By Andy Thornton on
Tuesday, January 26, 2010 6:57 PM
We've analyzed how to judge men's floor and p-bars in today's code of points. Now let's take a look at arguably the most thrilling and high-flying of the men's events...high bar. Become an expert on how to come up with a D-Score from all of the intricate release skills, turning skills, and combinations being done by the world's top high bar workers!
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By Andy Thornton on
Sunday, January 24, 2010 12:47 PM
Yang Yun's all-around performance during the team finals of the 2000 Olympics would have been worthy of the Olympic all-around title, and her vault during that competition will go down forever as one of the greatest vaults of all time. Just as Dong Fangxiao had done in 1999, this sensational gymnast seemed to appear out of thin air.
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By Andy Thornton on
Saturday, January 23, 2010 12:14 PM
In the last year and a half, the controversies surrounding the ages of various Chinese athletes - both past and present - have exploded among the international gymnastics community. Two gymnasts still under investigation by the FIG are 2000 Olympians Dong Fangxiao and Yang Yun. Let's take a look at the rather mysterious way in which each of these athletes seemed to literally come out of nowhere when they first burst onto the world scene.
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By Andy Thornton on
Friday, January 22, 2010 12:34 AM
It's been six years since Paul Hamm won the all-around gold medal at the 2004 Olympics in Athens. To this day, however, many question the validity of his gold medal after a 0.1 error was found in the p-bars score of bronze medalist Yang Tae Young. After reviewing the competition closely, I believe that the world was so focused on Paul's vault and Yang's p-bar score that a mistake on ANOTHER event may have actually been overlooked for all these years...one that would invalidate the entire controversy altogether.
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By Andy Thornton on
Thursday, January 21, 2010 9:19 PM
Men's p-bars can be a bit mysterious when it comes to calculating a D-score, mostly because the values of the many flipping skills from various types of entry and intricate peach skills can be hard to keep straight. This post will show you that's it not nearly as hard as you think, particularly because there are no connection points anymore!
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By Andy Thornton on
Saturday, January 16, 2010 9:01 PM
I'm going to be doing a series on judging that will help guide you through the process of calculating a D-Score for some of the world's best routines on both the men's and women's sides. First up...our 2009 Men's World Floor Champion, Marian Dragulescu!
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By Andy Thornton on
Saturday, January 16, 2010 4:28 PM
It's unfortunate that when you're not from a top-3 team you tend to get overlooked a bit. Just as we saw with France, Spain has turned out some incredible tumblers over the years. A few have unveiled some unprecedented skills in both dance and tumbling, although they never quite got their due.
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By Andy Thornton on
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 11:18 PM
Even though she ended up as an alternate on the 2004 Olympic Team, Tasha Schwikert is one of the very best U.S. gymnasts of the last decade. We tend to associate names like Carly Patterson and Courtney Kupets with the 2001-2004 quadrennial, but Schwikert was absolutely unstoppable in 2001 and 2002. Let's take a look at this gymnast in the prime of her career.
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By Andy Thornton on
Tuesday, January 12, 2010 10:41 PM
The UCLA Bruins have been developing quite a reputation for their amazingly entertaining floor routines over the last few years. Check out a couple from their recent victory over Utah...some of the best ever!
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By Andy Thornton on
Tuesday, January 05, 2010 12:08 AM
It's seems like Danell Leyva's always got something up his sleeve. I was stunned to see yet another brand new exciting release skill from this kid - and he's showing the potential to use it in combination. Watch these videos of him and Jonathan Horton at the recent Valeri Liukin Invite!
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