Participation on the JO team is a year-round commitment. USAG introduced the Xcel program in as an additional way to involve more girls in competitive gymnastics. Prior to this introduction, many girls were not given the opportunity to compete due to the rigor and requirements expected in JO.
Girls compete at the level that matches their skill set, which is why they can compete almost immediately. There are no mobility scores required to compete at the Bronze level.
Movement from Bronze to Silver is at the discretion of both the coaches and the decision of the families. Moving to Gold, Platinum and Diamond requires the gymnast to achieve, in competition, the particular minimum All Around score in their current level. Optional routines have set requirements for each event 5 A skills and 1 B skill. Gymnasts and coaches work together to come up with the best skills and choreography and floor music to meet the requirements and highlight the gymnasts strengths.
Gymnasts are judged on meeting the skill requirements along with how well each skill is executed and performed. Level 6 is the only JO level that is not required. Gymnasts may skip this level if they achieved a score of 32 or higher in the all-around as a level 5 gymnast. If a gymnast chooses to compete level 6, they must then achieve a minimum all-around score of 32 to advance to level 7.
Level 7 - Level 7 is also considered an introductory optional level and has set requirements 5 A skills and 2 B skills , but allows gymnasts to individualize their routines.
Gymnasts in level 7 must be a minimum of 7 years old and they much achieve a minimum of a 32 in the all-around to advance to level 8. Level 8 - This is the last optional level that allows gymnasts to start at a This means that each gymnast who meets the requirements listed on the level 8 chart begins there routine at a 10 and the judges subtract from there.
This is also the first level that introduces composition deductions, meaning that the routine must show skill balance and difficulty throughout. Gymnasts in level 8 must be a minimum of 8 years old and are required to score a 34 before advancing to level 9. Level 9 - Level 9 is the first optional level to require gymnasts to go above and beyond the skill requirements 2 A skills, 3 B skills, 1 C skill to reach a Gymnasts who meet all of the skill requirements in level 9 begin their routine at a 9.
Uneven Bars. The uneven bars bars consist of two wood-covered, fiberglass rails held up by steel posts at different heights and a variable distance apart depending upon the needs and level of the athlete.
Depending on the level of competition, routines consist of skills performed in a series of varying difficulty. The gymnasts show large swing skills, kips, casts, handstands, a release and re-catch of the bars, some sort of somersaulting aka salto or twisting skill, a dismount to the floor, and a stuck landing.
Bronze, Silver and Levels only use the low bar in their routines. Balance Beam. The balance beam or just beam is an apparatus made of steel and padding that is The gymnast will show a variety of skills from dance and tumbling and combine them into a routine which lasts from 30 - 90 seconds which is solely level dependent. Basically they do the same moves executed on the floor except they are confined to a space that is four inches wide.
Floor Exercise. Floor exercise aka floor is performed on area that is 42ft x 42ft or 12 meters x 12 meters. There is a platform under the carpet which is bonded to foam called a spring floor.
Most spring floors are comprised of a layer of carpet bonded foam, a layer of baltic birch wood, and a final layer of baltic birch wood with springs attached. There are over springs underneath the floor. The girls perform to music; each level of compulsory gymnasts perform to the same music; optional levels choose their own music and in Xcel all levels can choose their own music. Typically at Bronze Level the Staff will choose a single song for the Level to use. The routine should cover most of the area of the carpet inside the lines , must include tumbling, and include lots of dance elements.
Why is her score lower than the other girl? Here offer what we have learned and scrounged up over the last 8 years on the topic with hopes of helping to provide you with that light. Judging gymnastics is complicated and tedious. Parents and spectators need to understand that a judge is only human, and each judge has a different background with a varied level of experience in the sport. Each judge is charged with presenting his or her opinions, used at their own discretion, with a different levels of expectation.
The judgment is ONLY an opinion of the performance on that particular day, for. Gymnastics judges must pass a test that requires a great deal of studying from a very thick manual It's no joke, we have seen it! They must stay current with changes to routines, scoring systems, and keep up with professional growth opportunities throughout the year to be assigned to gymnastic meets competitions each season. It is definitely a part-time job, pays surprisingly little money, yet it still requires almost full time effort.
Here in the U. S, compulsory gymnastic routines are universally defined, and have a start value of The routines, requirements, and penalties are outlined in a book, aka. The purple book , and each skill or series of skills is given a value.
As the athlete performs a routine, the judge notes any mistakes he or she sees using a code of symbols a uniform way for judges to mark skills performed along with execution errors at any give phase of a skill. Each symbol has a value, and after the routine is complete, the symbols are tallied and this amount is deducted from In Xcel levels, the created routines must contain certain elements.
For example, silver bars requires 5 total skills, a mount, dismount, a circling skill, and a cast not less than 45 degrees from horizontal. Balance beam skills include partial handstands, running steps, pivot turns, split jumps, cartwheels and side-handstand dismounts. You have to do headstands, backbends, plus jumps and turns that are more advanced. Level 4 bar requirements include glide swings, pullovers and front hip circles. This level requires you to master beam skills -- including leg swing mounts, pivots, more advanced jumps and dismounts.
The Level 4 vault is the handstand back flat, where you run towards the vault, launch from the springboard to a handstand on the vault and land on a mat on the other side. You must know how to do stretch and straddle jumps for Level 5, as well as a front handspring, a back extension roll and a round off. Uneven bar routines must include skills like kips, jumps to the high bar, under swings and half-turn dismounts.
Many new Level 5 gymnasts struggle with the mount onto the beam and the v-sit. Levels 5 and 6 perform the same front handspring vault.
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