Section 11 · Pommel Horse
Pommel Horse: D-Score
Element Groups, where one element ends and the next begins, flops and combined sequences, spindles and travels.
Unofficial summary. The FIG Code of Points and its newsletters are the authority; every rule links to its page there.
−0.1−0.3−0.5−1.0small · medium · large · fall — the colours the Code uses
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Element Groups
- EG I — Single leg swings and scissors0.5
- EG II — Circles and flairs, with or without spindles and handstands. Kehrswings, Russian wendeswings, flops and combined elements0.3 or 0.5
- EG III — Travel type elements, including Tong Fei, Wu Guonian, Roth and travelling spindles0.3 or 0.5
- EG IV — DismountsThe dismount's value, at most 0.5
- Value
- EG II and EG III: a D or higher gives 0.5, A to C gives 0.3. EG I gives 0.5 with any value (Code 7.2.6).
- Connections
- Section 11 describes no connection value.
Newsletter 3, p. 1 · in force from 1 January 2026
The dismount group is worth the dismount's value, up to 0.5. E and any higher value give 0.5.
What applied before
The group value equalled the dismount's value with no cap.
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Where an Element Ends
- Begins and ends
- In front support, unless the tables say otherwise. This is true for every circle element, travels, spindles and wendeswings included.
- Lasts
- One structure. It ends when a new structure begins, except in combined series.
- Hop elementEnds with the hop or series of hops
- Circle or flairEnds when it changes to the other
- SpindleEnds when the spindle action stops
- WendeswingEnds when the wende action stops
- Travel in cross supportEnds when the travel or cross support is interrupted or ended
- Russian wendeswing travelEnds with extra or intermediate support, or ends in any other way
- Any travel, for recognitionFinished once the travel is completed
- Travel in side supportStarting at 1–2 and finishing at 4–5 is enough
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The Element After, and Falls
- Rule
- Every listed element in EG II and EG III needs a listed element after it to get value.
- Exception
- A swing forward with both legs (half circle), finishing the circle with one leg, then a simple leg swing or scissor.
- Example
- On one pommel: L, L, S, S finishing with one leg, then a leg swing or scissor = an E value element + an element without value.
- A fall in the elementNo partial difficulty
- A fall after the next element has begunThe previous element is credited
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Rules for Particular Elements
- Sohn or Bezugo type from a stand, not from a circleTwo letters lower
- Sohn or Bezugo not finishing with the hands on both pommelsNo credit
- Russian wendeswing to dismount from cross support facing out, without the listed Russians before the wendeNot full dismount value
- Elements added to III.46 Moguilny or III.52 BelenkiNo added value
- Basic circle in cross or side support ending with ¼ turnSame element, same value
- Step up to pommel, with or without ¼ turnB circle; starts a flop (II.8)
- Sohn and Bezugo start from support on two pommels and turn 360° to front support on two pommels.
- After Wu Guonian, any listed element may be added (R180, R360…).
- Backward travels in cross support may start in rear support on the end, facing out, both hands on the leather.
- Travels with spindle should start from front support, side or cross.
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Flops
- Made of
- Elements on one pommel: circle in cross support (with or without ¼ turn), Direct Stöckli B (DSB), Direct Stöckli A (DSA), Bertoncelj, Davtyan.
- Order
- Bertoncelj and Davtyan only at the beginning. DSA only at the end.
- Length
- 3 or 4 elements.
- Value
- D, E or F only.
- Counts
- One flop sequence per exercise.
- Circle/DSB + two more (circle, DSB, DSA)D
- Circle/DSB + three moreE
- Bertoncelj or Davtyan + circle, or Bertoncelj + DSB, + one moreE
- Bertoncelj or Davtyan + circle, or Bertoncelj + DSB, + two moreF
The Code's examples:
- DSB + DSB + DSA = D
- circle on one pommel + DSB + DSB + DSA = E
- Bertoncelj + circle on one pommel + DSB = E
- A DSB is finished in side support frontways on one pommel.
- A DSA needs ¼ turn in and ¼ turn out.
- No other double element earns more.
- 2 circles or 2 DSBs are credited once. The second has no value or recognition.
Newsletter 1, p. 5 · in force from August 2025
Bertoncelj (II.57) may end in cross or side support on one pommel, so Bertoncelj + DSB can open a flop or combined sequence.
What applied before
The table began only with Bertoncelj or Davtyan + circle.
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Flops With Russian Wendeswings
- Made of
- Russian wendeswings on one pommel, with circle and/or Stöckli A or B, Bertoncelj and Davtyan.
- Order
- Circle and/or Stöckli B before or after the Russians. Bertoncelj and Davtyan before. DSA only at the end.
- Two flops
- Circle and/or Stöckli B must appear as 2 consecutive circle elements.
- Counts
- One combined sequence per exercise.
- R18 or R27 (B) + 2 flopsD
- R36 or R54 (C) + 1 flop / + 2 flopsD / E
- R72 or R90 (D) + 1 flop / + 2 flopsE / F
- R108 (E) + 1 flop / + 2 flopsF / G
- Bertoncelj or Davtyan + circle, or Bertoncelj + DSB, + R18 or R27E
- Bertoncelj or Davtyan + circle, or Bertoncelj + DSB, + R36 or R54F
- Bertoncelj or Davtyan + circle, or Bertoncelj + DSB, + R72 or R90G
- Bertoncelj or Davtyan + circle, or Bertoncelj + DSB, + R108H
- With a combined element, no element may appear three times in a row. LLLS is B, repetition, repetition, not recognised.
- Flops and combined elements are separated by at least one circle with one hand off the pommel.
- After a flop or combined element, only an element to handstand may follow on one pommel.
Newsletter 1, p. 5 · in force from August 2025
Bertoncelj + DSB can also open a combined sequence with Russians, as it can a flop.
What applied before
The table began only with Bertoncelj or Davtyan + circle on pommel.
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Spindles
- EG II spindle in cross or side support, legs together or flair, within 2 circlesD
- II.28 side support, pommel between the hands, 1/1 spindle with legs straddle, within 2 circlesD
- II.34 any 1/1 spindle on the end, within 2 circles (Magyar)D
2 circles means 3 front-support positions after the starting one. II.28 and II.34 may both be performed in one exercise.