This wasn't actually 1989 was it? I swear this is the same routine I competed in 99

Thank you for the positive comments! Yes, level 6 is a particularly catchy tune :)

Level 6 is especially catchy :)

I didn't realize compulsories still existed today, but I am out of the gymnastics loop now. Are there videos of today's compulsory choreography?

Amanda Janesick yes if you look up level 1-5 compulsory routines

The difficulty is about the same

I haven’t seen those yet! I’m an optional gymnast so it won’t effect me but I still want to see them 😊

@@gracemcclean3940 The dance elements and routines in general for the routines back in the 1989-1997 are more of what defines artistic gymnastics. Filled with Grace and Power. I’ve also seen level 4. I never watched levels 1-3 in the 1989-1997 cycle. I know level 4 had a front handspring step out, handstand 180 degree pirouette and a standing back extension roll. Although favorite cycle to watch was the 1997-2005 cycle and this cycle with the dance elements like tour jete, fouetté. For the 1997-2005 season, I’ve never seen level 1, but I saw just to name a few skills level 2 had a candle stick bridge kick over and level 3 had a standing back handspring. Level 4 had a front limber, full turn, and a back extension roll. Level 3 always had a handstand forward roll. Level 4 always had a round off back handspring before they changed it in 2013. I liked level 2 and level 5 and level 6 for 2005-2013 because they have some sort of unique signature skills. Level 2 a forward roll on beam as well as its headstand on floor, level 5 a dive roll, and level 6 that special step out as a dance element as well as a side leap. 2013-2021 is okay, but better than now. Although the skills could be better, it’s a better idea than the skills we see today. My favorite routine for the 2021-2029 is definitely level 4. It’s the most enjoyable to watch.

@@leahsincelejo7641 The music changed mid 1989-1997 cycle didn’t it? Because I remember these versions, but I would swear I had different music by level 7 (1994ish?).

@@robynbug1 This is the level 7 music I had in 1993. I guess it could have changed the next year, but I feel like I would have noticed since I was still in the gym at optional levels, and would have heard the music for the compulseries all the time.

@@robynbug1 It definitely did. It always did before 2013.

This was a VHS tape that I had in storage. I particularly appreciate the memory of the music in the floor routines that would play over and over at every gymnastics meet in the early 90s. Sorry, the video did not have level 4.

I remember the terminology being used in written descriptions in certain books, and perhaps the code of points, but yeah...my coaches never used flic flac in practice :)

Sorry, I do not have level 1 videos from 1989

This was just the cumpolsory routine. Level 7 optional was harder.

also, then, when I was a kid, and even now, I have to ask: Why is USAG SO OBSESSED with body waves?

they did vault training onto the mat in 1999 or 2000 in level 4

@@lesliegrimes112 I was there for that! But I'm curious about this set of routines!

I was wondering why they didn’t show vault for level 5, but it was a handspring just like levels 6 and 7.

I saw level 4 and 5 do a handspring vault in the 90’s and then level 4 did mat stack in around 2001 when the horse vault vanished. I wasn’t there, but I saw videos of it.

I know, it's so funny to hear them say that!...Flic-flac is also a ballet term and is onomatopoeia. And salto is from the Latin "saltus" meaning to jump, leap, or flip...of course, that could pretty much be anything in gymnastics, not just tucks...haha.

I did gymnastics in the 70's ....it was roundoff, back handspring, tuckback, pike or layout. Nobody said flic flac (we did say flip flop sometimes) My nickname was Olga ;)

@@bsgeckoproduction"Flic-flac" is the official FIG terminology in the code of points.