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    Women Beam progressions and struggles

    My take: a back handspring on beam is not a prerequisite for a back tuck on beam. I have plenty of gymnasts who, for assorted reasons, never seriously trained BHS on beam (shoulder flexibility, injury history, mental block) but could do a standing tuck with no issues. Back tuck (“C” acro) is...
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    Gymnasts 2 Pass Level 8 Floor

    Yes, this tumbling would fill level 8 requirements with no composition deductions.
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    Gymnasts 2 Pass Level 8 Floor

    The tumbling described would fill the tumbling special requirements (and assuming all other requirements are filled) would lead to a 10.0 start value flashed. However, this routine would incur a 0.10 compostition deduction for “salto elements not up to competitive level.” In order to recieve no...
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    Parents Scoring out level 4 & 5

    I’ve also heard of gymnasts not being able to compete at States after it was discovered that they hadn’t properly qualified for the level.
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    Parents New to XCel Bronze - Crying?

    ADDING ONE MORE THING from a coach’s perspective : If she is melting down mid-practice, is she drinking enough water? Could her coach remind her/everyone to hydrate? Does she need a snack? Many gyms run 2-4 hour practices without a snack break, but sometimes they (especially the younger ones)...
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    Parents New to XCel Bronze - Crying?

    I just want to chime in from a coaches perspective and reiterate two things: First, transitions are just hard for some people. I am thinking of a gymnast who cried and clung to her her mom’s leg at the start of every practice and competition until she was 8. That goodbye/transition was always...
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    Women Xcel diamond floor

    B saltos: - front pike, front layout, front 1/2 (any shape) - Arabian - back 1/2 or back 1/1 (any shape) - whip 1/2 or whip full
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    Parents How many hours a week of practice is appropriate for 9 years old level 6

    Having worked at multiple gyms, I’ve seen 12-20 hours a week for level 6. I think it would be exceedingly rare to do less than 12 hours; I’d be concerned with overtraining and burnout if more than 20 hours a week.
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    Women Bonus for level 10 pass help

    Just double checked the USAG code: whip is an A, whip 1/2 or whip 1/1 is a B. This pass gets 0.1 in bonus.
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    Women Successful comeback (L10 after 5+ years off)

    Not level 10, but I’m thinking of a former gymnast I worked with who finished her club career as a mediocre level 9. She stayed active with gymnastics througout college, competing college club in the level 8 division. Then she moved into adulthood, got a real job, got married, etc. She must be...
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    Coaches Freehip handstand -- from giant?

    On the women’s (USAG WAG) side, a free-hip handstand is a C, while a giant is a B. Assuming someone needs the skill value of the giant, doing the clear-hip after the giant and before the dismount ensures a “C” into the dismount. For level 9, a C into any B dismount is 0.05 in dismount “up to...
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    Women Lowest score?

    I am forever impressed by the gymnast I coached who got a 0.175 on beam. This was back in the old days, several USAG compulsory cycles ago, when there was no courtesy score and when a partial routine was scored out of the value of elements completed. Well, she fell after her mount (a 0.2 value...
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    Coaches Can there be a split start value? (USAG, Xcel)

    Seconding JBS’s response: We can have a split start value. We both calculate our scores independently and, assuming the scores are within an acceptable range, simply average as usual.
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    Women Minimum # of Meets

    Xcel state championships qualification is a state-level decision, and qualification can range from “complete in any one meet” to “compete x number of meets” to “score an xxxx AA score” to “score a xxx AA score at least x number of times.” I’ve seen all of the above in my years in the sport...
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    Anon Move up scores

    Not coaching currently, but I always required all major skills for next level (not necessarily “the hardest” or “goal” skills for each level, but able to safely meet requirements) and having scored a 9.00+ *(ish) on each event. I was less worried about level 4-5 and level 6-7 vault considering...
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