I agree with the others who talked about their team gym experiences in California. It's nothing more than a money maker for the few gyms that offer it. My daughter started gymnastics doing team gym. We competed for 1 year making it to nationals which was held at Universal Studios. The highlight of the entire thing was watching the 1 European team that traveled to compete. I do have to admit watching those girls on vault and floor was like watching an Olympic level athlete. I was amazed, however, in the US we would never get that level of training. We ended up finishing up the year and switching to artistic.