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Here are the proposed boys USAG Junior Olympic routines for the next quadrenium.
Thoughts?
Here are mine:
Floor:
Level 4&5:
-I really like the press from prone to stradle stand. Excellent addition. But why not have it in level 5 as well?
Level 6:
-I don't see the purpose of a front handspring stepout front handspring (although I never really liked the handspring bounder much either).
-I prefer the split press of the current routine over the stradle stand and stradle press of the new one
Level 7:
-In the final pass, I think the gymnast should have the option of adding a second backhandspring between the whip and the salto.
Pommel horse:
Level 4:
-I vehemently dissagree with the idea of doing only mushroom. I agree the the focus should be shifted more towards mushroom than it is now, but to neglect legcut work entirely is a very bad idea in my opinion.
Level 5:
-I notice there's no mention of spindles in the mushroom routine. I do not think spindles should be taken out.
Level 6 & 7:
-I vehemently dissagree with the lack of any scissors at any compulsory level.
I like the overall shift in favor of more emphasis on circle work as opposed to scissor work, but I think these routines take it a bit too far.
Rings:
Level 5:
-Straddled flyaway? I'm sorry, but that's flat-out idiotic. I think it is completely developmentally useless, and if it ends up in the final routine, I will teach a normal tucked or laid-out flyaway and take the deduction rather than training a straddled flyaway.
Level 6:
-I think the cast should go to immediate back uprise. I don't think there should be swings in between. Though to be honest I preferred the old routine (inlocate, inlocate, back uprise) to the current one.
Level 7:
-I don't like the lower to shoulderstand from handstand, and the subsequent bail from shoulder stand. I don't think we should be doing a routine that specifically teaches a bent-arm bail.
P-bars:
Level 5:
-I don't like the additional swing before the first back uprise. It does not seem to have any developmental purpose.
-I have never liked the inverted pike in upper-arm support; it seems to be very counterproductive in the progression towards a front-uprise, and other skills from upper-arm support.
-I like the dismount, though it should be noted that some gyms (mine included) will have to alter their p-bars setup to train this routine.
Level 6:
-I think, for the stradle travel, a reverse stradle cut to stradle support should be allowed as bonus. Otherwise, I see no point in having the stradle travel at all.
Level 7:
-I think a flyaway dismount, as opposed to a wende, should be bonus.
Hi-bar
Level 7:
-By this level, I don't think there should be any "controlled stops" in the routine. I think a back uprise to free hip would be a much better mount. Of course, the rest of the routine would have to be reconstructed accordingly.
If that link doesn't work, try this one: Link Removed
Here are the proposed boys USAG Junior Olympic routines for the next quadrenium.
Thoughts?
Here are mine:
Floor:
Level 4&5:
-I really like the press from prone to stradle stand. Excellent addition. But why not have it in level 5 as well?
Level 6:
-I don't see the purpose of a front handspring stepout front handspring (although I never really liked the handspring bounder much either).
-I prefer the split press of the current routine over the stradle stand and stradle press of the new one
Level 7:
-In the final pass, I think the gymnast should have the option of adding a second backhandspring between the whip and the salto.
Pommel horse:
Level 4:
-I vehemently dissagree with the idea of doing only mushroom. I agree the the focus should be shifted more towards mushroom than it is now, but to neglect legcut work entirely is a very bad idea in my opinion.
Level 5:
-I notice there's no mention of spindles in the mushroom routine. I do not think spindles should be taken out.
Level 6 & 7:
-I vehemently dissagree with the lack of any scissors at any compulsory level.
I like the overall shift in favor of more emphasis on circle work as opposed to scissor work, but I think these routines take it a bit too far.
Rings:
Level 5:
-Straddled flyaway? I'm sorry, but that's flat-out idiotic. I think it is completely developmentally useless, and if it ends up in the final routine, I will teach a normal tucked or laid-out flyaway and take the deduction rather than training a straddled flyaway.
Level 6:
-I think the cast should go to immediate back uprise. I don't think there should be swings in between. Though to be honest I preferred the old routine (inlocate, inlocate, back uprise) to the current one.
Level 7:
-I don't like the lower to shoulderstand from handstand, and the subsequent bail from shoulder stand. I don't think we should be doing a routine that specifically teaches a bent-arm bail.
P-bars:
Level 5:
-I don't like the additional swing before the first back uprise. It does not seem to have any developmental purpose.
-I have never liked the inverted pike in upper-arm support; it seems to be very counterproductive in the progression towards a front-uprise, and other skills from upper-arm support.
-I like the dismount, though it should be noted that some gyms (mine included) will have to alter their p-bars setup to train this routine.
Level 6:
-I think, for the stradle travel, a reverse stradle cut to stradle support should be allowed as bonus. Otherwise, I see no point in having the stradle travel at all.
Level 7:
-I think a flyaway dismount, as opposed to a wende, should be bonus.
Hi-bar
Level 7:
-By this level, I don't think there should be any "controlled stops" in the routine. I think a back uprise to free hip would be a much better mount. Of course, the rest of the routine would have to be reconstructed accordingly.
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