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Maggie Nichols continued her incredible victory sweep on Friday, winning the all around title and all events in Oklahoma’s second straight meet on the road. The Sooners beat Iowa State 197.425 to 195.275. …
… an impressive score of 39.725. Her scores were 9.9 or better on all apparatuses for the second week in a row. …
Click PLAY or watch her Beam on YouTube. BIG difficulty for College.
I’ve tried a few times in my life. Never with much success.
On YouTube it looks reasonably easy.
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Leave a comment if you found it to be easy.
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That’s one of the routines nominated for Balance Beam Situation BEST ROUTINE OF WEEK 2 POLL.
Week 1 winners:
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Her front 1/1 dismount reminds me of the front 2/1 twist she used as a Junior.
High.
Gigi spent a week reviewing changes to the 2020 Code of Points on Beam. She wrote those up illustrating many with GIFs.
Must read. It’s the best overview 2020 Beam I’ve seen yet.
Don’t count on everything in that post being exactly correct. There are so many changes that I anticipate future clarifications for years to come.
Personally I’m happy that FIG gymnasts no longer feel pressured to do a D dismount as dismount is no longer a 0.5 Special Requirement. Sticking a C dismount will be the best strategy for many around the world.
related – Lauren Hopkins – Deconstructing the New Code of Points
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