Traditional, Capital Cup, Modified Capital Cup ???

[Mom2twingymnasts]

Can you please provide the definitions of:
-Traditional
-Capital Cup
-Modified Capital Cup

I know they are different meet warm-up formats but don't know more than that. Also, is the same terminology used for both boys and girls gymnastics?

Thanks!

 

[Deleted member D3987]

well...where is the other post that i posted explaining what they all are? just a few days ago??

i'm guessing that i did this right. 1st time i've tried this:

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[BlairBob]

I don't think I've even see girls do Traditional Format ever in compulsory/optional JO meets.

 

[coachmolly]

I don't think I've even see girls do Traditional Format ever in compulsory/optional JO meets.

We did it early in my competitive years (97-99ish), I don't remember when we switched to mostly modified traditional.

 

[gymnastgets10]

I think I had 2 meets in level 4 that were traditional. It was weird . I hate Capitol Cup.

 

[profmom]

My L4 DS's most recent meet was Capitol Cup, which was new to them. I think it was tough for these little guys to compete on equipment they had never touched. My son had some unanticipated trouble on pommel horse because the one he warmed up on was "slipperier" than the cloth-covered one on which he competed. Well, as he concluded for himself, live and learn!

My sense is that at least around here, most of the boys' meets are traditional and most of the girls' meets are modified.

 

[Canadian_gym_mom]

This is a question on the same lines, can someone follow this link to the schedule for gymnix and click the schedule link, and try to explain to me the second page "session 2.8, p3a" what that means as far as the schedule and warm up stuff please?

Yes, her coach will no doubt go over everything but I am curious right now, lol.

Thanks. Maybe this should have been another thread.

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[Canadian_gym_mom]

And when I clicked on all dunno's pink words, this really made me laugh!

You 404’d it. Gnarly, dude.


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[BlairBob]

Hmm, I dislike Traditional format but my compulsories didn't have a problem with Capitol Cup. However, I'd be skeptical as a L6 boy doing Capitol Cup on HB with the flyaways and giants as well as PB.

 

[gymdog]

We did it early in my competitive years (97-99ish), I don't remember when we switched to mostly modified traditional.

I would say by 2002 it was mostly switched over...but I seem to recall that for awhile there compulsory meets were still doing traditional when most optional meets were modified traditional. High school gymnastics here still uses traditional. Almost all MAG meets here do (haven't yet encountered one that doesn't).

I've only competed in a few true Capital Cup meets. By my recollection even "the" Capital Cup has been modified traditional for some time now. They have two sets of equipment but I'm pretty sure the judges just moved for each flight. Can't remember for sure though, haven't been in years.

I would assume that MAG meets also allow a 30 second touch on the competitive equipment so some of the things brought up in this thread shouldn't be a big issue, but again I've never encountered that situation, so I'm not sure. Whether you would have L4/5 compulsories actually take a touch is another issue. I probably wouldn't in some cases, although if the equipment was different (different covered mushroom) than they'd ever seen, I probably would. For L5/6 girls the only reason I would anticipate is tap swings on bars. Haven't been to a JO girls meet that isn't modified traditional in just about forever though, or one where you warm up on different bars than you compete on. Beam yes, but that's another story.

Fun fact: In the last Olympics I recall Mohini competing beam with NO warm up since she was put in as an alternate after the equipment warm ups happened earlier. She warmed up on floor and competed.

 

[Deleted member D3987]

fun fact: Mo nailed that beam set also.