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  1. Gymmonkeymomma

    Parents First week training optionals :)

    Little Monkey flew into the gym Monday night wanting to know if she gets to go in the "big girl" group now, lol. Well, it just so happened that there was a parent meeting that night about some behavior/attitude issues with the older girls and after the meeting and talking to HC and the other...
  2. MeetDirector

    Optional Scoring

    Hello Everyone - Being new to the optional world (dd is a new L7), I have come to realize that the scoring process is befuddling. I pretty much have the deduction thing down from our time in compulsories, but this start value is making my head hurt. I understand that they have specific...
  3. S

    Scoring optional routines

    I'm wondering. How do they score optional routines at the us challenge and other big events like that. I know they are scored out of 16. 6 of the points are for the difficulty of the routine, and the other 10 points are for how well they perform the routine, like in regular competitions. I know...
  4. G

    deductions for optionals

    what is the deduction if a coach takes a positon to "spot" an optional gymnast, but doesn't actually spot or touch the gymnast?
  5. livelifetumble8dx

    prep optional questions?

    hey guys! i was wondering about something & thought i'd come ask the amaazing people around her for answer what is prep op exactly? my gym coach said it had levels within itself. can you like get to level 7 ( while in prep op) then switch to reg. optional competition? someone explain ): i was...
  6. T

    skipping compulsaries for optionals

    My daughter is almost 6 years old and has been training for Level 4. Her coach would like her not to compete Level 4 at all. To keep training another whole year for level 5 and then level 6 to only compete at a meet once each level to test out of Compulsaries then start Optionals at Level 7...
  7. K

    Looking for Optional Girls Coach

    If you have anyone out there that is looking for a coaching job, my daughters optional team in Richardson Texas is looking for a coach. If you have questions about the team I can help and direct you to the web site to get more information about the job. The posting is shown below...
  8. G

    2 day optional clinic at Gymnastics East

    It was alot of funn! It was a good learning experince. There were coaches from all over! Some coach elite gymnasts and one had been in the olympics and won Gold on bars and silver on beam! It was pretty good. Tom Knowl or whatever his name is and that sheryl lady the people that make the...
  9. N

    Optional Bars Element Groups

    I have seen references to Groups 3, 6 and 7 for one of the two required L7 circling skills. I couldn't find these skills listed as groups in the COP. Can someone point me to a document (or the pages in the COP) where these groups are identified? Thanks in advance
  10. C

    Scoring question at optional levels

    Ok DD is now at L7. She is getting her floor routine choreographed Wed night. She will be the 3rd out of 10 girls to be done. This has brought up some chatter and questions in the peanut gallery of parents of the L7 girls. (we only have on L8 girl and the L9 and L10 girls went on to the High...
  11. G

    Optional Floor Routine

    Do most optional gymnast change their music and floor choreograph every year even if they are repeating level 7 or 8. Is it common to carry the same song and choreograph into the next season. Just wondering how that works.
  12. C

    Parents Optional Floor Music

    Well as many who post here know my DD moved to level 7 after the states in March. Her and her teammates are picking floor music as well as practicing the new skills for level 7. DD has chosen Hedwig's Theme from Harry Potter and it sooooo fits her and she loves it. I can hardly wait for...
  13. gym monkeys mom

    Optional USAG Changes for 09-13

    So I am curious if anyone knows the rationale for taking "C" skills out of Level 8 except for dance elements and a few bar skills. I really have no opinion either way I was curious. My DD is bummed she has some "C" skills she has been working on and will not be able to do them at level 8. I...
  14. M

    Parents calling all optional moms and others- competition readiness?

    my daughter, just had her first level 8 meet. Prior to this she had some lower leg issues and for several weeks, didn't tumble on the floor (just did the dance part of her routine) and tumbled on the tumble track. There was a question as to if she would compete floor. On the monday before...
  15. gymnast4life1032

    Second part of "Optional Meet"

    Ok so as you already know I am going to be in a charity Christmas meet. I found out more about it today. A really great thing is the arena that we are going to be preforming at, the owner said that we didn't have to pay for us to be there as long as he gets to come with his family. Is that not...
  16. gymnast4life1032

    Optional Meet

    Ok so every year, during the month of December my gym has this charity opitional meet. We have this meet around Chirstmas because it is the season of giving, and my gym likes to give to the kids that do not get the toys that we had when we were yonger. ( I am so happy to be in level 8 this year...
  17. G

    Prep Optional

    Couple of questions about Prep Optional? If a girl switches to prep optional are her chances of a college scholarship hurt. I guess my questions is, will college programs look at girls out of prep optional are do you have to stay in the JO Program Level 9-10 deal to be looked at. We know of...
  18. G

    Choreograph Optional Floor Routine

    We have a small optional team, 1 or 2 girls, if one coach takes a special interest and uses her artistic talent and time to choreograph a floor routine; should the coach be paid extra for this choreograph or is this just part of the job. How is this handled at other gyms? One other questions...
  19. G

    TIPS for optionals at state

    Last year at state we had some very hard judging. This year I expect it to be no different. I was wondering if there were any tidbits that we tend to look over in routines that we should pay special attention to so that those small deductions stop adding up. For example, pointed toes, smiles...
  20. L

    Rec Optional and USAG Level 7 question

    I have a question on how Rec Optional can fit into possibly advancing into L7 (USAG) if at all. So my question is: Can you use a Rec Opt Advanced meet as some sort of qualifier for Optional L7 (USAG)? If it is a dumb question my apologies in advance!:confused:

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