Not Originally Designed for Competition
Level 4 is the first official level of compulsory competition in the Usa Gymnastics competitive system. The Level 4 vault and bars, beam and floor routines are substantially similar to the routines in the old 8-year compulsory cycle, which ended in 2005. while that cycle, Level 4 was upgraded to official competition status and gymnasts were allowed to enter official Usag competitions up to the State Championships. But the routines and especially the vault were originally designed plainly as training devices, not for competition.
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The Level 4 Vault Mat
This is most inevitable with the Level 4 vault - a handspring onto big stack of mats. In order to add this "vault" into quarterly competitions, a new piece equipment had to be designed and provided at competitions completely isolate from the normal vault horse/table. And unlike any vault at any other level, gymnasts do not land on their feet in the Level 4 vault requiring a whole new arrival to judging the vault.
You Don't Have to Compete Level 4
Another coarse misconception is that gymnasts are required to compete Level 4 before they can compete in Level 5. There is no Level 4 competitive requirement before you compete in Level 5. The only requirement for Level 5 is that gymnasts must pass a skill evaluation from a skill evaluator with a score of at least 75%. You don't have to compete Level 4! It is not required!
Level 4 Skills are roughly Never Used at Higher Levels of Competition
Level 4 skills, especially the bar skills are roughly never used at the higher elective levels of competition. There are 12 skills in the Level 4 bar habit and none of them are ever used in elective bar routines, except for the casts. On beam and floor, the situation is somewhat better. About half of the skills are direct progressions to more difficult skills that may be used later, but that also means that half of them are not.
The Majority of Level 4 Skills Lead Nowhere
Since the vault, all of the bars skills and about half of the beam and floor skills are not used later at the higher levels of competition, it is inevitable that most Level 4 skills are not used ever again in competition.
Level 4 Has Been Watered Down
During the old 8-year compulsory cycle, Level 4 gymnasts were allowed to attempt to compete a kip on bars. starting this year, you must be a Level 5 gymnast to do a kip in competition. Level 4 gymnasts no longer need to hit a real cross handstand in the beam routine, only a ¾ handstand. The handstand hold time requirement on the beam dismount is also less than in the last compulsory cycle. In short, Usa Gymnastics has made the Level 4 routines easier.
Why?
By now, you must wonder why Usa Gymnastics has made all these Level 4 changes. The answer is quite straightforward and even justifiable. They are trying to make the sport more available to more gymnasts. By lowering the entry level to competition, more gymnasts may participate in the Usa Gymnastics competitive system. This is not necessarily a bad thing for the sport. It increases the financial base of Usa Gymnastics and the whole of gymnasts competitive by a very needful percentage. Some of those gymnasts may at last rise to the top of the sport.
What Does It All Mean?
But parents and gymnasts should know that there are other paths to becoming a high level gymnast other than competitive at Level 4. In fact, most of the gymnasts you see on Tv were probably not ever Level 4 gymnasts. If it is your goal to become a high level elective or Elite gymnast, then you should be aware of the other paths that are more likely to make that happen.
Count Out the Years
Really good gyms and training programs create high level elective and Elite gymnasts in 3 - 5 years of daily training. That is fewer years than it would take to move from Level 4 to Level 10 (at one level per year) and they are working on harder skills sooner in their work (which is normally a good thing). For gymnasts on the Level 10/Elite track competitive at Level 4 may be a waste of a year of their gymnastics career.
Special Elite power and Skill development Programs Available
Elite and level 10 gymnasts often use programs like the Usa Gymnastics Top agenda and the Usaigc (United States association of Independent Gymnastic Clubs) Step agenda and competitions or their own version of these types of programs. The Top and Step programs both incorporate first on building power and flexibility and then the teaching of high level elective skill progressions.
Top and Step Programs Work for All Gymnasts
The truth is that these type programs that build gymnastics power and flexibility and work on high level skills and their progressions are as a matter of fact the best training system for all types and levels of gymnasts. It is, however, inherent to participate in these programs and compete at a compulsory level to gain competition experience. But by far, it is more foremost for a gymnast's work to found strength, flexibility and begin to train on the accepted higher-level skill progressions.
Myths About Usa Gymnastics Level 4 Gymnasts
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