level 7

After successfully competing level 6 as a 10 year old, is it more beneficial to move to level 7 or level 8? I was told 7 was more challenging, as gymnast MUST compete specific skills and can do many bonuses to more immolate an optional routine ...while in level 8, gymnasts could design their...

I am having a hard time trying to find away to tell the coach we are leaving. This has been in the plans for over a year now to where my daughter wants to switch gyms due to the gym she is at now is not giving her what she needs at her level of potential. There is a lot of factors like the name...

I have a group of level 4s and 5s that will move up to either 6 or 7 next year. Move-ups were a mess last year and I don't want to repeat all the drama. I'd like to have a clear-cut list of skills, a way of measuring when a gymnast "has" the skill, a certain percentage (or something else) of all...

Hello Chalkbucket! I am a 15 year old Xcel Platinum. I have competed two years previous to the Platinum season that I just finished; old L3 and new L4. Assuming that I have all of my skills come next season, I am planning on competing L7. What I am understanding is that in order to get there...

Our meet season is almost over. My dd, level 7, has had a great year! Every meet 36+AA, and last meet she was 2nd AA. I know regionals are after States, but how does a gymnast qualify? We are in Region 8. Thanks:)

DD competed level 5 this year. What skills do your gyms require before working on level 7 skills? Our girls are not in working groups yet but I am just curious.

My 11 year old is currently a L7 but may move to L8 mid-season. The reason for "maybe" moving up is bars! She is scoring great on all other events and has her skills for 8 solid. Here's the issue. She doesn't use grips. She is TINY. Much smaller than the average 11 year old. (She's 4'4"...

So we had our first Level 7 meet a week ago. As some of you know, my little dd was a Level 4 last year. So we set expectations low;) DD was put into the "A" age group. Someone here on CB had warned me this can be a fierce group, and they were right! This was the 3rd meet of the season for other...

when I started gymnastics I picked up the skills very quickly. when we learned front Handspring's and bounders I had a very easy time with bounders but the front handspring took a lot longer! So while the others trained front Handspring's I did bounders. I can do a good bounder on floor now and...

Would you say that a decent gymnast, with a year's training time, should be able to go 5-7? Our gym is still talking about the girls doing L6 in 2016! She spent a season each at old & new 4 and this year L5. 36-37's old and new 4, ~35.5's at new 5. Has a BHS on beam, working BWO/BHS now...

I have been watching my daughter fine tune her level 7 bars. Her first meet is in January. In her giants, she seems to have a slight arch in her tummy at about 20 degrees short of handstand, and then her tummy brings her the rest of the way up until she stops at for a split second at vertical...

What is the hardest part about in the USAG System from L7 to L8? I am talking about average L8, nothing like double back dismount on bars or so. I guess, the main differneces are the pirouette or bar change on bars, the added front salto and full twist on floor, acro series on beam and of...

In past years at DDs gym, the 7-10 all trained 20 (or more) hrs. Since the Great Level Change (as it has been dubbed on here) levels 5-7 train together at much less hours. What do you think? My DD also has a standing private for dance/chroeography.

Are switch leaps allowed on beam and floor ... I have such a hard time understanding the JO code ... I feel like its saying C's are only allowed on bars.

Hi All, Younger DD has a switch leap in her beam routine. A) is that a C skill? And B) is it allowed for L7? Thanks!

I was having a little bit of an argument (in a nice way) with a friend of mine about how many shoulders tappers (also called handstand wall runs) against a wall and how many minutes a handstand against a wall a strong L7 gymnast should be able to do? I think it should be about 25 tappers per...

just curious.

From what I know, the old compulsory levels were 2-6. I know they changed them up last year and are now 1-5. Still 5 levels of compulsory, skills relatively the same, all that changed were the numbers. That part, I've got. Am I right that they didn't make any changes to skills for optionals...

We have 2 girls doing level 7 at the presidential classic next year and I was wondering if you Can you BHS x BHS for your acro connection? Can you back tuck on beam in level 7? Thanks

What skills qualify for the special requirement "acro flight" skill in level 7 beam, aside from BHS? Thanks!