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I'm a little worried about that too! My dd is 9 yrs old , competing level 7. I do know, in our state , for optionals, I believe the state agreed that age groups cannot be more than a 3 year difference. But there is a huge difference in finesse between a 9 yr old vs 12! I guess we'll find out
You would be very surprised. I have seen lots of remarkable young gymnasts at the optional level - and we are not in a mega gym state/region. If she belongs at that level, she will be fine, regardless of age.I'm a little worried about that too! My dd is 9 yrs old , competing level 7. I do know, in our state , for optionals, I believe the state agreed that age groups cannot be more than a 3 year difference. But there is a huge difference in finesse between a 9 yr old vs 12! I guess we'll find out
==My DD will be 10 at start of optionals but turns 11 before end of season. Will she compete in an age range or with ten year old then 11 year olds. Thanks. Hope that makes sense.
Folks -
Once again, you are talking about two different things: competitive age and award groups in a specific meet. The USAG Rules and Policies are very clear (mostly) on competitive age of an athlete - an athlete is the age for the season based on the age they will be on the last day of the culminating meet for thier level in the season, whether that be state or regionals. Unless she is a level 9 or 10 and then her competitive age is determined using the State meet.
The age division (award group) for a specific meet will change for each meet depending on the number of athletes in that level in that meet. Some meets will specify actual birthday ranges for a division and some will just say all 9 year olds. It depends.
And it doesn't matter whether its compulsories or optionals.
Yes, we've had this discussion before. MeetDirector knows her stuff, but that's not necessarily the way all meets run. Apparently rules are being broken all over the place.
I disagree with this. We have a girl on our team who competed as a L7 last year, and turned 12 the weekend of State. (In our state, L7's do not go to Regionals.) At a couple meets during the season, she was competing as an 11-year-old, and at the rest, she competed as a 12-year-old. We were told that the gym running the meet gets to decide what birthday cut-off to use. Sometimes, they opt to use the state meet date to determine the "age" the girl is for the meet, and sometimes, they use the date of the meet itself. This is for BOTH awards and competitive age.