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    Parents L9 Floor passes

    Hi. My daughter is a level 9 and her coach said she has a 9.8 start value for her floor but for some reason every time we go to a meet they move her down to a 9.7. I’m not sure why she’s losing her bonus when she doesn’t fall on any of her passes. her passes are round off, back handspring full...
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    Parents USAG membership question

    Does anyone know how the level on the USAG membership page gets changed when your athlete moves up a level? Does the gym have to physically go in and change the number? When I login it says the level but not sure how that all works.
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    Parents Front handspring front layout front tuck vs punch layout front tuck

    Can anyone tell me if a front handspring front layout front tuck has a different /same value than a punch layout front tuck?
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    Parents Shoot over /bail

    Does anyone know How long does it typically take to learn a shoot over from the time you start doing drills? And then how long from being spotted to doing it alone?
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    Parents Back handspring onodi

    Can anyone tell me what they know about the back handspring Onodi series? Any info about it would be much appreciated , difficulty , level, etc. or general thoughts.
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    Parents Communication expectations

    How much/often do you think a coach should be communicating with a parent about their child’s gymnastics and how much/often do you expect to get from your child about what’s going on in the gym? Do your gyms do progress reports and goal setting for skills? I’m just trying to figure out how much...
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    Parents Double full vs double back

    Can someone tell me what letter value a double full and a double back are and why one would train one and not the other?
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    Parents Toe hect/ toe shoot

    What Info do you know about toe shoots /hect for L8 bar routine and what value skill they are? What would a routine look like with one?
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    Parents Pak be straddleback

    My daughter is learning a Straddleback to handstand ,, but all of her team mates are learning the Pak. The other day she told me she thinks that means she doesn’t have a chance to go elite or college because gymnasts who do straddlebacks are considered not as good. Does anyone have any idea why...
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    Parents Yureshenko timer

    does anyone know what is responsible for creating the most momentum in this vault to land it as if you appear to flip?Daughter was told her momentum is her issue. I’m thinking it’s her run, but not sure.
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    Parents L8 Straddleback

    Does anyone who has a L8, do a straddleback instead of the pirouette handstand? My daughters coach is saying she will do a straddleback instead and to look online at level 8 routines with it, but I can’t find any. Does anyone know what a routine would include in L8 where you straddleback?
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    Parents Pirouettes , blind , front giants

    My daughter is a level 7 . She moved up from one season of 4 to a 7. She has perfected her bar routine for level 7 and she was working on pirouettes along with other upgrades like stalders and then a few months ago they took her off of working pirouettes and started doing front giants. She...
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    Pirouettes and blinds

    My daughter is a level 7 and has perfected her bar routine and she was working on pirouettes and then a few months ago they took her off of them and started doing front giants. She asked the coaches why and they said they were hesitant and may never teach her. So she is really confused at why...
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