I’ve posted this before but there is nothing smug about Abby’s smile. IMO, it’s a smile of bliss. Gymnastics is something genuinely dear to her that gives her real and true joy.
Forget the smile. She has her eyes closed the whole time! If she is going to stick a hands-first landing and not end up breaking her wrist or neck, she has to see where she is. Her inner ear is not precise enough to let her know how far she is from the ground.
Theoretically, with enough experience, the combination of how hard they kicked off, other movements, and airtime would be enough to figure out exactly where in the arc one was – and even if they had their eyes open, for such a manoeuvre they’d have to have their chin to their chest which, while not rendering their vision useless, would at least reduce its helpfulness.
That said, doing that with your eyes closed would still be an impressive display of skill, confidence, and sheer force of will.
The stakes on this seem pretty low. It’s not like this is an actual competition; it’s just another practice session. If Jackie messed up a routine and her rival didn’t, well so what? Abby can feel smug about it for the next few minutes, but no one should care tomorrow.
Going by the cover page, I’m guessing that Belle, not the Evils, will be the threat that the Melees will have to overcome while working out their differences which is fitting as she’s the hurdle they had to overcome.
Yeah, this is going to make Jackie open up
Graceful….
Ugh just get to the gloating.
I’ve posted this before but there is nothing smug about Abby’s smile. IMO, it’s a smile of bliss. Gymnastics is something genuinely dear to her that gives her real and true joy.
No, it’s a smug smile.
Forget the smile. She has her eyes closed the whole time! If she is going to stick a hands-first landing and not end up breaking her wrist or neck, she has to see where she is. Her inner ear is not precise enough to let her know how far she is from the ground.
Theoretically, with enough experience, the combination of how hard they kicked off, other movements, and airtime would be enough to figure out exactly where in the arc one was – and even if they had their eyes open, for such a manoeuvre they’d have to have their chin to their chest which, while not rendering their vision useless, would at least reduce its helpfulness.
That said, doing that with your eyes closed would still be an impressive display of skill, confidence, and sheer force of will.
The stakes on this seem pretty low. It’s not like this is an actual competition; it’s just another practice session. If Jackie messed up a routine and her rival didn’t, well so what? Abby can feel smug about it for the next few minutes, but no one should care tomorrow.
Stakes are never low for high school rivals. 🙂
Since my theory is that bouncy is the jerk assistant coach, my money is on Abby and Jackie working together against her.
But can we take a moment to talk about comfy MM on the image below? Even super heroes deserve time off to enjoy the holidays.
Going by the cover page, I’m guessing that Belle, not the Evils, will be the threat that the Melees will have to overcome while working out their differences which is fitting as she’s the hurdle they had to overcome.
Showoff!