preteam

I have recently begun coaching a group of "advanced" 4-year old gymnasts who are on the track of joining pre-comp within the next couple years. They are all basically starting from scratch. My question is by age 5 or 6 what skills should they be progressing towards? Besides basic development of...

My little has a pre team assessment during her advanced class tonight. I am so nervous for her! She has a hand me down pre team leo that she is just dying to wear.

There's a girl that's in my teen tumbling class and she is friends with my Pre-Team partner. And she will be in my Pre-Team today though she didn't come last time. I asked her if she was in my Pre-Team and she was like yeah I was already in it the session before but I quit because of soccer but...

I was wondering how long the pre-teams at your gym train per week. My gym does 6-7 hours and I feel like that's a lot for pre-team....

Today was my first practice for Pre-Team and it was amazing! I met a new girl who I made friends with right away. Since I had the first day of the second session of summer tumbling and she was new. We were both working on FHS last night and I helped her since she couldn't land hers! Well I have...

Hi, Right now i'm doing a rec gymnastics camp, but i saw a few girls who are on the rec team with me training as pre-team. As i saw them, i came to see that what they were doing was much more my level than the rec camp. I learned that the head coach picked the girls who could do all of the...

I start level three next tuesday, and I did 10 front hips at the park, and I almost have my kip. I really want to ring the Skill Bell for them (you ring a bell then demonstrate your skills). I got grips and I don't know if I will still almost have my kip and have my front hip in grips. Any tips?:o

Okay so I started a month ago. And my coach bumped me up to pre-team after one session. I'll be 14 by the time pre-team starts. She was a little hesitant because I don't have my backbend kick over. Thought the gymnastics coordinator told me I would be for sure in pre-team and needed to get...

I am 13 almost 14. I've heard from threads the coaches won't offer me a spot on the team because of my age. I'm taking a beginners class that is way too easy. I have most basics and did it when I was five for a year. Then I did tumbling for three years. Now I'm doing tumbling and gymnastics...

My son is still young, but wants/will be able to compete next season. He's level 3 pre-team up training this summer (two days a week, 1.5 hours each day) plus any open gyms he can attend. Extremely strong upper body, muscles, etc. It all seems to come naturally to him (was recreational for a...

Just wondering (:

So my littles ds who is five and a half just got invited to join pre-team. He is so excited this kid loves gymnastics in no small part because he adores his older brother who is on team and will compete next year as a level 5. My little one is a wiggly little squirrel and to be honest I was...

I posted a few months ago about asking the coach about my DD's progress to see if pre-team was an option in her future. She suggested doing two classes a week and let me know that it's by invitation only and comprised of girls ages 4-8. My DD is six, nearly 7. She said that they consider a lot...

I didn't know how to headline this thread so please read further to find out what I'm talking about. Well, I'm a preateam coach. The kids are all 7 or 8 years old. I have a lovely assistant coach with me. She's a mother of one of the girls and a former gymnast. As a mother my assistant coach...

Ok I am pretty "green" when it comes to gymnastics. I have read on here about kids in "developmental" gym classe, and I have read about kids on pre team. My question is What is the difference? I know pre team at our gym starts at level 2/3. So that being said, what would be the developmental...

Hi, I'm new here and I have no gymnastics background, so I hope I can ask for some advice here! My dd is 4.5. Background: she started in Mommy and Me classes when she was around 18 months at a gym that only has rec classes. She continued taking gymnastics and at age 3, moved into a...

Hi! I started as a preteam coach in September. There is 11 6-7 year old girls in this group. The gym I coach in has four groups of team girls age 6-8 and they are divided into those groups on the basis of their potential, earlier progress in gymnastics (team or rec), physical abilities and...

My dd recently made pre team & was asked to practice 3 days / wk for 1 hr each day. Unfortunately we are unable to make all 3 days. Probably just 2 days @ most. I'm not familiar with gymnastics at all. She is my only child involved in it & I never did it as a kid. Will she fall behind in the...

My daughter recently started pre-team, which has been her goal for a long time. She loves it, and I love watching her, but the talk I am overhearing in the bleachers is already driving me batty. There is a little cluster of moms who spend the entire practice complaining about how their daughters...

I am starting a new group of talented litle girls ages 6-9 in pre-team next week. The goal is that they will compete USAG Level 4 (which will be the new Level 3 next year) in Fall 2013. I have several ideas of what I want to stress, but I was interested to hear what other people do in their...