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  1. P

    TOPs Nationals possible?

    Gymnast in question in a pre-elite training group. 9 year oldTest Scores:Leg lifts 20Cast Handstands 10 (made 4 perfect, fell over on 1)Splits: right 12 left 14= 13Rope= 10.47 secondsSprint= 3.41 secondsJump= 14"trouble starts now...Handstand hold= 14.75 seconds, usually can do atleast 45 but...
  2. G

    Question about TOPS scores

    Here are my daughters TOPS scores at her best tops meet. Just wondering if you guys can help me convert it to a guessimate of points? RLSplit 12 LL split 14 Bridge 5 Leg lifts 20 Cast to handstand 10 Vertical jump 13.5 Press 5 handstand hold 30 (with 3 faults) run 3.75 rope climb 2.88 Also...
  3. M

    TOPS National Camp and Developmental Camps

    Does anyone have any knowledge/experience, personal or otherwise, on the significant benefits of going to the TOPS camp and the developmental camps? Making it to national testing and eventually the TOPS camp gives recognition to the gymnast and the gym; the gymnasts gets to see their picture in...
  4. L

    TOPs testing results

    Good morning all, Now that the TOPS tests are over for the states, how long before the national testing rosters are released? My 8 year old did one test and it's our first year for it so I'm just curious. K
  5. G

    Parents National TOPs Testing

    I noticed that the last round of State TOPs testing is this weekend. So soon people will start to know who is going to national testing. There don't seem to have been the usual number of threads about it this year. So how is everyone getting on and who is hoping to be one of the lucky...
  6. E

    Tops/Elite

    I was having a discussion with a friend about tops, her dd's gym started a TOP's program several years ago, but after training the girls and taking them to testing decided just to use the conditioning/flexibility... but not go to testing. Her dd did very well this year as a level 8, 8 year old...
  7. B

    Private Lessons for TOPS Training

    Since our gym doesn't have formal TOPS training, would it be inappropriate for me to ask one of our coaches about having my daughter train TOPS in private lessons? Or is that a reasonable goal even?
  8. UnoMas

    little tiny TOPs brag!

    Little DD had her first TOPs testing today. She is not quite there on the straddle presses and the cast handstands, but she's worked hard and gotten a lot better on many of the skills. Her coach did come out proudly today and tell me that she got a perfect score on her bridge! And a point...
  9. k2bdeutmeyer

    Talk to me about TOPs

    DD is 4yr (just turned 4 in Jan), and just started a TAG class (accelerated) with a TOPs component about a month ago. The coach approached me tonight to tell me that when the 3 veterans of the class move up in June DD will be the only one of the remaining 4 girls in the class to work on TOPs...
  10. UnoMas

    TOPs rope climb question

    Ok, this may sound like an odd thing to be asking about, but...here goes. My daughter is working on the TOPs rope climb skill at gym. She can climb the rope to the ceiling using her legs, but now the coach wants her to be able to do it the "TOPs" way, with the legs straight and not straddling...
  11. Ribbon

    What is TOPs?

    I've heard a lot about it in the forum, it sounds like a special program or something like that. But What is exactly?
  12. P

    Tops?

    How "exclusive" do coaches/gyms try to make TOPS? Most of the kids in my daughter's class around her age were asked to do TOPS, but she wasn't. My daughter competed level 4 as a 7-year-old this fall for the first time and did fairly well (above 35), scoring almost exactly what the other kids...
  13. L

    TOPS training.....just selected

    Well, it's official...HC asked little bit to join the TOPS TRAINING team today....she's currently level 5 and 7 years old and this adds a night of practice a week...so now 5 days a week!! She's excited and a little nervous but wants to do it... Please send homework and confidence fairies our...
  14. IrenicMom

    Thoughts on prolonged TOPs training

    I would like to hear some experienced parents' thoughts on training TOPs before a child is old enough to test. Q is a 2005 birthyear. As such, the first year she'll be eligible to test TOPs is the summer of 2012. She's one of those kids who *likes* to train. She likes the strength tests...
  15. D

    TOPS Skills Testing

    My 9 year old qualified for the TOPS National Testing. She will only be competing in Level 6 this year. In addition, she literally had only a little over a month to learn the skills part of the testing. We found out she qualified mid August while on vacation. And a few days after we got back...
  16. D

    How does TOPS and other clinics help?

    My dd has only been doing gymnastics for a little over two years. So, pardon me if I have been asking a lot of questions. I just have no other place to air them. My question: I believe TOPS camp (if you qualify of course) is only for 3 or 4 days. There are also clinics that take place over 2 to...
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  17. S

    Changes In Tops Since Olympics

    I spent quite a bit of time talking to some seasoned 'Ranch Visitors' today and learned that they have made some changes to some of the tops philosophies especially in regard to bars shaping and cast handstands for the younger girls. Seems that the U.S. suffered somewhat in that area at the...
  18. momofthreegirls

    DD's first Tops practice...

    DD's (age 6) first Tops practice was great! I wasn't sure how she would like 2.5 hours of strength training and conditioning. She loved it! I watched the last 45 minutes and watched her do parallettes and rope climbing. *Brag warning* - She was the only girl in the class who could climb the...
  19. momofthreegirls

    Please tell me about TOPs

    The gym my 6.5 year old DD belongs to is starting a TOPs program. My DD has been invited to train for TOPs. The only thing I was told is that it will be an extra 2.5 hours once per week, and that they will work on strength and flexibility. I was hoping some experienced parents might be...
  20. T

    Cait's TOPs results

    Cait is excited to be invited to National TOPs testing again. Cut-off score for 10s was 72; Caitlyn scored 80. We're in the process of buying new leos, clothes, and airfare. Our particular gym makes no money off of TOPs (and it's our belief that USAG doesn't, really, either, but let's not...

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