A Study On The Characteristics And Influential Factors Of FIG Men's Code Of Points' Development

The Code of Points, as the rule of gymnastics contests, plays a guiding role in the development of skills. Due to its variation and wide range, scholars at home and abroad have done much research on it. Based on documents, surveys, statistics and logic, this thesis made a systematic study on the Code of Points between 1968 and 2001 from its development characteristics and influential factors. The research result is that the development of the code of points can be classified into three stages: (1) the initial stage (1949~1955), (2) the content substantiating stage (1956~1971) and (3) the stage with structure basically stabilized (1972~ ).This very development has the following five characters: (T) the gradual enhancement of difficulty , (2) the gradual achievement of scoring objectivity and accuracy , (3) the pursuit of the unity of difficulty and beauty , (D the gradual enhancement of the combination's varieties, and ï¹–he strict requirements of actions of athletes and coaches .With the questionnaire survey and application of Pareto Analysis, this article concluded that seven main influential factors of the FIG men's Code of Points' development: those are the development of skills, the demand of scoring fairness and accuracy, fierce competition, the requirement of controllability of referees, the spread of gymnastics, the improvement of arenas and equipment, and the demand of commercialization and media.