Event
Uneven Bars
Skill type
Transition (low bar-to-high bar)
Known as
Toe-on Shaposhnikova 1/1
Toe Shap 1/1
Seitz
Named for
Elisabeth Seitz (GER)
About
Criminally undervalued by the code of points, the toe-on Shaposhnikova with full turn receives the same value as the 1/2-turning version (despite having, you know, MORE TURNING) because the WTC imposed a cap of E value on transition skills. The purpose of this cap, no one has ever sufficiently explained. The value cap has typically made this skill nearly worthless to perform compared to the Shap 1/2, as Elisabeth Seitz discovered, promptly removing it from her routine.
We have seen a couple gymnasts do this skill and accept the E value because they want to connect immediately down to the low bar—which the Shaposhnikova 1/2 doesn’t allow—but the gymnast who can physically do that is rare indeed.
For reference as to the differences among the names, refer to: Shaposhatchev Dictionary
Value
E