If you watch this video of a lvl 4 floor routine, at 0:25, the girl runs forward a few steps with her arms extended in front, opening them as she moves forward before dropping to her side (there may be more technical terms for this that I am clueless about).
Does anyone know if there is a deduction for just running with arms down? That is the way my DD does her routine, but every video I have ever seen is like the video above. The first time I noticed it, at the 2nd or third meet, I thought she just forgot, and I asked her about it. She said she always runs with arms at her sides, and has never been taught different or corrected.
So, I'm curious about if this is causing her to lose points. I will be looking at the next meet to see what her teammates do.
In the meantime, I told her to keep doing what she is used to (I would hate for her to get mixed up mid routine at a meet), and definitely not to bring it up with her coaches. I just would like to know for my own information...