Influence of code of point change on individual rhythmic gymnastics performance

Freire-Maceiras, Rebeca M. (author), Sierra-Palmeiro, Elena (author), Fernández-Villarino, María A. (author)

The aim of this study was to analyse the effects of a rule change on the performance model of individual rhythmic gymnastics. For the study, the results of 572 competition routines were collected from two different world championships, each held under a different set of rules (2017-2021 and 2022-2024). The variables of the study included: the rules used at each championship, the score for body difficulty, the score for apparatus difficulty, the score for artistic execution, the score for technical execution and the final score. The main findings indicate that changing the scoring code leads to a significant change in the gymnasts' performance model, especially in terms of body and apparatus difficulty. The change in the scoring code equalised the partial contribution of each scoring aspect to the gymnasts' overall performance. With the previous code, the difficulty of the apparatus was more important than other aspects. With the current code, the contribution of all performance components is more balanced. The main conclusion is the need to change the routine composition and training model and to optimise the judges' evaluation parameters.

• Language: English
• Keywords: sport, rhythmic gymnastics, individual performance, performance analysis, code of point
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FŠ - Faculty of Sport
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 331-339, 348
• Numbering: Vol. 17, iss. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-183717
• UDC: 796.41
• ISSN on article: 1855-7171
• DOI: 10.52165/sgj.17.2.331-339
• COBISS.SI-ID: 274580483

Copyright

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• Publication date in RUL: 19.06.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Science of gymnastics journal
• Publisher: University of Ljubljana Press, Slovenia (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)
• ISSN: 1855-7171
• COBISS.SI-ID: 246418176

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• License: CC BY-SA 4.0, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Vpliv spremembe pravilnika točkovanja na posamezen nastop v ritmiki

Abstract

Cilj raziskave je bil razčleniti učinke spremembe pravil na model izvedbe posameznih ritmičark. Za raziskavo so bili zbrani rezultati 572 tekmovalnih sestav z dveh različnih svetovnih prvenstev, ki sta potekali po drugačnem nizu pravil (2017–2021 in 2022–2024). Spremenljivke so vključevale: pravila uporabljena na vsakem prvenstvu, rezultat za težavnost prvin s telesom, rezultat za težavnost prvin z orodjem, rezultat za umetniško izvedbo, rezultat za tehnično izvedbo in končni rezultat. Glavne ugotovitve kažejo, da sprememba pravilnika točkovanja vodi do znatne spremembe v modelu izvedbe telovadk, zlasti glede težavnosti prvin s telesom in rekviziti. Sprememba pravilnika točkovanja je izenačila delni prispevek vsakega dela točkovanja k skupni izvedbi telovadk. Pri prejšnjem pravilniku je bila težavnost z orodji pomembnejša. Pri trenutnem pravilniku je prispevek vseh sestavin izvedbe bolj uravnotežen. Glavni zaključek je potreba po spremembi sestave in modela vadbe ter po izboljšanju spremenljivk ocenjevanja sodnikov.

• Keywords: šport, gimnastika, posamezni nastop, ritmika, razčlenitev nastopa, tekmovalni pravilnik