WAG Level 9 Bars

[TumbleTimes4]

What are the most common release moves that you’ve seen for level 9 bars? Or what are the most common routines that you see at meets, particularly for first year level 9s?

 

[mom2newgymnast]

At my daughter's gym, a shootover is definitely the most common. There are a few that did toe shoots or paks, but really almost all of ours do shootovers. And usually not to handstand, although of course that would be ideal.

 

[gymgal]

Overshoot / bail was the most popular, paks were second but we saw some straddle backs as well

 

[Whyhellothere]

Paks.

Kip cast handstand pak pirouette jump to high bar toe hand stalker double back

 

[TumbleTimes4]

So a toe shoot is considered a level 9 release?

 

[gymgal]

So a toe shoot is considered a level 9 release?

it can be but you still need a high-to-low transition - so a straddle back, pak, or bail are the main (only?) options to fulfill that

 

[mom2newgymnast]

it can be but you still need a high-to-low transition - so a straddle back, pak, or bail are the main (only?) options to fulfill that

Oh my bad. I know I've seen it at level 9, but yeah the gymnast also had a shootover (overshoot/bail? .. they call it a shootover at my dd's gym. I think bail is to handstand? Idk, though I get confused about all that )

 

[TumbleTimes4]

So there has to be a transition from the high bar to low bar?

 

[GymnastMomX2]

Almost all our girls do paks.

 

[gymgal]

So there has to be a transition from the high bar to low bar?

yes. You need two bar changes to meet the requirements. The only way to accomplish that is to do at least one high to low transition.