Posts Tagged “Jewelry”
Nov
16
2009
Gymnasts: Fashion and Safety in GymnasticsPosted by: Mr.Admin in Gymnastic Sites and The Best ArticlesThey can get caught on your leotard or gym clothes, on the equipment, mats or carpet. Earrings torn out of your ear - that’s gotta hurt. Rings can scratch the bars and pinch your fingers. No Valuable Jewelry Don t wear any valuable jewelry in the gym, especially into a loose foam pit. You may never find it or find only by pulling out every single piece of foam in the pit. Take it from the girl who lost her mother s diamond stud earring and spent three full days sifting through the pit and dust and dirt at the bottom of the pit to find it. She never did find the back to it. Tight is Right If you wear socks to class, make sure they fit tightly. You don t want them to come off in the pit and get lost. And you don’t want them to bunch up and possible create poor footing on skills or landings. What Not to Wear Don t wear hair ties with hard objects, like plastic balls, on them. Skills, like back extension rolls, or falls can press them painfully into your head. There is no place in the gym … Tags: Carpet, Diamond Earring, Diamond Stud Earring, Dirt, Earrings, Fashion, Fingers, Foam Pit, Footing, Gym Clothes, Gymnastics, Gymnasts, Hair Ties, Jewelry, Landings, Leotard, Plastic Balls, Sifting Through, Socks, Spent Three
Oct
09
2009
Gymnastics Judging - A Brief OverviewPosted by: Mr.Admin in Gymnastic Sites and The Best ArticlesThis is where the playing field of the competition is at its most level. Granted, gymnastics judging is not a science, and there can be mistakes made. This is why it is always good to have an idea of what the judges are looking at when they make their decisions. I’m here to help! First, judges take a look at whether or not your gymnast has followed the rules of attendance. Each meet may have a different dress code, but most typically, associations will ask that long hair be tied back close to the head, that jewelry be removed, and that all clothing that may prove a safety issue be removed. If your gymnast is not in accordance with these rules, his or her participation may be interrupted until the issue can be resolved. Barring that, the judges rating is based entirely upon the gymnastic performance. Since there are so many different kinds of gymnastics, we ll just give you the basics in common to all of them. The next category judges usually look at is overall difficulty. In other wo … Tags: Attendance, Decisions, Different Dress, Different Kinds, Dress Code, Gymnast, Jewelry, Kinds Of Gymnastics, Long Hair, Participation, Safety Issue, Science
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