There are some girls that have weak FHS but do much better with a "roundoff" vault. The tsuk timer is just a roundoff to the stacked mats. My YG didn't do well with the FHS, so she switched to 1/2 on-repulsion off (roundoff) for Xcel Gold. Now, she competes 1/2 On-1/2 Off and it is beautiful. She can also do a pretty good tsuk timer
So true! FHS vault never did agree with my daughter but she slays Yurchenkos! Never dreamed back in Levels 5 and 7 that vault would ever be her strongest event but it has been since she started flipping vaults.There are some girls that have weak FHS but do much better with a "roundoff" vault. The tsuk timer is just a roundoff to the stacked mats. My YG didn't do well with the FHS, so she switched to 1/2 on-repulsion off (roundoff) for Xcel Gold. Now, she competes 1/2 On-1/2 Off and it is beautiful. She can also do a pretty good tsuk timet
Yes, apparently my daughter confirms that the tsuk timer is very easy. Initially she was doing the yurchenko timer, but I think they are going to wait for level 7 to do that. I do think though that they were trying to up the difficulty of 6 with these changes.There are some girls that have weak FHS but do much better with a "roundoff" vault. The tsuk timer is just a roundoff to the stacked mats. My YG didn't do well with the FHS, so she switched to 1/2 on-repulsion off (roundoff) for Xcel Gold. Now, she competes 1/2 On-1/2 Off and it is beautiful. She can also do a pretty good tsuk timer
Mine is almost 10
and yes, I feel like she is mature enough. She is also eager and excited to learn new skillsI would expect a full year for sure. This competitive season competitions have been non stop, and while we live for competitions, and love them, I cannot imagine having a week off and jumping into the competitions-hotels-schedules bandwagon again lol
Thank you so much for your replies! I finally understand how it works. I really need to speak to the coach, but I hate bothering him, so many parents catch him after practice with many questions... Personally, I think it would be ideal for my DD to train/compete level 4 next year, and then skip to level 7... BUT one of the problems I see, and I think the coach thinks the same way, my DD and another girl in her level are getting skills for higher levels already, and both excel at meets (although excelling at level 3 has nothing to do at doing good at optionals, or so I hear). Well, besides my DD and another girl, the rest of level 3 are average, and much slower to get skills. I love them all, and these are just facts. But I can definitely see that these girls will slow down my DD and her friend. The coach can uptrain and give individualized attention only so much. Most of the higher skills my DD learns during private lessons. So I’m thinking that this is one of his reasons, to have a level of girls of similar abilities and skills. So we will see what happens! My daughter is excited and eager to learn new skills, but the decision is not final yet, so we will see
Thank you so much for your replies! I finally understand how it works. I really need to speak to the coach, but I hate bothering him, so many parents catch him after practice with many questions... Personally, I think it would be ideal for my DD to train/compete level 4 next year, and then skip to level 7... BUT one of the problems I see, and I think the coach thinks the same way, my DD and another girl in her level are getting skills for higher levels already, and both excel at meets (although excelling at level 3 has nothing to do at doing good at optionals, or so I hear). Well, besides my DD and another girl, the rest of level 3 are average, and much slower to get skills. I love them all, and these are just facts. But I can definitely see that these girls will slow down my DD and her friend. The coach can uptrain and give individualized attention only so much. Most of the higher skills my DD learns during private lessons. So I’m thinking that this is one of his reasons, to have a level of girls of similar abilities and skills. So we will see what happens! My daughter is excited and eager to learn new skills, but the decision is not final yet, so we will see
I have to agree, I am surprised to say the least. We do have a very strong gym in the area, and awesome coaches. Right now my DD is preparing for the state meet... I will talk to coaches after to see what their plans are exactly. I think that she should do at least a level 4, and then possibly go to 7. Seeing other girls skip a level, I see that the first competing level they usually struggle, and catch up in the next year. So we should see.
She is only 5.. but her gym is notorious for holding back girls.
Yeah I know 5 is young, and is 2 years before tops testing, but it was heartbreaking to read! She wanted to quit. She is 5 and has a lot of higher skills and level 2 isn't competed for scores in many states! I guess I "got the feelz*" on it, and then there are girls barely reaching 33 and headed to the next level. I'm not that familiar with AZ gyms, but if a girl is training tops and competing and getting plenty of AA podiums, holding back just doesn't seem like a good ROI for the little bitty gymnast.
She will be 6 ....
We love her.. she is the cutest thing ever! Her scores weren't "that" high for level 2... but either way that gym will be holding back girls that scored 36's and 37's..even in level 7!
She turned 6 in March.
Her post made it sound like the rest of the team was moving up.
Most of her team scored 38+ at the State Meet. She had her lowest (according to MMS) score of the season at just under 34 ... but she had scored as high as 36.1 earlier in the season. State meet was Nov 10 and it was posted that she is repeating L2 next year on Nov. 16 - WTH??? Have they NOT heard of training for the next level and see where she is at at the beginning of summer?!?!?
