WAG Level 10 scoring poorly on beam

[DP gymnast mom]

My dd is a first year level 10. She is scoring poorly on beam although she has a very competitive routine. For example she had one fall in her last routine and scored a 7.6. This was not the case last year in level 9. Has anyone had this experience in level 10? She is very upset about it. Thanks.

 

[NGAgym]

Not a level 10 but one of my teammates is, she was experiencing something very similar to this. We really thought about it and realized she didn’t have all of bonus(she was starting at a 9.4 SV). So make sure she has all of her bonus and if she does, then they must just be judging a little harder than normal.

 

[DP gymnast mom]

She has the bonus i believe - that's why we don't understand the issue necessarily...boggles the mind...she has a bhs back tuck series, front aerial, side ariel, front tuck mount, 1.5 dismount

 

[Gymgirl84]

Maybe the mistakes took some of the bonus/difficulty away and so lowered her SV?
If that cannot be the issue, then maybe form/pauses/artistry. Usually judging gets tighter as the levels go up because you go head to head with higher level gymnasts. So if your technique or form lacks a bit it will show more.

 

[Coach Kate]

Has she asked her coaches? I always welcomed this kind of question as a coach. I had a silver who had bent legs and flexed feet in her lap pass wondering why she wasn't scoring well on floor. I pointed out that she had a fall's worth of form deductions in her leap pass alone. Once she realized that, she put more effort into making her corrections at practice. Sometimes kids just genuinely don't understand.

Tell her to say something like "I feel like beam is a strong event for me, so I'm confused about why I'm not scoring higher. What are my biggest deductions?" In the case of the fall, ask "I know a fall is 0.5, but did it also cause me to lose some bonus or start value?" If her coaches don't know why she's scoring this way, that would be concerning to me.

I was part of a gym where the coaches actively sought to understand these things and regularly went to state Congress and sought feedback from the state judging chair so that we could learn what the judges are looking for.

And yes, the more skills you do, the more opportunities for deductions. Have you looked at the execution scores on beam for the elites? Rarely an 8 to be found.

 

[JBS]

She has the bonus i believe - that's why we don't understand the issue necessarily...boggles the mind...she has a bhs back tuck series, front aerial, side ariel, front tuck mount, 1.5 dismount

What is her full routine?

 

[gymcoach34]

This is impossible to answer without video or at least knowing all the skills. I agree with having her talk with her coaches. She has to be missing something or isn't getting credit. If she gets credit for the skills that you listed-its only .4 in bonus at L10 and it sounds like she is missing a dance SR (based on the list you provided). There are more composition/up to the Level deductions in L10 as well.

 

[GymnastMomX2]

One other thing to keep in mind is if she falls on something that would have added bonus she loses not only the fall but also the bonus. So falls are often more than .5 in level 10 because of that. There are also composition deductions, but without knowing her full routine or seeing video it’s hard to say.

 

[DP gymnast mom]

Thanks for the feedback. I don't have a video but here is the routine: front tuck mount, front split, wolf, side split, front aerial, full turn, back handspring back tuck, dance, side aerial, dance, round off 1.5 full. Her arms get a bit flimsy sometimes, but her knees aren't bent from what I can see. Maybe she flexes more then she should be she fell on the front aerial