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    Parents Spring break camps or clinics for optionals?

    Has anybody heard of any camps or clinics during spring break for a level 7-8?
  2. LindyHopper

    WAG Dreaming of optional beam routine

    Short Stack is dreaming of next year, which will hopefully be her first season as an optional gymnast (no clue if she'll compete 6 or go straight to 7). She is thinking a lot about her beam routine and wants to mount with a press handstand. From what I understand, this is a B skill. If she did...
  3. S

    Parents Optionals out with injuries

    I am wondering what a normal injury rate is for the optional levels. I am estimating that about 1/4 to 1/6 of our level 7-10 gymnasts have had to miss an event or meet this season because of an injury. What fraction of the optional gymnasts at your gym are injured?
  4. K

    Coach at the Beach! Looking for JO Optional Head Coach, Recreational Director, Preschool Coach

    Come to the Beach in Pensacola, Florida! Live in Paradise! We are looking for a Head Optional Coach to uphold our athletes to a high standard of quality that creates accomplished competitive gymnast. If you are coach with Optional experience, 1st place, all around athletes that are now college...
  5. F

    Parents What should I know about Optionals? first year level 7

    So, as we are nearing competition season as first time optionals, what do i need to know? My daughter finished competing Level 5 this pas spring and is now a level 7 "optional"... Is it more competitive? Judging different? I have heard that starting in optionals is when it "weeds" out a lot of...
  6. F

    Parents Optionals gym hours? How long are yours?

    Good Morning everyone! I am asking this question out of curiosity and just seeing how other gyms operate. How many hours and days of week do your children spend in the gym? I am most curious about optionals training. My daughters hours changed this summer to 20 hours a week/ 4days / 5hrs a...
  7. flipsandgrips15

    Coaches Optional Choreographers

    Hi all...fairly new here! Does anyone know of any good optional choreographers in the state of Georgia? Thank you in advance!
  8. Flipz

    MAG Optional EG requirements

    So I have not had to deal with this in a while as I have been re-building a program from compulsory. If I remember correctly, didn't optional levels have a difficulty requirement for Element Groups ( Level 8-A Level 9-B Level 10-C)? All I can find in the JO program is dismount requirement...
  9. mOm2gymnast<3

    WAG Young optional left behind

    So... My daughter is level 6 this season. She just turned 9. She's the youngest in the group and is very short for her age, and almost all of the girls LV 6-9 are ranging from 11-16yr old. My dd is feeling left behind. She doesn't get invited to parties, they have groups (like, sleep over...
  10. T

    Optional Beam and Floor Coach

    We are searching for a confident and experienced optional beam and floor coach for our USAG Level 7-10 teams. Candidates should have the ability to successfully coach girls as individuals as well as create highly competitive united teams. Salaried full time position available. Company/Club...
  11. S

    Parents gym with very few optionals

    It seems there are only a small handful of optionals at DD's gym. I know we loose a lot of kids to a "better" gym. I am wondering if it's realistic to think that I can keep DD at her current gym until optionals, or is it necessary to move earlier? I worry that the training at her current gym...
  12. sce

    MAG more optional confusion

    My ds is attending a local college camp this week. I chatted with parents from a few different places, multiple states. All of them have been told by their coaches that older kids can still do say level 8 or level 9 and just not go to regionals. ie a 15 yo level 8 or 17 yo level 9. Are...
  13. jenjean70

    MAG New here with a new optional

    My son will be competing level 8 next year but he has struggled with fear issues learning various skills ever since he trained level 6. How have your sons coped with fears and have they been able to overcome them and be successful?
  14. sce

    MAG optionals

    Hi all, I know the nest quad the info is still very new. But can someone tell me the main differences in requirements (other than age) between level 9 and level 10? As well, what is difference between JD and JO for those levels?
  15. B.Gold

    WAG Working through optional skills

    In upper-level optionals, how much time should a coach give the acquisition of a new to "newish' skill before giving up on the skill altogether and moving on towards another "option" to fulfill a requirement? In this case, specifically, a pak vs a bail or a "C" bar dismount that leads nowhere...
  16. L

    WAG Optional bars coach (male)- how essential?

    Interested to know from anyone, how important is a male optionals coach? Particularly on bars (or perhaps floor and vault). All else being equal when evaluating a gym, how important is this for progressing through the levels? Seems most people are concerned most about spotting but can good...
  17. D

    Optional Level Team Coach needed

    The Licking County Family YMCA is seeking an Optional Level Team Coach for our JO Program. The qualified candidate should have experience in USAG Levels 4 and up (especially optional levels) and have a positive approach to coaching, enjoy working in a family atmosphere and be a team player...
  18. Magentax3x

    WAG Too young for Optionals?

    My daughter is 8, and competing lv6 this year. She competed lv3 last year and had a very successful season. (Top 3 AA all year). We are at a very small local gym and they skipped her several levels against my wishes for what I believe to be because they did not have very many optional girls...
  19. profmom

    MAG optional rings question

    So, let's just suppose hypothetically there's a first year L8 guy who has a rings routine that goes like this: inlocate - not terrible yamawaki - L seat - press to HS - bail to dislocate - DB off. The routine's somewhat clean and scoring pretty well, usually in the mid 11s. Is it remotely...
  20. curlygirls

    WAG TX Optionals State Qualifying Scores

    Just curious if anyone can share the scores needed to qualify for the State Championship Meets in Texas for Levels 7-10. Thanks!

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