This week, as a bonus to the regularly scheduled Judge’s Inquiry coming out Friday, I received a special request to look at some of the 9.975 routines. Should they have been a 10.000, a 9.950, or something else? Check out the videos below to see my breakdowns of the routines and the deductions that I saw.
Vault
Malia Hargrove (Arizona)
Possible deductions: Shoulder angle on the table
Bars
Maddie Williams (California)
Possible Deductions: Bent arms, low bar cast handstand; bent arms low bar cast handstand half turn; possibly a short cast to handstand on the high bar, but I can’t tell from the angle of the video.
Beam
Jade Carey (Oregon State)
Possible Deductions: Balance error, full turn; rhythm in dance series connections
Floor
Arianna Patterson (Kentucky)
Possible Deductions: leg position, switch half ring leap; landing posture, double back
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Rhiannon Franck is a former national-rated NAWGJ women’s gymnastics judge…
