Planche Mount

Kathy Johnson – 1984 Olympics Event Final

Event
Balance beam

Skill type
Mount

Value
A

Known as
Planche
One-arm planche

About
If you’re currently thinking that it has been a cool thousand years since you’ve seen anyone in women’s gymnastics do a planche with legs together, then…yes correct. It does exist as an option, but it’s not really a skill set that’s developed for any purpose in women’s gymnastics.

At just A (0.1) value, you would only include this in a routine if you incidentally happened to be really good at planches, and how would that happen? Also, a one-arm planche should definitely be worth more than A.

Because gymnastics is a comedy, not a drama