My daughter is 11 years old and she just finished her level 8 season strong. At state meet she got a 37.475 and placed 2nd, and at regionals she got a 37.225 placing 5th. She's very exited to work fun new skills this summer but in wondering if you think she has skills good enough to move up to level 9 next year. I know that it's the beginning of summer but I'm just wondering if she has a good foundation. Here's what she has.
Beam:
BHS BHS series
Standing tuck
Round off back tuck
Switch leap
Straddle jump
Bars:
Pirouette
Double back
Stadler (inconsistent)
Front giants with spot
Toe hand with spot
Floor:
Full
Front full
Double back in pit
Layout half to punch front
Vault:
Piked yurchenko
My daughter competed L9 this past season, so I have a few questions/comments below...
Beam --
Beam series -- BHS-BHS is acceptable; many also compete BHS-BLO
Round off back tuck -- is this the dismount? Will need to try to upgrade to at least a layout for L9. My dd competed a BHS-Full as her dismount.
It's important to know where her connections are in her skills as that is how she gets bonus (she will need .3 in connection bonus to get to a 10.0 SV)
Bars:
She will need some other "bar transition" -- bail is probably the most common, but there are other options.
Pirouette is good, but she should be working Blind Change as well. The real key is how it's connected (getting bonus applies here too) both in and out of the skill.
Double back dismount is good -- how she connects into it is key for connection bonus.
Floor:
My dd's passes were:
RO-1.5-FP
FHS-FLO-FP
RO-BHS-1.5
Her front full and double back are good, but she will need more than that (although double backs at L9 were more rare than not -- we saw them at Regionals and Nationals, but it was not a standard skill). She may score better doing slightly easier connected tumbling...just depends on where her strengths are. What dance does she have?
Vault:
The Yurchenko Pike is worth 9.7 in L9 -- you see a lot of them, especially in the beginning of the season. To get a 10.0 SV, she would need a Layout, but a well executed Pike will likely score quite well.
Good luck to her!