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Xcel Platinum Gymnastics
Everything you need to coach Xcel Platinum — the USAG requirements, every skill broken down, the drills that build them, and a full season lesson plan.
Xcel Platinum requirements
Minimum front handspring vault over the table -- see current Xcel vault chart
6 "A" + 1 "B" value skills · A clear support skill finishing above horizontal · One circling skill (not mount/dismount) · A kip -- required at Platinum (upgrade from Gold) · A dismount from the high bar minimum "A" value
6 "A" + 1 "B" value skills · Minimum 360° turn on one foot · Dance series with two elements · One jump or leap reaching 120° split (may be in dance series) · Either one acro with flight (e.g., back handspring) OR an acro series with/without flight
6 "A" + 1 "B" value skills · Two directly connected acro skills both with flight -- one must be an "A" or "B" salto (e.g., front handspring → front tuck) · Either second pass of two connected acro with flight, OR isolated "B" salto · Dance passage with two elements -- one a leap showing 155° split · Minimum 360° turn on one foot
Vault skills
Bars skills
Floor skills
Drills for Xcel Platinum
Lesson plan
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Start free →Common Xcel Platinum 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 Xcel Platinum skill — with the drills to fix them.