I posted a rant by Ward Black called U.S. pommel horse LOUSY.
Why can’t the Americans do pommels like the Chinese?
But check this world class Chinese pommel horse routine (amazing Russian work) for execution mistakes.
Click PLAY or watch it on Gymnastike.
http://www.gymnastike.org/assets/portal/add_ons/mediaplayer-4.2/player.swf
This guy is fantastic at pommels. Yet still takes many execution deductions.
Why?
The code of points currently rewards difficulty more than perfection in performance. This routine is 50% longer than I’d like it to be. Pommel routines will only get longer in the future as guys try to pack more high value parts into one set.
That’s why our current code does not yet work.
related post – gymnasts – where is the virtuosity?
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