It wasn't that a shoe "fell off" she actually kicked both of them off before her stunt-far right side stunt! You can see her actually kicking them off her feet, one went off the floor, the other stayed on the floor!! I would say that is def a safety, because it was done purposely!
How could a judge make an assessment of a skill that they have, as you put it "NO clue" about or what it is???? There is no way that they could accurately determine how well it was executed or performed??? If you know nothing about a skill, how then could you judge it effectively????
I'm Shawn. Former Head Tumbling Instructor at World Cup! Stopped coaching about a year and a half ago! Coached all of World Cup's teams, to include the Junior 2007 and 2008 World Champions-Starlites, and the 2007, 2008, 2009,Large Senior All Girl World Champions-Shooting Stars!! Left coaching...
Teenaged girls will test you to your limit! Male coach, female coach, it doesn't matter--the ones that are really not interested and are only doing it because their parents paid X amount for tuition, are usually the offenders!! They feel they "deserve" a spot on the team. The best way to deal...
How is it that you can determine that team A won merely because of their name? Could it have possibly been because of better choreography, timing, execution, blah, blah, blah, it could go on and on???
I'll comment from an instructors point of view.. so as far as spotting is concerned, t-shirts can be very difficult and somewhat dangerous!! Maybe it's been just me, but I have had my entire forearm engulfed and tangled in t-shirts, to the point of it actually being painful!! T-shirts are...
Although I agree that a background check should be done for new or prospective employees, it does not mean that the check is conclusive!! A background check for criminal history will show only that--meaning something that the person was CONVICTED of!! There are those individuals that have...
I don't really believe that just because a gym won a Worlds title is something that is going to draw "gym hoppers"!! Teams that are able to attain a World title, have their own pool of talent to pull from, and really aren't looking for that type of person.