My opinion on getting rid of the Lunge

So many gymnasts just used this rule to cheat.  A CONTROLLED step is fine but if you look like you had to take a step then it should be a deduction.  And technically, this is a subjective thing.  Maybe that step looked controlled to one judge but not to another, so 1 judge deducts and the other doesn't.

I mean c'mon! These are olympic class and world class gymnasts and they cant stick their tumbling passes?  1 lunge is fine in a routine, just like the men can do the rollouts on 2 of their tumbling passes, but any more than that is just babying the gymnasts.  If these girls can't stick double doubles and double layouts then maybe they shouldn't be doing them in the first place.  I'm not trying to insult the gymnasts because what they do is incredible and most people in the world can't do what they do but I don't see why they shouldn't have to stick the landing like the men.


One more thing... Why the **** couldn't the men lunge like the women?!?!?

On the plus side i do LOVE the leaps out of the tumbling passes.  I don't really get why most people hate them.  In my opinion, it's more artistic than the lunge because you're combing acrobatic and dance elements just like you would do on the balance beam.  Furthermore, the leap connections increases the gymnast's difficulty value on the floor which is a good thing because floor exercise is usually judged pretty harshly.  With the leaps, floor is one step closer to having equal scoring with the rest of the 3 apparatus.

That being said, I only like the leaps when they're done right, which is pretty much every gymnast except Lauren Mitchell.

The lunge rule was nothing more than sexist and unfair rule and I'm glad it's gone. #deuces

Is the "Liukin in the CoP ?

Back in Nastia's glory days AKA 2008, she performed a unique element on the beam.  Since she performed it, not a single girl has performed that exact move. And I'm going to explain why.

The 2013-2016 CoP calls the "Liukin" a "Front Salto piked with take off from one foot to scale (2 sec.)"  It's a bit tricky to explain with words so here, why don't you take a look for yourself:

One of the 2 main problems with this skills is that Liukin and most, if not all, of the other girls who are doing this kind of move don't actually perform a "scale"

The gymnastics CoP defines a scale as such:

Nastia and heaps of other girls like Semenova and Worley who were performing this type of skill were doing an arabesque instead of an actual scale.

The "Liukin" is technically not in the table of elements... but the tucked version of it is.  The tucked version of the Liukin is worth a C.  Thus, most likely, the "Liukin" is worth a C.  This brings up another problem.  In order to get bonus points or "connection value" for this type of skill, one must perform a D (salto) + A (Scale).  This order exactly and no step is permitted in between.

In conclusion, I don' think we'll be seeing any more Liukins or Worleys...