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    Parents biggest age group for level 3?

    My daughter (8 in the Fall) will be repeating pre team with the goal of competing level 3 in Fall 2016. So she will likely be competing level 3 right around her 9th birthday. Is this old? It seems pretty normal at our gym (which is not a very competitive gym) as well as at our former gym...
  2. B

    WAG How long to get to level 3?

    We just (today) started a group of girls in an advanced class. Some are farther ahead than others, of course, depending on what teacher they had. The most any kid has is a pullover, bridge kick over, decent handstand, but most do not have all 3. They are all between 5 and 7, just out of Rec, now...
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    Parents How long to get level 3 skills?

    I have no idea what the expectations are at our gym as far as when the girls need to have all of the skills by in order to compete in the Fall. We are now 6 months away from competitions for level 3 and I'm wondering if my daughter has a chance of competing in the Fall. Her pre team group...
  4. VAgymdad

    WAG Privates in Level 3

    I'm curious what the perspectives (coaches/parents) are on privates at level 3. Our club is highly competitive and the "parental" culture seems to be if little Sara is having privates every Sunday, then everyone else must follow or the fear is you'll fall behind. Now that we're in mid-season...
  5. VAgymdad

    WAG Tough Coaches at level 3

    All. A little background. My daughter is 6 1/2 in her first year competing level 3. Of the 20 level 3 girls, she is the youngest of the group. Only one other 6 year old, the rest are mostly 8 and up. She is the only one of the group who has yet to compete level 3 bars. According to her head...
  6. J

    Parents Level 3 competing kip instead of glide

    My dd is a level 3 gymnast and all season her coach has had her compete with the kip instead of the glide. All of the other girls on the team just do the glide. Is there a benefit to doing the kip? Do they get extra points? Her scores have been ok, but at one meet my dd asked the coach if she...
  7. S

    WAG Missing shoot through a Level 3? (spot, omit?)

    I have an athlete that can not get her shoot through. She has done it on the single bar and does it okay with a small spot but when she's on her own she won't even go for it. We compete this weekend. Would it be better for her score to just do a leg cut or for me to spot her? A judge old me...
  8. Bess

    WAG Level 3 floor exercise question

    I have a question about one of the elements in the L3 floor routine. The backwards straight arm roll to what looks like a push up position to me. Earlier this week I saw them running the routines at the end of practice and little bit is doing the full on back extension roll. Hitting the...
  9. S

    WAG Back Roll to Pushup (Level 3)

    Help. Ours are awful. Out of 9 Level 3s, I only have 1 that does a really good one. Looking at other teams versus my team leads me to believe it's a coaching problem. These kids are good at most other things, so I'm missing something in teaching them these. We've done them down the cheese...
  10. TxGymMom1

    WAG Mom getting upset at L3 workout schedule - with L2's!

    I would really like input from other parents as well as coaches! My 7-year old DD and another 8 y/o girl were moved to the level 3 (from 2) mid-summer after scoring 36's at our in house JO. The girls were thrilled - and have both performed VERY well this season - 35. - 37.5 -- my issue however...
  11. Gymgem05

    Parents Level 3 bar help

    My dd has a beautiful level 3 bar routine.... Well that is except for her under swing dismount! She is throwing her head back and it is so noticeable. I'm surprised she hasn't given herself whiplash! She and her coaches can't seem to figure out what's causing her to do it. She insists that...
  12. PalmTree

    Coaches Level 3 Leg Cut Video

    Anyone willing to take a look at one of my Level 3's bar routines? She got an 8.5 at the most recent meet, and I thought she would do a lot better than that. She does have knee issues (the straightest she can get them still looks bent), but I heard the judges talking to each other and saying...
  13. M

    WAG USAG level 3 beam

    Is the rand de jambe on beam low or high? This seems to be a common debate amongst our coaches.
  14. B

    WAG 6 year old skipping Level 3

    So my 6 year old DD has been at our gym since she is 3 and has been in their developmental program. Last year she did great for the most part with L2. She was at the gym twice a week for 1.5 hours. Cost was high but decent for our geography. I am a former high school gymnast and coach... but...
  15. sce

    WAG level 3 bars question

    My dd recently joined the level 3 team. She's been working on her pullover for years. For a long time she's been doing a pull-up pullover. The team coach is telling her not to do it that way now. She confused as to how to do a pullover without beginning with a pull-up. What is the...
  16. Geoffrey Taucer

    Coaches Single-leg basket (Level 3 UB)

    Anybody else training the basket instead of the mill circle? Got any good drills for it? I'm trying to get all my girls doing the basket, and using the mill circle as a fall-back option.
  17. K

    WAG Interesting L3 to L7 progression-statement by experienced coach

    I can't remeber which book it was, but last week when I had some spare time in the city I went into a store which had a lot of sport stuff. There was a book with many interesting facts about gymnastics. There was an interview with an American gymnastics coach who coached many high level...
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    Parents Choosing to stay L3 and not move up...

    Hello - I'm a new poster but have been lurking for quite a while :) This past Monday during my DD's L3 class, the coaches let us know who will be moving up to L4 and who is staying another season for L3. My DD was one of the ones moving up to L4....but after a conversation with the coaches...
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    WAG Judges? Can someone comment on the L3 floor routine?

    I know it's only level 3, and it doesn't matter in the long run, but I'm just curious. A week ago DD had a meet and scored 9.5 on this floor routine: Then this weekend she had States, and got 8.6: I know she was nervous, because it's States. And she was upset, because they started on beam...
  20. Ali'sMom

    WAG L3 Beam Dismount question

    I'm still very new here, and still feel new to the whole gym thing (DD just finished 2nd year competing, she's in 5th grade), and I always have what I think are stupid questions, so I don't ask at the gym, etc. Anyway, I figured I could ask you fine folks :) Does anyone have any tips to...

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