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Maybe you had your terms wrong? You said she had a double back, salto, but that means a double front or back tuck, pike, or layout. A double handspring is just 2 acro flight skills. A salto is a flip without hands. Level 7 requires a front or back layout without a twist, and a single front salto.

Only if she turns 5 before the cutoff date declared by her state, or maybe AAU.

She’s only old enough to compete AAU Copper or Bronze or level 1, or USAG Bronze. Another year on preterm will help her get ready for competing.

If you study the Xcel code, you take the Xcel test and can only judge Xcel. If you want to judge DP USAG, then you need to study the level 4/5 code and pass the test for level 4/5. Then you can judge AAU compulsories as well as DP and lower level Xcel. After passing the test, you’ll need a USAG...

Raising the age for Sr Elite may not be necessary if they raised the entry age for HOPES. 9-10 years old for entry means they must have level 9/10 skills by age 9. That requires hours and hours of training high-level skills and conditioning between ages 5-9. Like 20+ hours a week, and in most...

It's not the same. Its added to the score, not the start value and the final SV doesn't go over 10.0.

well I care, and judges care, and the USAG Staff cares because they emphasized it at Congress and Symposium and state clinic. 10.0 + .1 Start Value. It's not that hard to be accurate. There is no SV above a 10.0.

I will argue that point every time. It's a 10.0 + .1. There is no 10.1 start value. The coaches need to say it correctly because now I hear even level 8 gymnasts' moms telling coaches that they "want their kid to have a 10.1 start value and how can they get there?" The .1 is added to their...

It would seem to be a good idea to re-draw regions every quad or every 8 years, just like they do in politics after the census. But maybe loyalty to the Region you're in has something to do with it, and states don't want to change regions? Region 8 had 284 level 10s competing at Regionals.

All the apparel is picked up at Eastern/Westerns or Nationals. They get it when they check in.

10.0 + .1, not 10.1 (that has been drilled into our heads) :)

It would be unbalanced with some states/regions always dominating. Also, the judging. In the current system, the region gets the same judges for all the states from that region competing to qualify to nationals. In some regions, scores are lower because judging is tougher. I think it's pretty...

Level 9 gets an Eastern national leotard, they don't wear the regional leotard. My daughter went to Eastern. She got a short sleeved comp leotard, a warm-up, shoes, T-shirt, and a bag.

I was just going to come ask this.

Order doesn't matter, but I think the walkout would make them not directly connected, which is required.