| The floor
exercise is an event done by both men and women. The floor exercise
consists of a floor routine done to music. Each routine must have
certain skills in them depending on the level of difficulty. Each
routine has balance moves, turns, jumps, leaps, gymnastics and acrobatic
combinations, and tumbling passes. There are passes that have either
front tumbling, back tumbling, or a combination of both. A floor
routine should be graceful and smooth.
Points are deducted in a floor routine for bad form, not staying in beat with the music, or going out of bounds. The actual floor has springs underneath it to allow the gymnast to bounce higher than normal. The springy floor is extremely helpful in difficult tumbling passes. |
