At Worlds FIG MTC Chair Steve BUTCHER facilitated a committee round table to brainstorm ideas to improve the Men’s Code.
I include here a few samples of the discussion.
Question:
Are there a set of “first” or fundamental principles that underlay the Codes and by which the TCs frame discussions regarding specific issues or decisions, and if so, what are they?
Safety, Fair Play, Universality
Question:
Can we move from 5 to 4 element groups per exercise?
Idea for P Bars:
Combine the Long Swing and Underswing element groups (the Long Swing group is very difficult for taller gymnasts)
Idea for H Bar:
Add a requirement for flight elements with salto over the bar
Download a copy of the Powerpoint Presentation to see the rest.
I’m happy to see the committee so open minded. Let’s wait and see what changes end up being made. The rules for Horizontal Bar and Floor Exercise are dreadful now. Almost any change would be for the better.
… The WTC and MTC both met in sunny and warm Cancun (MEX) for their final meetings of the year from 5-10 November. Each committee met individually, as well as jointly …
Let’s hope they jointly came up with ways to IMPROVE the Codes.
related – FIG FLACK – WOMEN’S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS NEWSLETTER #36, November 2014
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