Girls Junior Premier Set Floor
with bonuses
Notes on Girls Under 9, 10 & 11 Premier Set Floor video
with Bonuses
This video gives a visual idea of how the sequence should be performed. It is only an aid and the detailed wording in the rules should be referred to.
Good posture with tension for 3 seconds.
The gymnast starts 2 metres from the edge of the mat. Good upright posture, with tension, is shown and held for 3 seconds. The position of the arms and hands is optional.
Spin 360°.
The 360⁰ spin is performed on her toes with free leg high and toe to knee, finishing in front with the foot turned out. The back foot is extended with the toe pointed behind on the floor. Arms in a high V position above her head. This gymnast does try to extend her leg for the bonus, but it does not reach horizontal. She will not receive the bonus and will receive a deduction for lowering her heel too early.
The bonus is for extending the free leg out to horizontal in front and lowering it with control.
Handstand Forward Roll.
She lifts her leg and immediately performs a handstand, forward roll, with straight arms, finishing with her arms in a high V position above her head. The handstand was not held for 2 seconds, so she will only receive one bonus for the straight arms. She will also receive a deduction for lack of form in the handstand.
There are two bonuses. One for holding the handstand for 2 seconds, and the second bonus is for the straight arm rollout.
Round off, immediate rebound Star Jump.
She hurdle steps into the Round Off and immediately rebounds into a Star Jump and lands with control. This was dynamic, so she will receive a bonus, but there will be a deduction for her flexed feet in the Star Jump.
The bonus is for dynamics. This gymnast stretches up after the star jump. This is optional.
Chassé Catleap, Cartwheel, Cartwheel ¼ turn inward to lunge.
The chassé is performed with arms in a low V position and the catleap is performed with the arms in a “ring” position above the head. Her chassé is flat footed so will receive a deduction. She has elevation in the catelap but her knees are not high,so will receive a deduction.She has flight into the first Cartwheel, and the second Cartwheel is one-handed. She finishes with her chest high, in a lunge with arms in a high V position above her head. She will receive both bonuses but there will be deductions for the feet not pointed in both cartwheels.
There are two bonuses. One for flight into the first Cartwheel, and the second bonus is for the second cartwheel being one handed.
Forward roll to pike sit.
She has her legs straight once her feet have left the floor, and she finishes in the pike sit with her arms out forward, parallel to the floor. But her torso is not completely vertical, so she will receive a deduction.
Bridge.
She rolls back onto the floor and lifts her hands and feet in the air. This is not required, so she will receive a deduction for ‘flowery movement’.She then pushes up into a Bridge, with legs straight and knees together and holds it for 3 seconds.There is a lack of extension in her shoulders, and her arms are wider than her shoulder width. Both of these will receive a deduction.
Back Support to Side Support to Front Support.
She lowers the bridge to the floor and then sits up, but she does not clearly show the pike position with hands on floor by hips, before going into the back support. She does not hold the Back Support for 3 seconds with fingers facing the toes, before rotating her hand to show the Side Support with the free arm in the air. The Side Support is not fully shown before she continues round to the Front Support with fingers forward. She does not hold the Front Support for 3 seconds, and her hands and feet are not in a direct line, parallel to the mats. All of these faults will receive deductions. In the Front Support, it is optional if the toes are flat on the floor or curled under.
Headstand with straight legs.
From the Front Support, she lowers her knees to the floor and sits back on her heels before going into a Headstand with straight legs. She pike levers up to the headstand with straight legs throughout, so she will receive the bonus. She does not hold the Headstand for 3 seconds before returning to her feet and standing with her arms stretched above her head in the high V position. There is also a slight wobble, and the Headstand is not vertical. All these will receive deductions.
The bonus is for pike levered up to the headstand with straight legs throughout.
Backward roll.
She performs a piked Backward Roll with straight legs throughout, finishing with her arms in a high V position above her head.She will receive the bonus.
The bonus is for a piked Backward Roll with straight legs throughout.
Tuck Jump 360°.
She steps forward and joins her feet together before the Tuck Jump 360⁰ and finishes with her arms in a high V position above her head. She will receive deductions for her knees not to her chest and lack of form in the jump, but she did land securely, so she would receive both bonuses.
There are two bonuses. One is for a 360⁰ Tuck jump and the second bonus is for a secure landing. The arms are optional before the jump, during the jump and on the landing.
This video was filmed during a training session. In a competition, this gymnast would receive a deduction for her hair and for the wording on her shorts.