Just had a brief look at the new COP and strangely enough I actually really like it!. You can read it here
Some of the major changes include
- Massive cuts in D-Scores for all the top vaults!!!
-Produnova has gone from 7 to 6.4, Amanar from 6.3 to 5.8, Cheng from 6.4 to 6
-IF gymnasts lands her Prod on her feet and bottom simultaneously, vault will be downgraded to a normal Handspring Front tuck (worth only 4)
-Interestingly, a Rudi will now be worth just as much as an Amanar!!
-Furthermore, a lot of other vaults have suddenly become viable in a TF and AA situation! A front handspring 1/1 is now worth just as much as a DTY, and a Tsuk 1.5 only 0.2 less
-Since the gap in difficulty value between the vaults has narrowed considerably, I think this might lead to more diversity in the vaults we see (esp. in TF and AA)
-Also, the cuts in d-values are, to me at least, a pretty obvious attempt to curb the American’s vault advantage during team finals lol
-Pretty sure Nastia was in charge of these changes cause the layout Gienger and Double Front ½ dismount have both been bumped up to an E value!
-Contrary to earlier reports, the “Chinese” E-pirouettes are still an E rating
-Piked Jaeger now worth E, and Stretched now F!
-Kips after normal shaposhes now count as an empty swing
-FIG seems to be really pushing for more creative mounts by making them more worthwhile to include (though I’m not sure if this will change anything)
-3 flying flairs now rated D, as is the spilt leap mount
-Round off at end of beam - flic flac with ½ turn to walkover (so basically an Onodi onto the beam as a mount) now worth an F! So is the Aerial walkover onto the beam!
-Round off LOSO onto the beam (the one Kui Yuanyuan and Zhang Nan did) now worth an E
-Tuck 1/1 jumps now worth C (the one basically every Chinese did during the 2001-2004 quad), and Split and Wolf 1/1 jumps now worth D
-The 1/1 split leap now worth E
-TOUR JETE ON BEAM NOW WORTH D!!!!
-Really hoping this means we will see more variety in dance skills as opposed to yet another sheep jump
-Speaking about sheep jumps they are now only worth C. RIP Front Walkover to Sheep Jump 2013-2016
-1.5 Y/L/attitute turns upgraded to D. So Yao’s awkward over-rotated Y turn might actually contribute to her D-score now
-Wolf turns are…. still the same value
-Li Li’s back spin upgraded to D!
-Oh and it looks like they actually got rid of the Grigoras and made it the same as a normal free aerial round off from two feet (worth E)
-Interestingly, the jump forward with ½ twist to bwd tuck/pike (the one Biles does) has been upgraded to F
-They’ve added some funky new dismounts which I have trouble visualising
-And the stretched gainer salto is now only worth C, and thus, does not fulfil the program requirements
-the D+A mixed bonus has been replaced with a D+B, but many jumps like the split jump have been upgraded to B. The sissone however has not.
-Series bonus now awarded to dance and mixed series of B+B+C value or higher!
-There also now deductions for “insufficient complexity or creativity in the movements” and “lack of work in releve”! They define a complex/creative movement as one “that requires training time, coordination and previous preparation” - so I guess no more pointless arm waving?
-No major changes except that no demi-plie on support leg for the turn+turn bonus (meaning this will no longer get a 0.1 bonus)
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