Yea. She really is committed to doing gymnastics. And I try talking to her, but it ends up me crying to. I can't sit there and see her crying without me doing it. I will try the rest, thank you.

[@zacvegeta]

wow thats really touching like seriosly

[@equineluv]

I find this kind of upsetting...I've been doing gymnastics since age 5 (recently quit due to moving) and I have difficulty remembering ever being as upset as these girls..you can tell that everytime they mess up they're just waiting for their coach to come over and start yelling at them. if gymnastics is your thing, it should never make you that upset.

[@perfect10nnrg]

you don't understand. gymnastics is the only love you have. we may complain a lot about it, but its our lives and we don't know what we'd do without it. it teaches you how to be strong, not physically but emotionally. when your coaches abuse you they are preparing you for worse situations to come. again, anyone that has been training as long as i have knows what im talking about. nobody else would understand

[@ashleyakaflipper]

i think it was just on tv.