Just continuing my education here.
I understand that you can qualify elite at qualifiers during the meet season. The girls do both optional and compulsory routines at these meets, and must achieve a certain score at each in order to qualify.
I understand that you can also do the compulsory and optional parts at separate meets. But these are still at meets.
I now understand that you can qualify at a developmental camp at the ranch in two ways. Either through a judged "verification" of routines. Girls can get a "do over" for these routines and the routines are not verified all on one day, they are spread over a few days in non meet conditions.
I also understand that you can qualify at the ranch in an actual qualification that is held with judges and in more "meet like" conditions.
I understand that the scores from the latter two are not published.
Elites, once qualified, will compete at the USAG Classics. But not at Championships.
Also that once girls qualify as JNR or SNR elite this does not means they will be assigned International assignments, for that they need to be named to the National Team.
Are all those ^^^^^^ things true? What more can you add about the process?
Do you feel qualifying at the ranch in a verification situation is a lot easier than doing a full meet, with no do overs and an actual audience?
Why qualify elite in the first place, what does it get you if the gymnast is not amongst the stronger gymnasts?
I understand that you can qualify elite at qualifiers during the meet season. The girls do both optional and compulsory routines at these meets, and must achieve a certain score at each in order to qualify.
I understand that you can also do the compulsory and optional parts at separate meets. But these are still at meets.
I now understand that you can qualify at a developmental camp at the ranch in two ways. Either through a judged "verification" of routines. Girls can get a "do over" for these routines and the routines are not verified all on one day, they are spread over a few days in non meet conditions.
I also understand that you can qualify at the ranch in an actual qualification that is held with judges and in more "meet like" conditions.
I understand that the scores from the latter two are not published.
Elites, once qualified, will compete at the USAG Classics. But not at Championships.
Also that once girls qualify as JNR or SNR elite this does not means they will be assigned International assignments, for that they need to be named to the National Team.
Are all those ^^^^^^ things true? What more can you add about the process?
Do you feel qualifying at the ranch in a verification situation is a lot easier than doing a full meet, with no do overs and an actual audience?
Why qualify elite in the first place, what does it get you if the gymnast is not amongst the stronger gymnasts?
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