When can I ask for a video review, and what can't it be used for?
Rule- USA
- USA Gymnastics
- Women's Development Program
- Levels 1-10
- Ages 4+
- 2026-27 Rules & Policies
- 2026-27 season
- Coaches
At any Development Program or Xcel sanctioned meet, you may request a video review (if video is available). It's done by the Meet Referee and the highest-rated judge not affiliated with that event, at regular speed, slow motion or freeze frame.
Allowed only to check:
- An element the judges may have missed that affects Start Value (e.g. no judge credited a full turn on beam, or a 2/1 twist was recorded instead of a 3/1 on floor)
- Whether she grasped or touched the bar with one or two hands before falling on a release
- Whether she landed on the bottoms of her feet first (vault, bar and beam dismounts, beam acro elements finishing on the beam, floor saltos)
- Spotting deductions, floor line violations, floor overtime (you must supply the video for an overtime inquiry), and any neutral deduction
Levels 8-10: if a first vault scores zero for not landing feet first, an immediate review is allowed if decisive, and it must finish before the second vault.
Not allowed for judgments of degree, such as the amplitude of casts and handstands, incomplete turns, direct connections, split in leaps, or timing and degree of twist on vault.
Added 21 Oct 2026