tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890625336346715414.post3957739338287640585..comments2023-11-28T06:47:38.822-08:00Comments on The Balance Beam Situation: #1 Alabama PreviewUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890625336346715414.post-61613359797156689532013-01-01T17:04:16.181-08:002013-01-01T17:04:16.181-08:00I agree with the blog post on Kayla Williams. She ...I agree with the blog post on Kayla Williams. She can score a 9.9 on vault, especially if she's not in the leadoff as she was last season and if she's performing her Y1.5, which looked pretty good in the Bama practice video. I agree that her 9.9s on beam at Nationals were generous, but her scores were in line with how the judges were scoring every gymnast on beam at those Championships. Her scores were hardly outliers. With typical scoring, she should be a perfectly acceptable 9.85 in one of the first few positions. I don't think her fitness level is ideal, and it is concerning for injury purposes, but I wouldn't write her off just yet. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6890625336346715414.post-5247162065998636752013-01-01T09:27:07.525-08:002013-01-01T09:27:07.525-08:00I don't want this to be a Kayla Williams bashi...I don't want this to be a Kayla Williams bashing..but 9.9 on vault? Last year she only got 1 9.9..4-9.8's; 3 -9.85's, 1 9.825; 2- 9.875's and 1 -9.75..she can't do floor and vault with the weight she is at..her joints, back, legs can't handle the pounding..(she would be tiny if she wasn't a gymnast, so I don't want to make out she is huge here)and the she did BB later half the of year but the 9.9's were extremely generous and on other teams would have been barely 9.75's..wonderful gymnast but her body may be betraying her..I haven't watched a lot of intrasquad videos so hopefully this is not the case this year..but watching her in person last year at several meets..her body changes made it difficult to accomplish anymore than she did..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com