Why do gymnasts wear scrunchies

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It may not display this or other websites correctly. You should upgrade or use an alternative browser. WAG Bow, scrunchie, or both? Thread starter duyetanh Start date Oct 16, Status Not open for further replies.

Proud Parent. Feb 21, 4, Just curious what your dd's gym requires for meets. We are in the scrunchie corner. Thank God. I have a hard enough time without trying to deal with a bow. We are also lucky in that any style of bun is fine, as long as it is a bun. Feb 6, 4, 41 Twin Cities. Usually DD wore a scrunchy, but not always. Reactions: sce and duyetanh. ETA: They would love it if I could pull off that cute little front braid thingee, but after they witnessed DD coming to gym with my attempts, they told me, "Don't worry about it.

Mar 11, 6, Dd always wore the scrunchie that came with the competition leo. Reactions: Lisbeth , duyetanh , Mamabear and 2 others. Former Gymnast. Apr 12, 1, Nothing we have to, but an orange scrunchie is preferred. Hairstyle doesn't matter either, and I'm happy about it. My hair doesn't want to do anything too fancy Jan 18, 2, VA. Whatever keeps their hair out of their faces and stays put during the meet.

Most of the girls just have a bun or ponytail with the scrunchie that comes with the competition leotard, some parents are a little bit more fancy but no way would I require it. Reactions: SMH , sce , duyetanh and 1 other person. Sep 10, Ontario. We have to wear the scrunchie that came with the comp leotard. Curly high ponytail for the younger compulsory kids. I think bun for optional. We have a few older compulsories but I'm not sure what they are supposed to do.

Reactions: duyetanh. Nov 18, 9, Region 7. Ahhh, reading this thread makes me very relieved that my jaded sixteen year old can just put her hair in a ponytail this year and be done.

Aug 30, 6, USA. No hair requirements other than being meet ready. Dd always does a bun as she has quite long hair. She wears the scrunchie provided with her competition Leo. The first nationally televised gymnastics team debuted during the Olympic Games in Berlin shortly after Hitler took power in Germany.

The women's team exhibited dominant '30s trends in their television debut, with short hair still reigning. Most of the athletes styled their hair into pin curls and even accessorized with a headband or bow to hold the hair in place. The '60s of course brought us big hair in the form of bouffants and beehives, and the gymnastics team of somehow maintained that volume through their routines. This feat deserved a medal in its own right, but the team competing in Tokyo unfortunately ended up in 8th place all-around.

Romanian Nadia Comenci truly stole the show during the Olympics—she was awarded the first perfect At the same time, ponytails also made their play during the '76 games, and have become a staple ever since. The slicked-back style clearly makes the most sense for competitors, but up until the '70s, athletes were still abiding by "ladylike" styles while they competed—thankfully the freedom of the '70s also ushered in more sensible competition styles.

In one of the most nerve-wracking vaults in Olympic history, Mary Lou Retton needed a perfect 10 in the final round in order to secure the gold—and that's exactly what she got. As for her look, Retton and a few of the other team members rocked iconic '80s short haircuts. As for the rest of the girls, the ponytail with side-swept bangs was still holding strong. To coordinate with their outfits, the '92 team opted for white scrunchies—perfect for the early '90s.

Most of the girls wore their hair in ponytails, but a few pulled it up up into a bun before securing the scrunchie around it so everyone matched. Each gymnast also had bangs that they curled across their foreheads—another oh-so-'90s trend. The '96 gold-winning Olympic team was nicknamed the Magnificent Seven for good reason. The accidental show of undergarments from beneath a leotard, causing some gymnasts to forgo them entirely.

It should be noted that performing splits and flips is the ultimate invitation for a wedgie, a blunder that, if it happens, must be mortifyingly left alone until the end of a routine. Publicly resolving the problem, besides being indiscreet, can rob a competitor of up to half a point.

So, too, a manicure deemed distracting enough to call the judges attention away from a perfect double layout and toward nail beds could be a costly beauty risk.