Vertical Pole is very cool to watch!
However, is more similar to Rope Climbing and Wall/Stall Bars and primarily a 'conditioning' apparatus;
Preparing the body for the other gymnastic apparatus, that have 'higher risk' elements, making them even more spectacular. E.g. Beam, Uneven Bars, Rings etc
However, is more similar to Rope Climbing and Wall/Stall Bars and primarily a 'conditioning' apparatus;
Preparing the body for the other gymnastic apparatus, that have 'higher risk' elements, making them even more spectacular. E.g. Beam, Uneven Bars, Rings etc
Many well understood therefore respected sports, have taken many decades of organisation and then Olympic applications, to even be considered.
Gymnastics is a sport already approved by Olympic Committee so the 'vertical pole' may have a sporting chance; in a decade or five, when it is more organised...
More general community 'practice and awareness' of vertical pole gymnastics, is the ideal way to do it x:)
But first we require further cohesion within the Pole Industry itself e.g.
Industry Lingo - 'Watch Your Mouth''
Descriptive Exercise Lingo - Why not use 'descriptive names' to describe vertical pole gymnastic exercises?
Outfit choices - Why 'should' our Pole Industry take the high heels off?
Outfit choices - Why 'should' our Pole Industry take the high heels off?
Do you think heels, body rolls and hair flicks, belong at the Olympics?
By Angela Perry
Leader in the field of vertical pole gymnastics
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| Gymnast on Rings |
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| Gymnast on Beam |
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| Gymnast on Uneven Bars |
I think you're right when you say "in a decade or five when we're more organised". We need to sort out our lingo and our relationship with gymnastics, with dance, and with adult matters first.
ReplyDeleteBut I'd love to see pole or 'vertical bar' added to gymnastics routines. We already have horizontal bar, so why not?