Category: judging

Nakamura on Bars

Personally, I’d prefer the Code not differentiate between Geinger and Deltchev. Without a doubt there are versions performed that are somewhere in-between.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

judging E-score on your phone

The Elevien app looks quite good. Simple. Similar to judging diving.

Click through to watch VIDEOS of how it worked.

Andrew Tombs (Vice President of FIG MAG Technical Committee and Executive Director of Sport, British Gymnastics), Tom Thingvold (Vice President of the European Gymnastics Federation) and Nikolaos Provias (Men’s Artistic Gymnastics Technical Committee Member, European Gymnastics Federation) used Elevien app to test our real-time judging feature on a high-scale competition. …

VIDEO: Elevien real-time scoring tested at the European Gymnastics Championship 2023

I’m wondering whether we’ll soon have a Gymnastics Judging AI program telling us the final score. 😀

Asher Hong – Ri Se Gwang

Looks like something between Ri Se Gwang and Dragulescu, to me.

Judges don’t seem to care.

NEW FIG elements

Nakamura Haruka (JPN) – piked Deltchev. (similar to piked Geiger)

Dachi Dolidze (GEO) – 90 degree turn to Russian wendeswing with a 270 degree turn up to handstand just before his dismount

Click through to see the videos.

Oklahoma 2023 Champions

So close.

  1. Oklahoma 198.3875
  2. Florida 198.2375
  3. Utah 197. 9375
  4. LSU 197.5259

Many feel Florida could have taken the title with judging that better separated the best from the very best.

BUT we are stuck with the silly NCAA boxed high scores of 2023.

Is NCAA Gymnastics broken?

One article has been widely circulated recently ➙ College Gymnastics is broken: Virality, inflated scores and unwritten rules are the name of the game

I dismissed it instantly after reading one phrase:

“A sport which had remarkably consistent scoring for two decades and established norms, is being demolished by a younger cadre of judges assessing scores based on the new, unspoken rules of the sport. TikTok has taken over the mats.“

Scoring has been bad and not consistent over the past 2 decades.

But here’s the gist of the article:

  • overinflation of scores across the country favored teams with Olympians
  • scores are UP drastically even from last season
  • there is a push for routines to go viral (e.g. Katelyn Ohashi floor)

Steve Arkell and other coaches responded:

  • level of gymnastics has risen, therefore the scores have gone up as well, as they should.
  • level 9/10 developmental scores have risen as well over the last few years.
  • going away from the 10 scoring system would not solve the problem
  • going to the FIG system of scoring would close the door to many good level 10 athletes and greatly raise the injury rates due to pushing difficulty for a higher score.
  • fans love higher scores
  • attendance is higher than ever
  • TV ratings higher than ever
  • Championships tickets sold out

Objectively speaking NCAA Women’s Gymnastics has never been stronger.

Certainly judges should face more scrutiny over awarding impossible scores. And rules should continue to be tweaked ongoing to try to better separate the best of the best.

Chloe LaCoursiere – Bars FORM

If you can’t keep your feet together on Bar transfers like Chloe, you don’t deserve a 10.0 under any Code. 😀

BEST ‘perfect’ 10s 😀

Judge Rhiannon Franck has been re-evaluating perfect 10 routines from the 2023 season on College Gym News.

As we all know, no routine is perfect. The 10 is mostly used as a marketing device for WAG NCAA. And it works!

Here are 3 sets Rhiannon would be happy to see be awarded an actual College 10.