hello, new here

[lovegymnastics]

Hello, I am new to chalkbucket. I found this great forum just a couple of weeks ago and I have already learned so much! I thought it would be time to introduce myself and learn even more.

I am a 16 year old gymnast who absolutely loves gymnastics. I train 4 times week, three hours each, counting up to 12 hours total. I am very lucky to have a gym only 10 minutes from my home. Currently I compete ‘level 3’. However I live in Europe and our level system is way different than the JO program. This also means that English isn’t my first language and I am sorry if I made spelling mistakes. From the youtube clips I have watched, I guess our level 3 is comparable to level 7/8 in the JO program. However I am not sure and I thought this was the perfect place to ask.

Here are some of my skills: ( note: here we don’t only compete the skills we can do perfectly, I actually competed skills that I only got the week before)

Vault: piked tsuk
Bars: bail(not to handstand), toe shoot to highbar, clearhip to handstand, giants, layout 1/5 twist
Beam: BHS-BHS stepout, backtuck, RO full (dismount )
Floor: RO-BHS- 1.5 twist, FHS layout, and I have a series with 2 flips.

Here is a clip from 2 weeks ago: halve finale Nk - YouTube

I am looking forward to learning more about gymlife in other countries. If you have questions about gymnastics where I live, feel free to ask

 

[LiveLoveTumble]

Welcome to the chalk bucket! You'll learn a lot here. (And by the way, your English is really good!)

 

[lovegymnastics]

Thank you, and I am sure I will To start with (how) can you edit a previous post? Because I saw a mistake and would like to correct it. Oviously I can't do a 1/5 twist, it should have been a 1/2

 

[LiveLoveTumble]

Ah, I was wondering what a 1/5 twist was! I think you can only edit it up to 1 hour after you post though, but if you really want it edited you can ask a moderator or admin and they can do it.

 

[lovegymnastics]

O well than I will leave it this way, thanks

 

[T the gymnast :)]

I'd have to say level 8

 

[MVJ]

You're really good! It's cool to see kind of different skills in routines. I'm not from the US, but I'd say you're about level 8/9. Pretty leo, too. Oh, and welcome to Chalkbucket!

 

[lovegymnastics]

Oh I just found out that this youtube video isn't working on mobile devices. I can't seem to find how I should change that. Any advise? Stil learning

(sorry if I shouldn't ask this here, I know it isn't a problem with chalkbucket.

 

[BlairBob]

That's L8 in the United States. To note, most of our L7/8's practice about 16hours a week; generally 4 hours a practice.

 

[lovegymnastics]

Yeah I have read something like that, here we don't parctise as much and it isn't like every level you move up the hours increase. It is a little difficult to expain but the amount of hours is dependend of your goal. Level 2/3/4/5/6/7. It doesn't matter much how old you are and what level.

 

[dreamergymnast]

Welcome to ChalkBucket ! You will for sure enjoy it here!