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My gymmie did 10.5 hours/week as a L5 and their team took 2nd in states that year. Last year of pre-team(no L4) was 9 hours, so adding the extra 90 minutes per week was not a big shock for them.
Our current gym does 12 hours/week for the L5s and they are quite successful also.
I think quality definitely trumps quantity. My dd did 16 hours as a level 5 and did terrible. We switched gyms and she did 12-15 hours as a level 6 and did much better. I will say though - over the summer when they are off of school they jump up to about 20-22 hours per week
Our level 5 team just got up'd to 16 hrs/week, but they all moved up from L4 (we didn't have a L5 team) and had to learn the new routines right after 4 states & needed the extra time. Some of that time is spent doing TOPS & conditioning as well.
Our gym offers level 5's 3 days a week. They can work out 4 days if they would like. It is nice when they have something they need extra work on before a meet so they can get that extra practice time. We had several members quit team last year because of the time comitment, they wanted to do other activities and had no time too. They got burned out.
On the low end, the gyms in my area tend to do 3 days for 3 hours. I rarely see them do more than 12 hours ( 3x4, or 4x3 ). However, I do see some girls come in for extra conditioning or open gym or partake in the tramp and tumbling programs to get more hours in.
In summer, I've never heard of 5's doing 15, though I suppose they could if the parents, child, and coaches saw to it.
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