I'm writing an essay about gymnastics for one of my college applications and want to include when the Xcel program was started. My best guess from google searches is 2013 but I can't find the exact information. Does anyone know?
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Pretty much most areas of the country had some sort of Prep-Op (Pre-Opt, VaOP, Prep-Opt) whatever they wanted to call it for several years.
In 2012-2013, it was known that the following season, Xcel would be Nationalized. Region 5 adopted the National rules a year early. Region 8 and others with strong Prep-Op programs adopted Xcel programs… pretty much every region had one at least on a limited basis, but they had slightly different rules (minor things mostly - Region 8 was slightly more difficult at Gold for sure… I know because YMCA Nationals were in Georgia and we were worried that our Golds would have to change their beam dismounts - they didn't have to because they went by Region 5 rules )
In the 2013-14 season, the Xcel Program was officially a National Program under the auspices of USAG.
At the time, Region 8 required a beam dismount with no hands for Gold. Our girls were all doing Front Handspring or Roundoff dismounts.sorry for going off topic.... But why would gold have to change their beam dismount?