level 8

My daughter was 0.05 point from advancing into regionals in her age group. Our gym does not have anyone competing in the last session. Does anyone know what is the cut off score to be included in "at large" group?

Kip Cast handstand 1/2 pirouette Kip Squat on Jump to high bar Kip cast handstand Free hip Giant Layout Flyaway Thanks!

I thought the new vaulting rule in L8/9/10 is that the second vault score is used, regardless if the score is better or not, making it a strategic decision whether a gymnast should even compete a second vault. My dd argues this is just for L8, and that L9/10 still takes the better of two. Is she...

My L8 dd is working herself back from an injury (broken fingers). For her last meet, she was only able to compete floor and she did a modified routine to remove all work with her hands. She is now able to use her hands and has been working to get her beam routine back. However, she is not yet...

Does a glide half glide kip (switch kip) count as a direction change for level 8 bars?

What tumbling passes are required for L8 floor? Dd is recovering from an injury and is hoping to compete a modified routine in a few weeks. Is it possible to have a starting value of 10.0 without doing any back tumbling and no front handsprings? Basically, all hands-free tumbling? Possible...

Hello! My DD's coach thinks her free hip to handstand is better than her cast to handstand for pirouetting. I think it sounds like a harder, riskier routine. Does this make sense to anyone? Have you guys seen it done often in level 8? She is still getting a hang of level 8 routines, so she...

Hello and greetings to all! My daughter will be competing level 8 this upcoming season. She just turned 10 this summer. She's moved at a somewhat quick pace through the levels, but it's been something we've been comfortable with, while she's reamined happy. Last year she did level 7 as a 9...

Hello, I am posting this again, but this time in the correct forum. =) It is now September, and as of last week, the level 8's only does Yuchenko drills about 2x a week. The other 3x a week, they do FHS vault drills. My DD has done a Yuchenko tuck into the pit over the summer, maybe during a...

Hello. My daughter completed level 7 and did reasonably well and is eager to learn level 8 skills. The problem is that she still practices the FHS vault a lot. How does this benefit her? Is it foundational for achieving a good level 8 vault? She does do yurchenko drills a couple times a week...

Hi, I just saw that for the upcoming season level 8 vault scoring has changed considerably. Looks like if the gymnast chooses to do a second vault they don't take the best of the two scores as in other levels but the second vault score will be the only one that counts even if it is lower...

What the heck are these? We just had a meeting with DD's coaches (she got to be one of the first this year instead of one of the last right before season begins! Yay!) Their 'plan' (as much as a coach can have a plan, at least) for her is to do 7 this year and 8 next year; 9/10/Elite will take...

My 13 yr. old DD decided she wanted to try for a D1 scholarship after competing her first year in L7 this past spring. Her education is more important than gymnastics so while she wants to excel at both, she will be fine if she doesn't hit her gymnastics goal. She knows all of her L8 skills and...

Hello- new here but hoping for someone with experience or advice. My DD is training L8. She excels at floor and vault. However, bars and beam are more of a challenge. Her coach says she is not being aggressive to get enough repetitions in during the week (hangs out at the chalk bucket a little...

I am sharing this because I just learned a gymnastics life lesson. As a parent, one of the hardest things to watch is when your child struggles. My DD moved up to L8 this last year, and boy was it rough. Her confidence was whacked, she struggled with some skills, and was the youngest on the team...

Does anyone know what the start values are for level 8 vaults or at least be able to put this list in an order of least start value to highest start value if you don't know the actual numbers? Also, would the start value be different for level 9 or 10? Thank you! tsukahara tucked tsukahara...

. . . with the caveat that this conversation is way premature. Nonetheless, our program director has mentioned several times in the last few weeks as we head into states and regionals that he hopes to move four or five guys who are currently competing L6 up to L8 next year, largely because of...

We have a boys power tumbling team, but no real coach. I've been asked to put together the optional pass. I don't know how to add up the degree of difficulty to keep him within the limits. Can anyone help me?

My daughter and her friend could really use some help with a couple of events. I was wondering if anyone did video critiquing or knew who did them and of course as anonymously as possible. My daughter could use help on Vault and floor and her friend on beam. Any advice would be so helpful...

is a back tuck an allowable C??