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Team Gymnastics
Team gymnastics explained to help parents and gymnastics newcomers better understand what their young gymnasts (and families) can expect and how it all works.


Gymnastics Team Tryouts 101 — What It Means, What to Expect, and How Level Placement Really Works
A parent-friendly guide to one of the most confusing (and exciting!) steps in gymnastics - team tryouts!
Gymnastics ProMom
Mar 203 min read


Gymnastics Compulsory Scoring 101: Understanding Deductions on Each Event
Compulsory gymnastics scoring can feel like a mystery. Your gymnast salutes, performs a routine they’ve practiced a hundred times, and then a number flashes on the scoreboard that somehow reflects every pointed toe, straight leg, wobble, hop, and handstand angle.
Gymnastics ProMom
Feb 243 min read


Tips for First Meet Success (From a Gym Mom Who’s Been There)
Your gymnast’s first meet is exciting, emotional, and full of tiny details you don’t realize matter until you’re living them.
Gymnastics ProMom
Feb 203 min read


Gymnastics Scoring: Compulsory, Optional & Xcel
High level gymnastics scoring overview. Compulsory, Optional and Xcel program breakdowns of what the judges are looking for at meets.
Gymnastics ProMom
Feb 52 min read


Understanding Team Gymnastics Levels
Different organizations use different systems. Some gyms compete Level 1, some don’t. Some use numbers, some use colors. Some combine levels, some separate them. And then there’s Xcel — the program no one warns you about until suddenly your child is in it.
Gymnastics ProMom
Feb 44 min read


Gymnastics Programs: Recreational, Developmental & team
I had no idea that kids gymnastics had layers — recreational, developmental, competitive — each with its own purpose and pace within a gymnastics facility.
Gymnastics ProMom
Feb 44 min read


Parents: Welcome to the World of Understanding Competitive Team Gymnastics
Somewhere during this process, I fell in love with the sport of gymnastics and the bond it built with my daughter. Now I want to share everything I’ve learned with you — so you don’t have to piece it together the hard way. Who knows, maybe you'll even fall in love with gymnastics yourself.
Gymnastics ProMom
Feb 32 min read
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