Compete online with other gymnasts

Online Competitions

The global COVID-19 pandemic affected gymnasts, coaches, judges and many other sports enthusiasts around the world.

Sports facilities were closed, competitions postponed or cancelled, and there were few or no opportunities for gymnasts to compete. Our concept of IRV Online Competitions did not replace on-site events, but they aimed to provide motivation for gymnasts and judges and give them a goal for their daily training sessions.

IRV Online Competitions provide a 100% digital competitive arena for Wheel Gymnastics during the pandemic years 2020-2022 and have the potential for continued use in the future.

Create a video of your routine

Ask one of your team mates to record a video of your routine. Your coach can be next to you, but make sure the situation is almost like at a competition. We have summarised some requirements and tips for video recording that will help us to ensure a fair competition and help our judges to evaluate the routine.

Rename video and upload to cloud storage

In order to identify the right video for the gymnast, please rename your video according to following structure:

firstname_lastname_country.mov (or) .mp4 

You can either upload your video to Online Storage Platforms like Dropbox, Google, iCloud and share a link with us, or you upload your video to the IRV Media Cloud Storage

Submit your routine video


You can submit a video at any time during the competition period. Use the button below to submit your video and be part of the IRV Online Competition. For specific competitions the organizing committee might have additional rules and procedures to ensure a smooth competition.

Submit video

Online Judging Session

A small group of judges will be invited to evaluate the submitted videos every month. Judging will be organised by one of the IRV experts and the routines will be judged in an online judging session so that a score can be calculated immediately and questions can be addressed.

Use the button below to register your interest as a potential online judge.

WANT TO JUDGE?

Feedback by Academy Coaches

We realized that evaluating routines and taking notes for feedback at the same time is very time consuming. We therefore decided to separate the feedback from judges with dedicated feedback from our academy coaches, which can be requested during the Online Competition registration process from now on.

Ranking, Score & Feedback

We will not award medals to the participants in IRV Online Competitions, but we will share feedback and scores with the gymnasts, which they can use to improve their routines for future on-site competitions.

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Upcoming Online Competitions

NO DOPING

FAIRPLAY

SPORTS ETHICS

We as federation expect from all athletes, coaches, judges and other delegation members to act according to these principles.

Online Competition

Tips to record your video

General guidelines:

  • Competition area must not be marked with tape
  • Do not edit the video – Fair play – same chances for every competitor
  • Shoot from one fixed position.
  • Do not move during shooting, use a tripod.
  • Shooting position according to the light situation (light in the back of the camera)
  • Shoot in landscape format (16:9)
  • Video resolution must be HD (1280 x 720 pixel) or full HD (1920 x 1080 pixel)
  • Show the date on camera (e.g. by recording the calendar app of a smartphone before the routine starts)

If the conditions described above are not met, the video cannot be rated.

Straight-Line

Position:

The cameraperson stands at the position of the head judge in the middle of the length. Before the shooting starts, the wheel must also be positioned in the middle of the length directly opposite to the cameraperson. Then the gymnast takes the wheel either way to the starting point of the routine with one complete wheel rotation.

Recording in a shot size that shows the entire wheel during the whole routine (long shot or medium long shot)

No zooming, slow panning according to the wheel movement

Loudspeakers must be close to the camera for good sound quality (music routines)

Spiral

Position:

Competition area must not be marked with tape; nevertheless the gymnasts should perform his routine in the middle of the area

The cameraperson stands in a distance of approximately 3 meters to the gymnast (as shown in figure a)

Recording in a shot size that shows the entire wheel during the whole routine (long shot or medium long shot)

No big distance to the gymnast

No zooming, slow panning according to the wheel movement

Vault

Position:

90cm-line must be marked on mat

The cameraperson stands slighty in front of the take-off-position in a distance of approximately 3 meters (as shown in figure b)

No zooming, slow panning, take-off, mounting phase, standing on the wheel, flight phase and landing must be recorded

Cyr Wheel

Position:

Competition area must not be marked with tape; nevertheless the gymnasts should perform his routine in the middle of the area

The cameraperson stands in a distance of approximately 3 meters to the gymnast (as shown in figure a)

Recording in a shot size that shows the entire Cyr Wheel during the whole routine (long shot or medium long shot)

No big distance to the gymnast

No zooming, slow panning according to the wheel movement

Loudspeakers must be close to the camera for good sound quality (music routines)