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What would the other type of competitor be? Those sports you mention like figuring skating and gymnastics already have execution scores 'style' if you will bui

What would the other type of competitor be? Those sports you mention like figuring skating and gymnastics already have execution scores 'style' if you will built in. Personally, I have the opposite opinion. I prefer sports that are more quantified on difficulty alone (and the obvious 1st to finish). Looking at execution is one thing, like taking a step is clearly not as skilled as sticking it no debate there. But judging how pretty something is just doesn't seem fair to me nor personally as interesting as throwing hard skills. Gymnastics in particular grinds me in that they have a lot of silly rules AND they actively decrement leading edge hard skills point value!

hn_throwaway_99 5y ago
I mean, I don't totally disagree with you when it comes to sports, but e.g. then they should just get rid of the name "artistic gymnastics", get rid of the silly music, and just call it tumbling. Figure skating is probably more difficult to fix, but even there I'd prefer the simple fix of having "girl's" figure skating (say 18 and under) and women's figure skating separated. The current rulebook makes it nearly impossible to be competitive at a top level once someone develops breasts and hips.
- dillondoyle 5y ago
  yes! 1000% i'm totally on board with that change in gymnastics. Age is an interesting point too. I don't know how I feel about that idea. Though I do like that there are non-elite competitions (but still like .1% level..) with age groupings by decades that we can still fight in as we get older. My sport is climbing. Like a lot of sports now it too has become a youthful competition (though you can be nearly 40 and still be world class on real rocks). maybe because the type of climbing that competition climbing has morphed into (think jumping, parkour) is more gymnastic! 95% of the elite competitors are very young. But maybe it's just because the crop of competitors my age didn't grow up with that style and we'll see today's competitors who did grow up learning it stay competitive longer.

hn_throwaway_99 5y ago

I mean, I don't totally disagree with you when it comes to sports, but e.g. then they should just get rid of the name "artistic gymnastics", get rid of the silly music, and just call it tumbling. Figure skating is probably more difficult to fix, but even there I'd prefer the simple fix of having "girl's" figure skating (say 18 and under) and women's figure skating separated. The current rulebook makes it nearly impossible to be competitive at a top level once someone develops breasts and hips.

dillondoyle 5y ago
yes! 1000% i'm totally on board with that change in gymnastics. Age is an interesting point too. I don't know how I feel about that idea. Though I do like that there are non-elite competitions (but still like .1% level..) with age groupings by decades that we can still fight in as we get older. My sport is climbing. Like a lot of sports now it too has become a youthful competition (though you can be nearly 40 and still be world class on real rocks). maybe because the type of climbing that competition climbing has morphed into (think jumping, parkour) is more gymnastic! 95% of the elite competitors are very young. But maybe it's just because the crop of competitors my age didn't grow up with that style and we'll see today's competitors who did grow up learning it stay competitive longer.