Parents Using a four incher for floor routines in competition

[skschlag]

a good gymnastics coach ALWAYS errs on the side of caution. ALWAYS. do no harm.

Which could also mean not competing a skill until it is ready.

 

[sce]

Which could also mean not competing a skill until it is ready.

But this sport is so hard on bodies that even a skill that is ready could still be tough on ankles or knees. If a 4 incher lessens an athletes pain, I say it should be allowed.

 

[skschlag]

But then I ask...why not put one in every corner? you can't move them anyway....

 

[sce]

But then I ask...why not put one in every corner? you can't move them anyway....

The same thing does not work for everyone. Say someone is connecting skills, the mat might deaden their rebound. Or some person's pass lands in a different place and might hit the edge of the mat.