Recent content by Aeris

"we weren't told anything about the code of points or whatever" is such an iconic quote.

Ohhh, this tea. Is there somewhere I can sign up.

I disagree. We naturally want tumbling to go mostly in a line, because it provides the most control, and if someone can do a huge salto that instead launches with a lot of sideways trajectory, and manages to keep it in bounds while landing upright, that shows a significant degree of control...

Anna Li was unlikely to medal with that heavily deducted rybalko, but having .6 higher D over Kyla makes her more promising. I believe Anna also had an immensely high ceiling with optimal routine construction and a supportive environment, compared to Marta ignoring her and not even letting her...

The assumption in that pic is the acro line started in the other corner, of course. That amount of "sideways"-ness is not something I can ever recall being deducted. Elite gymnasts simply aren't veering off to the side so wildly that it's a concern. But either way I would argue the deduction...

I think Marta takes: 2012: Anna Li 2016: Ashton Locklear 2021: Mykayla Skinner and Kara Eaker (no Grace McCallum, she likely would have only finished 5th in the AA if Jade Carey had been trying to peak at Trials, there's very little incentive to bring her on a 6 person team) 2024: Shilese Jones...

I want to maximize medals when picking teams: 2012 - Kyla Ross out, Alicia Sacramone and Anna Li in 2016 - Gabby Doulas out, Ashton Locklear and Mykayla Skinner in 2021 - Grace McCallum and Jordan Chiles and Mykayla Skinner out, Riley McCusker and Leanne Wong and Kara Eaker in (this assumes...

That's extreme traveling though, not just landing a bit to the side of the corner, as in this post - https://gymnaverse.com/threads/random-gymnastics-questions.5706/page-3#post-111301 - where it was argued this is the reason we need rectangle floors. That step would not and should not be...

Composition issues have only been more frequent ever since then, not so crazy, considering the constant lack of code understanding. Hilarious thing in that code was Switch Side + Popa got .2 connection bonus (C+D). All 3 of Shannon's acro lines had an extra indirect salto to get her the...

Sorry to hear the algorithm recommended her Cheng in their feed.

How rude. Should have introduced the teacher to a Baseball Bat if they were so attached to that B.

Yes that's that listed WAG deduction, and I've never seen it taken on Floor in any judge sheet or FIG training. Only on vault and for BB dismounts that land very off to the side. It would be silly to deduct on floor, because where is exactly is the deduction supposed to be taken? The final...

A small extra landing zone in the corners would be the most agreeable thing, if something must change. A semi-circle would probably look best (like the one in the top right corner here):

Travelling to the side is not a deduction on floor and in MAG not a listed deduction at all. The nebulous "other aesthetic/technical flaws" category of the MAG code could theoretically cover it, but I've never seen it taken, including FIG famously listing the official deductions for Hashimoto's...

Triple saltos were landed in bounds on floor in the 80's. Nothing on floor has increased past that difficulty. If someone can't do it in bounds then they are inherently showing less skill than someone who can.