Code of Points – Bars – College Gym News

Routine Requirements

Every college bar routine begins from a 9.40 base start value. Special Requirements and Difficulty Bonus are routine elements added to that base value. The Up to the Level requirements are deductions taken and do not affect the start value. Note that there are a variety of ways to avoid the UTL deduction.

Special Requirements
Minimum two bar changes	No difficulty restriction	0.2
Minimum two flight elements	Two Cs; a D or E and a B; cannot include dismount	0.2
One turning element	Minimum C; cannot include dismount	0.2
Dismount	Minimum C; if preceded by same two As or Bs, -0.1 (ex. two giants)	0.2
Up to the Level
Must include one of the below		-0.1
	Single bar release minimum D
	Any E release (ex. Bhardwaj)
	Minimum two D releases (ex. Shaposhnikova and Pak)
	Minimum any two E skills
Dismount	Minimum D, or C in connection (ex. blind full to double tuck)	-0.1
Difficulty Bonus
Single bar release	Minimum D	0.1
Any release	E	0.1

Common Skills

Transitions
	Toe shoot	C
	Stalder shoot (Ray)	C
	Bail to below vertical	C
	Bail to vertical	D
	Shaposhnikova (clear hip entry)	D
	Toe-on Shaposhnikova (Maloney)	D
	Toe-on Shaposhnikova half (Van Leeuwen)	E
	Pak salto	D
	Straddle back to handstand	D
Single bar releases
	Tkatchev	D
	Piked Tkatchev	E
	Toe-on Tkatchev (Ray)	E
	Clear hip Tkatchev (Hindorff)	E
	Geinger	D
	Straddled Jaeger	D
	Piked Jaeger	E
	Hop full	E
Turning and circling elements
	Hop change	C
	Giant full	D
	Healey entry to front giant	D
	Stalder	D
Dismounts
	Double tuck	C
	Double layout	E
	Double layout (second flip w/ closed/piked hips)	D
	Any full-twisting double tuck variation	E
	Double front	E
	Arabian double front	E

Unique Skills

Bhardwaj	No 2020 gymnasts	E
Ezhova	Claire Gagliardi (tOSU)	D
Shushunova	Bre Showers (OU)	E
Deltchev (from any grip)	Natalie Wojcik (UM)	D
Full-twisting double layout	Sierra Brooks (UM)	E
Double front half-out	Anastasia Webb (OU)	E
Front 1.5-twisting flyaway	Alisa Sheremeta (Miz)	D

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Common Deductions

Compositional Deductions
	Lack of variety in elements	0.05
	Insufficient distribution of elements	0.05
	More than one squat on without sole circle	0.10 each time
	Uncharacteristic elements*	0.10 each time
	Three quarter empty swing (breaks a connection)	0.10 each time
Execution Deductions
	Regrasp to avoid a fall	0.30
	Extra swing	0.30
	Insufficient amplitude	0.20
	Flexed feet	0.05
	Touch/brush bar with feet	≤0.10
	Hit bar with feet	0.20
	Hit mat with foot/feet	≤0.30
	Under-rotation of release/flight element	≤0.10
	Knee or leg separation	≤0.20
	Bent arms or legs	≤0.30
	Fall	0.50
Handstands, incl. pirouettes
	Vertical to 10 degrees below	No deduction
	11-20 degrees below	0.05
	21-30 degrees below	0.10
	31-45 degrees below	0.15-0.20
	46 and greater degrees below	0.25-0.30
Flight to handstand on low bar
	Vertical to 10 degrees below	No deduction
	11-20 degrees below	0.05
	21 and greater degrees below	Downgraded**
Dismount/landing Deductions
	Small hop/foot adjustment	≤0.10
	Small step	≤0.10
	Large step or jump	≤0.20
	Extra arm swing	≤0.10
	Landing too close to the bar	0.10
	Pike down on dismount	≤0.20
	Incorrect body posture on landing (ex. low chest)	≤0.20
	Squatted landing (hips below knees)	≤0.30
	Brush mat with hands***	≤0.30
Chief Judge Deductions
	Coach between bars throughout	0.10
	Failure to remove springboard	0.30
	Gymnast exceeds 45-second fall time	Routine ends

*Uncharacteristic elements are those not defined in the table of elements. Ex. standing on the high bar.
**Ex. Bail to handstand downgraded to bail.
***If the gymnast puts weight on her hands, it is a fall and 0.50 deduction.