One factor I typically talk to my gymnasts is that their scores will not be underneath their management.
Whereas it appears counterintuitive to most gymnasts, the reality is that whereas gymnasts can attempt actually laborious and even put up their greatest routine, they do not all the time obtain the scores they suppose they need to get and/or deserve.
As a former obligatory decide, I understand how subjective scores will be despite the fact that they’re contained inside an goal framework. Judges are certainly people and thus have their very own perspective and biases. Whereas gymnastics scoring was created to eradicate any such subjectivity, the reality is it can all the time stay subjective to some extent or one other.
This may be very irritating to these gymnasts who concentrate on their scores and even observe them from meet to fulfill, and maybe develop into disillusioned when their scores aren’t as excessive as they need them to be.
And so my normal recommendation to most gymnasts is to concentrate on the issues they DO have management over.
A type of issues is their kind.
Now, once more, the purpose is to not concentrate on the rating however on the issues she will do to assist enhance her rating since that is what she has management over.
Listed below are 5 essential sorts of deductions that judges can tackle each routine:
1. Physique Place and Angles
Whether or not it is hitting a sure place on a solid handstand on bars or a sure angle on a leap on ground, physique place and angles are extremely essential.
It is essential that your gymnast is aware of the angles she must hit and works laborious in apply to realize these angles.
Listed below are a few of the primary physique positions and angles that judges search for:
Stage 1-5 Vault
-Failure to keep up a stretched physique place throughout the leap within the Stretch Leap in Stage 1 may end up in as much as a .30 to .50 deduction.
-Failure to keep up a stretched physique place in handstand within the Handstand (or Leap to Handstand), Fall To Straight Mendacity Place for Stage 1 and Stage 2, for the Handspring over a raised mat floor for Stage 3, and Handspring over vault desk in Ranges 4 and 5 can even result in deductions…
Piking (as much as .50 deduction) can provide as much as an even bigger deduction than arching (as much as .30 deduction) as a result of judges are searching for gymnasts to drive their heels as a lot as potential of their vault.
As well as, the handspring vault in Stage 3 and past consists of three completely different phases and physique place deductions will be taken for every of the phases!
In greater stage vaults, physique place can also be essential. In case your gymnast has inadequate tuck (as much as .30), inadequate pike (as much as .30), or inadequate stretch (as much as .30) she will lose as much as a .30 deduction.
In bars in case your gymnast is not hitting her handstand positions she will even lose factors. Deductions rely on the worth of the factor and the diploma of angle she hits. However they are often wherever from .05-.40 of a deduction relying on how a lot of the handstand section is achieved.
2. Amplitude
Amplitude is one other large factor judges search for.
On beam and ground your gymnast’s hip rise is essential, particularly on leaps, jumps, and hops (as much as .20).
In case your gymnast does not have ample top in her aerials or in her backwards acro flight with hand assist (ex: again handspring) she will additionally lose factors (as much as .20).
If her hips do not rise excessive sufficient on her salt components she will lose as much as .30.
On bars particularly your gymnast should meet sure amplitude necessities on casts and circling components.
Within the stage 4 solid to horizontal on each high and low bar, your gymnast should hit horizontal (line from shoulders to mid-point of lowest physique half) or else she’ll obtain the next deductions:
- 1-44 levels under horizontal – .05-.15 deduction
- At 45 levels under horizontal – .20 deduction
- 46 levels or extra under horizontal – .25-.30 deduction
Equally within the stage 5 solid to above horizontal and clear hip to above horizontal, your gymnast have to be above horizontal or she’ll obtain the next deductions:
- At horizontal – .05 deduction
- 1-44 levels under horizontal – .10-.15 deduction
- At 45 levels under horizontal – .20 deduction
- 46 levels or extra under horizontal – .25-.30 deduction
In greater stage vaults, your gymnast can lose as much as .50 deduction for inadequate top.
Throughout launch components in higher stage bar routines, your gymnast can even lose factors for inadequate amplitude. In case your gymnast’s hips are on the excessive bar stage she will obtain a .05 deduction. If her hips are under excessive bar stage she will lose from .10-.20 deduction.
There are numerous extra amplitude deductions in greater stage routines. However the level is that amplitude issues. And your gymnast can get a decrease rating than you suppose due to these types of deductions.
3. Rhythm/Dynamics
The purpose of each routine is for it to have rhythm. It should not be too sluggish together with your gymnast taking too many pauses nor ought to it’s rushed by means of with little differentiation between components and expertise.
There are particular locations that judges look out for in gymnasts’ routines. A few of them are:
-Focus pauses on beam or ground. Typically in case your gymnast pauses for 2 seconds or extra she’s going to get penalized (.1-.2 deduction relying on how lengthy and which occasion).
-Breaks in dance sequence on beam. In case your gymnast stops between components, loses her balances between components, repositions her ft, or takes an additional step or hop between components she’s going to get some minor deductions (.05 deduction).
-Stops between main components on ground in her tumbling move (.30 deduction).
-Is off beat with the music on ground (.05 for every time as much as .30 and .10 if on the finish).
-If her power is not maintained by means of the train or she appears like she is absolutely utilizing effort by means of her routine she will lose as much as .20 deduction.
4. Acceleration/Energy
In vault particularly, it is essential that your gymnast have good acceleration and energy. If you have not seen Simone Biles do a vault, positively go take a look at her pace and energy!
In case your gymnast has inadequate dynamics in her pace and energy on her vault she will lose as much as .30 deduction.
Throughout tumbling passes, your gymnast can lose as much as .20 for an absence of acceleration in her sequence (in case your gymnast stops between components that could be a .30 deduction that overrides the shortage of acceleration deduction).
5. Leg/Foot Positions in Turns and Leg Place in Leaps
Turns and leaps can carry some large deductions for being such “easy” dance components.
For instance, in a passe flip, in case your gymnast’s leg will not be in ahead passe or is within the unsuitable place she’s going to get a .10 deduction. Additional, if she does not mark the passe place in releve on the finish of her turns she will get a .05 deduction or if she doesn’t carry out her activates one foot in excessive releve she will rise up to .10 deduction.
If she has uneven leg separation throughout her straight leg leap she will rise up to .20 deduction. And if she bends her lead leg on take off she will rise up to a .10 deduction.
These deductions depend for each single flip and leap that your gymnast does on ground and/or beam.
In case your gymnast begins to concentrate on correcting these widespread minor kind errors, she might help her rating whereas additionally specializing in what she will management.
It is essential that your gymnast is conscious of those deductions as a result of they’ll actually add up in a routine. They will additionally clarify why a routine that appears nice will get a sub par rating. Judges are searching for far more than what spectators are searching for. And this will show irritating should you’re not conscious of the intricacies concerned in gymnastics scoring.
Hopefully these 5 widespread gymnastics deductions might help you and your gymnast concentrate on the issues she will enhance this season. In flip, your gymnast would possibly see her rating enhance! However once more, that is not the purpose. The purpose is in your gymnast to work laborious to regulate her kind and apply the suitable issues so she will shine throughout competitors.
Please notice: This text is supposed to be for informational functions solely and isn’t meant to be an correct information to gymnastics deductions. Please ask your coach or a decide for extra specifics relating to every of those deductions. Deductions can even change and is probably not precisely mirrored on this article. The purpose is to grasp that deductions will be taken in every of those classes.
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