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DD's Gym is switching over to JO next year and I am just curious. Thank you

One of the dads at Sophia's gym is in media. He did some videos to lead up to Nationals and this one is just amazing. GO Girls ....you have GOT THIS.

This may get long, and I have way over thought this, but I honestly do not know what to do. I have 2 DD's who compete xcel. 8 year old bronze DD, and 10 year old silver DD. At our gym, xcel is competitive - kids are expected to compete the max routines. 8 yo DD is talented - she does not put a...

Yes, I know it's been talked to death here but I'm tired of my Xcel girls being slaughtered by girls skipping JO compulsory levels. It's really just not fair to have girls training 6-8 hours a week competing against girls training 16-20 hours a week. Will the USAG ever relax the rigidity of...

You would think that it would be fairly simple - take the number of L10s and divide them evenly into 8 age groups. Of course, many won't qualify for regionals but you still should have a pretty even number across the board. But that doesn't seem to be the case if there are some age divisions...

What is JO

Are you using compulsory floor routines? Are they the same as in the states? We're taking the kids to a meet in BC and I'm worried about having to give them new floor routines, on top of learning skills they've never been introduced to before (mill circles, front hip circles etc) Thanks!

The site is up :) Not a ton of info yet, but still cool for those who will need it! http://www.2015jonationals.com/

I'm in new level 4 right now... but uptrain a ton.... and would probably be fine competing 6 with maybe 9.5 sv (just for idea of skills). I love gym, but it seems to be injury after injury, fear after fear. I wanted to quit, but I still love the sport so you guys recommended xcel. I was...

I saw somewhere that if you were in Xcel and wanted to go to JO, you would have to start at level 4. Is this true if you already competed level 4 at an earlier time, or would you not be allowed to start at a higher level?

If a child starts competing in Xcel (with dreams of JO), is it possibly to move to the JO program in the future at the same or a different gym (assuming the gym allows it)? I saw something on the USAG website stating "There is NO mobility from Xcel to the JO program." What does this mean...

It seems that the JO scores in our region are lower than the Xcel is this pretty common?

What does everyone think of this? Anyone from other provinces that have already switched have any insight on it? I'm finding it frusterating trying to get the provincial kids ready for this year and then thinking about all the skills I'm pushing them on so hard, that won't even be needed next...

Hi everyone, As some of you know, my younger DD went from Level 4 last year to Level 7 this year. She is in 4th grade and just turned 10. She had most of the level 7 skills a full year before competing them, and got her giant consistently 5 months before first meet. In her first 3 meets, she...

I always thought it did, but in my first competition it seemed like the opposite. Was that just a coincidence, or does it actually score harder?(in general, I know there will be some where it varies)

I have noticed that JO programs in some other areas don't seem to train as many hours as they do where I live. Is it common for an area to have all gyms with high hours? Since these gyms compete against each other I guess it makes sense for them to all have the same hours -but I'm slightly...

I am trying to decide what would be best for DD (7). A little less than a year ago I moved her from rec to x cel pre team at a new gym further from our home. We love the gym and the program -it's really been great for her -but the drive is difficult for our family and the other kids. One of...

HELP!!!!! I download the JO code of points onto my iPad a while ago for when we come across seas in February, I went to look for it in my iBooks today and it has disappeared, I then went to the App Store to try and re download it again I couldn't find it Does anyone know me know where my COP...

Coaches/Judges, At an NGJA Course this past weekend Antonio Juan (FL State Vault Leader) shared his Vault Assessment strategy and notation tool. Pretty effective way to judge a difficult event. The PDF is at: http://sbonham.com/ganba/StrategiesJudgeJO_Vault.pdf Please feel free to share. Steve

I remember seeing a few weeks ago, someone posted a link in one of the discussion threads to a document that had common deductions for JO routines. I can't seem to find it now. If someone knows where it is, can they post a link? Thanks!!!