tops testing

[karengillespie]

Hi Everyone,
My daughter did TOPS testing 2 times this season and I wanted to ask if anyone has any remarks on how she may have done based on her scores: I would really appriciate any comments.
She is 8 testing as a 9 year old

Test 1- Test 2-
Splits 15/15_______________ splits 14.5/14
shoulder 5________________ shoulder 5
leg lifts 20________________ leg lifts 20
cast hnd stand 9 ___________ cast hndstand 4
press hnd stand 8 __________ press handstands 6.5
rope 11.5 sec._____________ rope 14 sec
vj 14.5 ___________________ vj 14.5
sprint 3.59 ________________ sprint 3.29
handstand hold 30 sec. ______ handstand hold 30 sec.

[gymch34]

There really isnt anyhing you can do except wait for results- coaches wil ahve them by next Friday @ latest. It all depends on how the other 2700 kids who tested across the country did!

[socko]

When my daughter qualified for TOPS National testing as a 9 yo she had maxxed out on everything except the press handstands...on one testing she did 7 presses ( and did NOT qualify) and on the other testing she did 9 presses ( and DID qualify). I t was pretty much the same when she was a 10 yo as well. As a previous poster also said, it depends on the pool of girls in her age group too... if they're strong, she'll need the better #s to qualify to National testing.

But as an aside, TOPS is not the be all, end all that USAG would like you to believe. I have always felt that the TOPS training is strength training that any good gym should include in its regular workouts. TOPS was originally designed to train gyms how to produce elite gymnasts ...if your gym has elite gymnasts then don't get too overworked about the whole TOPS testing etc.

[iggy1988]

Originally Posted by karengillespie

Hi Everyone,
My daughter did TOPS testing 2 times this season and I wanted to ask if anyone has any remarks on how she may have done based on her scores: I would really appriciate any comments.
She is 8 testing as a 9 year old

Test 1- Test 2-
Splits 15/15_______________ splits 14.5/14
shoulder 5________________ shoulder 5
leg lifts 20________________ leg lifts 20
cast hnd stand 9 ___________ cast hndstand 4
press hnd stand 8 __________ press handstands 6.5
rope 11.5 sec._____________ rope 14 sec
vj 14.5 ___________________ vj 14.5
sprint 3.59 ________________ sprint 3.29
handstand hold 30 sec. ______ handstand hold 30 sec.

Your coach should have gotten the results today. It looks like she will be really close. The cutoff for 9 yr olds went from 62 last year to 69 this year. I have her around 70-72 points.... good luck

[danice]

our coach has not gotten results yey...anyone have any estimates for these results from my daughters test??? any advice welcomed

she is 7

jump....14"
press hand stands 5/5
leglifts.....20/20
sprint....3.81
cast to handstand...4.5/10
rope...4.69
shoulder flex 5/5
splits rt..14....left....14
handstand hold 30/30

[danice]

anyone have any thoughts??? i'm new to this so if i posted this twice...sorry

7 year old tops testing scores

jump...14"
press handstands...5/5
leglifts ...20/20
sprint...3.81
cast to handstand...4.5/10
rope climb..4.69
shoulder flex 5
splits 14 & 14
handstand hold...30/30

anyone know point values to these scores???? thanks

[Ingymmom]

Approximate, it can change if there were any other deductions that were not mentioned - For a 7 yr old I put her at 73.5 & as a 7 yr old turning 8 I put her at 70. Both would be gold. I am assuming she did half of her chs's & 4.5 was her score not how many she actually completed?

[danice]

thanks....still waiting on our results to be e-mailed to our coach...she is 7 ...and i think there were no other deductions....

[iGymMom]

So did they make it to the testing??

[kjmg]

my daughter did make it to National Testing, now we are waiting to see if she made A or B camp.