Anon Upgrades, repeating a level, skills in future routines

[Anonymous (ba22)]

I am repeating xcel platinum because of other reasons (not the skills), I have all of my diamond skills consistently and am competing those diamond routines. Since it’s summer, I’ve been working several sapphire skills as well such as pirouettes and double backs on bars as well as back tucks on beam and back fulls on floor. I am progressing pretty quickly on these skills and I think that by the end of the season I will have them at least semi consistently. But my worry is since I’m not allowed to compete these skills until sapphire (in two years), I’m afraid I am going to lose the skills so I feel like I’m in a weird stuck spot where I don’t really know how to feel about my gymnastics. My coaches are having me compete all my diamond routines in platinum (ex. giants, cartwheel ro, layouts, front tuck front pikes, full offs on vault). They are also saying that skills like my pirouette and double back flyways are just not skills that they want to put in my routine once I’m in diamond either. I’m going to try to keep those skills up but I doubt I will be able to because once comp season starts I’ll be busy doing routines. Any solutions? Feedback? Explanations? Thanks and sorry about my rant

 

[raenndrops]

A back full on floor is a B skill, so it is allowed in Platinum.

 

[Anonymous (ba22)]

A back full on floor is a B skill, so it is allowed in Platinum.

But my coaches don’t want me to compete that because it will inevitably give me more deductions than a different b like a front pike.

 

[raenndrops]

But my coaches don’t want me to compete that because it will inevitably give me more deductions than a different b like a front pike.

So that tells me that your front pike is more solid in your coaches' eyes.
I'm sorry you don't have coaches who will allow you to compete the skills you WANT to compete (within your level's allowable ones).
In our gym, gymnasts are allowed to compete any skill they can do safely (and relatively cleanly) because it is about the gymnast, not the score. As long as the gymnast is aware of the potential deductions and understands that it could affect placement, they can choose which skills to compete.

I was at YMCA Nationals last week with my Platinum. I was seated in front of the floor, so I saw most of the routines. I saw more deductions on the front pikes (sitting it down due to feet slipping, bent knees/flexed feet, hop out of it) than I did on the back fulls. I even saw one girl warm up a front pike, fall on it once and almost fall another time. When she competed, she didn't do the front pike. She did a Front Tuck step into RO Back Full.

I would talk to the coaches again. Ask if you can continue working the skills during meet season after completing assignments. Good luck this season.