Category Archives: From the Judge’s Chair

From The Judge’s Chair…What Happened With Sam Mikulak’s Floor?

Posted on March 23, 2012 by Andy Thornton
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  If you happened to watch Sam Mikulak’s floor routine from the Pacific Rim Championships and saw his final score of 14.55 with a D-score of 5.7, you were probably very confused.  His routine was packed with difficulty and, aside from the easy double full dismount, appeared to have everything it needed for a D-score well ...

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Women’s World Team Alert – Top 10 Routines to Watch

Posted on August 14, 2010 by Andy Thornton

Rebecca Bross and Alicia Sacramone are basically locks for the Women’s USA Gymnastics World Team. There are several other gymnasts whose fates have not yet been sealed, and that will depend on what happens in tonight’s finals.

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All Things In Moderation – Part 3

Posted on June 1, 2010 by Andy Thornton

The regression toward the mean/moving target mindset makes it almost impossible for a judge to score a gymnast outrageously far from the “average” score on that apparatus, regardless of how outrageously good or bad the performance was.

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All Things in Moderation – Part 2

Posted on May 27, 2010 by Andy Thornton

This is what I like to call The Moving Target Phenomenon, and I think it is a great example of what gymnastics judging is like today.

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All Things in Moderation…Part 1

Posted on May 26, 2010 by Andy Thornton

Part 1 of an in-depth article about some of the psychological and statistical phenomena that affect gymnastics judging.

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