Gymnastics is considered a subjective sport because judges evaluate routines based on their own preferences and styles, rather than objective measures like time or distance. While judges try to be impartial, no one is 100% objective. For example, judges might look for things that aren't immediately obvious to the gymnast or their parents. Some say that this subjectivity is a major source of controversy and can lead to athletes feeling stressed and pressured.
and that’s because it’s not a sport...
“Some say that this subjectivity is a major source of controversy and can lead to athletes feeling stressed and pressured.”
Without standards the sport would fade away. Doing any type of judged sport always has the chance of doing it wrong far more than doing it right. And every time an official has to make a call they are already wrong by half the audience. But if toe curling, knee bending, landing position, or any other little tiny action by the competitor has to be determined wrong for the exercise, then it should be in the final determination. And ti should show up on everyone’s rating.
I called different sports for 35 years at different levels from kids basketball to NCAA football. And the only officials I ever met that were bad were those that called something on one end of the court, one side of the net, or squeezed a strike zone. International officiating is subjective, not cut in stone. The officials are just too human to be perfect. And the last one of those they put on the cross.
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