Romania

[KristyJ]

I think you are underrating the difficulty of a hip hecht skill, especially when it entails learning a new skill family not often used elsewhere (namely the hip pop off the bar which made more sense when beating the bars was a skill everyone did constantly)

 

[KristyJ]

And Romanian bars - are getting better?

They seem to be!

 

[Puffin]

And Romanian bars - are getting better?

They do seem to be.

At Euros they got Ana Barbosu into the medals in the UB final and Rom beat France on UB in TF.

Romania could have won bronze in TF if Voinea hadn't scratched VT - even a fugly dty would have done it - she only needed 13.3.

 

[Aeris]

I think you are underrating the difficulty of a hip hecht skill, especially when it entails learning a new skill family not often used elsewhere (namely the hip pop off the bar which made more sense when beating the bars was a skill everyone did constantly)

It's something I did in elementary school, with no intention to ever train bar beats, before having any real skills. Doesn't require having a vertical cast or giant to perform.

Let's look at a recent competition:


Most of these gymnasts could improve their score if they did the B hecht dismount. One of them fell on a Double Tuck, and injured themselves. That's the inherent risk in trying to learn and perform a double salto skill. It takes less time to learn a hip pop, less physical exertion to execute, and is less dangerous. It's stubbornness or ignorance if coaches don't want to consider teaching a safer dismount that is less deductible. Give people options so they can figure out what fits best.

 

[MaryClare]

It's something I did in elementary school, with no intention to ever train bar beats, before having any real skills. Doesn't require having a vertical cast or giant to perform.

Let's look at a recent competition:


Most of these gymnasts could improve their score if they did the B hecht dismount. One of them fell on a Double Tuck, and injured themselves. That's the inherent risk in trying to learn and perform a double salto skill. It takes less time to learn a hip pop, less physical exertion to execute, and is less dangerous. It's stubbornness or ignorance if coaches don't want to consider teaching a safer dismount that is less deductible. Give people options so they can figure out what fits best.

i mean, it is an option. It’s there in the COP. Everyone seems to have found the easy beam dismounts easily enough, so I doubt that coaches are ignorant to its existence. Several coaches have trained their gymnasts to do toe on or stalder entry dismounts. So why aren’t they doing yours?

 

[eanda]

There's risk and time needed for learning with a lot of gymnastics skills. Where do you stop in the effort to avoid any and all deductions? Even as a viewer, I found a few of the dismounts (front/back layouts) anti-climatic for the rest of the routine. If I were a gymnast capable of the skills these gymnasts were doing, I don't think I would be happy topping it all off with a non-flipping dismount.

 

[Sanzhirovka]

Okay, this time I'll be more straightforwards - we are getting off topic.

Also, this comment helps me keep the ads down, I guess?

 

[Aeris]

Is the results book with individual judge scores online?

 

[Passion]

I also really hope Ana keeps her 2024 floor choreography until Worlds at least, as aside from its beauty, it scores very well on artistry.

I just hope her transition to Stanford is smooth and she still goes to Worlds.