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Hello!This will be our first states meet. Dd will turn 8 before the date of the state's meet. Will she compete as a 7 or 8 year old? Thank you for your responses.
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In our state it's generally a date range of birthdates.... Not a numerical age. Making her actual age at states not really relevant. The format is confusing too. Last year I tried to make a chart to figure out her group and I still got it wrong. But something like:
Child A 01\01\2007 - 5\15\2007
Child B 05\16\2007 - 11\01\2007
Child C 11\02\2007 - 02\18\2008
Etc...
Yes, exactly. Our state went away from the age group 7yr old, age group 8 yr old years ago bc there may have been (50) 7yr olds that year and only (23) 8 yr olds......not a fair breakdown. So they now take the number of kids per level and start at the oldest and count out X number participants and cut off. So every age group has almost the same number of kids.Changes based on how many kids and what level.
Yep. This is exactly how it happens here also.Yes, exactly. Our state went away from the age group 7yr old, age group 8 yr old years ago bc there may have been (50) 7yr olds that year and only (23) 8 yr olds......not a fair breakdown. So they now take the number of kids per level and start at the oldest and count out X number participants and cut off. So every age group has almost the same number of kids.
You have once again hit on my pet peeve. Please don't confuse an athletes competitive age with the award groups used by a meet director at a given meet.
An athlete's competitive age is very clearly spelled out in the USAG Rules and Policies as follows: "The gymnast's age for the competitive season is determined by the date of the final day of the competition at the culminating championship meet for that level." (R&P page 76). This means that whatever age the gymnast will be on the final day of State meet (for compulsory levels) is the age that she will be for the ENTIRE season.
Anytime you start throwing in groups, you are talking about how a meet director chooses to subdivide a specific level for the purposes of the specific meet. These age divisions have NOTHING to do with the athletes competitive age for the season.
An athlete's competitive age NEVER changes during a season, no way, no how. Anybody that tells you differently is flat wrong and they should read the Rules and Policies.
Depending on level it could be regionals, westerns/eastern a, or nationals.What is considered the final meet of the season for optionals?
What is the final meet for optionals?
You have once again hit on my pet peeve. Please don't confuse an athletes competitive age with the award groups used by a meet director at a given meet.
An athlete's competitive age is very clearly spelled out in the USAG Rules and Policies as follows: "The gymnast's age for the competitive season is determined by the date of the final day of the competition at the culminating championship meet for that level." (R&P page 76). This means that whatever age the gymnast will be on the final day of State meet (for compulsory levels) is the age that she will be for the ENTIRE season.
Anytime you start throwing in groups, you are talking about how a meet director chooses to subdivide a specific level for the purposes of the specific meet. These age divisions have NOTHING to do with the athletes competitive age for the season.
An athlete's competitive age NEVER changes during a season, no way, no how. Anybody that tells you differently is flat wrong and they should read the Rules and Policies.
Lol!!! Thanks!!! something about the number of the year getting higher at the same time the gymnast gets younger makes it really hard for me to wrap my brain around. Clearly, I need to ask for help when the time comes...Think your dates are listed backward....you have the kids getting younger as the age groups rise in alphabetical order....
Say for level 3--
Ours looks something like this
Child A - 5/15/2009 - younger (meaning born after 5/15/09)
Child B - 11/3/2008 - 5/14/2009
Child C - 6/16/08 - 11/2/08
Jr A - 12/18/07 - 6/15/08
So the easy way to read this (at least for me....bc the way they put the dates next to ages groups read older to younger) is to start at the older age bracket and read it ....kids born between Dec 18, 07 - June 15, 08. Hope that helps
Lol!!! Thanks!!! something about the number of the year getting higher at the same time the gymnast gets younger makes it really hard for me to wrap my brain around. Clearly, I need to ask for help when the time comes...
Meaning? Like will the competition be tougher? Or what?so while we are on the age subject.....are there pros and or cons to competing level 4 as an 8 yo as compared to a 7 yo?