Men's Gymnastics - Horizontal Bar

A contemporary Horizontal Bar routine must be a dynamic presentation that consists entirely of the fluid connection of swinging, turning, and flight elements alternating between elements performed near to and far from the bar in a variety of hand grips so as to demonstrate the full potential of the apparatus.

In most cases the horizontal bar stands 255 cm tall, and is 240 cm long and 2.8 cm in diameter. The horizontal bar is commonly referred to as the high bar.

Description taken from the official men's FIG Code of Points

Below I have listed skills performed on this apparatus, their Element Group and their value. All skills and skill sequences listed below are evaluated with FIG rules, not USAG JO rules.
I have also included a Horizontal Bar routine that meets all the FIG requirements for Difficulty, Element Groups, Presentation and Bonus, giving the routine a maximum score of 10.0.

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Animated Skills

Back Giants - giant swings backwards

Kovacs - double back flip, in tuck position, over the bar with a regrasp at the finish of the skill

Tkatchev - swing forward and vault backward, in a straddle position, with a regrasp at the finish of the skill

Skill	Element Group	Value
Giant swing backward	I - Long hang swings and turns	A
Voronin - Back uprise and piked Vault with a ½ twist to hang	II - Flight elements	B
Piked Endo with a ½ turn through handstand: a piked Endo is a stoop circle (feet can not touch the bar)	III - Elements near the bar ("in-bar" elements)	C
Piked Endo in el-grip or piked Endo in el-grip with a ½ turn through handstand: el-grip giants can be performed by turning the palms of the hands away from the body and swinging forwards.	IV - El-grip, dorsal hang, and elements rearways to the bar	D
Watanabe - Double salto backwards in stretched position with 2 full twists	V - Dismounts	E

2.8 Difficulty (3C + 3B + 4 A), 1.0 Element Groups (0.2 per group), 5.0 Presentation, 1.2 in Bonus = Max Score of 10.0

Sequence = "A", "A", "A", "SE" + "D" + "D", "A", "A", "D", "E", "B", "A", "D" for 1.2 in Bonus
Cast to back uprise with full turn to undergrip handstand ("B" value and EG I skill)
2 giant swings backwards ("A" value)
Kovacs piked (Double salto backwards piked over the bar) ("E" value and EG II skill) to
Kovacs tucked ("D" value and EG II skill) to
Gaylord 2 (Gienger stretched over the bar) ("D" value and EG II skill)
2 forward giant swings ("A" value)
Endo piked with a full turn through handstand to El-grip ("E" value and EG III skill)
El-grip back uprise and hop to undergrip ("B" value and EG IV skill)
½ Pirouette to undergrip ("A" value)
2 giant swings backwards
Double salto backwards stretched with a full twist dismount ("D" value and EG V skill)

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