Talk:Barani flip

=Barani or berani?=

I am mystified as to how this article is headed 'Berani' when almost all references I have found both in paper and online form refer to a half-twisting front somersault as Barani. I believe the article should be renamed to reflect the more usual English spelling as Barani. DaveK@BTC (talk) 10:10, 18 July 2010 (UTC)


 * Agreed.TCO (talk) 16:01, 10 March 2013 (UTC)

1) I have been adding a link to the "Gymnastics Zone" site (feel free to correct the format), which definitely has an opposite opinion respect to what it is said at the end of the article:

"Our absolute go-to choice for method of choosing twisting direction is the twisting direction of the round-off. The round-off is a sufficiently complex skill for gymnasts to have a definite preference and can determine both front and back twisting direction."

"A round-off is not a skill which gymnasts will do to both sides. They always have a dominant side round-off and the preference is extremely pronounced. This makes them a skilled choice on which to base future twisting direction it more difficult skills."

"by definition a barani is a quarter turn in – quarter turn out somersaulting skill. It is not a front somersault with a half twist (late or otherwise)."

I think that Gymnastics Zone has a point, and probably the wiki article itself should be modified to reflect their considerations, which seem valid. What do you think ?

2) I have also a question. Now everybody seems to be copy-pasting from here about the origin of the skill name. But if the origin is really this guy named "Alfonso Baroni" (I have found no info about him), why the skill is not spelled "BARONI" instead of "barani" ? I understand it can be an attempt to go after an English pronunciation/sound, but I do not think this is a good reason to change the spelling, especially if it refers to the name of an actually existed person. There would be no point to name the skill after him, while at the same time spelling wrong his name.