Level 1's & 2's
- River jumps (3-mushr.)
- 4 Jump Circle (3 mushr.)
- 3 Jump Circle (3 mushr.)
Slide feet-together-hop
- Legs together stretched
- Use both hands on mushr.
- Learn both sides
4-Hop Circle
- Legs together stretched
- Hips always face forward
- Head & torso lean
3-Hop Circle
- Legs together stretched
- Hips always face forward
- 3rd Jump is doifficult
Lenient evaluation
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Routine strategies for Team Level 4 athletes
1-Circle with dismount
- Legs together stretched (+0.1)
- Stick landing facing outward (+0.2)
- No stops (starting value 9.8)
3-circles+dismount (+0.5)
- Legs together stretched (+0.2)
- Stick dismount (+0.2)
- Starting value (10.4)
5-Circles+dismount (+1.0)
- All circles stretched (+0.3)
- Stick dismount landing (+0.2)
- Starting value 11.0
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Routine strategies for Team Level 5 athletes
L-5 USA w/no bonus (9.5)
- 2-cir. fall -1.0
- circle+flank dismount
- up to 0.2 virtuosity
- stick bonus +0.2
- Max starting value 8.9
L.5 USA (1 bonus)
- 3-cir.. (+0.1)
- 2-cir.. (+0.1)
- flank dismount (+0.2)
- starting value 10.0
- up to +0.3 vir.
L.5 USA (2 bonus)
- 5-cir. (+0.2)
- 1/2 spindle
- 1-cir. (+0.1)
- flank dismount (+0.2)
- starting value 10.5
- max of +0.4 vir.
L.5 USA (3 bonus)
- 5 circles (+0.2)
- 2 flair cir. (+.1)
- cir. - Flank dismount (+0.2)
- Starting value 10.5
- up to 0.5 vir.
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Many athletes linger at Lev. 4 because they lack circles. This strategy attacks
this deficit in a positive manner.
USA Bonus Circles skills (3) for Level 5 athletes
2 additional circles
- 3 required
- + 2 extra
- starting value 10.5
Half spindle (2 cir.)
- 5 cir.
- (1.5) cir.
- starting value 11.0
2 additional flairs
- 5 circle, 1/2 spindle.
- + 2 flairs
- additional up to +0.5 for virtuosity
- +0.2 stick bonus
- max. starting value 12.2
- [MR-09] 5 cir.
- [MR-10] 1/2 spindle
- [MR-11] 2-Flair circles
Technically the 1/2 spindle uses 4 hand placements w/2 quarter turns but only passes 1.5
times around the mushroom. I believe the judges are concentrating on form and execution
and are fairly lenient on the number of circles.