Friday, April 8, 2011

Learning The Code



I have received numerous requests concerning posts about learning the code of points.  Personally, I consider myself to have working knowledge of the code of points.  I am not an expert and I hate change, so I often wait a bit before delving in to learn the changes from one code to the next.  At this point in the quad, it seems like a good time to break down where the trends are going and how the top girls receive their D-scores (difficulty scores.)

Beam is one of the easier events to learn, so I have posted a number of beam routines of top competitors.  (Bitches to know.)  The videos do a great job of breaking down the skill values, the connection values and the requirements: how they achieve the D-score.

Fun fact: the Russian Translation for balance beam is 'log.'

The values for skills are: A (.1), B (.2), C (.3), D (.4), E (.5), F (.6), G (.7)

The judges add up the five most difficult acrobatic elements and the three most difficult dance/leap elements included in each routine.

Composition Requirements:
Dance Combination (Most do an A+A leap combo)  (.5)
Full Turn  (.5)
Saltos in Different Directions (.5)
Acro Series (.5)
D Dismount (.5)

Video breakdowns after the jump.



Bitches to Know

Lauren Mitchell


Katelyn Ohashi


Anna Dementyeva


Rebecca Bross


Alicia Sacramone


Viktoria Komova


Ana Porgras


Aliya Mustafina


Deng Linlin

3 comments:

  1. Another YouTube user was doing these a couple of years ago. She was doing '08 routines, so it was the '08 Code, but they're well worth watching. Search for Mostepanovafan guide.

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  2. So I'm getting everything down with beam, the only thing that I'm still trying to understand in the CV (Connection Value) Is there a 0.1 connection given for every element connection, or does the CV increase depending on the difficulty of the connection? Is there a limit on CV an athlete can receive?

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  3. CV is unlimited. CV increases based on the difficulty of the skills.

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