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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So you are saying that you really want your daughter to do this?  (the Korbut flip).  How much of this is you being a dance mom and pushing your kid to do dangerous maneuvers?  This is another concussion waiting to happen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZYPcdj_wn4[/quote]

You seem to be missing the point. NO ONE DOES THIS ANY MORE. I don't really care one way or another because bars has evolved in a different direction, that isn't compatible with this skill, and that is why it is not in the current code. I'm really not sure why posters on this thread are obsessed with it. Concussions aren't a serious problem in gymnastics as compared to other sports like football, but there are elements of comparable and greater difficulty (and therefore risk) to the Korbut flip being performed today. Much more complex releases. If you want to hysterically panic about risks, then what you're looking at more realistically is elbow dislocation, not concussions. And elbow dislocation is a terrible injury in someone over preschool age, so I'm not pulling any punches here. I'm a realistic person. Injuries are a part of this sport, but they're also part of every other sport done on a comparable level. I just don't understand hysterical posts about nonsense about how dangerous Korbut flips are. That's not even applicable to anything. If your hypothesis was true (and it's not, because again, the real issue is that FIG bars have evolved in another direction) it would only prove anyway that gymnastics associations are risk averse and constantly evolving in their risk management practices (this is true anyway). [/quote]

Seriously. If the Korbut flip makes you nervous, you obviously have been out of the sport for a very, very long time. You have also obviously never been exposed to men's gymnastics. 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vzon3x9BV8Q&feature=youtube_gdata_player
...and men in gymnastics have significantly fewer injuries than women.

Doing a back handspring on the uneven bars is more of a circus trick than a gymnastics skill. [/quote]

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