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Xcel Gold Gymnastics

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

Xcel Gold requirements

Vault
Front Handspring Vault with Repulsion · Runway hesitation: 0.10 · Failing to stick: 0.10-0.30 · Body position errors: up to 0.30 · Lack of dynamics: up to 0.30
Bars
Minimum of 6 "A" value skills · A clear support skill finishing at horizontal or above (ex. cast to horizontal) · 2 circling skills -- the 2nd can be a repeat or a different skill · A dismount from the HIGH BAR -- Gold is the first Xcel level to use the high bar · Arched/piked body: up to 0.20 · Lack of control: up to 0.10 · Bent arms in hip or sole circle: up to 0.30 · Landing errors: up to 0.30 steps, 0.50 fall · Bent knees: up to 0.20
Beam
360° turn on one foot · Two different dance skills -- isolated or in series · One jump or leap reaching 120° angle (ex. split jump with 120° split) · Two acro skills -- one must achieve or go through vertical · A dismount (ex. roundoff off the beam) · 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
Floor
Minimum two directly connected acro skills -- both must have flight · Second pass of 2 connected acro with flight, OR an aerial, OR a salto · Dance passage with two skills -- one must be a leap with 120° cross or side split · Minimum of 360° turn on one foot

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Vault skills

Bars skills

Beam skills

Floor skills

Drills for Xcel Gold

Lesson plan

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