Floor Exercise

 

Kerri on the floor exercise

 

The floor exercise that requires lots of strength, power, and energy. A routine must last at least 70 seconds but must not exceed 90 seconds. There are white lines painted with chalk around the edges floor to mark the out of bounce. If a gymnast goes out of bounce, .1 of a point is deducted for every time they step out of bounce. All floor exercises can and probably will have a starting value of 10.0. The judges watch very closely to watch for any mistakes including going out of bounce. 

 

 

 
 

The Vault

 

 To the right is the vaulting horse that they used to use. They just designed a new vaulting horse but pictures are currently unavailable in books of any kind. They run to the horse,  jump on the spring board and and perform their vault. Most have a high starting value of 9.9 to 10.0. Although most gymnasts don't get a perfect score. They used to perform 2 different vaults but now they only get one vault. 
 

 

 

  

 To the right is Kerri Strug's gold winning vault. It gave her team the gold medal. 

 
The gymnast above is shown on the floor exercise. She is in the middle of a front walkover.

 
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