WAG Easiest (or easier) platinum floor routines

[rufusgym889]

What are some ideas for easy or easier platinum floor routines with a 10.0 start value?

 

[Coach Kate]

Some of our platinums do:
RO BHS BT
Switch Leap to Jump (tuck, pike, straddle, wolf being the most common)
1.5 turn or full turn with leg up
RO BHS

Another option:
FHS step out RO
Sissone, switch leap, jump
Full turn
Front Pike

But most of ours do:
RO BHS BT
Switch leap, jump
Full or 1.5 turn depending on the kid
Front pike

 

[sfts]

Another option:
FHS step out RO
Sissone, switch leap, jump
Full turn
Front Pike

This would not have a 10.0 start value at Platinum. While either FHS-RO and FP could fulfill SR #2 (B salto or acro flight series), neither is an acro flight series with a salto as required for SR #1. 9.5 SV

Source: https://usagym.org/PDFs/Women/xcel/cop_rev_021522.pdf

 

[Coach Kate]

This would not have a 10.0 start value at Platinum. While either FHS-RO and FP could fulfill SR #2 (B salto or acro flight series), neither is an acro flight series with a salto as required for SR #1. 9.5 SV

Source: https://usagym.org/PDFs/Women/xcel/cop_rev_021522.pdf

Yeah, I forgot that she doesn't start from a 10.

 

[LucyRobinson]

Here are some "easy" passes you might be able to do:

• Front handspring front tuck
• Roundoff back tuck
• Roundoff back handspring back tuck
• Punch front pike
• Front handspring stepout roundoff back tuck
• Front tuck front tuck
• Front tuck stepout front handspring

It seems to me you need a "salto" (so a flip without your hands touching ground) in both passes for a 10.0 SV. I've just listed passes with tucks because in general they are the "easiest", but whips, layouts and pikes are also saltos. You also need 1 "B" element, which could be a front pike. I don't think Xcel has restrictions on needing both back and front tumbling, so I think any combination of these will work.

If you don't get your B element in your tumbling, you'll need to get it into your dance. I believe a switch leap is a B, so if you have that you are set. If not, maybe you can do a B jump at the end of your leap pass? You need a "dance series with two elements".