Gymnastics Judge Breaks Down Balance Beam (Jade Carey 2022) 

You needed a judge to verify something someone with subpar vision can see???

The step is larger than shoulder width. That's why it's a .3 deduction.

@@Gisellelovely The step wasn't larger than shoulder width.

Also, those who occur a 0.1 deduction literally have the smallest step ever so it's not fair for Jade to take a 'bigger' step and have the same 0.1 deduction.

You are allowed to have flexed feet in the preflight and in preparation for landing, so even if you did point your toes for the moment that you are at vertical, only super attentive judges will notice. Plus, they will generally cut you some slack if it’s on something like a LOSO, whereas a flexed foot in a skill that doesn’t require inversion (saltos, flips, aerials) is much more of a problem, because it’s really not hard to correct and just shows a lack of polish in a routine.

Plenty of gymnasts can do a loso without bent knees. Viktoria Komova, Laurie Hernandez, Nastia Liukin, Catalina Ponor, Flavia Saraiva, Kara Eaker, Kyla Ross, etc.

I actually didn't really think her knees were all that bent here.

What? I've seen standing back pikes with pointed toes (where there is much less airtime), not to mention all the double pikes I've seen with pointed toes.

I’m a gymnastics judge and I don’t understand half of the “body position” deductions. I can see the bent knees and flexed feet but other than that, I don’t know. There were a few balance checks on elements that they didn’t list here either. Also the step on the landing definitely was not 0.30 lol Edit: Also there are deductions for having a “concentration pause,” which could have been taken on her routine as well

@@lunedocs2228the step was a .3

The gymnast needs to be in split position at the start or end of the 1/2 turn. Jade here tries to hit the split at the end of the 1/2 turn and isn't fully turned when she does it, but still enough to get the skill credited, because she's past 1/4 turn.

It’s explained at the end of the video

Oh wow, I feel so stupid. Thank you for letting me know! I love this content so much.

No don’t feel that way! I was actually about to comment the same thing until I saw it

That’s what I thought too. There’s a lack of dynamics between acro elements. She’s the same on floor, artistry is not her forte.

arms are part of the body position. everything has to be perfect. it also makes it fair to those who put the extra effort to do nice arms.

​@@FlipFlyTumble Her arms are fine for the technical standards, they aren't overly askew or something. You'd have to take this deduction on every element of her routine if trying to say "it's not pretty enough" (which isn't viable in the current system; that is an overall thing to look at for artistry deduction). You never took the arm deduction in your breakdown anyway, her leaps have mandatory .1 off for the leg form and you list "arm position" alongside it but still just give .1 to the element. You didn't consistently call out "arms" either, like on the opening split and straddle where they clearly break line.

Have you seen Simone Biles’ toe point? You can be a fantastic gymnast with no arch in your foot. I know because I’m living it right now, lol. I’m a Level 8 gymnast with a pretty flat foot.

@@lunedocs2228 perhaps I wasn't clear. NO ARCHES. NONE. I ruptured a tendon crossing a street. I also have accessory navicular syndrome--i was born with extra bones in my feet. Until they were removed in my late 20s, it hurt to use my feet. My feet have been described as "broken tripods" by doctors. They aren't formed correctly. I'm not allowed to stand for long periods of time, run, fall on them, wear heels or flip flops. After a couple surgeries they're more functional but they still hurt when i overuse them.

I can’t see the bent knees either, even in the freeze frame of her in the split

because gymnasts are only humans

Because there’s no but 3 get 1 free deal on mistakes

her to knee was bent