This section is yet to be completed. We are also intending to add some videos of relatively easy “beginner routines” for NAIGC competitions as examples. Here’s some advice we have so far (from an email sent out last year):
For everyone who wants to go to meets but doesn’t know how to put together routines, we should start working on that soon in practice. I will work together with the guys and I’ll tell Tom to work with the girls.
Here’s a couple of useful documents:
Girls:
Guys:
- Click here to access the official FIG Men’s Code of Points.
- Click here to see a list of relatively easy skills on all men’s events that I put together.
- Click here to see men’s NAIGC judging rules.
- Click here to see an advanced sample routine on floor. (This was a routine for Keith last semester.)
- Click here to see a sample routine on pommel horse.
- Click here to see a sample routine on rings.
If you’re going to a meet soon, I advise you to work exclusively on routines during the next few practices instead of working on skills (I know, practicing skills is more fun in the short term, but you’ll be happy if you have a nice routine at the meet…). Also, if you’re planning to come to a meet, please do not skip any of the few practices right before it if at all possible.
This might sound more intense than how I explained NAIGC competitions to you guys before, so please let me make this clear: When I said skill level doesn’t matter for competitions I totally meant that. However, it shouldn’t look like we don’t give a f*** at all. So yeah, please take the time in practice to work on easy routines (relative to your skill level) that you’ll be able to perform nicely.
In general, there is no minimum amount of skills that you have to perform in a routine. If you can perform any of the difficulty A, B or C skills that are listed in the official FIG Code of Points (see below), that’s great, but if not any other thing that you would consider a “skill” will be taken into account as a”gymnastics skill” as long as you perform it well and show the judges that you are doing this skill on purpose. (e.g. a jump with half a turn on floor, a forward roll on floor, a pull up on rings, etc.)
Total scores on routines are composed of a difficulty score and an execution score. We want to focus on the latter. Most of us won’t be able to get a stellar difficulty score, but that doesn’t mean we can’t get a good total score. That’s because we’re able to perform relatively easy routines with good execution and expression.
Essentially, we just want to show what we have learned in the short period since the beginning of the semester. The most important part is that you’re proud of what you can perform without caring about whether the other teams are better than us (They probably will be.) and that you’ll have fun doing gymnastics.
I’m excited to start working on this with you and to take our gymnastics to a new level 😉