Category: judging

practice your Judging shorthand

STS Gymnastics Interactive is the online software recommended by FIG.

You can try it for free. After that it’s $5 / month (for exam study) or $45 / year.

They’ve just added a scripting feature.

Click PLAY or watch it on Facebook.

Thanks Jeff.

new WAG elements submitted Doha Worlds

See them here.

Yesterday I was honoured to meet Koichi Endo, the genius who does the FIG illustrations. His father popularized the Endo on H Bar.

women’s podium training begins

For the next two days gymnasts will get their only chance to train in the competition venue. Getting used to the apparatus and lighting is critical.

Click PLAY or watch an FIG preview on YouTube. It’s intended to explain our complicated sport to the general public.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

U.S. Junior Olympic & Xcel rule changes

The rule books for the Junior Olympic gymnastics program and for the Xcel gymnastics program were updated for the new quadrennium (2018-2022). Most of the rules and values of skills stayed the same but there are some changes. I have outlined some of the biggest changes below that will affect gymnasts and coaches.

GymnasticsHQ’s Skill Progression Charts have been redesigned and updated to reflect the changes in the rules. …

2018 GYMNASTICS RULE CHANGES

Yul Moldauer – Floor

Here’s the somewhat controversial routine from Nationals.

What would you deduct for the Flair sequence?

Yul got 8.8 E-score.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Kensley.

WHO will have the next 3-up, 3-count disaster?

UPDATE – Piibunina points out my error in the post below:

Olympic qualification of teams at the 2019 World Championships takes place during the qualification (CI), not during the team final (CIV). CI is still 5-4-3, so there is no danger of 3 up 3 count disaster.

Original post:

Like Italy did within seconds of the start of the Team Final at Europeans. Their first vaulter slipped. This score counted towards team.

Something similar could happen to any team in this format. Or — even worse — they could have an injury during the competition.

This is one reason teams want to rank in the top 3 at Worlds 2018. That’s automatic team qualification to Olympics 2020. They don’t have to risk 3-up, 3-count disaster at Worlds 2019.

… those strange deductions on Rings

At European Championships the Rings panel had SmartRings v6 software. It’s developed in Netherlands.

Deductions for strength hold flagged by that software were shown as extra deductions not included in the E-score.

I did see several occasions where the panel double checked the software by watching the video after the routine was finished. Perhaps it’s not foolproof yet.

Nobody I’ve spoken with knows exactly how it works. GBR coach Lee Woolls did post this.

Pommels – Rhys 8.766 v 8.200 Max

MCCLENAGHAN Rhys 6.500 + 8.766 = 15.266

WHITLOCK Max 6.700 + 8.200 = 14.900

Click PLAY or watch Rhys on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1027604153298763776

Click PLAY or watch Max on Twitter.

https://twitter.com/UEGymnastics/status/1027675425298890753

No handstand at the start.
Muscling into circles out of Flair.
BIG form break, hitting the horse. Twice.

8.200 is too high, I feel.

Max had 8.541 E-score winning Worlds 2017. Watch that routine.