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I don't remember a Worlds having a theme song before. Hm...

All of this makes me think — maybe there's a market for mini-courses about gymnastics rules, including strategy, for coaches — and even parents and gymnasts.

The help desk literally has this picture.

I would be okay with this as long as countries weren't attached to the athletes. But that's a huge part of the Olympics, for better for worse. And when you have a country, that comes with politics, no stopping it, right? Would you be in favor of athletes competing without their countries...

"Deviation from straight direction"

@Aeris There already are deductions for going crooked. No need for a second deduction penalizing the same thing. And, tumbling down a rectangle might even provide visuals that help improve directionality a little bit — how often do you see power tumblers go as crooked as Artistic gymnasts...

@dweiss324 explained it beautifully (thank you) and here's a picture that helps explain further. This guy went out of bounds because of the corner, not because he went longer than the diagonal. The pink line simulates the line at the end of a 56' mat. There would still be out of bounds, but they...

BTW, I think it's hilarious that someone made a montage of Olga Teslenko going out of bounds. I don't think I ever realized she had this problem. LOL Even keeping 56 feet, at least half of these would not have been out of bounds. Corner shape = more out of bounds.

People keep missing the point. Corner shape = more out of bounds. Watch this montage. Most gymnasts didn't go more than 56 feet — but because the end-zone is a corner, they almost got deducted. An end zone would have avoided most of these problems. And yes, some gymnasts will attempt long...

@Sasha: Yep, because of how the floors are made, 25 × 64 can be obtained from most 40 × 40 floors with limited-to-zero cost. The spring and wood is interlocking pieces. The tops are rolls with velcro and/or carpets with hidden seams, etc. @mle I agree, which is why I proposed something like 25...

I totally think she could have. That was a very common pass in men's gymnastics for a long time. They even called it "the magic pass" because it was worth like 0.5 bonus in the 2001-2005 code.

But as I said, there's still plenty of 40' lines in a 25 by 64 space.

Disagree. You can't compare floor exercise mats to professional performance stages designed for huge production sets and large performance ensembles. Or to rinks for a sport that involves gliding. In fact, the only movement for which we see gymnasts use the 40' width are hideous leap "passages"...

Why? The rules would be the same as now.

@Aeris @youwannacranson I said 25 feet, not 6 feet. we're not talking about a little tumbling strip. So yes, the diagonals are still possible to use, but most 3-4 element tumbling passes would easily fit down the length (and that could be at the top, in the middle, or at the bottom). We also...