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Hello everybody! I am going to be increasing my team's training hours over the summer break to really capitalize on training new skills and getting them ready for the next competitive season, with the goal of moving them all up to the next level. I am very excited for this because I'm going to...

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I'm just curious to hear if anyone noticed a big jump in progress when their gymmie started practicing more hours? Mine acquired a bunch of new skills when she went from 1.5 hours/week to 3 and then again when she went from 3 to 4. Started next week she'll be going 7 hours/week so I'm excited...

DD asked to cut some hours......here is a short history, DD is barely 10, L4 at a small gym for 3-4 years and went from 9 hours per week to 12 hours in august 2014, split in 4 days. We moved to new gym where she is training L5/6 and the schedule is 4hrs. 4 times a week, which is 16 hours. I...

I've searched all the "training hours" threads, and they aren't exactly what I'm looking for. As an L3, DD trained 3 days a week, 3 hours a day. After season was over, she was identified as one who had the potential to test out of L4 and move to L5. While I'm still not sure I agree (she...

I have noticed that JO programs in some other areas don't seem to train as many hours as they do where I live. Is it common for an area to have all gyms with high hours? Since these gyms compete against each other I guess it makes sense for them to all have the same hours -but I'm slightly...

It seems like dd's group will be doing the new grades next year, she will either do 6 or 5, the coach has told the girls a little about it and the have begun work on the range and conditioning side of things. How many hours on average are needed to train for these grades? My dd's group...

A couple weeks ago I had posted about being bummed out that we couldn't afford the third optional day for my daughter, which is the day they practice the fun stuff, i.e., new skills. Happy to report that we found a way to make it work. As a result of the extra day and some other schedule...

I'm wondering how others balance working off hours/days/shifts, with practices or meets. For me, I work 3/4 weekends per month, 12 hour nights, so practices aren't a challenge. But I'm looking at our new meet schedule, and 75% of the meets are on my work weekends. And it's hard trying to...

This is a question for coaches--what do you think the minimum # of hours would be to successfully train for and compete L5/L6 in the fall and spring (assuming the coaching is excellent)?

My daughter is 7, nearly 8, and is a Level 3. Her regular gym schedule is 10 hours a week. She also does TOPS which is an extra 2 hours and has the opportunity to "uptrain" for the next level skills at an additional 2 hours per week. If she were to do all the training hours available to her...

What level is your dd, how many hours do they go a week and what are the fees? Also, how much is the competitive leo (not including warm-up)? My 8 year old is working on level 5 skills (competed level 4 last year). We don't know what level they will compete next season until September. She goes...

I am from Europe and I am sooo curious about other countrie's gymnasts. So I would love to know how many * pull-ups * dips * Leg Lifts * 90degree Leg Lifts * L-Sit (in seconds) *press handstands in a row *standing pike presses (if any, those are hard!) can you or your DD do and which Level...

I am no a gymnast myself, although I was involved several years as a kid and my little sister is doing it. Just out of curiosity (I am studying sports science and recently started being really interested in gymnastics!) I have a question. There is a gymnast with these routines, not aiming for...

...Our gym called a parent meeting a few weeks ago and informed everyone that there are now USGA recommendations for the number of hours that a gymnast should be training. The impetus, supposedly, was safety and insurance. It was explained that if someone gets hurt at a meet and USGA finds...

How many is too many hours for training? I am not complaining, because the option is wonderful, but my son is 8. He is bumping up to 21-24 hours per week. He is a level 6 plus future stars. I do not want him to burn out nor do I want too much strain on his body. I have, so far, let him tell me...

So just curious if anyone knows of optional level girls that do minimal training hours. Maybe just to stay in the sport, or to allow flexibility in the teen years, etc. I believe we have a level 6 at our gym who trains just twice a week (8 hours) and still competes USAG. It seems like this...

Whats the least amount of hours a level 9 should train?

Just wondering if your daughter's hours increase in the summer and if so, by how much? So, what is your daughter's level and school year hours vs. summer? My daughter is a level 7, training for level 8 next season. During the school year they train 19.5 hours a week and during the summer...

Hi Everyone, Our DD competed IGC Copper this year and had a great season. The coaches just gave out new group recommendations and want DD to move over to USAG and start training 10 hours a week, up from the 4 hours she trains right now. Our concern is with her being so young. I know kids can...