level 8

I’m currently getting my skills for L8. I am working on BHS connections on beam, but idk if they will be ready by my first meet in November. I was wondering if you could compete a cartwheel roundoff, a single back handspring for another B, a full turn, and a switch leap split jump. For my...

I am a level 8 gymnast and have been working hard to improve my bars and beam. Especially bars it has always been a weaker event. I have 2 things I am currently struggling on. 1. Doing a giant with straight legs.when I do my giant i arch kick with my legs slightly bent but then to continue to...

I'm just a gym parent and not a coach or a judge by any stretch of the imagination. But I do try to keep up with what is required so I have some semblance of understanding of the scoring at meets and where my kid might end up next year. I was under the impression that for DP level 8 you...

I competed level 7 last season and did quite good. So this year I will be moving up to level 8. I have a mental block on back tumbling and would like to remove that completely from my routines. I have the bar routine and am going to do a tsuk vault but I have some questions on floor and beam...

How many A, B skills per event (floor, bars, beam) Its my understanding they can have 1 C per event. is that correct? Is there a max amount of Bs allowed? Any minimum A, B skills? My kid does HS gym and will be looking to upgrade her L8 routines. She is working some L9 things and she can use...

My daughter can’t flip fast enough to land her level 8 vault. The coach said their is a front handspring that has some sort of twist that also has a 10.0 SV but I can’t find this online. Does anyone have a video they can share of this vault?

Can you do 5 "B" skills and just 3 "A" skills instead of 4 A's and 4 B's? Also do you know the deduction if you don't have 4 A's and 4 B's? Thanks!

My daughter is a new level 8 this year and I am still trying to understand the requirements and deductions for beam. Her routine : full turn BHS-BHS Sissone Back tuck split jump connected to a tuck jump w/ a 3/4 turn front tuck dismount. She has had a mental block with the round-off part of...

Beam this year has been an emotional journey for DD. So....She is pivoting from bhs bhs for now just to do something to maybe get a routine together before the end of the season so she can qualify to regionals. She will score low 9s on vault and floor and 9.3-9.5 on bars so she really just needs...

So my kid was doing great then had some allergy issues that have limited practice and stunted progress (two months of missed or short practice) going into the season. What are some easy skills that can get her a 10 value or close on beam and floor (bars and vault are good). Beam- has standing...

So ds and coach are working on figuring out what level he'll compete this year. Anything from 7 to 9 is on the table at the moment. New skills are coming fast; he really took off this summer. Twisting is his sticking point. He can sometimes twist in back rotating flips but front rotation plus...

I have been trying to do some research on Level 8 beam and I am still quite confused about the requirements. Here is the routine... -Press handstand mount (held for 2 seconds) -bhs-bhs -switch leap -full turn -tuck jump flutter -front tuck dismount Would this routine be considered "up to level"...

I have a few questions about level 8 beam. First, my dd does a needle in her routine and it’s terrible..not 180 at all. She wants to take it out but says she needs to replace it with a dif “balance or flexibility” skill, is this true? Also, the jump/leap series, do they need 2 connected jumps or...

In two recent meets, I noticed that two girls got extremely high floor scores competing only two passes: one had a front handspring, front pike and the other had a front pike, front tuck. Both competed ro bhs 1/2s and not a full. Leap pass was switch leap, straddle for one girl and switch...

Hey all! I am a level 8 gymnast, and having trouble with a beam series. Most girls do bhs bhs, but at the moment my back and shoulder flexibility is not allowing me to do that... basically anything out of a bhs is hard for me. I can do a back tuck bhs on beam, but my coaches don’t want me to do...

What are the big level 8 skills for most evens. I know its optionals so you have options :) however I was curious what the most common skills were for each event. I know you need to flip a vault for level 8 What dismount do you need for bars? I think you need a pirouette? Beam is a series but...

I was wondering if someone could explain the tumbling requirements for level 8 when only 2 tumbling passes are done. Specifically pertaining to composition deductions. I have read about composition deductions occurring if only 2 tumbling passes are done unless both passes have directly...

Does anyone who has a L8, do a straddleback instead of the pirouette handstand? My daughters coach is saying she will do a straddleback instead and to look online at level 8 routines with it, but I can’t find any. Does anyone know what a routine would include in L8 where you straddleback?

My daughter is currently doing a CW-BT. We know this is not up leve. How much is it costing her point wise min/max? What are her options? She is not a fan of forward flipping. Because I would like to speak about it with her and not say what other flippy options do you have.... TIA

Hi, my daughter is competing level 8 this year and she is really struggling with her front tuck front pike on floor. Her front tuck is nice and so is her front handsping-front pike. When she does the first front tuck though it seems like she just gets no “rebound” for the second one, so the...