Of all the fugly things we have to watch on Floor, the faux body waves are ugliest. 🙂
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Guys use that … thing because they are (supposedly) deducted for standing 2sec or longer before a tumbling pass. There should be no such rule. It’s safer to let the gymnast catch his breath before a tumbling pass. And the routine time limit restriction already serves the purpose in not allowing anyone to waste time during a set.
(via GymCastic)
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Hey Rick,
Any idea who, how, and when this originated? Who is responsible?
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Not sure. But I blame the former Soviet Union for ruining Men’s Floor over the years. They always wanted difficulty rewarded over “Floor Exercises”. 🙂
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