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| Written by Forrest Gray |
| Friday, 08 August 2008 18:35 |
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The Trampoline and Tumble team is the newest member of our family! It offers the perfect alternative for athletes who love to move (run, jump, and fly through the air) but who don't particularly enjoy the challenges of the Artistic equipment! Athletes compete on trampoline, double-mini trampoline, synchronized trampolines, and in power tumbling. The Tramp Team is preparing to compete in their first season. Guide to Understanding Trampoline and Tumbling Competitions Trampoline and tumbling competitions are considerably different from gymnastics competitions. The biggest difference is in the number of competition combinations. Our competitions have both genders competing in up to 4 events, 8 levels, and 5 age groups all at the same time. Organizing a competition around this many combinations is difficult and dictates that rotations are done by age groupings rather than by level. This means that the judging panels must constantly adjust to seeing different levels, but it eliminates conflicts for athletes between events. This may make the competition harder to follow, but a tradeoff is that awards can be prepared as soon as a group leaves an event. Another difference is age groupings. In senior and junior elite events, participation is based on meeting all the requirements for that level, but there are no age groups. At level 10 the age groups are 10& under, 11 - 12, 13 - 14, 15 - 16, and 17 & over. Below level 10 there are recommended age groups, but those that are actually used are left up to the states based on their circumstances. At our meets the level 5 to level 9 athletes are grouped based on the participation at their level, as long as they are competitive with each other. The actual judging of the events is as follows: Trampoline: Levels 5 - 9 do only a 10 skill compulsory, while levels 10 and above also do a 10 skill optional. Each completed skill is worth 1 point (maximum 10.0), less deductions for execution faults*. For compulsory routines, the scores from the 3 judges are added together for the final score. Optional routines are scored the same, except that an award for the difficulty of the routine is also added. For athletes doing 2 routines the scores for the compulsory and optional routines are added together for the total score. Synchro: The requirements and skill values are the same as individual trampoline*. Each athlete gets 2 execution scores (maximum 10.0), which are averaged and then added together. Optional routines also get a difficulty award added. In addition, the team gets 2 sync scores added, where each completed skill is worth 1 sync point (maximum 10.0), less deductions which increase as the athletes synchronization decreases. Judging will stop beyond the point where the athletes do different skills. Tumbling: All levels do 2 passes. Levels 5 - 7 do compulsory passes, while higher levels do optional passes, with requirements which vary by level. Each completed skill is worth 1 point (maximum 10.0), less deductions for execution faults*. For compulsory routines, the scores from the 3 judges are added together, averaged, and doubled for the final score. Optional routines are scored the same, except that an award for the difficulty of the pass is also added. The scores for the 2 passes are added together for the total score. Double Mini: All levels do 2 passes. Levels 5 - 9 do compulsory passes, while higher levels do optional passes, with requirements which vary by level. Each completed skill is worth 1 point (maximum 2.0), less deductions for execution faults*. For compulsory routines, the scores from the 2 judges are added together for the final score. Optional routines are scored the same, except that an award for the difficulty of the pass is also added. The scores for the 2 passes are added together for the total score. * For all events, compulsories must be done exactly as written or judging stops at the point of deviation, but the athlete(s) will receive credit for everything up to that point. In addition to execution deductions, the judges also deduct for landing errors for all events. The more severe the landing problem the greater the extra deduction. |
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