Region III Championship Judging Report

April 6-8, 2001 - Alamo Gymnastics

Judges: Terry Williams , Rich DiZerga

Event: Floor

Comments: Class 1-2’s, Element group #1 – Several gymnast were missing this group. Element group #2 – several gymnast were weak in their 360 + turns . Most V seats were weak and had .2 in deduction. Arabians were poor and done with at least 90 degree turn in the roundoffs. Side flips were performed off of one foot. This needs to be changed to two foot take off. Several gymnast performed two circle or two flairs these are only A’s.

Judges: John Basel, Shannon Welker

Event: High Bar

Comments: Pirouette and blind change angles need work (including stalder blind and endo piro). Class 2’s were sloppy in general. Class 1’s looked clean comparatively. Many dismounts were not recognized or should not have been attempted. Inbar work looks good and inbar to elgrip work was impressive (especially class 1). Flight was most frequent category to not receive credit.

Judges: Daniel Keating and Hashim Dawan

Event: Parallel Bars

Comments Overall the transition from the old code to the new one has not been as painful as expected. Overall form needs to be worked on as well as landings on dismounts. The most common element group to be left out was the "skills from upper arm" group in the class II and I divisions. The most common skills are giants, stutzes, back tosses, double backs (tuck and pike), glide double cut, and backuprise hand. Again, the skills that are required are present and the difficulty level acceptable. Landings and form must be emphasized.

Judges:Mark Townzen Greg Kester

Event: Rings

Comments:
Exercise construction was poor, many were missing 1 B & or a swing B
Swing strength moves such as crosses and planches entry angles too high = no dev D and no swing strength
Very few stick bonus Class2; 1’s were much better
Strength parts were too high and short hold time
 

Judges: J.T. Fletcher, David Kays

Event: Vault

Comments:
Medium and large landing deductions on 95% of the vaults.
Height requirements were met on the majority of the vaults.
Most vaults had small to medium deductions in the pre-flight phase.
Overall, the difficulty of the vaults was very good. The gymnasts were working at a level they weere capable of.

 Judges: Patrick Fallin, Dean Matthews

Event: Pommel Horse

Comments: There were a large number of falls. Scissors although improved, they were still low and mostly performed with poor form. Skewing predominated longitudinal travels. The most missed requirements were either the khere swing or the circling requirement. Be aware that from a longitudinal travel step up to Stockli is now considered a loop with ¼ turn. Therefore, it does not fulfill the khere category. In Russian dismounts the last 180 degrees is a wende swing; so, to get a ‘B’ you must do more than 360 degree turn. Handstand dismounts can not land facing the horse. Most handstand dismounts used strength.

Easiest skill to fulfill requirements:
Magyar or sivado - Dev. D or FIG D- Traveling skill
Bailie- Dev. D Circle skill
Scissor full- B Scissor skill
Stockli from side support- B Khere skill
¾ Bailie or 360 Handstand dismount- C dismount credit