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Thanks for the replies! I think that the division thing may be just a state by state case. Why would it take so much more planning to run 2 tracks? One of the things I noticed was we could compete USAG in the fall and then level up in the spring for AAU. Has anyone done this?

Is there anyone that is familiar with the AAU program. I am in Florida, and our kids are currently doing well in competitions for the most part. However, there are lots of gyms moving to the AAU program. I was considering moving my compulsories to the AAU program and then just having a...

It works really well. Depending on how many kids are present at practice, then your "team" could be made up of a level 2, a level 4, a level 7, and a level 9 or whatever combination. It really pulls us together as a whole team. I like that camaraderie. Often times I have parents purchase hotel...

Our teams usually work out extremely hard three weeks before we are headed into State. Then the last week we usually let them have a free day (nothing new at this point). But we do let the girls pick what they work on. Then the rest of the week we do pressure sets with every child on every...

Level 6 is no longer a required level, therefore everyone can skip it. Most people compete one meet (sometimes more) just to get a mobility score at Level 5. Every coaches theory is different, but mostly the scores tend to be lower in Level 5, and at this point there are not very many...

The code of points for USAG values a front handspring vault at a 10.0. The vault she has will be sufficient for competing either 4,5,6, XCEL, or 7. I usually compete kids on the level of their weakest event. For example, if you have the layout on floor, back handspring on beam, front...