GYMNASTICS FOR ALL Power TeamGym Rules & Policies 2020-2023 Don Spencer, National Technical Committee Chair [email protected], 702-480-1584 Committee Members: George Hery, Carol Hickey, Cindy Plummer, Cheryl Cupples, Mandy Lister, Cindy Miller Lori Laznovsky, Technical Director of Gymnastics for All, [email protected], 214-695-2587 Last updated: Thursday, June 15, 2019 Table of Contents *you can go to a defined section by clicking on it here Mission & Goals ............................................................................................................................ 5 Program Description ..................................................................................................................... 5 Section 2.01 Jump Routine Description ................................................................................................................ 5 Section 2.02 Floor Routine Description ................................................................................................................. 5 Section 2.03 The “Golden Rule” ........................................................................................................................... 5 Section 2.04 Competition Levels & USA Gymnastics Membership Requirement................................................. 6 Section 2.05 Divisions and Age Groups ................................................................................................................. 6 (a) Open Female Division ........................................................................................................................................ 6 (b) Open Male ......................................................................................................................................................... 6 (c) Mixed Division ................................................................................................................................................... 6 (d) Hope Unites Gymnastics with Special Needs (HUGS) Division ........................................................................... 6 (e) Unified Division .................................................................................................................................................. 6 (f) Age Groups ........................................................................................................................................................ 6 Section 2.06 Double Dipper Policy ........................................................................................................................ 6 Section 2.07 Scoring Principles ............................................................................................................................. 7 (a) Scoring Program and Verification of Scores ....................................................................................................... 7 (b) Jump Routine Scoring ........................................................................................................................................ 8 (c) Floor Routine Scoring......................................................................................................................................... 8 Section 2.08 Qualifying Procedure........................................................................................................................ 8 General Regulations...................................................................................................................... 9 Section 3.01 Coaches Regulations ........................................................................................................................ 9 (a) Safety ................................................................................................................................................................. 9 (b) USA Gymnastics Membership ............................................................................................................................ 9 (c) Coaches Obligations........................................................................................................................................... 9 (d) Member Behavior Policy at USA Gymnastics Sanctioned Events (refer to https:// www.usagym.org/PDFs/About%20USA%20Gymnastics/code_ethical_conduct_071018.pdf for Code of Ethical Conduct) ...................................................................................................................................................................... 10 (e) Dress Code ....................................................................................................................................................... 10 Section 3.02 Judges Regulations ..........................................................................................................................10 (a) USA Gymnastics Membership .......................................................................................................................... 10 (b) Judges Qualification ......................................................................................................................................... 10 (c) Judges Obligations ........................................................................................................................................... 10 (d) Judges Score Range Tolerances ....................................................................................................................... 11 (e) Head Judge Duties ........................................................................................................................................... 11 (f) Judging Fee Guidelines .................................................................................................................................... 11 (g) Dress Code ....................................................................................................................................................... 12 (h) Payment per Assignment ................................................................................................................................. 12 Section 3.03 Athletes Regulations .......................................................................................................................12 (a) Dress Code ....................................................................................................................................................... 12 Section 3.04 Apparatus & Mats Regulations ........................................................................................................13 (a) Floor Exercise ................................................................................................................................................... 13 (b) Jump Tumbling ................................................................................................................................................ 13 (c) Jump Vault ....................................................................................................................................................... 13 ’20 – ’23 Power TeamGym Rules & Policies Page 2 (d) Jump Mini-tramp ............................................................................................................................................. 14 Jump Criteria .............................................................................................................................. 14 Section 4.01 Jump Difficulty > 3.0 for L1 –L 8 USA Gymnastics, 7.0 in L9 UEG, Open for L10 ................................... 15 (a) Tumbling .......................................................................................................................................................... 16 (b) Vault ................................................................................................................................................................ 21 (c) Mini-Tramp ...................................................................................................................................................... 26 Section 4.02 Jump Composition > 2.0 Value for all Levels .....................................................................................29 (a) Number of Athletes ......................................................................................................................................... 29 (b) Streaming & Transition .................................................................................................................................... 29 (c) Deviation from Center Line .............................................................................................................................. 30 (d) Music ............................................................................................................................................................... 30 Section 4.03 Jump Execution > 5.0 Value for Levels 1 – 8, 10.0 Value for Levels 9 - 10 ........................................... 30 (a) Execution Table ............................................................................................................................................... 30 (b) Coaching / Spotting ......................................................................................................................................... 31 Section 4.04 Jump Bonus – up to 0.5 Value 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