everyone complains about judging …

… but nobody does anything about it.

Bruno Grandi has done everything possible to “fight injustice in judging“, including getting rid of the perfect 10. (And adding Reference Judges.)

Yet in Women’s Artistic F.I.G. judging, they still cannot fairly rank girls on Execution scores.* Any beginner 10yr-old gymnast could have ranked the Floor finalists at World Championships 2010 more accurately.

Even with Nellie Kim phoning the Head Judges every second routine, the Bruno Grandi system still is not working.

We need more transparency.

Can we post all judges, all execution scores, for every routine at World Championships Tokyo online?

Linking routine videos to those scores, when possible?

(Realize there’s a downside, should it be possible. If any of the judges care, this will make them even more defensive, “boxing” the execution score even more than it is now. Every HIT routine will get 8.80, regardless of quality.)

* I’ll concede that the Difficulty score does rank gymnasts fairly, at least in terms of the very crude table of difficulty values.

Leave a comment if you have an opinion.

Ruggeri – Liukin to Geinger

Wow.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

That’s via American Gymnast – More Toyota Cup Videos…plus a treat from Ruggeri!

gymnastics – evolution of Bars

Definitely the most evolved apparatus. I miss some of the old school tricks.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube. (Mostly pre-2000)

The editor, comaneci1 is a fan of the old school, … yet plans to update this video.

Tumble-off at the Drive-in

Seems the Keanu Reeves gymnastics film Flying (1986) (Dream to Believe and / or Teenage Dream) may have even been worse than the worst gymnastics movie of all time, Gymkata.

… feel good story about a teenage gymnast aiming for the championship despite an abusive stepfather, an ailing mother, and injury. …

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Thanks Gymnastics Meets.

Shallon Olsen – Bars, Beam, FX

From the recent Elite Canada competition where she won the High Performance Novice division.

She’s a very tiny age-10 making her age eligible for some Olympics the host not yet even determined Rio, 2016.

Click PLAY or watch those routines on YouTube.

She vaulted a shockingly good Yurchenko 1/1.

(via Chalk Bucket)

Flying Superkids – Denmark

This is the popular children’s entertainment team “Flying Superkids” from Denmark. They’ve performed in 35+ countries.

Some very good physical preparation and trampoline work.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

College Gymnastics starts SOON

Nice edit.

… University of North Carolina’s Women’s Gymnastics team is preparing for the fast approaching 2011 NCAA season. …

Click PLAY or watch it on Gymastike.

http://videoplayer.flocasts.org/player.swf

Carballo Jr. new Spanish President

From Albert in Barcelona:

Royal Spanish Federation of Gymnastics… has a new president: Jesús Carballo (Jr) Martínez. …

Jesús was the favourite to obtain the precidency after Antonio Esteban, the last president, resigned when irregularities in the budget spending were found. His legacy is a debt of over 1000000€ and one of most humiliating images in the history when the Rhythmic delegation was kicked out from their hotel in Moscow during World Championships for not paying the accommodation. His first decision will be to hire a new Rhythmic national coach after Esteban fired Bulgarian Efrossina Angelova; Carballo will not change Álvaro Montesinos (men’s coach) and Jesús Carballo (women). …

details on THE ALL AROUND

His Dad is the women’s coach.

CHINA to Shewfelt Gym Fest

Today Tony Smith, U of Calgary Men’s Head Coach, confirmed that China will be sending a men’s team to compete against Canada. That “friendly” meet will go FRIDAY MARCH 25TH, 6:30pm – 9:00pm.

Kyle updated the SCHEDULE today too. Download the most recent version, dated Dec. 19th.

Recall that China sent girls last year to compete at Wild Rose in nearby Edmonton. This year Turkey has confirmed Wild Rose. Discussions ongoing with AUS, USA, GBR and CHN.