Category: judging

Mykayla Skinner – Floor

Judging “mitigation“:

… lessening the force or intensity of something unpleasant … the act of making a condition or consequence less severe …

Like it or not, judges are influenced by difficulty. MyKayla’s routine is far, far more difficult than any other in NCAA. Many judges evaluate it less severely than the comparatively simple 10.0 routines with only 2 tumbling lines.

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Personally I feel the NCAA is ready for rule changes rewarding more difficulty legally. O’Hashi on Beam, Peng on Bars, Mykayla on Floor, the double twisting Yurchenkos, etc.

Marisa Dick – the tattoo

Marisa had the judging symbols for her eponymous skill inked.

 
via Fans of Canadian Gymnastics

skills imperfectly rated in the Code of Points

There are plenty to discuss in the WAG Code.

Here are five. Click through to YouTube to read the comments.

VERY difficult Men’s Gymnastics skills

Triple front skills should ALL be banned. Too dangerous.

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Floor
3 – Triple Front – https://www.instagram.com/artem_1997_06/ & https://www.instagram.com/nikushkarus/
2 – Triple Arabian – Unkown & https://www.instagram.com/kenzoshirai/ & https://www.instagram.com/domcunn/
1 – Triple twisting double layout – Kenzo Shirai

Pommel Horse
3 – Sohn syle Busnari – https://www.instagram.com/taka_jpnxen/
2 – Flair Over Handles – SAEEDREZA KEIKHA
1 – E Flop in flair – https://www.instagram.com/t_kktn/

Still Rings
3 – Triple Pike Back – https://www.instagram.com/andreymedve…
2 – Back Planche press to top planche – Arthur Zanetti
1 – Azarian to inverted Swallow – Courtney Tulloch

Vault
3 – Handspring Front 3/1 Twist – Yang Hak Seon
2 – Dragalescu Piked – Ri Se Gwang
1 – Handspring Triple Front – Igor Radivilov

Parallel Bars
3 – Basket 5/4 – Zhou Shixiong
2 – Belle With 1/1 turn – Quintero
1 – Double Straddle Front – Ruslan pantelymov

High Bar
3 – 2/1 twisting layout kovac – Andreas Breatchneider
2 – 2/1 Stretched Jager – Jeff Crocket
1 – Full twisting triple back – Jonathon Horton.

8 new skills in the Men’s Code

Eight new elements named, added to the Men’s Gymnastics Code of Points

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the “Naddour” on Pommels

Cool. A single pommel Russian on one hand. Connected to Russian.

I’d consider this a unique new skill family. Sounds like FIG MTC disagrees. 😦

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Ashleigh Gnat 10.0 Vault

Looks fantastic in full speed. But check the slow-mo.

Still, I’ve got no complaint with that score.

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Darren Wong 9.45 E-score Floor

The 2020 Men’s Code of Points on Floor is resulting in routines just as ugly as the 2016 Code. Gymnasts rushing through only attempting to maximize D-score.

One guy with control and style is Canadian Junior Darren Wong from Phoenix, Vancouver. Coached by Sasha Pozdniakov who loves good basics.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. 13.950 1st

Katelyn Ohashi 10.0 Beam

For the second weekend in a row.

Click PLAY or watch part of the routine on YouTube.