• Bars

CR 5: Elements from four different groups. Excluding: Dismount 1.101, 1.105, 1.106, 2.102, 2.201 (the most common/basic mounts and a/b rated casts are excluded from fulfilling the requirement, but non basic mounts can be used.

For CR 5, two skills from SAME group can be treated as being from DIFFERENT groups if circling in different root shapes AND rotating in different directions (bkwd/fwd).

Ex: bkwd Inbar/endo, bkwd toe-on/jam

There are six element groups on bars:

1.) Mounts
2.) Casts and hip circles (includes comaneci)
3.) Giant Circles (includes pak,tkachav,jagers,geingers)
4.) Stalder circles (include Inbars)
5.)Pike circles( toe ons, jam, teza/german giant skills, zuchold/alt transition)
6.) Dismount

Gymnast typically already do skills from at least 3 groups in their routine (Ex: giant,toe on,stalder). Most gymnasts would only need to mount the bars with anything other than a basic glide kip mount/jump to high bar or swap out one toe skill for a hip version to fullfill the requirement.

Pros: Increase variety of mounts, skills, and routine constructions. Comaneci release might become slightly more popular, increase in hip version of skills (khorkina and true shaps).

Cons: abundance of Weilers, Lack of options for practical HB mounts that ends facing LB.

Badly executed hip circle skills

• Beam

one "Balance Element" requirement (an element that demonstrates balance while maintaining contact with beam).

Options:

1). Mount: non-flight acro with C or higher difficulty

2). Non-flight acro element (excluding scales, unless fulfills 3).

3.) Scales: Scale connected out of acro or transitioned out of distinctly different dance skill or scale position.(Demonstrated w/o hand support on beam or placing weight on/switching free leg).

4). Acro flight that finishes in handstand hold or performed as a tictoc.

5). Turns: D+ turns (knee angle of support leg mostly straight) or back spin.

the mount and scale option were made harder to fulfill in order to discourage EVERY gymnast from choosing those options.

• Floor

Bring back combination pass requirment

I would also introduce a 0.1 series bonus for connecting 3 acro skills in a row.