Abbey Road Crosswalk Balance Beam

Date: Wednesday, July 18

Venue: The Eight Track (334 Classroom)

Participation: Individual event

Event Description: Can you walk the walk--and do it with a sense of poise, drama, and of course, balance! Here's your chance to demonstrate your ability to master the beam with grace and precision. Athletes will walk a balance beam, performing their own routines, while holding or balancing at least one book.

To Register: Send your name and the name of this event to the IOOC Coordinator before 10 a.m. of the day of this event. Walk-ons also welcome. Note: Participation in the Games provides tacit permission for the future use of any photographs or videos.

Rules:

1. The balance beam will be taped on the floor and will be the exact width and length of a regulation Olympic-size balance beam. Music will be provided.

2. Each athlete will perform a 1-minute routine that emphasizes grace, drama and balance incorporating at least one book in the routine.

Scoring [see scoring rubric below]:

1. Athletes will earn points by successfully executing difficult elements, leaps, and jumps. They may increase their scores by linking several elements together. Suggested elements include but are not limited to: 360-degree turns, 180-degree leg splits, forward and backward acrobatic skills, leaps.

2. Deductions will be taken for all errors, including but not limited to: lapses in control, balance checks (wobbling), poor technique and execution, failure to control the book(s). Falls automatically incur a deduction but athletes are expected to remount and continue their routines within 10 seconds of falling.

3. Points will be awarded by the judges for style, grace and drama.

4. Extra points will be awarded for using more than one manual in a routine.

Note: No special attire is required and the routine may be performed with or without shoes on.

Scoring Rubric

	Balance Beam Scoring Rubric
	5	4	3	2	1
Executing Difficult Elements (Athletes will earn points by successfully executing difficult elements, leaps, and jumps. They may increase their scores by linking several elements together. Suggested elements include but are not limited to: 360-degree turns, 180-degree leg splits, forward and backward acrobatic skills, leaps).	Included 5 or more difficult elements	Included 4 difficult elements	Included 3 difficult elements	Included 2 difficult elements	Included one difficult element
Style	Frank Sinatra or Kathrine Hepburn	Dean Martin or Debbie Reynolds	Bing Crosby or Lucille Ball	Danny Kaye or Rosemary Clooney	Jerry Lewis or Vivian Vance (Lucy's neighbor)
Grace	NY Ballet here you come!	Cleveland Ballet here you come.	You did gymnastics in H.S. didn't you?	You liked to walk on the curbs, but fell off a bit too often.	How do you walk without falling down?
Drama	Brittany Spears	Angelina Jolie	Jennifer Aniston	Sean Diddy Combs (Puff Daddy)	Johnny Depp
Extra points may be awarded for using more than one manual in a routine. One extra point per extra manual.
	Point Deductions
	-5	-4	-3	-2	-1
Timing (no deduction if on the balance beam for exactly 1 minute -- no more or less)	11 seconds or less (or 1 min. 11 seconds) on the balance beam	22 seconds or less (or 1 min. 22 seconds) on the balance beam	33 seconds or less (or 1 min. 33 seconds) on the balance beam	44 seconds or less(or 1 min. 44 seconds) on the balance beam	55 seconds or less (or 1 min. 55 seconds) on the balance beam
Points Deducted for Errors (lapses in control, balance checks (wobbling), poor technique and execution, failure to control the manual(s). Falls automatically incur a deduction but athletes are expected to remount and continue their routines within 10 seconds of falling.)	Subtract points for 5 or more errors	Subtract points for 4 errors	Subtract points for 3 errors	Subtract points for 2 errors	Subtract points for 1 error

Judges: University Press