Women Phasing out compulsories?

[BusyMomof2]

Each state is supposed to have a Score Chair that all scores are sent to--scores from sanctioned meets. We have one, I have run for that office in the past. Our state looks carefully at scores to make sure its done right (not saying they don't miss some, but they actively ask gyms for scores and have questioned our owner about transfers from out-of-state). If each state committee was doing the job properly, there would be a lot less gym owners circumventing getting the proper score-out scores.

There is a new rule this year that is going into effect in August that addresses moving back and forth between USAG DP and Xcel, AAU, NGA, etc. It is a step in the right direction, but I think there will be a lot of headaches trying to implement it this first year.

What is the new rule?

 

[Chocolate_Chip]

This thread is an interesting discussion. My daughter switched to Gold this past season, and did two years of level 4 prior to that. She had a really successful year and placed top 3 at States, and top 50 out of 700ish gymnasts. She regularly scored 37ish this season, and she is being asked to repeat Gold. She can easily do Platinum level routines and has all of the skills needed for Platinum. When I tell other parents she's doing Gold again, the general reaction has been "Why the heck isn't she doing level 6 or Platinum?!?!" - I realize parents don't have nearly the insight/knowledge that coaches do, but I'm worried that my daughter will get wind of people thinking she's "sandbagging".

When I looked at the scores for many of the gymnasts in her age group, I could see that many of them were on their 2nd, 3rd, and even some 4 years at Gold. I'm fine with her doing Gold again - she has expressed herself that she wants to repeat Gold, mostly because all of her friends are repeating gold as well.

Reading a lot of the comments has me thinking if I should be concerned in regards to how her gym is using XCEL? It's a small gym, and while they don't typically use XCEL to circumvent lower level compulsories, both DP and XCEL teams are small, and all train together.

Is it more common to repeat levels at XCEL since there are fewer levels than DP? If there are gyms that are "sandbagging" so to speak, I wonder if other gyms are falling in line and doing the same thing, simply because they feel the need to do so, in order to be competitive.