elite

This may have been posted somewhere else, but I cannot seem to find it using my search terms, so here goes... Is an elite track program necessary for a gymnast to reach elite level? DD's gym does not have an elite track as it is a smaller gym--11 optionals girls. I have been told by parents at...

Hey everyone! I've been selling a couple of my leos so I could buy a new one, and I was wondering, has anyone ever ordered over the phone from the GK Outlet? How much did you pay for one leo and was it legit? I told a teammate about the Outlet and she said it sounded "sketchy".

What makes a great Elite program? Whether you are a gymnast, parent, coach, gym owner, or Ranch aficionado, please share your experience with regard to hours trained, coaching expectations, gymnast expectations, overtraining versus undertraining, et cetera. Big interest for us is, If a program...

Starting a new thread from the Chow thread. I had never heard of having a year or longer contract with any gym. I copied this from Geddert Twistars' policy information with regards to Level 10 Athletes: "Once an athlete has attained the status of Level 10, there has been significant time and...

Why train Elite over JO? My daughter recently started training with the elite group at her gym. She has solid L9 skills and many L10 skills. She has had great success in her gymnastics career (38+, top 3 AA/event). Her coaches are very capable and have had success with their previous elites...

In case anyone is interested, I was able to tape the full senior men's tumbling final. Excuse the lousy phone-quality video and editing. It looks better on my phone - YouTube really seemed to downgrade it when I uploaded.

Does anyone know if this will be streamed or shown on tv somewhere? Would love to watch it.

The other thread about qualifying Elite in the US contained so much interesting information! I was wondering how the process works in Canada? Anyone know?

Just continuing my education here. I understand that you can qualify elite at qualifiers during the meet season. The girls do both optional and compulsory routines at these meets, and must achieve a certain score at each in order to qualify. I understand that you can also do the compulsory and...

One of my gymnasts asked me to explain why the USAG site lists Nastia as being a member of the national team http://usagym.org/PDFs/Women/TOPs/History/82-Current_TOPS-National_Team.pdf when she was as young as 6 YO (according to the years listed). I had no idea how to answer this question! I was...

So, I started Gymnastics when I was 6 years old and got pretty good! At 11, I quit and now, at 14, I have recently started back just doing basics. I am going to college in 4 years time and will practice at there NAIGC team and I will also practice at a local gym (DeVeau's, because I'm hoping to...

I am wondering about the consequences that are given out at elite gyms, and the treatment of the kids. My daughter is training at an elite gym and she is eight years old. (There are elite level athletes in the gym that compete at the international level). Mentally it is tough even on me...

There are always plenty of stories shared about crazy gym parents and coaches so I thought it might be refreshing to share a couple of stories from the recent Buckeye Elite Qualifier that really warmed my heart. My daughter competed in both the Elite Compulsory Qualifier and the Hopes Optional...

Do the girls that score high enough only compete elite from then on or can they still drop back and compete the lower levels?

Good luck to all girls and boys competing at Elite Canada starting tomorrow. Any news on how to follow this meet?

It's only four months away, are they ever going to post a location? Hard to make travel plans when we don't know where we are going. I guess I can forget using frequent flyer miles.

BG have published the full handbook for the elite levels and videos demonstrating the skills but I can't seem to find it anywhere on the site . I have followed the instructions they give but it is not showing on the drop down menu . Has anyone managed to get the download and the videos or is it...

Hi. So my dd aspires to be part of an elite team in the future. She's still in the beginning stages of gymnastics, but made it clear to me that she wants to become an elite gymnast. I read somewhere that athletes that are interested in following this path, should start early in their gymnastic...

Hi! I posted a similar question a couple years ago, but I was asking about JO. Now I am interested in elite requirements. Is there a particular brand springboard that is required for use in FIG competition? Which board is used most commonly? What about spring configurations and number of...

Hi there.....this is a little premature for my little girl. However, I'm inquiring to find out, what everyone's opinion is as to when a gymnast should consider going Elite? What considerations should they look at and what kind of scores should they be obtaining to go to the next level...