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Feet not pointed/relaxed

Section 8.3 – Table of General Faults and Penalties - Feet not pointed/relaxed

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ Feet

Cat Leap with/without turn

9.3 REQUIREMENTS FOR SELECTED DANCE ELEMENTS

Requirement:
· Legs alternation
· Knees above horizontal
· Evaluate the lowest knee position

D-Panel
· > 135° hip/knee angle – No, or other DV
· Lack of alternation – Tuck jump

E-Panel
· One/both legs at horizontal – 0.10 (small fault)
· One/both legs below horizontal – 0.30 (medium fault)

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ Knee above horizontal
  • 2/ Alternation

Deviation

Vault: 10.6 Specific Apparatus Deductions (E- Panel) - Deviation from a straight direction

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ Deviation

Highest hip position after release the bar

11.6 Specific Apparatus Deductions:

– Insufficient height of flight elements

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ Backward rotation
  • 2/ Forward rotation

Insufficient height of flight elements

11.6 Specific Apparatus Deductions:

– Insufficient height of flight elements

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ Geinger
  • 2/ Jaeger
  • 3/ Tkatchev

Insufficient height of flight elements: Comaneci

11.6 Specific Apparatus Deductions:

- Insufficient height of flight elements: Comaneci

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ Comaneci

UB - Elements with turns and circle elements with turns to HSTD

9.4.3 Swings – elements with turns that:
· do not reach handstand
· do not pass through vertical
· continue movement after turn in opposite direction

9.4.4 Circle elements with turns to HSTD & Casts with turns to HSTD

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ Swings – elements with turns
  • 2/ Circle elements with turns to HSTD

Cast to Handstand

9.4.1 Cast to Handstand

D-Panel
If element completed:
· within 10° of vertical – Credit DV
· >10° – No DV

E-Panel
· > 30° – 45° – 0.10
· > 45° – 0.30

Covered Chapters

  • 1/Cast to Handstand

Insufficient height of flight elements: LB to HB

11.6 Specific Apparatus Deductions

- Insufficient height of flight elements: LB to HB

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ LB to HB

Flight elements from HB to handstand on LB

9.4.2 Flight elements from HB to handstand on LB
D-Panel
If element completed:
· > 10° before vertical – No or other DV
· > 10° after vertical – 1 DV lower

E-Panel
· > 10° – 30° – 0.10
· > 30° - 45° – 0.30
· > 45° – 0.50

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ from HB to handstand on LB

Circle elements to handstand

9.4.2 Circle elements to handstand without turn

D-Panel
If element completed
· > 10° before vertical – No or other DV
· > 10° after vertical – 1 DV lower

E-Panel
· > 10° – 30° – 0.10
· > 30° - 45° – 0.30
· > 45° – 0.50

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ Circle elements

UB - Circle elements with turns to HSTD

9.4.4 Circle elements with turns to HSTD & Casts with turns to HSTD

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ Circle elements with turns to HSTD

Split Requirement (Turns)

9.2.3 Split Requirement : for missing degrees of leg separation in Turns

Insufficient Split:
> 0° - 20° deduct 0.10
> 20° - 45° deduct 0.30
> 45° credit another element from the COP or no DV

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ Deduction on turns

Landing : Body posture faults

Section 8.3 – Table of General Faults and Penalties:

– Body posture fault
– Deep squat

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ Body posture
  • 2/ Deep squat

Floor requirements

13.3 Composition Requirements (CR) – D- Panel 2.00

1. A dance passage composed of two different, leaps or hops, (from the Code) connected directly or indirectly (with running steps, small leaps, hops,chassé, chainé turns), one of them with 180°cross/side split or straddle position award 0.50 (The objective is to create a large flowing and traveling movement pattern)
· No jumps or turns are permitted because they are stationary. Chainé turns (½ turns on two feet) are allowed because they are traveling steps.
· Leaps and hops must land on one leg if performed as the 1st element in the dance passage.

2. Salto with LA turn (min. 360°) award 0.50

3. Salto with double BA award 0.50

4. Salto bwd and salto fwd (no aerials) in the same or different acro line award 0.50

Note: CR 2, 3 and 4 must be performed within Acro line.

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ Value of elements
  • 2/ Number of elements
  • 3/ Requirement

The landing area

Exceeding the prescribed floor area (12 X 12 m), that is touching the floor with any part of the body outside of the border markings, will result in a deduction.

– One step or landing outside of the boundary with a foot or hand – 0.10
– Step(s) outside with both feet, both hands or a body part or landing with both feet outside – 0.30

Both time and line violations are reported in writing by the respective Time and Line Judge to the D- Panel, who then takes the deduction from the Final Score.

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ 1 or 2feet outside

Balance

12.6 Specific Apparatus Deductions (E- Panel):

– Additional movements to maintain balance

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ Balance

Under rotation of flight elements

11.6 Specific Apparatus Deductions :

– Under rotation of flight elements

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ LB to HB
  • 2/ Tkatchev
  • 3/ Geinger
  • 4/ Jaeger

Failure to land on feet first

10.4.3 Performance of Invalid Vaults (0.00 points):

− Failure to land on feet first

"0" score recorded by D- Panel. No evaluation by E- Panel

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ Failure to land

Requirements: Yang Bo

9.3 REQUIREMENTS FOR SELECTED DANCE ELEMENTS:

Requirements:
· Large body arch & head release
· Over split with front leg minimum horizontal

D-Panel
· No arch & release of head – Split jump or Sissone
· Front leg below horizontal – Ring jump

E-Panel
· Insufficient arch position – 0.10
· No over split but both legs at horizontal – 0.10

Covered Chapters

  • 1/ Yang Bo

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