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The New York
State Warm-up & Compete Format
For all State
Championships the following
Competition Format shall be followed. I believe this is the
most efficient way to organize a competition and it provides the gymnasts
with the best competitive environment while still maintaining the integrity of
the championship.
Host Gym's General Procedures
 | Doors Open
for gymnasts, Coach's & Spectators 30 - 45 minutes prior to the
designated Coaches Meeting time. Coaches must sign-in and display their
USAG Professional Member Card. Competitive Gymnasts who are competing
in the session go to the
floor-exercise mat to stretch or if instructed get bar settings. |
| At the designated time
a Coaches Meeting will be held for omissions, errors,
scratches, changes and general competition information ex. seating,
marching, etc.. The gymnasts continue to stretch on the floor exercise mat. |
| At the conclusion of the
Coaches Meeting the gymnasts will line up in the designated area for their march
in (opening ceremony). |
| Timers,
runners (if needed), score flashers and computer personnel must fully
understand their job responsibilities for warm-up and
competition. Adult timers are recommended. |
| ONLY
Professional USAG Members are allowed on the competition floor and ONLY
the athletes competing in the session are allowed on the competitive field of
play. ALL Non- USAG Professional Members and NON-Competing Gymnasts MUST be
off the competitive floor. |
Note:
Explain the "Opening Ceremony Procedure" to the Coaches and
your staff who are responsible for this task. If you have enough staff, designate Squad Leaders whose responsibility it will be to line-up
the gymnasts and march them to their competitive events throughout the
competition. If we can teach the gymnasts and Coaches this basic protocol, State
Championship Events will be that much better.
The Opening Ceremony must include our country's National Anthem.
"End of competition", have
the Squad Leaders bring the gymnasts back to the Floor Exercise Mat and have the
gymnasts sit
down by Teams or Competition Squads in preparation of the Award Ceremony.
New York State Warm Up &
Compete Format.
If your competitive squads have 9 or less for
optional competition and 16 or less for compulsory competition a split touch is
not needed. My recommendation:
If one squad is doing a split touch (because of numbers) let the Coaches in the squads
with less than 9 or 16 gymnasts have a choice.
The New York State Format
eliminates the touch, with the exception of Balance Beam.
Competition Line-up Local, Qualifying Considerations.
| Group the gymnasts either
by teams (without
regard to age divisions) or by age divisions. |
| Team Groupings for one session
competitions that are one level. |
| If there is more than one
competitive level, the gymnasts must be grouped
by level, but you can have different level's in the same session. |
| If you are
running a competition and plan to give awards in each session then you can
keep the teams together by competitive level. |
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I recommend having a team start a competitive event (when
possible) rather than an athlete. This will make it
easier for the Coaches and gymnasts. It also allows them to take advantage of
"blocked time". |
Warm-up and
Compete Format.
Vaulting.
Split or entire squad; each gymnast is allowed 2 warm-up vaults vaults for Compulsory
Competition then compete and 3-4 vaults warm-up vaults for Optional Competition
then compete. Note: Any
gymnast having a problem may take an additional vault.
Uneven Bars. Split or entire squad; each gymnast is allowed 30-60 seconds for Compulsory Competition,
90 seconds for Optional
Competition,
bars settings are not included in the warm-up. The gymnasts warm-up and compete on the same set of bars. For competitions having two identical sets of Uneven
Bars that are far enough away from each other, you can have one team warm-up
and compete on one set and as that team begins its competition, the next team
begins its warm-up on the other set. When the judges finish the first team they
will move to this second set of bars.
Balance Beam. Two sets of identical beams are needed. One will be
designated the non-competitive beam and the other beam will be designated
the competitive beam. Note: Both beams must be a safe distance
away from each other. Gymnasts get a warm-up on the non-competitive beam of:
30-60 seconds for Compulsory Competition,
90 seconds for
Optional Competition. Their appropriate time on the non
competitive beam is in competition order, once the first 3 gymnasts
complete there warm-up they proceed to the competition beam and going in
competition order get a 30 second touch. Once these three gymnasts complete
their touch they begin competition on the competitive beam, all other gymnasts will get their 30 second
touch on the competitive beam while the Officials are scoring the previous
gymnast.
If you have only one competitive beam then you would follow the same
procedure for Uneven Bars, using one beam to warm-up then compete. No touch
would be necessary. For lower compulsory levels, instead of a touch you can use
3 skills and a dismount.
Floor Exercise. Split or entire squad; each gymnast is allowed 45 seconds for Compulsory
Competition,
60 seconds for Optional Competition. I believe
the time schedule stated for the New York State Format has always been more than
sufficient since the gymnasts can tumble (touch) between the judges scoring. For
split warm-ups the group that is actually competing first "touches" in-between
the officials scoring. The second half does not warm-up during the first half
groups time.
Running
a Competition is an Art!
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