WAG Falls on beam... Please help settle a debate w/DD

[l.c.o]

If a gymnast falls on beam, and falls again while remounting (Both hands and 1-2 feet touch the beam in a squat, then gymnast comes right back off), does that count as two falls, or one?

 

[Committed]

If a gymnast falls on beam, and falls again while remounting (Both hands and 1-2 feet touch the beam in a squat, then gymnast comes right back off), does that count as two falls, or one?

I wouldn't think it counts as a fall. As a timer, I wouldn't start time until they were up on the beam and start their next move.

 

[l.c.o]

I wouldn't think it counts as a fall. As a timer, I wouldn't start time until they were up on the beam and start their next move.

That's my argument! I've timed beam, and never restarted time until the gymnast remounted and started moving again, but DD keeps insisting she thinks it counts as another fall.

 

[Deleted member D3987]

If a gymnast falls on beam, and falls again while remounting (Both hands and 1-2 feet touch the beam in a squat, then gymnast comes right back off), does that count as two falls, or one?

um...tell her it's like 9.

 

[Committed]

um...tell her it's like 9.

Really? I thought that this required that the mother of the gymnast came out and continued the routine

 

[Deleted member D3987]

that's what should have happened so that mom could teach her a thing or 3.

 

[l.c.o]

um...tell her it's like 9.

LOL!! Well, it sure felt like she had nine falls. Hahaha!

(Let's just say we're debating whether she had two or three total falls!)

 

[l.c.o]

that's what should have happened so that mom could teach her a thing or 3.

Really? I thought that this required that the mother of the gymnast came out and continued the routine

Hey, I've recently perfected walking across a floor beam without a balance check, so it could totally happen.

 

[gymgal]

This happened to dd one year. She attempted to mount after a fall, got one knee or foot on (can't remember) and came right back off. She was deducted for 2 falls.

 

[l.c.o]

@gymgal - Thanks!!

It was hard to tell with DD's score, being her first optional meet. I was shocked when I overheard DD telling a friend that she had three falls, rather than two. With two definite falls and a long pause before throwing her series, it could totally go either way.

I mean, it makes no difference to me either way, but the debate is fun.

At least DD can fall twice next meet and count it an improvement!

 

[fuzi]

That's two falls

 

[thefellowsmom]

It says specifically in the code that if a gymnast falls off the beam and then attempts to re-mount the beam and falls again before resuming the timing of the routine, the deduction will be .5 for the second fall.

 

[Committed]

It says specifically in the code that if a gymnast falls off the beam and then attempts to re-mount the beam and falls again before resuming the timing of the routine, the deduction will be .5 for the second fall.

Wow! Bummer!!!

 

[l.c.o]

Thanks everyone!!

DD's score suddenly seems a bit impressive! LOL.

Fall down three times, mount beam four will be our new motto.

 

[Jenny]

here is is definitely 2 falls which are one mark each so be happy your falls are only half a mark.

 

[sleeping judy]

I would say two as well, but I'm just a mom. My dd has the mount where she straddle splits the beam. She touched the beam at one meet and went to jump up, but kind of popped her feet off the ground once, came back down and popped up again quickly into her splits and was deducted for a fall.

 

[emilykatherine]

2... I may or may not have done that at STATE one year....

 

[3rd_time_around]

It's 2 falls.