WAG judes/coaches - Question on deductions for falls

[gymgal]

Is there any difference in scoring between a gymnast who fights to save a skill, but falls anyway and one who just takes the fall without fighting? Does the one who works to save herself from the fall get more deductions for "the extra wobbles, etc? And vice versa, does a judge tend to deduct more from a gymnast who doesn't try to save it?

 

[GYM0M]

I'm pretty sure you get deducted for both.

 

[Deleted member D3987]

benefit goes to the athlete that fights like hell to stay on. the judges may not admit it but their scores reflect it every time i have seen it happen.

 

[Canadian_gym_mom]

Plenty of invitational meets here have a special judges award for best fight to stay on or best save.

 

[fuzi]

Not sure about elsewhere, but in the JO code, you can't take balance errors leading to a fall. So if a gymnast lands on beam and wiggles, wiggles, wiggles, fall, she looses no more than the one who falls for the wiggles. Of course, this doesn't count include deductions in the skill itself: bent legs, leg separation, ext.