Open AccessRESHAPING TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY IN RELATION TO CHANGES IN THE CODE OF POINTS
Author(s) -
Ștefania Chiriac
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
discobolul
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2286-3702
pISSN - 1454-3907
DOI - 10.35189/dpeskj.2020.59.s.11
Subject(s) - code (set theory) , computer science , relation (database) , point (geometry) , set (abstract data type) , resource (disambiguation) , perspective (graphical) , representation (politics) , value (mathematics) , industrial engineering , data science , data mining , artificial intelligence , mathematics , machine learning , engineering , programming language , computer network , geometry , politics , political science , law
The current paper aims to highlight changes in the Code of Points over the last 15 years from the perspective of the Difficulty criterion, with an impact on the development trends in rhythmic gymnastics worldwide. The outcome of this study relates to finding significant quantitative and qualitative cues in order to prepare subsequent training and competition models for the Romanian gymnasts. The main research methods used were: literature review, video analysis and observation, as well as graphical representation. The successive editions of the FIG Code of Points have undergone significant changes since 2013, creating a balance between body difficulty and apparatus difficulty. The present Code of Points places emphasis on the Difficulty criterion, for which the 10-point limit has been eliminated. The apparatus difficulty elements have also been redefined and the values of deductions for technical faults have been substantially increased. This set of provisions impacts the way in which body difficulty, dance steps combination, apparatus difficulty and dynamic elements with rotation are inserted in the routines from both a numerical and value standpoint. As a conclusion, in order to build a strategy to improve the performance of Romanian gymnasts in international competitions, a careful analysis of the exercises performed in large-scale competitions is required. The data extracted and interpreted can represent an important resource of information through which technicians can analyse the new trends in this sport and adapt the provisions of the FIG Code of Points so that the potential of each gymnast can be maximally exploited.