Posted by RM!
on 6/30/2009, 9:11 pm, in reply to "event finals"
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I'm still not sure about the playing it safe..
When athletes had a fall already we rarely see athletes change their routines to 'play it safe'. It seems like athletes still do their normal routines.... I guess time will tell.
RM!
--Previous Message--
: I was just thinking that if a team has a fall
: or two, they might have the rest of the team
: water down in the prelims of nationals to
: stop the bleeding... and then these gymnasts
: might not make it to event finals. or the
: team might decide to play it really safe,
: and have everyone water down their routines,
: which might or might not get them to the
: final 4...but could result in someone not
: making event finals. It's a downside to the
: counting 6 in pre-lims. In the Olympics or
: worlds, you have the one not counting score
: in prelims where you are also working to
: make event finals.
:
: I know that the team is more important, but
: it'd be sad to see some gymnasts having to
: play it safe that way...
:
: Go beavs!
:
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