momof2gymmies
Proud Parent
The more I read, the more I wonder about our gym. They seem to have super crazy requirements for our xcel team. My DD's are both repeating levels - YDD will be a 2nd year bronze, ODD will be a 2nd year silver. There is a small chance ODD will move to gold, but I doubt it b/c they always have the kids do 2 years at each level, no matter what.
In order to even make the bronze team the girls must have a robhs. YDD's floor routine had a robhs and bwobwo. Ob beam she started the year with a handstand, and switched to a cartwheel and hand stand twist dismount.
Silver DD had to have her kips to even move to silver. Her bar routine was kip, cast, bhc, squat on, jump to high bar, kip, bhc, tap swing dismount. On beam she did a bwo, full turn, and back tuck dismount. On floor she did robhsbt, and fhsfhs as her two passes. Some girls did robhsbhs and front tuck, and a few did robhsbhs and an aerial.
Our girls place well. our team usually places first. But at so many meets, and reading in here it seems like our girls are really doing routines above what other gyms are doing. They are doing them cleanly, but still, they end up with more deductions that other kids. Lots of gyms silver DD competed against only had low bar routines. Lots of silvers only had 1 bhs.
There is no movement between xcel and JO at our gym. The girls uptrain a lot. YDD has her bwo on high beam but can't compete it. She also has her kips, and will compete those in bronze. She has her ft, but not her bt on floor. ODD has bhs on beam, but again cam't compete it. Nor can she compete bwobwo.
So I guess my question is is there any obvious reason I am missing as to why our gym has the girls competing more than others, and why they don't bump them up in levels instead? It was very evident at states and regionals the differences in gyms, and it got me thinking.
I am happy with our gym, my girls are doing well and enjoying it, so this is more of a curiosity than anything else.
In order to even make the bronze team the girls must have a robhs. YDD's floor routine had a robhs and bwobwo. Ob beam she started the year with a handstand, and switched to a cartwheel and hand stand twist dismount.
Silver DD had to have her kips to even move to silver. Her bar routine was kip, cast, bhc, squat on, jump to high bar, kip, bhc, tap swing dismount. On beam she did a bwo, full turn, and back tuck dismount. On floor she did robhsbt, and fhsfhs as her two passes. Some girls did robhsbhs and front tuck, and a few did robhsbhs and an aerial.
Our girls place well. our team usually places first. But at so many meets, and reading in here it seems like our girls are really doing routines above what other gyms are doing. They are doing them cleanly, but still, they end up with more deductions that other kids. Lots of gyms silver DD competed against only had low bar routines. Lots of silvers only had 1 bhs.
There is no movement between xcel and JO at our gym. The girls uptrain a lot. YDD has her bwo on high beam but can't compete it. She also has her kips, and will compete those in bronze. She has her ft, but not her bt on floor. ODD has bhs on beam, but again cam't compete it. Nor can she compete bwobwo.
So I guess my question is is there any obvious reason I am missing as to why our gym has the girls competing more than others, and why they don't bump them up in levels instead? It was very evident at states and regionals the differences in gyms, and it got me thinking.
I am happy with our gym, my girls are doing well and enjoying it, so this is more of a curiosity than anything else.