Group Rhythmic Gymnastics is Kind of Amazing

by Mark Vandeusen
in Olympics
— 12 Aug, 2012

I’m not even joking when I say that out of all of the things I saw at the Olympics, this is the event that impressed me the most. The things they do with the ball are absolutely nuts. I was watching a routine the other day where one girl tossed it (while also doing a flip) to another who did a cartwheel and kicked it out of the air to a third who caught it while spinning. Then later on one of them somersaulted and threw a ball to three others who twirled and came together to all at once simultaneously catch it between each of their left feet. I can’t even fathom how much practice and precision it takes to get something like that nailed down.

There aren’t a lot of clips of this sport available on youtube, but here’s the most impressive one I could find. Check out what happens at the 39 second mark; just silly.