Hi all
Got a question for you! In my region of GB at level 5 a gymnast has to have a backwards element on beam (most opt for the backward walkover) - if this requirement is missing, the gymnasts lose 0.5 from their '10'. Obviously if they do perform the backward walkover but don't get their feet on the beam they lose 1 whole mark for the fall, plus 0.5 for the missing requirement and execution faults...
So:
My gymnasts have just competed level 5. I decided not to put the backward walkover in, purely because I'd rather lose 0.5 than take the risk.
However, today (2 weeks later) we had a smaller, less important competition, so I decided to put the backward walkover into one of my gymnasts routines because she had been pretty consistent with them in training. Had she pulled this off, it would have bumped her D score up and she may have been in with a chance of getting a medal!
Unfortunately she didn't pull it off (she didn't get her feet on and lost the 1.5 plus deductions, and had another fall later in the routine) and now I have 1 unhappy gymmie on my hands. Her mum, who I get on with really well, is also a little miffed - mainly because she thinks it was a big ask in such a short space of time.
I can accept this POV but I also feel that she would be thanking me had gymmie pulled it off!
This gymmie also has to move up to level 4 next year as she scored so well at regionals. At level 4 she HAS to do bwo-bhs on beam so I thought this would be a good opportunity for her to have a go under pressure!
What would you have done? played safe and kept everyone happy or gone for it?
Got a question for you! In my region of GB at level 5 a gymnast has to have a backwards element on beam (most opt for the backward walkover) - if this requirement is missing, the gymnasts lose 0.5 from their '10'. Obviously if they do perform the backward walkover but don't get their feet on the beam they lose 1 whole mark for the fall, plus 0.5 for the missing requirement and execution faults...
So:
My gymnasts have just competed level 5. I decided not to put the backward walkover in, purely because I'd rather lose 0.5 than take the risk.
However, today (2 weeks later) we had a smaller, less important competition, so I decided to put the backward walkover into one of my gymnasts routines because she had been pretty consistent with them in training. Had she pulled this off, it would have bumped her D score up and she may have been in with a chance of getting a medal!
Unfortunately she didn't pull it off (she didn't get her feet on and lost the 1.5 plus deductions, and had another fall later in the routine) and now I have 1 unhappy gymmie on my hands. Her mum, who I get on with really well, is also a little miffed - mainly because she thinks it was a big ask in such a short space of time.
I can accept this POV but I also feel that she would be thanking me had gymmie pulled it off!
This gymmie also has to move up to level 4 next year as she scored so well at regionals. At level 4 she HAS to do bwo-bhs on beam so I thought this would be a good opportunity for her to have a go under pressure!
What would you have done? played safe and kept everyone happy or gone for it?