Category: judging

Men’s Gymnastics online competitions

If your guys want to compete but are limited by COVID-19 restrictions, geography or travel costs — here’s a new option:

Compete from the comfort of your own gym, with gymnasts from around the world.

Fantasy Gymnastics, LLC provides a 12-week competition season. (January 4th – April 2nd, 2021)

Note that this program is totally different than other “Fantasy Gymnastics” sites. 

All Men’s U.S.  Junior Program levels and divisions, Junior F.I.G., Seniors and College gymnasts can compete.

Athletes can upload six or more routines per week

Each week-long competition allows athletes to obtain stars, medals, shields and trophies in the Virtual Trophy room. Share your videos for your friends to see.

The U.S. Junior Men’s National Apparatus Leaders will be head judges on each apparatus.

Details.

photo via DayLife.com

7.7 dream routine for Simone

That’s Kenzo level difficulty even though WAG counts only 8 skills, MAG 10 skills.

Double layout to double tuck ain’t happening, though.  😀

Click PLAY or watch it on Twitter.

related – Biles coach Cecile Landi hints at difficult floor routine to come

Female FIG MAG judges

KENSLEY BEHEL:

… Where are all the female judges in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics (MAG)?

With 852 MAG Brevet level judges worldwide, only 13 are female. …

… It wasn’t until 2013 when Great Britian’s Nikki Hanley became the first woman to judge men’s gymnastics at the World Championships …

While Nikki was the first female MAG Brevet judge to judge at a world championships, Australia’s Kath Graham was the first known woman to pass the MAG Brevet exam. After passing the exam in 1989, and each successive 4 years after that, she was repeatedly denied accreditation by the International Federation of Gymnastics (FIG). The FIG was contacted for comment and noted that they had no records regarding the first female Brevet judges.

Finally, in 2001, Kath was approved to begin judging, however, it wasn’t until 2005 that she became the first Brevet-level female to judge MAG internationally. Kath’s first assignment was the University Games in Izmir. The following year, she became the first female to judge the Commonwealth Games. …

History of Female Brevet Judges in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics

In my experience in Canada, females have always been welcome to judge boys.

I recall writing the FIG exam with Joanie Fortin from Quebec, one of the best judges in the room. Joanie got lots of respect from the old boys club there, most of whom scored lower.

Nikki Hanley

“kicking out” the landing at vertical

Trampoline deductions.

opening-pike-down-001If the gymnast bends at the waist or knees after opening, before completing 3/4 of the rotation, deductions will be made.

This movement is called Pike-down or Tuck-down depending on whether the gymnast keeps his/her knees straight.

In this animation the gymnast does a pike down before getting to the 120° mark (“2 o’clock”), and would receive a deduction of 0.2 points.

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Stop the Man Wipe

Please.

As the finale video for their Gymnastics Charity Summit videocast on ARTISTRY on Saturday, the GymCastic crew shared this video.

The Man Wipe on Floor is not artistic. It’s embarrassing. Anything else is better.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.