Education
Specific Event Projects

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General

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• Unusual Judging Situations, View  Updated & Presented by Paul Padron Email: at NAWGJ National Syposium 2023

Vault

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• Level 6-7 Vault 2025 - The "Dynamic" Trio, View  Provided by the Education Committee - August 2025

  

• Level 6-7 Vault Analysis - Will The Vault Flip and How Well?, View  Updated 2.20.2025 - 2023 Congress Presentation - Jan Eyman, Rick Villareal, & Tom Koll

  

• Level 6-7 Vault: An In-Depth Analysis - Revised December 2024, View  Provided by the NAWGJ Education Committee Email:

  

• Twisting Vaults Need to Go UP! , View  Education Committee Video Analysis - October 2023 Email:

  

• Optional Vault Review Videos Provided by Myra Elfenbein from 2022 Region 7 - Clinic Email:

  These videos are shown in normal and slow motion. They are to be used to train your eye to evaluate the different parts of the vault. Deduction ranges are not listed at this time but time spent reviewing the videos is educational.

  • Level 6/7 Vault Review
  • Level 8-10 Vault Review
    • Level 8-10 Vault Review Evaluation Comments
• Handspring Vault Line Art, View  Provided by the NAWGJ Education Committee Email:

  

• Handspring Vault Analysis, View  10/9/2023 Provided by the NAWGJ Education Committee Email:

  

• Level 6/7 Vault Line Art , View 

  

• Level 6/7 Vault Clinic with Linda Thorberg, View  Available to view for those who were unable to attend via Zoom.
• Optional Vault: What Would You Take?, View  Myra Elfenbein Presentation 2016

Uneven Bars

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• Video of Release Skills , View  Provided by Myra Elfenbein. Email:
• Uneven Bars with 20 degree line, View  Provided by Myra Elfenbein Email:
• Brush Up Clinic - Bars 2022 Moderated by Judy Schalk
  • Bar Flight Elements & Release Moves
  • Bar Angles & Turns
• Level 9/10 Bars with Commentary, View  2022 Commentary is embedded in the video - Provided by Myra Elfenbein from 2022 Region 7 - Clinic Email:
• 3 Release Skills - Tkatchev, Shaposnikova, & Hindorff, View  Presented by Connie Maloney at a USAG National Congress
• Bar Angles Review, View  Uneven Bars presentation by Robin Ruegg at Region 3 & 4 Congress June 2023. Modified version presented at NAWGJ Symposium July 2023   Email:
  • Level 7 Bar Angles
  • Pirouette Angle of Body at Turn Completion
  • Blind Changes
• Uneven Bar Releases: Good, Better, Best, View  Judy Schalk Presented at Region 4 Symposium June 2020   Email:
• Seeing Bar Angles Provided by Sharon Doyle 2020
  • Level 7 Bar Angles
  • Pirouette Angle of Body at Turn Completion
  • Blind Changes

Balance Beam

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• Balance Beam: It's Not Connected and This is Why - Available to View 9/11/2023 Presented by Marilyn Blilie - 2023 NAWGJ National Symposium
  • Acro Series
    • Test your judging of Acro Series on Beam. Give a red, yellow, or green card for the 17 attempted conncections.
  • Mixed Series
    • Test your judging of Mixed Series on Beam. Give a red, yellow, or green card for the 7 attempted connections.
  • Dance Series
    • Test your judging of Dance Series on Beam. Give a red, yellow, or greencard for the 13 attempted connections.
• Choreography for Judges: Beam, View  Pam Evans describes ways for judges to recognize and reward creativity on Balance Beam - Presented at 2023 NAWGJ National Symposium
• Beam Requirements, Specific Skill Technique, & Difficult Areas to Assess 2022, View  Part of Test Prep Series - Moderated by Marilyn Blilie & Cookie Batsche

  

• Brush Up Clinic - Beam 2022 Provided by NAWGJ Clinics - Sue Kane Moderator
  • Part 1: Practice Judging Level 10 Beam w/ Scripts & Scores
  • Part 2: Technique: Leaps, Jumps, Connections, & More
• Level 9 & 10 Beam with Comments, View  2022 Provided by Myra Elfenbein Email:

Floor Exercise

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• FX Dance Series Evaluations, View  2025

  

• Compulsory Floor - Good to Great, View  Little things make a big difference!
• Choreography for Judges: Floor Exercise, View  Pam Evans describes ways for judges to recognize and reward creativity on Floor Exercise - Presented at 2023 National Symposium
• Tourjete 1/2 vs Switch 1/1, View  Video comparison provided by Dana Kling Email:
• Level 9 & 10 Floor with Comments, View  2022 Provided by Myra Elfenbein Email: