Level 3

Level three: for gymnasts who have passed level 2. In this hour class, gymnasts will participate in a warm-up routine that helps them build their strength and flexibility. Gymnasts will then split into small groups to work towards learning the skills and etiquette needed to compete in gymnastics. Some skills worked on in this class are:

What a routine looks like on each event, how to start and end a routine, how to avoid deductions in a routine (to avoid creating bad habits while practicing).

Vault: Handstand flatbacks onto Resi and start to handspring onto Resi.

Bars: Pull Up / pull Over (without spot), Back-hip circles (without spot), begin working on glide kips / kip with spot), 3 taps swings in a row on the high bar, cast squat-on on the low bar (without Spot).

Beam: Continue perfecting jumps on the medium/high beam, cartwheels on the medium/high beam, begin working on mounting the beam, and handstands on medium beam.

Floor: Perfecting leaps and jumps with good form, cartwheels and round-offs with good form, backward rolls to hollow, back walkovers, back handsprings down an incline, and  handstand to bridge or front walkovers