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  1. Ginger

    WAG Level 7 beam - deduction for missing acro connection?

    I think the title says it all. More details, my DD's acro series is CW-RO. This past meet, she had a big balanced check after CW, then another big balance check after RO. So my guess is, the deduction for these two balance checks was around 0.5 total, but then another deduction was added for...
  2. G

    WAG Back Walkover Backhandspring on beam

    I'm in level 7 and can't quite seem to connect my back walkover back handspring, I was wondering if anyone can help me overcome my fear of this skill?
  3. K

    USAIGC Gold Beam

    Hi! We just finished our second meet of our season and we were told the handstand backhandspring doesn’t count as a series, although at the first meet it did but now they are saying it doesn’t. What can she do i place of that? Anyone know any good connections? Thank you
  4. andrea121477

    WAG Beam deductions during fall

    Hello! My daughter is a level 6 gymnast. If she falls after her back handspring and grabs the beam on the way down, is that an extra deduction? Or just the .5 for the fall plus any form/amplitude deductions?
  5. Sid

    Parents Beam

    At one of our meets last spring my daughter was warming up for beam. She was doing her back handspring which she has had for most of the season. While warming up on beam she couldn’t land her back handspring. The coach yelled at her, telling her that if she doesn’t land her back handspring. They...
  6. J

    WAG Beam Series

    Is a back handspring layout worth the same as a back handspring back tuck on beam?
  7. D

    WAG L8 beam dismount, 2 ??

    My daughter is currently doing a CW-BT. We know this is not up leve. How much is it costing her point wise min/max? What are her options? She is not a fan of forward flipping. Because I would like to speak about it with her and not say what other flippy options do you have.... TIA
  8. J

    WAG Xcel gold beam mounts

    Any ideas for an Xcel gold simple beam mount
  9. B

    WAG Fear of back handspring on beam

    I’ve been working on my back handspring for a couple years and I just can’t get it. I have a fear of going backwards on beam and I need some help getting over that fear. I am a level 6 and am currently competing a round off in my routine but I never get credit for it so I need this back...
  10. A

    WAG is the an ok routine for level 9 beam?

    Series: Front toss/ back tuck full turn switch leap split jump a dance series (not sure what it is) some other leap series Cartwheel Gainer dismount. I am mostly curious is she needs another separate acro element - I don't think they are planning on adding one.
  11. M

    Parents Help me understand- bhs vs bwo on beam ( fear)

    Hi! I like to understand things, but having a hard time with this one. My daughter has a fear of bwo but says that bhs is less frightening because ... She sees the beam earier and has time to readjust. ? Does it make sense or not ( explanation of a 9 years old) . She recently switched her...
  12. cjfparent

    Parents Xcel Platinum Beam requirement

    My daughter is competing Platinum this year. She had a beam routine for level 6 but due to injury is doing Platinum instead. Will her beam meet platinum requirements? Regular mount Full turn Split jump- straight jump Bwo-bwo Back tuck dismount I know she needs a B skill - since she’s...
  13. I

    Terrible Anxiety and Bad Shaking On Beam... HELP

    I have terrible anxiety, and whenever I get nervous, I shake super bad, and it is very noticeable, I have even been made fun of for it at school. I just began competing, and at a mini-meet, with just my teammates I kept falling on the beam during my routine and my coach yelled at me for having...
  14. G

    WAG Is cartwheel back tuck beam A or B

    Hi! Is cartwheel back tuck beam dismount CONNECTED considered an A or B skill? I think separately they are two A's but if you connect does that make the overall dismount a B?
  15. G

    WAG level seven beam acro series

    hey! i’m a level seven gymnast and right now i’m out with a back injury. i was wondering what skill i could compete in beam. i cant do front walkovers or back walkovers because of my back... but what exactly are my other options. i have a back handspring that i could compete! thanks!
  16. Ginger

    WAG Kara Eaker's beam at Worlds

    So it looks like Kara (surprisingly) didn't qualify for EF. https://live.gymnastics.sport/live/14274/womensqual.php?app=bb What confuses me is her difficulty score. Her beam routine today (D 5.4) I compared it to this routine (with difficulty explained) (D 6.8) So I can see she took out her...
  17. J

    WAG Beam Choerography

    My daughter has been asked to come up with her beam routine (the coach did discuss this with me, she feels as my daughter is now a senior, this will with good/innovative choreo to watch, a lot of the top level routines just seen to be 1 skill into another with maybe an arm wave or two. TIA
  18. C

    Parents Level 8 beam composition

    I’m sorry if this seems ignorant...why does the flic flac step out done twice In series count as two bs with flight if in the code of points it says that any balance beam element may receive value part credit two times provided the element occurs in a different connection?
  19. G

    WAG Back handspring on beam hand placement help

    Need some help getting hands on the beam for back handspring! Can EASILY do back handspring on the floor AND back walkover on beam. When going to do the back handspring on the beam the hands consistently go to the side/do not land on the beam.....help!!!
  20. C

    Parents Shortest or extremely short 10.0 start value level 8 beam routine

    Hi, I’m new here :) my daughter is 9 years old and is going to compete level 8 in spring. She is fairly good at beam, got a couple 9.5s as and 8 year old in level 7, competed a Bhs bhs series last year...but she gets very nervous for this event! For fun, she asked me what is the shortest...

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