… shout out to Ellie Black who was at our meet this weekend — the Prince Edward Classic in Charlottetown — to demo new routines. …
She was ever so charming and gracious with all the young athletes, signing autographs and posing for pics all day. Her gymnastics was amazing as always. Great meet all around, largest of it’s kind east of Montreal. Close to 500 athletes, all 4 Atlantic Provinces. Eat, sleep, compete all under one roof — perfect for freezing January. 🙂
This skill is now known as the “Mo Salto” in the Code of Points, and is classified as a “G” element.
Only a handful of other women gymnasts have attempted and successfully completed the Mo Salto. In fact, the only women gymnasts who have performed the Mo Salto at international competitions are all from China, including Meng Fei and Bi Wenjing. In 2005 World Championships, Chinese athlete Zhang Yufei performed it successfully in podium training. …
Many young gymnasts can do a Yamawaki, a C-skill, but can’t do a straight arm shoot handstand, also a C-value, and certainly can’t do an inverted cross, another C-value.
Where’s the logic?
When an inverted cross was devalued to C many years back, I, along with many others, asked “Did the evaluator ever try one?” And pressing out of an inverted was also valued as a C until this recent Code, when it was raised to D. That previous C-value was the most ridiculous value in the Code.
What the FIG MTC should do is regularly ask coaches and gymnasts to submit rating change suggestions, then correlate the answers and make changes. So far I believe Steve Butcher is listening, but he has to wade through red tape to effect change.
