- Mar 5, 2008
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Hello,
I have a question. My 9 yr old daughter who has been cheering for 3 years wants to concentrate on gymnastics. She is very strong and flexible and has been picking up some of the skills on bars and beam pretty quickly since she has started taking classes within the last month. Generally, how long does it take kids to get to level 4 and start competing in the Mason Dixon League or the USGF? My daughter is very hard working and dedicated and is used to working about 9 hours in the gym for cheerleading so she is already physically fit. I guess I am looking for a general timeline to get a good idea of how long to expect before she can compete at Level 4. Her floor tumbling is pretty close to a Level 4 as we speak--she has her forward and backward rolls, cartwheel, round off, front and back walkovers, front handspring, punch front, back roll extension and she is working on her back handspring, back tuck and arabian. She is definitely a better front tumbler than back--she picks up the front tumbling so quickly and has good "air awareness" as her cheer tumble coaches have said.
Also, how many hours should I have her in the gym? And when they start competing at Level 4 are there different ages of kids for the competitions--for example, do Level 4 seven yr olds compete against Level 4 12 yr olds??
I am new to gymnastics, as you can see, so I have a lot of questions!!!
Thanks!
I have a question. My 9 yr old daughter who has been cheering for 3 years wants to concentrate on gymnastics. She is very strong and flexible and has been picking up some of the skills on bars and beam pretty quickly since she has started taking classes within the last month. Generally, how long does it take kids to get to level 4 and start competing in the Mason Dixon League or the USGF? My daughter is very hard working and dedicated and is used to working about 9 hours in the gym for cheerleading so she is already physically fit. I guess I am looking for a general timeline to get a good idea of how long to expect before she can compete at Level 4. Her floor tumbling is pretty close to a Level 4 as we speak--she has her forward and backward rolls, cartwheel, round off, front and back walkovers, front handspring, punch front, back roll extension and she is working on her back handspring, back tuck and arabian. She is definitely a better front tumbler than back--she picks up the front tumbling so quickly and has good "air awareness" as her cheer tumble coaches have said.
Also, how many hours should I have her in the gym? And when they start competing at Level 4 are there different ages of kids for the competitions--for example, do Level 4 seven yr olds compete against Level 4 12 yr olds??
I am new to gymnastics, as you can see, so I have a lot of questions!!!
Thanks!
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