Should girls ranging from about 60-120 pounds be using different numbers of springs in the springboard on vault? The vault is a front handspring, if it matters.
Defining which athletes are elites would not be unduly burdensome. My definition of elite is any athlete who has achieved both the compulsory & optional qualifying scores. A post-elite level could be created to accommodate those former elite athletes who decide to “drop back.”
If the sole objective of participating in the sport was to get noticed by college programs and to get on a college team, then having a separate level for former elites who want to drop back would be unnecessary. However, if providing athletes with opportunities to compete against similarly...
Hills is absolutely a top tier program nationally at all levels. But the commute is much more than 30 minutes from Westminster. Likely at least an hour during the time one would be commuting to practice.
I’ve wondered if USAG could add a post-elite level which uses the level 10 code. Any athlete who qualifies elite but later “drops back” to DP would compete this level.
Traffic can be really awful in this area. I would check out United Gymnastix and All Pro. Either would be a reasonable commute from Sykesville and both have successful compulsory teams. Rebounders and Win-Win would be a bit further drive but not totally unreasonable.
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