Random gymnastics questions

[JaJa]

If you want mega tumbles go watch tumbling.

People say that all the time but it is completely unfair. WAG consists of 4 apparatus and most of us love all four or at least 3 of the 4. We do NOT want to just watch tumbling. But we do want to watch big skills especially on FX and Vault. What if I said if you want to watch extreme artistry go to the ballet?

 

[makam]

But if you limit the tumble runs to three or four and had other requirements like they currently do, it wouldn't become a tumble competition. Make them do two different scales and it could become a comedy competition...

 

[KristyJ]

I think a 25' depth might be more limiting than people realize. Yes, most performance stages are rectangular, but they are also generally much larger for established companies-- Lincoln Center, for instance, is 80' x 100'. Skating rinks are rectangular but an Olympic rink is 98' x 197' and it is considered good, even necessary, practice to use diagonals for many things. Sure few variations or dance solos take the whole stage, but if we want to compare to spaces that allow for wide artistic movement, 25' can be very shallow and 40' depth will easily be used. I'm almost certain athletes would use the diagonals for tumbling anyways. They will fill and overfill any amount of space allotted them.