The End of the Perfect 10
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Average rating3.5
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Average rating3.5
In The end of the perfect 10, Dvora Meyers provides an account of the controversial world of gymnastics, the recent changes to the scoring system, and what these changes mean for the future of American gymnastics.
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3.5 stars. Excellent coverage of the “Perfect 10” and how elite scoring has changed (and NCAA scoring has not), but I felt like there were some tangential chapters that didn't contribute to the overall analysis. This book could have been shorter and more tightly written (200 pages instead of just a hair over 300), or it could have made for a very thorough and lengthy piece of journalism.
Really interesting look at women's gymnastics and how its new scoring system (along with other things like the end of the Cold War) has brought about changes. Probably not anything revolutionary if you watch gymnastics regularly, but as a four-year fan, I learned a lot. The chapters on Simone Biles, the 2000 American team, and college gymnastics were particularly interesting.
