Hi! I have watched a lot of USAG compulsory level routines from youtube. It's fun to see other systems and compare them to our Finnish system
One thing that I have noticed is that in US almost every gymnast got 9s and their all-arounds are 34.00 or more. Here in Finland there is just a few girls in the one meet who get 9s... I think that our scoring system must be different.
Here in Finland you are allowed to move up level if you get 32.00 or more all-around. Almost every gymnast spend 1-2 years in one level and then they move up if they have got 32.00 or more. It seems that in US you got 9s even even if it was your first meet. In here the girls often got something like 7.8 if their routines are pretty good and they can do all the skills without falling or spotting but in US you can get 8.5 even if you fall twice or something... If our girls do a really really good routine they get 8.9 or something like that. Besides that the judges doesn't show the score accurately but with 0,5 scale (If you get 7.8 it's 7.5-8 in the scoresheet and if you got 5.8 it's just "6 or less").
Previously you had to move up level if you get 36.00 because it was "too much". Nowadays we don't have that kind of limitations but I think that it wasn't a bad restriction.
I have heard that in US the falling deduction is 0.5. In here it's 1.0. And if the coach spots you the deduction can be even 2.5!
I don't know if there is judges here but I would like to show one Finnish level B floor routine (I think it's like your level 2-3). I would like to hear what would be the gymnast's score if you could decide! I know that it's hard to judge because of you don't know the requirements so I tell you the skills that are required:
1. Leg lift (90 degrees)
2. Handstand roll
3. Straight jump-straight jump with half turn 2x
4. Scale position (no time limits)
5. Two jumps/leaps (i don't know what is the right word in english!) with bended knees
6. Pirouette position (no time limits) and half turn with two foot
7. Leg lift (90 degrees)
8. Cartwheel
9. Backward roll
And there is the video:
[video=youtube;i0BWvJj3Xyc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0BWvJj3Xyc[/video]
I will tell you her real score after reading your opinions Please don't be mean, the girl in the video is very young and she's still working.
One thing that I have noticed is that in US almost every gymnast got 9s and their all-arounds are 34.00 or more. Here in Finland there is just a few girls in the one meet who get 9s... I think that our scoring system must be different.
Here in Finland you are allowed to move up level if you get 32.00 or more all-around. Almost every gymnast spend 1-2 years in one level and then they move up if they have got 32.00 or more. It seems that in US you got 9s even even if it was your first meet. In here the girls often got something like 7.8 if their routines are pretty good and they can do all the skills without falling or spotting but in US you can get 8.5 even if you fall twice or something... If our girls do a really really good routine they get 8.9 or something like that. Besides that the judges doesn't show the score accurately but with 0,5 scale (If you get 7.8 it's 7.5-8 in the scoresheet and if you got 5.8 it's just "6 or less").
Previously you had to move up level if you get 36.00 because it was "too much". Nowadays we don't have that kind of limitations but I think that it wasn't a bad restriction.
I have heard that in US the falling deduction is 0.5. In here it's 1.0. And if the coach spots you the deduction can be even 2.5!
I don't know if there is judges here but I would like to show one Finnish level B floor routine (I think it's like your level 2-3). I would like to hear what would be the gymnast's score if you could decide! I know that it's hard to judge because of you don't know the requirements so I tell you the skills that are required:
1. Leg lift (90 degrees)
2. Handstand roll
3. Straight jump-straight jump with half turn 2x
4. Scale position (no time limits)
5. Two jumps/leaps (i don't know what is the right word in english!) with bended knees
6. Pirouette position (no time limits) and half turn with two foot
7. Leg lift (90 degrees)
8. Cartwheel
9. Backward roll
And there is the video:
[video=youtube;i0BWvJj3Xyc]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0BWvJj3Xyc[/video]
I will tell you her real score after reading your opinions Please don't be mean, the girl in the video is very young and she's still working.