Hi Folks,
My daughter is in level 7 and strongly encouraged to use the FIG bar settings. To not hit her feet on the low bar, she has started to bend her knees and tapping right as she is passing over the low bar. I had thought this is likely a big deduction, but now I’m reading that this is known as a “Russian tap swing”. I found some videos of gold medal Olympian’s on bars like Mustafina and Komova which I can also post where they bend their knees quite severely as they tap over the low bar so now I’m thinking this may now be a deduction. In the attached gif of my daughter’s giants, is there a deduction for bending her knees in USAG scoring and would these be considered relatively clean giants?
Thanks!
My daughter is in level 7 and strongly encouraged to use the FIG bar settings. To not hit her feet on the low bar, she has started to bend her knees and tapping right as she is passing over the low bar. I had thought this is likely a big deduction, but now I’m reading that this is known as a “Russian tap swing”. I found some videos of gold medal Olympian’s on bars like Mustafina and Komova which I can also post where they bend their knees quite severely as they tap over the low bar so now I’m thinking this may now be a deduction. In the attached gif of my daughter’s giants, is there a deduction for bending her knees in USAG scoring and would these be considered relatively clean giants?
Thanks!
