Parallel Bars Half Routine

I don't really like doing PBars (they're kind of scary and can be painful) but our team is a little weak on this event so I'm starting to put together a routine for our state meet.

This is a possible front half of a routine. I haven't figured out the rest yet.
I know the back uprise to straddle cut looks ugly right now but I'll try to clean it up in the next few weeks.

Category:

Sports

Tags:

• Gymnastics
• Parallel Bars
• Kip
• Moy
• Support
• Forward Roll
• Back Uprise
• Straddle Cut
• Texas A&M

[jmbecker2012]

good job man! are those arm bands for the forward roll lol?

[DrAlexisOlson]

@jmbecker2012 More for the back uprise straddle cut. The arms get a bit bruised and scraped after a few of those.

[BassBiznuss]

actually I had the forwar roll to straddle cut in my level 8 routine 2 years ago. it's not in the code of points because it IS an illegal skill :\

[DrAlexisOlson]

@BassBiznuss At Nationals we compete under NAIGC rules which has the following exception:

"Any recognizable gymnastics skill which is not listed in the FIG Code of Points, NGJA/USA Gymnastics Interpretations, Junior Olympic Program Manual or Junior Olympic Program Update will receive an A value with no element group credit."

[DrAlexisOlson]

@Tygrus Actually, NAIGC Nationals is probably the only place I would put that in a routine. One of my teammates competed a forward roll and a backward roll at last nationals.

From the NAIGC Nationals website under Special Optional Information:

"Any recognizable gymnastics skill which is not listed in the FIG Code of Points, NGJA/USA Gymnastics Interpretations, Junior Olympic Program Manual or Junior Olympic Program Update will receive an A value with no element group credit."

Just like I said.

[Tygrus]

@DrAlexisOlson that sounds like a nightmare. my only concern is if naigc guys compete it in their routine and then get a unknowning deduction for it due to a strict judge.

As a judge, I could care less for NAIGC, but I could see about holding to it at Nationals. Let's face it that no one is probably going to compete a shoulder roll on PB at NAIGC nationals.

However, we all there are judges out there who would take for this besides being a stickler for it. We have one in our area possibly.

[DrAlexisOlson]

@Tygrus It's all very confusing to me. In one competition season I compete under three or four slightly different code systems (FIG JO, NAICG, TGA, NCAA). I haven't actually compete p-bars in over five years though, so it doesn't really matter.

[Tygrus]

@DrAlexisOlson thanks, I need to check on that, then. "...unless otherwise stated, all rules will be as per the FIG CoP. - USAG JO manual beginning of chapter 10 see chapter 2a. This then leads me to the NGJA/USAG rules interpretations of 2005-8 revision 13 bottom of page 15 under PB:

2. Upper arm roll (shoulder roll) on Pbars is a non-permitted skill I think in NAIGC the only thing that could go wrong would be having a strict by the book judge who would take for this.

[Tygrus]

@DrAlexisOlson hmm, from how I interpret it since L9 follows FIG ruling&deductions

[DrAlexisOlson]

@Tygrus Not in FIG. I think it gets a no category A in JO though.