How Do You Choreograph A Gymnastics Floor Routine?
• Choose music that you like. If you are lost for inspiration, search around on music sites like iTunes. You can get ideas from TV shows, musicals, gymnastics or ice skating competitions, dance performances, and so on. You will need a song without words (any words will lose you points). If you find a song you like that has words, try searching the song name with “instrumental” or “karaoke” after it. • Once you have music that you like, it needs to be cut to be the right length. The maximum time for a floor routine is one minute and thirty seconds, but one minute is best. • Next, write a list of all the skills that must be in the routine. Missing any one of these moves will mean a deduction. Don’t add in any extra skills that you don’t need if you are not absolutely sure that you can do them. • Check the rules of the competition to make sure that you are not performing a move that is not allowed at your level. This can merit a large deduction or void your routine. There may also be a li
