309: Perfect Form The O'Beirne Code

GymCastic: The Gymnastics Podcast

This week’s episode is commissioned by Club Gym Nerd Member Anna, who requested an episode entitled "Perfect Form," saying, "Please discuss all your favorite gymnasts with execution according to the O'Beirne Code." O'Beirne Code, you say?!?!?! Don't mind if we do. Excuse us while we casually fix all of gymnastics in a single day. You're welcome.

• The O'Beirne Code, defined: The intent behind the rules and integrity beyond the code
• Is execution a synonym for aesthetic beauty? Should it be?
• What is the perfect O'Beirne Code vault?
  • Yang Yun
  • McKayla Maroney
  • Simone Biles
  • Shannon Miller 1992 Compulsory, Optional
  • DEBATE: Is it possible for an Amanar to have "perfect" form?
  • DEBATE: The difference between a deduction and a mistake.
• What is the perfect O'Beirne Code bars?
  • Alma Kuc
  • Ma Yanhong
  • Courtney McCool
  • Brittany Rogers' Stalders, with Vanessa Zamarripa's handstands, and Alaina Johnson's Ray
  • DEBATE: What is the more aesthetically pleasing technique for a double layout?
  • Dumb deductions in The Code .03 for walking under the bar after saluting.
• What is the perfect O'Beirne Code beam?
  • Fan Ye
  • Bai Yawen
  • Sarah Finnegan
  • Kristin Furakawa
  • Yang Effing Bo
  • DEBATE: If we have deductions for leg and foot form, should we have deductions for arm and hand position?
• What is the perfect O'Beirne Code floor?
  • Daniela Silivas' 1988 compulsory floor
  • Lilia Podkopayeva
  • DEBATE: Jessica says something critical about Lilia Podkopayeva and it WILL NOT STAND
  • DEBATE: Why are certain things deductions and certain things not? Do deductions need to have a good reason to exist?

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