How could Standard Skill be revamped?
Rather than eliminate Standard Skill, one proposal is to continue to offer the event, but in a different format. In that case, the gym would be divided into several sections, as gymnastics events are, with several things happening at once. Standard Skill would then be organized differently, with the emphasis shifted to passing a certain difficulty level, rather than earning a point total in just one performance. Riders would practice a set of skills in advance, then perform them before a panel of two or three judges. Several of these performances would be going on in the gym at the same time. If riders pass, they would be allowed to continue to perform at the next higher level before another panel of judges. The judging would be simplified to a pass/fail system or something similar that would not require complicated scoring. Once riders complete a certain set of skills successfully, they would never be judged on those skills again, but they could proceed to the next higher set. With th
