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Anonymous (cb5e)
We have a gym in our area that is garnering a reputation for allowing kids to compete levels/apparatuses/skills that they are not ready to compete. For example, during warm ups at state, and at a few other meets, I watched one of their level 8 gymnasts struggle to do a kip cast to handstand. Some attempts she could barely get the cast over horizontal. She didn’t make a bar routine and then the coach still allowed her to compete. She wasn’t close to making it and watching her score pop up, I felt really bad for her and wondered if that was embarrassing for her. It’s a common theme among many gymnasts in this gym.
My question is what do judges think about this when a gym consistently bumps girls up levels that they aren’t ready for?
My question is what do judges think about this when a gym consistently bumps girls up levels that they aren’t ready for?