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Xcel Bronze Gymnastics
Everything you need to coach Xcel Bronze — the USAG requirements, every skill broken down, the drills that build them, and a full season lesson plan.
Xcel Bronze requirements
Stretch jump onto mat, then kick to handstand flat-back · Runway hesitation: 0.10 · Failing to stick: 0.10-0.30 · Landing too low on back: up to 0.30 · Lack of dynamics: up to 0.30
Minimum of 4 "A" value skills · A cast -- hips must leave the bar · A circling skill (not the mount or dismount) · A dismount · Pullover · Cast · Back Hip Circle · Underswing Dismount · Arched/piked body in cast or hip circle: up to 0.20 · Lack of control: up to 0.10 · Bent arms in hip or sole circle: up to 0.30 · Over-rotation: up to 0.10 · Bent knees/separations: up to 0.20
Minimum of 1/2 turn on one or two feet · One jump or leap · One non-flight acro skill · A dismount -- not a salto or aerial dismount · Balance errors: up to 0.15 · Incomplete turn: up to 0.20 · Falling off: up to 0.20 · Incorrect body position: up to 0.20 · Lack of split angle: up to 0.20 · Landing errors: up to 0.20
Two directly connected acro skills · A second pass with one acro skill · A dance passage with two skills · Minimum of 1/2 turn on one foot · Lack of connection: up to 0.20 · Body alignment: up to 0.30 · Landing errors: up to 0.20 · Artistry: up to 0.30 · Execution (flexed feet, bent knees): 0.05-0.30
Vault skills
Bars skills
Beam skills
Floor skills
Drills for Xcel Bronze
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