College coaches evaluate gymnastics athletes by analyzing event performance and technique. Tagging clips with the right event helps coaches quickly identify what they are viewing to evaluate your strengths as an athlete. Below, we outline the different events college coaches will be looking for. 

Events and Skill Categories in Playlists:

Women's Gymnastics: 

• Balance Beam: Review acro-series, leaps, and stability.
• Floor Exercise: Evaluate the combination of dance and power tumbling.
• Uneven Bars: Analyze the transition between the low and high bars.
• Vault: Break down the power of the sprint and the height of the post-flight.

Men's Gymnastics:

• Floor Exercise: Focus on tumbling passes and artistic transitions.
• High Bar: Focus on release moves and re-grasping.
• Parallel Bars: Review under-bar work and transitions above the bars.
• Pommel Horse: Analyze circular swings and travel across the horse.
• Rings: Monitor swing to strength holds and cable tension.
• Vault: Evaluate the entry, flight phase, and landing.

General Categories

• Training: Practice drills, spotted skills, or "half-routines."
• Other: Presentation, award ceremonies, or coach feedback sessions. Make sure to provide a caption on any clip you tag this skill to provide as much context as possible. 

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⭐ Tip:  For the most detailed analysis, use multiple tags for clips involving multiple tags. For example, tag a clip with both "Training" and "Floor Exercises" for coaches to review your training video. 

After learning what coaches are looking for as a gymnastics athlete, it’s time to start creating your playlist. Check out our article, “Building and Publishing Playlists,” to get started!