Event
Balance beam

Skill type
Dance

Value
C
(upgraded from B to C in 2017)

Known as
Split jump 1/2
Split 1/2

About
The split jump with 1/2 turn has learned the fickle ways of fame. It shot to international prominence in 2017 when the skill was increased in value from B (0.2) to C (0.3). Because elements performed from side position receive an extra tenth on top of their normal value, evvvvveryone suddenly started doing a split jump 1/2 from side position for an exceedingly useful D (0.4) value.

It was an overnight celebrity. But all that was about to change.

In 2022, the technical requirements were amended to say that jumps with 1/2 turn must show a split position either before or after the 1/2 turn, but not during. One cannot leave the beam, do a 1/4 turn to show split long ways down the beam, and then do the remaining 1/4 turn to land. Which is exactly how everybody was doing the split jump 1/2 from side position. You had to start doing it like this from side position, showing the split position perpendicular to the beam, to get D value.

But still…a C you say? In a combination? Like a mixed series? The split jump 1/2 is making a comeback.