yowsah1 August 10 Share August 10 What's up with all the Inquiries being requested on what seems like every other routine? Is this normal? Link to comment
CheshireCat August 17 Share August 17 On 8/10/2024 at 1:39 AM, yowsah1 said: What's up with all the Inquiries being requested on what seems like every other routine? Is this normal? It might be a recent development but it wasn't when I was doing translations for an international competition held in my hometown several years ago. On 8/4/2024 at 12:55 PM, surfgirl said: Dancing g with ribbons and balls, wheeee! I'd argue it's a bit more than that. 🙂 Of course, the basis is ballet, but all of the flexibility on display is a requirement, for example. Getting there is a painful process (and most likely unhealthy, too). The jumping skills are acquired by jumping with weights on your feet. (Here's a video of what training looks like for kids in Russia (as all gymnasts have similar flexibility, I don't imagine that it looks much different in other countries. The difference might be in the coaches and their tone (I should probably add a trigger warning as you can hear some kids crying)). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hR6z4YUlpIM This video gives an impression of what a Canadian gymnast's training looks like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkUVM5MVvlY ) Growing up dancing, I've done several of these excercises and they're the kind where you think your tighs are burning up and/or your back's going to break. When it comes to the competition, the apparatus needs to be in movement at all times throughout the 1:30 minute routine. Additionally, the apparatus needs to be handled with both hands equally and also with other body parts than the hands. Except for hoop, each apparatus has a focus. That means that 50% of the routine need to consist of those elements. Balance elements for clubs, flexibility for ball, jumps for rope and turns for ribbon. For hoop, it's at the gymnast's discretion. Judging is similar to gymnastics. For example, gymnasts hand in their planned routine, there's a difficulty score and an execution score, splits have to be at least 180°, feet have to touch heads, turns have to be fully rotated, the gymnast and the apparatus have to stay in bounds when performing, when a gymnast loses the apparatus there's a bigger deduction when the apparatus goes out of bounds than when they just don't catch it etc. Top gymnasts train up to 8 hours a day. 6 Link to comment
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