Onsight boulder problems?

According to my experience, I have a even bigger gap between my onsight and redpoint level in bouldering than in difficulty. First, the moves (in Font, where I climbed a lot) are not so obvious, even if you can see the holds. Second, it's not because you see the moves that your body knows it. It often needs learning and training for strenght and technical abilities. I agree that it's more easy to see all the holds of a boulder, but it's not the only thing that make an onsight performance !

Hi, You're right, Font is very difficult to onsight. However in reply to strength training and technique on moves, wouldn't a flash disignation be sufficient to cover doing all the moves first go. On a route you can't see what you're beta will be after what, 20ft? Not so much in bouldering. It just seems that a flash and an onsight is so similar sometimes that it doesn't justify 50 or so extra points.

I agree with Jamie. Doing a boulder OS is in most cases not so much harder then flashing it. And also in most cases you already seen the holds from nearby, maybe brushed them. Therefor, you have much more beta if you try a boulder for the first time (of course exceptions). So OS-ing a boulder is so much different then Os-ing a route. I always try to use the term first try, meaning not flash or OS. But just first try. But first try can also be a bit confusing because in route-climbing some people use the term first try for the first try after the OS or flash attempt.