skills

Hi all! For those of you that are at gyms who use XCEL in place of compulsories, what skills are your XCEL gymnasts competing with/working on? I understand that some XCEL teams are more laid back, but I’m curious about the skills being trained for those who use XCEL on the path to Optionals. TIA!

Hey XCel coaches, I’ve coached XCel for a couple years as an assistant coach but now I’m the head coach. I’m learning the rules the best I can, but there’s been some things on my mind that I didn’t immediately find answered in the CoP that I was hoping to get guidance on. 1. Can a gymnast turn...

My daughter, age 10 just completed level 5 and is possibly going into level 6 or 7 this Fall (undetermined). Historically my daughter has been a high performer - she typically scores 36 & 37+, is a hard worker, and has always been eager to tackle upgrades and skills. However, since this summer...

Just for fun, wondering what these are worth. (I think maybe some of them have changed in their value recently?) I may be using the wrong terms, but hopefully this makes sense. BARS DISMOUNT: - toe circle to front tuck - toe circle to front tuck half - toe circle to front tuck full - any...

My daughter joined an Xcel bronze team 2 years ago and competed this past year for the first time (did really well). They are wanting to keep in Xcel bronze for a third season due to her not having the skills to move to silver. The specific skills are all flexibility related - bridge kickover...

How many A, B skills per event (floor, bars, beam) Its my understanding they can have 1 C per event. is that correct? Is there a max amount of Bs allowed? Any minimum A, B skills? My kid does HS gym and will be looking to upgrade her L8 routines. She is working some L9 things and she can use...

I’m wondering what some allowable b skills in jo 6 are for beam

You or your kids get any new skills recently? It is very exciting getting a new skill, so tell the gymnastics community! Sometimes we all need to show off our/our kids skills!

This is a real niche question, but my kids thing is bars - she picks up hard skills rapidly, and she has lofty goals to get a scholarship as a bar specialist (she’s hoping to be able to dump beam eventually LOL). But I wanted to ask, how important is it to work stalders and toe-ons as well...

I've seen some of the coaches here mention there is a certain age where it can be best to introduce fundamental "big skills" to a gymnast. If I remember correctly, the rationale was that fears can set in with older kids and it could be more difficult to teach scarier skills to them as a result...

Does anyone have a great visual resource that shows the skills for young gymnasts? I don't know many of the correct names of the things my son does in his class and 'that was a fantastic spinny -jumpy- flippy thing you did tonight over that box thingy and well done on burling round the bars '...

Which is easier on beam: back walkover or cartwheel?

Hey all, I can’t find the answer to this so I’m hoping you fine folks can help me - for the 10-11 age group, what are the skills required for the routines? I seriously can’t find anything besides the required scores, but not anything else!

I'm always amazed at how underutilized the code of points is. I am longing for a gymnast to come along and distinguish herself by doing something unique. What are some skills you'd like to see more of this quad? I would like to see some tsukahara doubles on vault, the US has lost the advantage...

Advice please?! My 13 yr old dd was training level 9 one and a half years ago right when coming back from Covid shutdowns, but then had a pretty serious injury(huge tear in OCD cartilage in the knee). Had surgery and got screws. After over a year she’s finally cleared for all events again and...

Hi, Do you think my daughter can compete this on bars. She is silver. Pullover Cast Double Back Hip Circle Cast Squat On Jump To High Bar Tap Swing Kip Cast Back Hip Circle Baby Giant Cast Pike Sole Circle

Does anyone have a link for a list of skills by value (A, B, C, etc.) for USAG women's developmental program optional levels? I have searched and searched and can't find one. Or is there at least a list of skills commonly seen on each event at each level?

My 5yr old is in a "hot shots" type class for 4-6yr olds currently. They had coaches come in and evaluate them the past couple of practices. I kind of assumed she would probably make pre-team but wasn't even sure of that because our gym is pretty large. I just got an email however that she is...

Ok. At the very beginning of the season, YG decided that she was only going to compete at home meets. She is repeating Xcel Platinum. Due to growth spurts, time off when the gym closed due to Covid ... and only being able to afford 1 "private" every couple weeks when the gym was able to open up...

Is it normal for gymnasts to have difficulty with the most basic skills once they start to progress upwards? My DD1 is L7 and having issues with her squat-on to high bar. She can’t do a normal cast to squat-on. In order to get to the high bar, she has to do a toe circle to a squat-on, which I...