Level 7 Gymnastics

Everything you need to coach Level 7 — the USAG requirements, every skill broken down, the drills that build them, and a full season lesson plan.

Level 7 requirements

Vault

Front handspring · ¼-½ twist on (Tsukahara entry) to mat stack · Round-off entry (Yurchenko) onto table to mat stack

Bars

1 cast to handstand -- FIRST LEVEL requiring handstand on bars · 2 × 360° clear circling skills (same or different -- e.g., clear hip or giant swing) · One circling skill must be "B" value · One must be: clear hip circle, underswing, stalder circle, or hecht · Salto dismount minimum "A" value · Cast to HANDSTAND and Giant Swings first appear at Level 7. NOT at Levels 3-6.

Beam

Acro series with min 2 skills · One acro flight skill (can be part of series) · One leap or jump 180° split · 360° turn on one foot · Aerial or salto dismount minimum "A" value

Floor

Backward acro series including back salto directly connected to flight element (e.g., RO BHS back layout) · Front acro series including front salto · One salto in layout position landing on two feet · Dance passage with min 2 different skills -- one a leap with 180° split · 360° turn on one foot

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Vault skills

Tsukahara Entry (¼-½ Turn On)Front Handspring Entry → Mat Stack Yurchenko Entry → Mat Stack

Bars skills

Cast to Handstand Giant Swing Uprise to front support Underswing to clear support Clear hipcircle to clear support Shootover (not from HS, not to HS)Flyaway 1/1

Beam skills

Press to handstand mount Wolf hop/jump 1/2 Switch wolf jump Pike jump Roundoff Arabian dismount Gainer tuck to end Back handspring mount Straight jump 3/4 Back 1/1 dismount

Floor skills

Pike jump Shushunova Tour jete Sheep jump Wolf jump 1/2 3/2 turn Flyspring Onodi Back 1/2 or 1/1 Whip 1/2 Straight jump 3/2

Drills for Level 7

Cast to Handstand drills Giant Swing drills Tsukahara Entry (¼-½ Turn On) drills Switch wolf jump drills Pike jump drills Pike jump drills Shushunova drills Sheep jump drills Flyspring drills

Lesson plan

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Common Level 7 deductions

Judges take small deductions for form on almost every skill. These are the basics to clean up first — they apply across vault, bars, beam, and floor:

Bent legs — keep the legs straight and squeezed together.
Bent arms — lock the elbows on handstands, casts, swings, and supports.
Toes not pointed — point the feet on every jump, leap, hold, and landing.
Legs or feet apart — keep legs together unless the skill calls for a split.
Loss of balance — wobbles, extra arm swings, or a foot coming off the beam.
Steps or hops on landing — stick the landing — a step, hop, or lunge is a deduction.
Low chest or poor posture — stay tall and lifted through the whole routine.
Not enough height or extension — show full amplitude and finished, stretched shapes.

KINETIC breaks down the exact deductions and error-fixes for every Level 7 skill — with the drills to fix them.