Parallel Bars: Element Rules

D-Jury

Gatson-Style Elements

Swing backward with a hop and ¾, 1/1 or 3/2 turn to handstand. The hop has at least ¾ turn before the first arm regrasps. From support, with less, the element is one letter lower and has its own number.

• II.81 — ½ turn hop to handstandC
• II.82 — ¾ turn hop to handstand on one railD
• II.87 — ¾ turn to one rail, hop less than ¾ turnC
• II.83 — 1/1 turn hop to handstand (Gatson 1)E
• II.88 — 1/1 turn, hop less than ¾ turnD
• II.88 — hop with reverse ¼ turn to one rail, ¾ turn on one rail to handstand (Patron)D
• II.84 — Gatson 1 with ¼ turn to handstand on one rail and ¼ turn to handstand on two (Gatson 2)F
• II.89 — 5/4 turn to one rail, hop less than ¾ turnE
• No clear and distinct hopNR

Newsletter 1 also named I.41, the backward uprise with ¾ turn hop to handstand on one rail. It said that without enough flight such elements are not recognised. Newsletter 2's one-letter-lower rule speaks only of elements from support.

NL1, p. 5 · NL2, p. 1

D-Jury

Healys and Elements to One Bar

• ¾ Healy from a sideways positionB, the box of II.74
• Element to one bar connected to a Healy performed without a large deductionBoth one value higher
• The Healy has a large deductionNo upgrade for the element to one bar
• Straddle element to one bar — Tippelt, Arican and similarNo upgrade
• One hand change before the Healy (for example, a Makuts)One element
• Two hand changes before the HealyTwo elements

The Code's sentence on the upgrade ends “hold is allowed in the one bar handstand”.

Whether the Healy keeps its own upgrade, the Code does not say.

Code 14.2.2, p. 94 · NL3, p. 4

E-Jury · from the E-score

Makuts With a Pause

A pause or stop in handstand during the first part of a Makuts-type element.

• A pause after the first part−0.1Value given
• A hold of one second, but under two seconds, after the first part−0.3Value given
• A two-second hold after the first part−0.5NR

The Code gives this example: Makuts to handstand with less than a one-second hold after the ¾ Diamidov, then ¾ Healy. This gets E value and a 0.1 deduction.

Whether the first part and the Healy then count as elements of their own, the Code does not say.

Code 14.2.2, p. 94

D-Jury

Bhavsar and Moy

A Bhavsar regrasps with an open shoulder angle and the body straight at horizontal.

• Bhavsar regrasped with the body more than 45° from horizontal, or a 90° shoulder angleby the E-Jury−0.5NR
• Bhavsar- or Moy-type element: the gymnast hits the floorNR

The large deduction is taken once. Bent legs in both elements are on the Execution page.

Code 14.2.2, p. 94 · NL3, p. 4

D-Jury

Felge With Turns

• III.108 Felge with full turn: directly to handstand, no additional hand placementRequired
• Felge with ½ turn (in III.107): at most one placement before the completed handstandRequired
• Two or more hand placementsValued as III.106, Felge with ¼ turn

Code 14.2.2, p. 94

E-Jury

Tippelt

The Tippelt is a swing element, performed with continuous movement. The legs rise upon the regrasp to handstand, with no dropping and no visible strength.

• Legs dropping, the upward movement interrupted, or visible use of strengthExecution deductions, and possibly not recognised

Code 14.2.2, p. 94

D-Jury

Value in General

• A turn after the handstand, or after a hop to handstandNot part of the element
• Healy, Makuts-type turn or salto forward to support caught with the arms bent more than 90°NR
• Deliberate regrasp in bent-arm supportSame as to upper arm hang
• Initiated from bent-arm supportSame as from support
• From or to a supinated or pronated gripSame as the usual grip
• Double salto forward with ½ turn, the ½ early or lateEither counts

The grip and bent-arm rules apply unless the tables say otherwise.

Code 14.2.2, p. 94