Many FIG judges around the world are studying for the 2020 exam.
Category: judging
Balance Beam Situation poll
… 14 routines that received a 10.0 during the 2016 season. …
Watch the videos then vote for the best of the best.
Click PLAY or watch Nush’s perfect 10 on YouTube.
I’m not saying you should VOTE for this routine. But … 🙂
2020 WAG Code in Excel
advanced roll-out skills banned starting 2017
Great move from the FIG MTC. In the next Olympic cycle multiple salto roll-out skills are banned for Men as they have been for Women.
Gymnastics is dangerous enough without encouraging athletes to risk their lives. Many gymnasts have suffered serious concussions on these skills.
Elena Mukhina was paralyzed training the Thomas salto just two weeks before the opening of the 1980 Summer Olympics leaving her permanently quadriplegic. Elena died Dec 22, 2006.
Darya Elizarova – Beam
The 2016 Mikhail Voronin Cup concluded with Russia’s oldest active gymnast winning the senior all-around with a score of 56.767 …
She also had a pretty successful outing in the event finals, winning beam gold and floor bronze …
Our Russian Season – 2016 Voronin Cup Report
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Serious Russian overscoring at 14.967 (old Code).
related – Lauren Hopkins – Voronin: The Last Meet of the Year
Ashton Locklear super slow-mo Bars
Click PLAY or watch it on Tumblr.
(via IrishDaniel)
Precision Professionals
Chellsie Memmel, Molly Shawen, Dr. Alison Arnold, and Kristen Maloney have joined Precision as clinicians.
Nicole Langevin:
“Chellsie will be coming in as a judge for our newest service, My Gym Judge. She just finished a very successful series, “Judges’ Corner,” on FloGymnastics, so we are excited for her to have the opportunity to continue to reach more athletes, coaches, and parents.
If interested in hiring, contact via PRECISION CHOREO & CLINICS.
highest scores on Beam this Quad
H Bar pirouette angle deductions
average the middle 3 of 7 judge’s scores
An interesting experiment is planned for European Championships 2017 in Romania.
For the first time we will use the Smart Rings technology in senior competition, after successful tests at the last 2 European Championships.
Another big change will be introduced in the judging. In order to improve the accuracy of the final execution (E) score we will include the scores of the reference judges. So instead of counting the middle score of 5 scores, we will count the middle 3 scores of 7 scores. In addition a judge will be replaced when his/her own country competes on his / her apparatus. This is of course to remove the potential for bias and conflict of interest. To do this, an additional judge will be added, judge E6, whose score will replace the judge of the competing country. …
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