Recent content by Leekelhank

Oh my gosh, thank you all so much! After looking at my meet score, I realized that what you all are explaining is exactly what happened. So prep was used in place of level 6. So now I totally understand. Thank you all so much! We are so excited to be part of this gym, I fully trust that the...

So, if they do XCEL, they would still have to score out of JO levels 5/6 to move on to 7? Is that right? Sorry, I am just trying to understand. My daughter just finished competing level 2, and is not about to compete level 4 just to score out. She really has optional skills, but my understand is...

That is exactly the way they use xcel/prep-op. And yes, they have very successfully trained optional gymast who have turned around and had very successful NCAA careers. So I guess my question is, do they do Xcel for one season then straight to 7, or do they do xcel then have to go back to 6? Is...

I recently moved my daughter to a new gym. They do prep-ops (Xcel?) before moving on to optionals. It seems like every gymnast does it at this gym. However, I am a bit confused as to the purpose of this? Why don't they just move up in the levels? This gym has fabulous gymnast come out of their...

So... we switched gyms. My daughters has never been happier. She is uptraining and has been given the opportunity to score out. Best of all, my daughter has her spark back. I should have taken everyones advice and left when the issues started.

My daughter got her kip today! The other day she landed a front tuck off beam dismount. She is blossoming so much!

So my DD has gone on to level 4. She has been practicing as a level 4 for 5 practices. In those 5 practices she has gotten her FHS on vault, Cartwheel, BWO, and FWO on beam. I am so proud of her! She had her kip, but when she had to start wearing grips, she lost it and is working hard to get...

So the competition season is over. Here is how she finished up Bars- 9.275 Floor-9.275 Beam- 9.525 Vault-9.075 All-Around- 36.475 7th in state AA 4th on Bars 6th on floor 3rd on beam 15th on vault She is now training for level 4 skills. So lets see how it goes. They still weren't happy with...

They have a big Compulsory team and a small optional team because this is only the second year they have been opened.

We decided to go ahead and let her compete level 4 and if she looks like she may not be ready a few months out, then she will compete level 3. I think she will be just fine, she is very excited. The coach is not, but that's okay. She will have to just prove them wrong.

He is giving us the option but he really insist that she spend a year working on level 3 skills. The ones she already has.

We are looking at other options as well.

I actually did not have any trust issues with her coach(es) until this occurred. It is a very unfortunate circumstance because we would like to believe that they are doing what is best for our DD and not just for the gym.

She is competing new level 2 now. Her season ends in December. Then in January the girls move up. If she goes to three she will be spending from January till September working on level 3 skills, which she already has. There is no uptraining at all. If she skips to 4, she will have from January...

We actually sat down with and watch the USAG DVD together. The one that shows all the skills for each level and had her tell us what she has and what we have seen her do and do well. I would say the only thing she has not done is the kip on high bar, the dismount with the half turn off of high...