preteam

I have a brand new group of sort of "pre" pre-team kids. They are in the 6-7 age range and have been doing rec classes for at least a few months. They only meet 1 hour/week, so hardly any time at all, but I am hoping to at least touch on the most basic things to get them ready for our pre-team...

I knew I would have more questions. I was reading lots about pre-team in peoples' posts, but it seems to be used in a different way than is used in our gym. To explain our gym - pre-team is a non-placing competitive team with 2 levels (stars 1 and stars 2). They compete L2 and L3 routines...

Do most boy's teams have a pre team group, or do they just pull them from rec classes and put them on team? Our gym is small and doesn't have a pre team, but my youngest DS (just turned 5) has been asked to join the team as a non-competing L4. He'd be training with 2 other boys who would be...

My 8 year old daughter was on preteam this year (once a week, 2 hours). We recently found out (not from her coach directly but through word of mouth) that she was not invited to team tryouts. Most of her preteam class wasn’t. Gym grade school director told me my daughter is very close to team...

Hey everybody! First a little background. I was a competitive gymnast as a youth (age 5-15, I'm 29 now), and have been teaching recreational gymnastics/tumbling for the past 4 years or so. Our gym is small and only recently started an artistic girls team. I've been confronted with (and have...

I have a new pre-team group, girls ages 7-12 who are fresh from rec. classes. Quite a few of them have very good natural strength, but it is overall an area where they are lacking as a group. In an effort to encourage conditioning while still making it fun and helping them to see their progress...

Ok, this is my first post here. And it's long. After talking about the problem to my friends, who just didn't get it, I turn to you whose expert advice I really need. My daughter is 5 years old and in Kindergarten. She has been doing gymnastics since she was three, progressing to 3 x a week...

After much research and reflection, I scheduled an evaluation for my DD at a fantastic gym which is not too far from us. They have a really positive coaching style that I think will fit very well with her personality. At the same time, they don't mess around, and that is what she needs. The...

My daughter just switched from rec to pre team (Xcel)-same number of hours per week (twice per week for 1.5 hours) and the price jumped up a bit ($30/month). I'm fine with it but it did catch me by surprise and I'm wondering if this is typical and what the reasoning behind it is. Better...

My daughter was invited to join an Xcel pre team. We know very little about Xcel as she is coming from a regular rec class. What should we expect from Xcel pre team? Is it usually fairly similar to the regular (JO) pre team? They said they would expect her to compete a year from now. What...

My daughter (age 6) is very interested in competing eventually and I would love to see her go this route. She started gymnastics a little under 1 year ago and is still in level 1. Within a few weeks of starting she had perfected all of the skills to move up other than the pullover. We have been...

My daugher (age 6) was recently invited to join a preteam at a gym that we had been trying out. We are considering it -we love the gym and she'd love to be on a preteam -but it's less convenient than the other gym that we have been going to. I'd love to get her on the preteam at her regular...

Hi all! I'm new to CB but have always read threads when I'd google different gym related topics so I decided to join. Glad to be here! Just a little about our current gym situation: My 5 year old daughter has been doing rec gymnastics (one hour a week) for 4 months now. She also does a...

My dd and I are new to the world of pre team / development classes and dd goes once a week for 2 1/2 hours, her session involves conditioning at the beginning and end of session and learning skills etc. Dd tried her best at what was asked of her and kept up with the other girls. My dd has just...

My almost-7-year-old is in her second year of preteam. The first year was mostly about conditioning and not much work on skills, which seemed like the right focus at the time--after all, you have to be able to do a pull-up before you can do a pullover. She moved from L1 preteam to L2 preteam at...

I currently coach a preteam and competitive level 2 team. We've just had our first meet and the skills went well enough but we struggled in dance. Our kicks, pivots, heel snap turns, leaps, etc are weak. We spend a lot of time doing releve walks/lifts and kicks in gym but it isn't translating...

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I'm looking for y'all's conditioning lists for your pre-team to old L6/new L5 girls. In addition to in-gym conditioning, do you set home conditioning for your kids? If so, what do you assign? I'm really struggling with what exercises and what reps/sets are appropriate for the varying levels. If...

Both of my girls started new gymnastics classes last weekend- and it went great! My younger DD went from parent & tot to being on her own with the coach and other kids- she's 2 1/2. Older DD went to a "pre-team" class in the team gym (same gym, different facility very close by)- I say pre-team...

I found this forum about 6 months ago when I was trying to find more information on competitive gymnastics so I could decide whether to move DD into the pre-team classes at our gym. At the time I decided to keep her in rec, based on what I was reading- she was just 4 years old, had been in...