I have posted about my 5 year old before when we were having gym difficulties. They have not really gone away, but we are learning to work with what we have. I am pretty excited for her because she is training with the Level 3s now (she can't compete until next year) 4 hours a week and 1 private...
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...
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...
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...
Anyone here training for club grades (14-9) or know of them?
One of the clubs I coach for is looking into entering girls into the club grade competitions (currently they only do rec comps) so I was wondering what the average weekly hours of training was for each level?
I go to a county club in Victoria we are the only club even close to me but we only ofer 9 hours a week. I am going into level 9 and the max hours for then is 12. Any ideas??
I know i've been posting a lot lately but I have one more thing to ask. With my other posts I have had many people tell me that it seems like dd practices too much and comments on burnout. What would be the average amount of hours a level 10 would train? I'm sorry if it's a bad question but dd...
How many hours would you let a just turned six year old train assuming she's the most talented six year old ever. (Mine is not of course!!!)
Just trying to see if adding TOPS is a good idea.
Specifically about CPN program training hours if you have the program at your gym. How many hours per week? Is it the same if they are Aspire or Elite? If they are 8, 9 or 10?
I know there aren't many here that offer the program, but I think a few do!
Thank you in advance.
So my daughter has been asked to increase hours for NDP for this year to 9 hours, im assuming its for NDP 1 as this is her first year competing, although she has been doing 4 hrs per week in a development class.
Is 9 hours the norm for NDP 1 at 6 years old? It just seems like a lot
I would like to get others' opinions on L4 training hours & costs. My dd competed last year as a L3 and for the fall season had been training 9hrs/wk. Now at L4 her summer training hours are 16hrs/wk with a cost of $320/month. Is this on par with other gyms? I'm not so worried about the...
I know that I may get ten different answers if I ask ten different people. I also realize that different gymnasts may require more or less and there may be advantages to both. What I’m wondering is if there is any kind of bare minimum?
For any elite coaches in our midst:
-Is there a set...
I don't want to start any sort of debate on how many hrs is too many (or too few for that matter).
I'd just like to understand whether/how increases in hours should be introduced in order to reduce the risk of injury? I'm most interested in what the coaches think, but obviously some of the...
As a coach I am wondering about twice a day trainings for the summer. Do a lot of gyms do this in the off season or stick to the common four hour a day training. This is of course for optional gymnasts.
With talk about excessive training hours, I was wondering if anyone had thoughts on what the ideal number of hours per week or length of workout that an optional level gymnast should train. What is the least number of hours that a gymnast could train and still gain skills and also fit in enough...
Hi all,
I am just curious and wondered how many hours your level 4 or 5 gymnasts train each week?
My gymnasts are all 2001 born gymnasts (turn 8 this year) and currently train 12 hours a week, made up of 4 3 hour sessions. (they are about the equivalent of level 4/5 gymnasts)
During the...
Coaches, how much do your gymnasts train at each level? Here's the (approximate) breakdown at my gym:
Boys:
Level 4: 6 hours
Level 5: 9 hours
Level 6+: 12 hours
I only have one optional guy (Level 9, 16 years old) right now, and in addition to his 12 scheduled hours, he has an open...