Stumbled on to this somewhat humourous guide to women’s gymnastics for the uninitiated, penned by Rawles:
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics is performed on four apparatus. EACH ONE MORE DEADLY THAN THE LAST. …
That is the first post in a series.
Rawles does not like the new code of point, in general, because judges are so far not severe enough in B-score deductions. As one example, she cites Steliana Nistor (Romania) at the 2007 World Championships during all around finals. Here’s the BAD example:
Click PLAY or watch Nistor on YouTube.
Compare that with the GOOD example, Annia Hatch at the 2004 US National Championships on YouTube.
Judges need differentiate more on execution if the current code of points is going to work.
Rawles has many more video examples linked from: Rudimentary Routine Evaluation Made Easy: Vault Edition
Next up – BARS.
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