All-Star Level5 Tumbling Rule Changes

[cheertired]

I am upset with the age for being on a senion team!

yeah me too, and then they take out mini lv 3's! alot of our youth girls have tucks, and are on our senior team now... we are a smaller gym too so it is hard for us with this new rule change.

 

[viralscorp]

If your athlete is mature enough to have mastered level 5 tumbling skills, then they should also be mature enough to learn about their own limits. For the vast majority of tumblers, it takes hours upon hours of instruction and practice to develop those skills - they show maturity, persistence and dedication in getting there.

So why not put a little effort into athlete education as well? And since parents can also exert a little pressure, educate them too. Teach Suzie WHY she should care about her body position through her layout and her full, and teach her that good technique now will make her double easier.

OK, there are clearly going to be exceptions. Not every elite athlete will understand that. Not every parent will get it either. But adding on a little more education introduces two more fail-safes into preventing unqualified coaches teaching skills.

If we are going to credential athletes and have that kind of information, then a huge mail-out isn't that far out of reach.

IMHO even crappy coaches still want good technique, they just sometimes don't want to wait for it or don't want to put in the effort or don't know how to teach it.

If you give the same information to parents and coaches and athletes about good technique, then won't it make it easy for parents to spot coaches and gyms who have progression on their mind before perfection?