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I was wondering a little about different gyms' approach to competing vs. training. What level does your gymmie compete and what skills are they training in the gym? Do you like this approach or do you wish it was done differently? If so, how would you like to see it and why?
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My Dd competes Level 9 and is training level 10. During meet season they run X number of routines and then if they hit them they move on to working the Level 10 skills.
I like this approach especially after L8 because the girls have a lot of time to get the skills they will need for the next level as opposed to trying to get them all in a short amount time.
our gym operates similarly to Ingwe's. They do x amount of current level routines and if they stick and there is more time, they can uptrain. There tends to be more of a focus on uptraining (next level of skills) beginning in January, when meet season is 1/2 over for them. Still, it would be nice if they started working on the big skills for the next level earlier. DD is L6 and they just recently started working on giants, and they still only do them rarely. It gets a bit frustrating for the girls because they hear from the coaches that they must have x skill (in this case, giants) to move up, but then they don't have the opportunity to work on them.
We train up and compete down, my level 5 have all of her 6 skills except for the flyaway. The only reason she doesn't have it, is because she is scared. Her team is working on them, and many have it. She is working on BWO on beam, some FHS, front tucks, fine tuning level 6 bars form, etc... She is competing level 5 this year. Our gym likes the girls to be copetent on all skills, needed for the next level, before moving up
My dd is competing and training level 7. During the off season they uptrain. During meet season (right now) she is working on routines mostly and then other level 7 skills that she doesn't have yet. I imagine if she gets all the available level 7 options then she might be able to start on level 8 stuff, but we aren't there yet.
Ours compete what they are competent in and uptrain throughout the season. Our L5s have all of their L5 skills and are working, to varying degrees of success, on their L6 skills.
So my daughter is working on her BWO on beam and MOSTLY landing it but not consistently enough for competition. She is being spotted on her flyaway but can't do it by herself. She is just now being allowed to throw an unspotted ROBHSBT but sometimes it comes in low and wouldn't be good enough to compete at our gym.
In addition to uptraining L6 skills, some gymnasts get to work higher skills. So Bella has worked some spotted/matted BHS on beam, giants in strap, half on/half off over the resi into the pit, ROBHSBLO. Again, nothing close to being competition ready.
We don't sandbag and we don't scratch events because a skill is missing. You must have your skills to compete that level but when you have them, THAT is the level you compete.
Competing 4 and training 5 (plus a little 6). I love our gym's approach. Like Bella's Mom above, you must have all of your skills to move up. Our HC will move girls as quickly as they have the skills. Our Level 4s were all evaluated for Level 5 between fall and spring.
I think some of it depends on how meet seasons run. I think some areas have two seasons per year and some one? We have one, from late fall to spring, and only rarely does someone change levels during a season. Over the summer, they uptrain a lot, for example, the L5's (who already had the L5 skills going in) spent the summer perfecting L5 skills and uptraining L6 and L7 (and even drills for more advanced skills like yurchenkos and giants which they are obviously not ready for but are doing early drills for). Once fall hits, they work on perfecting the current competing level (which sometimes changes over the summer if they get enough new skills). They still do uptraining for L6&L7 skills, but not as often. Like others said, if they do a certain number of routines, they can uptrain. This also increases a little in January and once states are over we don't see another routine until fall.
Our seasons are much shorter (around 3 months) than those that run Fall through Spring. Compulsories are in Fall and optionals in Spring. So, during season there isn't much uptraining and practice is mostly about nailing routines or skill repetitions. Once season ends, it usually turns to a combination of training for the next level and extra conditioning.
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