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If one athlete has bare legs or solid-colored leggings and another has a unitard with spangled ankles, the judges are naturally going to notice the first athlete's knees more because their eyes will be drawn to the second athlete's ankles.
I looked up Marina Nekrasova and she's worn a regular leotard for competition before (as recently as last year as seen here: ). So unless her beliefs have recently changed, it's not for religious reasons.
Or she may be starting a trend for different leos for different events.
Wait, what?
I saw that too, but I don't think it is up to us to judge her motives.
If judges really are capable of blocking out everything they see other than the specific details they are supposed to be looking for, then why do we mess with blingy leotards and fancy hairstyles and why do we tell our kids to smile? Either details outside the text of the routine and the COP matter, or they don't.
Wait, what?
A judge is looking at both athletes form overall.What I am trying to say is:
Athlete 1 has bare legs or solid-colored leggings. There is nothing to distract the judge's eyes from her knees.
Athlete 2 is wearing the pictured unitard. The judges' eyes are naturally going to be drawn to the blinged-out calves and ankles and away from the knees.
Which athlete's knees get more attention from the judges?
What I am trying to say is:
Athlete 1 has bare legs or solid-colored leggings. There is nothing to distract the judge's eyes from her knees.
Athlete 2 is wearing the pictured unitard. The judges' eyes are naturally going to be drawn to the blinged-out calves and ankles and away from the knees.
Which athlete's knees get more attention from the judges?
Have you judged?
IIRC, you have judged color guard. If so, you must be familiar with the design tricks bands and guards use to get uniforms to highlight or minimize various aspects of the performance. I see no reason why it wouldn't be different in gymnastics.
I never chose uniforms or equipment designed to hide anything. If you had any concept of the sheer cost of band uniforms, you would know there's no way that they pick things year after year to hide a groups abilities. In addition, I had zero problem not being so dazzled by bling that I couldn't appropriately judge a groups dance, equipment work, or skill set.
Adding that band uniforms cost upwards of $50,000 to outfit an entire group. Most of them utilize the same uniform for 10-20 years.
Edit timed out.A judge is looking at both athletes form overall.
And athletes/coach/gym have the same choices.
Ours were replaced every 7 years. And we were repeatedly told that they had been chosen to reveal as much as possible, so we had better stay on phase and in step and guide properly. And, yes, I know what they cost because we had to raise money to pay for them.
whereas some are wearing white socks that presumably draw attention to whether the feet are pointed.
And we were repeatedly told that they had been chosen to reveal as much as possible, so we had better stay on phase and in step and guide properly.
Yes an excellent coaching "threat". Gotta rise to level of your uniform. We know you can do it. We aren't going to make it easy, we expect more.
And, by the way, gymnastics people claim the leos are designed to maximize what the judges want to see. High-cut legs on leos are supposed to "elongate" the legs visually.