Judging Criteria

There are two levels of Recreational/Optional in Western Washington: Intermediate and Advanced. Gymnasts compete in the division of their best event. In both divisions the requirements for the events are the same, if the gymnast has higher levels of difficulty in events, they should compete advanced. Examples include saltos on floor, strong front handspring vaults, flyaways on bars, backwalkovers/salto dismounts on beam would all constitute as advanced skills requiring the gymnasts to compete advanced.

    Intermediate gymnasts may perform as many bonus skills as they like in their routines in order to practice competing advanced skills, but will only receive .1 bonus per event. This will encourage intermediate girls to continue learning advanced skills, but will not give them an unfair scoring advantage over the other intermediate gymnasts. So to be clear, intermediate gymnasts may only receive .1 bonus on each event, although they will NOT be penalized for performing additional advanced skills in their routines. This addition to our judging criteria will be changed on our web site and will be implemented at our meet on Jan. 27 at Gym East.

Western Washington Rec Optional League Judging Criteria

General Deductions (apply to all events)

Minimum score of 6.0

Minor deductions- (total up to 1.0)(includes leo “picks” and hair adjustments)

See specifics for each event

Major deductions-up to 0.3 each See specifics for each event

Bonus skills are only counted one time per exercise

Prompting: 0.3

Falls: 0.5

Spot: 0.3-.5 depending on level of assistance

Steps or hops on landing: 0.1 each

Vault

Start Values:

Handstand flat fall on mat stack: 8.5

Front handspring over table: 9.5

Half on or half off: 9.5 (more consistent judging is necessary for these vaults)

Half on/half off: 9.7

Handspring full: 9.9

Any tsukahara or round-off entry vault: 10.0

Minor Deductions:

“Walking” hands on vault: .1 for each step

Slight form breaks in arms, legs, feet: 0.1-0.3

Major Deductions:

Errors in body or head position

Substantial leg separation

Substantial form breaks in arms, legs, feet

Lack of flight

Over/under rotation on twist (if under rotated, value vault at lower start value, & deduct for execution)

Uneven Bars

Six elements required

Start Values

One bar used: 8.5

Two bars used: 9.5

Bonus up to a 10.0 start value

“B” elements worth .1 bonus each:

Kip

Straddle cut

Uprise

Toe circle (all the way around bar)

Flyaway

Any full twisting dismount except flyaway (ie: sole circle or underswing)

“C” elements worth .2 bonus each:

Clear hip circle

Cast handstand

Giant

Any release

Layout flyaway

Cast to immediate flyaway

Twisting flyaway

“D” elements worth 0.3/0.4 bonus each:

Clear hip to 60 degrees or higher (.3)

Double back flyaway (.4)

Minor Deductions

Slight form breaks in legs, arms, feet

Slight rhythm breaks

Major Deductions

Feet hitting the floor

Major rhythm breaks

Body position errors legs, arms, feet

Climbing up for transition to high bar (.3) (Except if following a fall on a squat on)

Substantial form errors

Position short of vertical on cast handstands

Balance Beam

Start value 9.5 if all basic required elements are included

bonus up to 10.0

Beam routines are not timed

Required elements:

Mount

Two different acro skills(handstands must be vertical to receive credit)

Balance skill (must be held for 2 seconds; knee scale & V sit may count)

Isolated leap or jump (split leaps/ jumps must be at least 90 degrees to receive credit)

Leap or jump series

Full turn

Dismount

“B” elements: worth .1 bonus each:

Wolf jump with front leg horizontal

Straddle jump

Any jump ½ turn (except straight jump)

Split leap/jump 140 degrees or bigger

1 ½ turn on toe

Front or back walkover

Handstand forward roll

Shushanova

Front or back tuck dismount

Connection of any acro series (including cartwheels)

“C” elements: worth .2 bonus each:

Front or back handspring

Press handstand

Dive cartwheel

Round off

Any ¾ turning jump

Switch leap

Tour jete

Half or full twist on dismount

Double turn on toe

Full turn with leg horizontal

Connection of any B:B, B:C, C:C elements

“D” elements: worth .4 bonus each:

Back tuck

Aerial

Minor Deductions:

Slight form errors on legs, arms, feet

Dropping foot down on turn

Balance checks

Major Deductions:

Substantial form errors on legs, arms, feet

*Gymnasts must land at least one foot on the beam in order to receive credit for a skill

Floor Exercise

Start value: 9.0 if all required basic elements are included.

Bonus up to 10.0

Required Elements:

Beginning Pose

Two tumbling passes (two skills minimum per pass)

Dance series (2 or more leaps/ jumps connected)

Mixed series (dance/acro combination connected)

Any full turn

Isolated leap or jump

Ending pose

“B” elements: worth .1 bonus each:

Flyspring/bounder

Aerial

Straight jump ( 1 ½ turn)

Tour jete to 160 degrees

Switch leap to 160 degrees

Wolf ½ to horizontal

Any jump ½ turn (except straight jump; tuck)

Tuck jump full turn1 ½ turn on toe

straddle shushanova (straddle must be above 160 degrees to receive bonus)

“C” elements: worth .2 bonus each:

Front or back tuck

Any full turning jump (except straight and tuck)

Popa (must be above 160 degrees to receive credit)

Any 2 connected “B” jumps

Jump double turn

Double turn on toe

Tour jete ½

“D” elements: worth .3/.4 bonus each:

layout salto (.3)

layout ½ twist (still just .3)

full twisting layout (.4)

triple turn on toe (.4) must be completed on toe with foot turned forward after 1080 degree rotation

*Maximum bonus on any element is .4
Misc. deductions

Out of bounds on floor .1 each time

Minor Deductions

Slight form breaks on arms, legs, feet

Major deduction:

Larger form breaks

Body position errors

Lack of applitude

Not being in time with music(finished ahead, behind, waiting to catch up)

Forgetting routine

If you have any questions or comments contact Adriane Stewart at sgarecop@seattlegymnastics.com.