EHS GYMNASTICS SKILL LEVEL REQUIREMENTS

Here are some of the general skill requirements to compete on the Edina Gymnastics team. These are a guide, and not all inclusive of the skills that the gymnasts will be working on but will give you an idea of whether the program would be a good fit for your gymnast. If your gymnast is not yet at the minimum level shown here, please do consider joining our Edina MAGA Gymnastics program (through Community Ed). The program works on progressions to prepare gymnasts to join the HS team in the future! Please reach out to our team coaches if you have any questions!

FLOOR SKILLS: 

Tumbling - 

• Round Off, Back Handspring, Back Handspring.

• Round Off, Back Handspring, Back Tuck.

• Front Tuck, Round Off, Back Handspring.

Examples of Varsity Level Tumbling -

• Round Off, Back Handspring, Layout or 1/1 twist or more

• Round Off, 1/1 Twist or 1 1/2 twist

• Front Handspring, Front 1/1

• Front Tuck, Front Tuck 

Floor Dance:

• Split Leap 150 degrees

• Full turn on toe

• Tuck Jump 1/1

• 2 Connected Jumps (ie: Wolf jump + Tuck 1/1)

Examples of Varsity Level Dance-

• Higher level Jumps such as: Popa, Strug, Switch side 1/2

• Switch leaps at a 180 degree split

• Wolf jump 1 1/2

• 2 connected jumps of higher level difficulty

• 1 1/2 or 2/1 turn on toe consistent

BAR SKILLS:

Bar Skills - 

• Kip

• Clear hip (both low & high bar)

• Cast above horizontal

• Squat on

• Long hang pull over OR clear hip to baby giant 

• Flyaway

Example of Varsity Level Bar Skills:

• Kip x2 connected

• Clear hip to handstand (or at least above horizontal)

• Uprise

• Giant(s)

• Layout flyaway or Full dismount

• Release Skill (or working on one)

BEAM SKILLS:

Beam Skills - 

• Full Turn on toe (consistently)

• Split Leap

• Tuck, Wolf and Straddle jumps

• Cartwheel, Handstand, back or front walkover

• Front or back tuck or barani dismount

Examples of Varsity Level Beam Skills -

• Switch leap 150-180 degrees

• Tuck 3/4 jump, Wolf 3/4 jump, Straddle 180 degrees

• Back or Front walkover or handspring series

• Round Off

• Punch Front Layout dismount - or Back 1/1 dismount

VAULTS:

Minimum vault is a front handspring. Varsity level gymnasts should be competing a higher level vault such as a front handspring 1/1, or 1/2 on-1/1 off, or a tsuk vault.