--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@...> wrote:
>
> --- In [email protected], "raunchydog" <raunchydog@> wrote:
> >
> > The term is gymnastics skills or moves. There's a series of ten levels.
> > Levels 1-3 are non-competition levels. Her coach is getting her ready
> > for competition by scoring her performance. So when you see her "stick
> > it" and hold her arms up, she's waiting for her score.
>
> I wondered what she was waiting for.
>
> She's currently
> > at level 3 for most skills and level 2 and 4 for others.
>
> Competitions are standardized throughout gymnastics?
>
USA Gymnastics sets standards and certifies club membership. Fairfield's
Gymnastics program is just getting started. Last fall our coach moved his
fledgling club of about 15 kids who were meeting in his garage once a week in
Brighton to the Fairfield Recreation Center. Now he has over 200 time slots for
kids meeting 5 days a week. The growing interest in his program has generated
so much enthusiasm for gymnastics in Fairfield that the city powers-that-be are
talking about building a gymnastics center. Once we have a center we can join
USA Gymnastics and our kids can compete with other clubs.
http://usagym.org/pages/usagymclub/findagym.html (Search Iowa)
> > I submitted a photo of her for the University of Iowa Women's Gymnastics
> > "Stick-it Contest." The contest required that a "Stick-it" sticker
> > appear in the photo. She won the contest and they posted her photo on
> > Gymhawks Facebook.
>
> Fabulous!
>
> She was so stoked when they sent her prize: tickets
> > to a meet, two t-shirts and a $20 gift certificate to Panchero's. So
> > cute. In the photo she's wearing t-shirt autographed by the women's
> > team. I made two YouTube videos of Meet & Greet the Gymhawks when she
> > got her t-shirt autographed.
> > http://youtu.be/SU5WtiryJW0
> > http://youtu.be/OowECvmYri4
>
> As she starts winning competitions, will she get on a team,
> or what? How does it progress?
>
>
> >
> > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote:
> > >
> > > --- In [email protected], "raunchydog" raunchydog@ wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Tracking granddaughter's progress in gymnastics. New video on
> > Youtube.
> > > > http://youtu.be/Ma2Sai4PeL8
> > >
> > > She is such fun to watch, both her increasingly skilled
> > > performances and her fascinating personality as she
> > > practices the various stunts ("stunts" is the wrong word--
> > > what's the general term for a flip, vault, etc., outside
> > > the context of a whole routine?). Her enthusiasm for
> > > working to perfect the "stunts" is dazzling.
> > >
> >
>
