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USAG Requirements
Xcel Silver Requirements
Everything a gymnast needs on each event for Xcel Silver — the official-style requirement list, broken down the way a coach actually teaches it.
Vault
- Handspring over mat stack
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 5 "A" value skills
- A cast -- minimum 45° below horizontal
- A circling skill (not the mount or dismount)
- A dismount
Pullover · Cast (min 45° below horizontal) · 2 A-value skills · A-value dismount
A kip is an A-value skill and excellent Silver goal, but a pullover mount is also acceptable.
Beam
- Minimum of 1/2 turn on one foot
- One jump or leap
- One non-flight acro skill
- A dismount
Floor
- Two directly connected acro skills -- one must have flight
- Two directly connected acro skills (no flight required) OR 1 acro with flight
- A dance passage with two skills -- one must be a 90° leap
- Minimum of 360° turn on one foot
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