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I posted this question on the coaches' forum but didn't get a reply, so I thought I'd try here.
My dd is a level 9 gymnast who has a wrist injury which may prevent her from ever competing bars again (a real shame since she was level 8 regional bars champion!). She absolutely refuses to quit gymnastics, but obviously will never get to nationals since she can't do all-around. Her coaches have been awesome about creating floor and beam routines that don't require her to put weight on her hands for more than a second. We're still seeing about vault since that only requires one or two touches as well, but they are high impact touches.
We know USAG allows event specialists to go to regionals, but not to nationals. Besides the college bound event in June, is there any other route for her to go in order to get noticed by college coaches? She will be a sophomore this year.
By the way, her coach says she already has enough skills to easily compete level 10 on floor, but USAG rules don't allow her to move up to level 10 without a qualifying all-around score at level 9.
My dd is a level 9 gymnast who has a wrist injury which may prevent her from ever competing bars again (a real shame since she was level 8 regional bars champion!). She absolutely refuses to quit gymnastics, but obviously will never get to nationals since she can't do all-around. Her coaches have been awesome about creating floor and beam routines that don't require her to put weight on her hands for more than a second. We're still seeing about vault since that only requires one or two touches as well, but they are high impact touches.
We know USAG allows event specialists to go to regionals, but not to nationals. Besides the college bound event in June, is there any other route for her to go in order to get noticed by college coaches? She will be a sophomore this year.
By the way, her coach says she already has enough skills to easily compete level 10 on floor, but USAG rules don't allow her to move up to level 10 without a qualifying all-around score at level 9.