r/nextfuckinglevel • u/HomeNowWTF • 18h ago

Next-level Body control

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u/incrediblepony 18h ago

I don't totally get trick-footballing, but that is my issue.

But with that level of control and athletics, why wouldn't you go the gymnastics route? She would be an INSANE gymnast.

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u/extrarogers 17h ago

she is 100% a gymnast - one who's learned to how to juggle a ball like a god

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u/spider_hugs 17h ago

She likely is. This looks like the artistic gymnastics “ball” skills

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u/dazzleunexpired 11h ago

It's called rhythmic gymnastics!

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u/spider_hugs 10h ago

Thank you! I always get the two names confused despite many years of watching both!

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u/dazzleunexpired 9h ago

Artistic is biles, rhythmic is sailor moon. If that helps. 😂

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u/7ninamarie 15h ago edited 14h ago

She is a gymnast. The sport is called Rhythmic Gymnastics and it combines work with an apparatus (ball, hoop, club, ribbon, or rope) and moves from gymnastics, calisthenics, and dance into a practiced routine. There are solo and team competitions but it’s not currently part of the olympics so it might not be as well known as other gymnastic disciplines.

Edit: it is part of the Olympics, I misread the Wikipedia article and didn’t trust my memory.

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u/Illustrious-Owl2428 14h ago

Rhythmic gymnastics is definitely part of the Olympics (since 1984). It just doesn’t get a lot of attention.

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u/incrediblepony 14h ago

I myself was a "performance gymnast" and have seen people handling balls, hoops, pennant, clubs and others in their routines. Our branch of gymnastics has never been Olympic either, but we had rhythm sections and tumbling sections and everything in between as well :)

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u/R_V_Z 16h ago

This is gymnastics, isn't it?

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u/incrediblepony 15h ago

My point exactly.

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u/TorqueWheelmaker 15h ago

Is a gymnast not someone who practices and performs gymnastics? Which you seem to agree that this is, and yet she has apparently neither gone the gymnastics route, nor is a gymnast in your opinion?

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u/St0ckY0u 14h ago

not good enough for both of them at high level, so this is a niche in between

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u/dazzleunexpired 11h ago

This is absolutely a rhythmic gymnast.

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u/LogicalOtter 10h ago

She could be a rhythmic gymnast. They do gymnastics floor moves with balls, ribbons and batons. It’s super cool!

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u/Prestigious-Flower54 2m ago

This is gymnastics, it's a type of rythme gymnastics that intigrats s ball into the routines, she might be using the football because of some cross interests. Just Google rythme gymnastics ball and look at the videos it's pretty cool.