Objectively evaluating an inherently subjective sport like women’s gymnastics is not a new challenge. From the most experienced international brevet
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Judge’s Inquiry: Taking Another Look at 10s From 2021-2022
Since starting Judge’s Inquiry during the 2023 season, I’ve looked at all of the 10s each year and rated them
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Judge’s Inquiry: Breaking Down Every Perfect 10 From Regionals
With regionals behind us, let’s take a look at the seven perfect 10s of the weekend. In the regular season,
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Judge’s Inquiry: Breaking Down March’s Perfect 10s
There were so. many. 10s this month. But how many of them were actually worthy of a perfect score? We
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Judge’s Inquiry: Taking Another Look at 9.975s—Which Judge Was Right?
This season, we have seen countless 10.0s flashed from at least one judge. However, when we compare different 9.975 routines,
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Judge’s Inquiry: Breaking Down February’s Perfect 10s
This month, we had 24 perfect 10s, but as fans, athletes, commentators, and seemingly everyone other than the judging panel
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Judge’s Inquiry: 20 Beam Connections From Week 7 I Wouldn’t Have Credited
While watching some of the week seven beam routines, I saw several connections I wouldn’t have credited but likely were
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Judge’s Inquiry: Observations About Judging From the 2024 Season So Far
The 2024 NCAA gymnastics season is well underway, and we have seen our share of fantastic performances from some of
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Judge’s Inquiry: Breaking Down January’s Perfect 10s
This month, we had 20 perfect 10s, compared to only 12 in January of 2023. My job this month is
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Judge’s Inquiry: Rejudging the 2024 Tennessee Collegiate Classic
As my colleague Emily Minehart so eloquently stated in The Dismount this week, the judging at the Tennessee Collegiate Classic
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