I assume that level 6-10 would be more her age since she will be 11 soon that’s another reason she wants to do the higher level one. I did reach out and they said it’s up to me and she can do either. She does have the skills for the higher level skill camp so we may do that.
My daughter(10) has the same exact issues and she did 2 years of level 4 and was still struggling(her struggle was the kip on bars and staying tight for beam/floor) so we opted for a year of xcel gold this season instead of level 5. It has been so great for her. She has really enjoyed it and...
Xcel bronze is the very beginner level and that’s probably why they don’t have much wiggle room on skills. At our gym they all do pretty much the same stuff until Xcel gold(my gym also goes straight to level 6 from gold after testing out of lvl 4/5). Sounds like she’s ready to move up if she’s...
My daughter’s paths so far.
Rec gymnastics-4
Pre comp gymnastics team-5/7
T and t comp team (level 5 on all events)-6/7
Level 3-7
Level 4-8/9
Xcel gold-10(switched gyms)
Level 6-11
She ended up switching gyms after 2 years at level 4 since the old gym didn’t do upgrades and wouldn’t let her...
I want to sign my daughter up for a gymnastics camp this year but I honestly don’t know what level to sign her up for. She just competed xcel gold and will be competing level 6 this upcoming fall(she’s been competing level 5/6 skills this seasons in gold and did level 4 the year prior). Most...
My daughter currently is doing xcel
Gold and they have 3 local meets and 1 optional travel meet plus state. It’s been really nice not doing a lot of meets! Next season she will be level 6 or 7(if she can get her giant more consistently she will be 7) and they do 4 local meets, 1 travel meet 3...
also I’ll note some xcel programs are ran differently too. If your child is doing harder skills they may be trying to prep them to move to optionals. For my daughter they compete harder skills and don’t worry about scores in xcel. Their goal is to move her from gold to level 7 next season(she...
Typically only in level 9+ do they get higher points for doing more difficult skills. Really only level 10 to elite are where they May focus more on those harder skills for points any other levels it’s just for the challenge and not to gain points.
Doing a harder skill in xcel doesn’t give you any extra points and it’s all based on execution. That’s why some gyms compete easier skills so they can place higher. This has been hard for my daughter in xcel gold because she doesn’t understand why someone beat her score wise on bars doing a...
Most gyms would be supportive if you are willing to put in the work and show up to practice consistently. The hours would be more than you’re used to many gyms train around 16-20 hours a week at level 7+ so that’s up to you if you can handle that many hours. Also Jo tends to be a lot more...
my daughter got a 7.1 on bars in level 4. She missed her squat on and then didnt make her kip on the high bar. Then on beam she didn’t even kick up on her handstand and forgot her turn and got a 8. Then floor she went the wrong way and got confused and just stopped mid routine for like 5 seconds...
I would say with those skills around level 7 but your best bet would be to call around and see if you can get into an evaluation at a gym that offers Jo. They would be able to give you a better idea of where you’re at.
My daughter is 10 and had her first mental block this year and It was so frustrating. Hers stimmed from a bad fall onto her back. She wouldn’t do her round off backhandspring back layout or back tuck she would just stop after the backhandspring and then do it. She also wouldn’t connect her round...
Our gym uses Higo. Their long sleeved Leo’s with lots of bling cost around $275-$350. They are super comfortable and fit true to size. All of the girls seem to really like wearing them.
They used gk in the past and all the kids hated the fit of them it ran extremely small and not much stretch...
My daughter has been at two different gyms and both ran different.
Her original gym you could not switch from xcel to usag but you could go usag to xcel. My daughter was put in usag level 3 at the age of 6 and was moving too fast with too many hours and getting a lot of mental blocks on back...