Triplewhip's Opinion On: Collegiate Gymnastics

   With the elite gymnastics season not even started yet, and with the collegiate gymnastics season over half-way through, its time to think about switching to collegiate. If you are like me, and enjoy re-watching competitions, but your family gets annoyed when you do (Especially brothers)...... then this article will help you......... If you never really got into collegiate gymnastics, I think that this is the time you should. In this article, I will show you the pros of watching collegiate gymnastics......



1. Collegiate Gymnastics uses the 10.00 system
   
       I was born in 1998, and never got into gymnastics while the 10.00 system was around, because it ended in 2004, and I was only six, still interested in Mickey Mouse Clubhouse, Octonauts, and all those kiddy shows, I was not old enough to see the beauty and the grace that is gymnastics. So, now I am older, I always wanted to see the gymnastics 10.00 system, and now I can.



2. More Grace and Artistry-

     In Elite gymnastics, the gymnasts have to pack so much difficulty into their beam, bars, and floor routine, that they don't have time to let their personalities shine through, but with the rules a lot less hectic than they are in elite, the gymnasts can decrease the stunt number and increase the artistry.


3. Old-School Dismounts

     On beam, the gymnasts can do the old school dismounts, the easier ones, I personally LOVE the swing-leg dismount, the swing-leg dismount is when the gymnast is at the center of the beam, swings her leg up, and can put in any amount of twists, and they land at the side of the beam, we don't see that in elite gymnastics anymore

4. Less Complicated Skills

         In collegiate gymnastics, the gymnasts do not have to do hard stunts like the whip whip to 1 1/2 to triple twists, which is a standard pass in elite gymnastics, they can do easier skills like a round-off, hand spring hand spring to punch front, I know the collegiate gymnastics pass sounds difficult, but it is not as difficult as the whip whip to 1 1/2 to  triple, it is much easier




     So when there are no elite gymnastics competitions, you can always tune in to collegiate gymnastics. Try It!