Here at 30 Rock, we've been enjoying the Olympic Games, but also discussing some of the more eccentric Olympic sports. The other day as we were watching the trampoline events --which I’m sure is hard work-- it reminded me of being a child and jumping up and down on your bed, wishing it was a trampoline.

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Gymnasts practice before the men's trampoline final of the artistic gymnastics event of the London 2012 Olympic Games in London on August 3, 2012.

One of the picture editors watching it live thought it was particularly funny when the TV camera panned to the photographers covering the event and we saw bobbing heads going up and down, up and down, as they followed the athletes with their lens. Some sports are better in video than as still images.

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Judges watch the trampoline performance of gold medallist Dong Dong of China at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, in London.

Another sport where a still photograph can make it look silly, is table tennis (don't call it Ping-Pong!).

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Austria's Werner Schlager serves to China's Wang Hao in the table tennis men's singles round match at the Excel centre in London on July 30, 2012 during the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Maybe because the photographers like to get the ball right in front of the player's nose or eye.

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Ding Ning of China returns the ball during the Women's singles final round table tennis match of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Excel centre in London on July 31, 2012.

Today we were watching synchronized swimming. It must be very difficult to do - requiring not only flexibility and strength, but the ability to hold your breath for a very long time.

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The team from China competes during the synchronized swimming team technical routine at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Thursday, Aug. 9, 2012.

But something about it is strange. The views from under the water are really interesting, so maybe it's the excessive make-up they wear?

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First placed Russia's Natalia Ishchenko and Russia's Svetlana Romashina compete in the Synchronized Swimming Duet Free Routine final at the London 2012 Olympic Games, London, Britain, August 7, 2012.

Rhythmic gymnasts are incredible athletes, but also must be as graceful as a professional dancer.

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Julieta Cantaluppi of Italy performs with the hoop during the Rhythmic Gymnastics qualification on Day 13 of the London 2012 Olympics Games at Wembley Arena on August 9, 2012 in London, England.

Still, it does look a bit peculiar. It feels like watching a circus performance or Cirque du Soleil, instead of an athletic competition.

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Evgeniya Kanaeva of Russia performs with the ball during the Rhythmic Gymnastics qualification on Day 13 of the London 2012 Olympics Games at Wembley Arena on August 9, 2012 in London, England.

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One of the pleasures of the Olympics is having the chance to take a closer look at sports we don't usually pay much attention to. In the U.S., table tennis is probably associated more with basement rec-rooms and childhood amusements than top-notch athletic competition. Some may even consider it a game, not a proper sport. Here's a look back at some of the action on the tennis tables in the last couple days. Whatever you want to call it, it's clear that these competitors are true athletes.

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Chuang Chih-Yuan of Taiwan serves during his men's bronze medal singles match against Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany on Aug. 2.

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China's Jike Zhang competes against Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany on Aug. 2 in this multiple exposure image.

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Dimitrij Ovtcharov of Germany reacts during the bronze medal match against Chuang Chih-yuan of Taiwan on Aug. 2.

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Natalia Partyka of Poland prepares to serve against Mie Skov of Denmark in the second round of the women's singles table tennis on July 28. Partyka was born
was born without a right hand or forearm

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Photographer Lucy Nicholson visited a program for people with Alzheimer's and dementia at the Arthur Gilbert table tennis center in Los Angeles.

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Holocaust survivor Betty Stein, 92, is helped by coach Irina Jestkova as she plays ping pong at a program for people with Alzheimer's and dementia at the Arthur Gilbert table tennis center in Los Angeles, California, on June 15.

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Freyda Dvorak, 87, takes a break while playing ping pong at the Arthur Gilbert table tennis center.

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Betty Stein plays ping pong.

Reuters reports:

Founder Mikhail Zaretsksky says the sport does not cure, or even slow down the disease, but helps the 100 participants by raising their heart rate and the blood flow to their brains, and exercising them mentally as well as physically. He says it helps their depression, improves their balance, and makes them more alert.  

Read more about the program in The Los Angeles Times.