These are the level 10 gymnastics requirements. Level 10 is an optional level; learn more about the gymnastics levels here.
To compete in level 10 gymnastics a gymnast must be able to do most of the following skill requirements on each of the four events, have scored a 34 All-Around at level 9 and have reached her 9th birthday. If her routine does not have all the requirements listed below, deductions will be applied.
In addition to the following requirements, Level 10 routines must have 3 “A” valued skills, 3 “B” valued skills and 2 “C” valued skills.
Level 10 Gymnastics Requirements: Vault
- A vault from the Level 10 Vault Chart
Level 10 Gymnastics Requirements: Bars
- One flight skill that is a minimum of “C” value (excluding the dismount)
- A second different flight skill that is a mimimum of “B” value (excluding the dismount)
- One skill with a longitudinal-axis turn that is a minimum of “C” value (excluding the mount and dismount)
- A minimum of “C” valued salto dismount
Starting in Level 4, many gymnasts start wearing gymnastics grips to protect their hands on bars. Check out our guide to the best gymnastics grips.
Level 10 Gymnastics Requirements: Beam
- One Acro Series with a minimum of 2 flight skills, either one skill must be a minimum of “C” or the series can be an “A” non-flight acro skill directly connected to an “E” flight skill (excludes the mount and dismount)
- One leap or jump with an 180° split
- Minimum of 360° turn on one foot
- Aerial or Salto dismount, skill must either be a minimum of “C” value, or a “B” dismount that is directly connected to an acro series that includes a “C” skill or connected to a “C” valued acro or dance element
Level 10 Gymnastics Requirements: Floor
- One acro series with 2 saltos or 2 directly-connected saltos (can be the same or different)
- Three different saltos within the floor routine
- Dance passage with a minimum of 2 different leaps, jumps or hops, including 180° split leap
- The last salto in the routine must be at least a “C” valued salto
- 360° “B” valued turn on one foot
Check out a suggested gymnastics outfit for Level 10 gymnasts below.
| Gymnastics Gear for Level 10 Gymnasts | Sizes | Description | Price |
Pink Rays Leotard |
CS – AS | Beautiful, soft, ombre ray leotard with a rhinestone belt – perfect for your tween/teen gymnast to feel gorgeous at practice in! | $47.95 |
| NA | This gymnastics journal is what your gymnast needs to improve her gymnastics and have her best season yet! It’s over 100 pages long with mindset exercises, meet logs, end of season reviews, a place to collect autographs from her teammates. | $21.95 | |
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XS-XXL | This cute racerback sports bra for gymnasts is a great option. | $16.55-19.54 |
Destira Black Gymnastics Compression Sport Shorts |
Child XXS (3x) – Adult XL | Some gymnasts prefer to wear shorts over their leotard, either for modesty, comfort, or for whatever reason. These are a great option! | $28.00 |
Customizable Gymnastics Grip Bag |
One size fits all | This grip bag is perfect for your tween/teen gymnast. It features a tie dye leopard print design with option to personalize with your fav event and your initial.
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$27.95 |
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Bailie Beginner Dowel Buckle Gymnastics Grips
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XXS-L | They are a great first pair of dowel grips because they are narrower and smaller than a standard grip. The leather is easier to break in, and they let the gymnast keep more of their hand on the bar so they can feel their swing. | $34.95 |
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Work Hard Dream Big Gymnastics Backpack
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One size fits all | This gymnastics backpack is uniquely designed. There is a TON of space with many pockets, including the bottom section for shoes! | $39.95 |
Beige Velvet Cotton Mid-Rise Waist Gymnastics Underwear
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Kids 3-5 – Adult Large | Great for your gymnast if she feels more comfortable wearing underwear under her leotard. Nude, high cut and seamless. | $24.99 |
Level 10 is the last gymnastics level before Elite. Many gymnasts who go on to compete in college gymnastics were once Level 10 gymnasts.
91 Comments
How can I be a better gymnastics
Practice makes ehhhhhh but that’s what does it
focus on your grammar first
Why don’t you fix your grammar first , i’m 8 years old and i have better grammar than you.
My friend is a lvl. 10 and I’m only lvl 3 but the floor skills for level 10 are so confusing. I’m looking up the level 10 skills and they are so confusing.
Same! I am almost a level five and dont even know half of whta they are talking about
Your comment is unkind. She can be a better gymnast by finding, good, friendly people to help her. It’s sad that at such a young age you’re unwilling to help.
It’s okay to make mistakes, especially in grammar. At least it’s only words, whereas your comment is rude and unkind.
I 100% agree, Leah. Her comment was unnecessary, and rude. However, the reply from Zyla was just as rude than the comment from “gjryk”! We need to be posting helpful or informative comments on here, not bringing each other down, or dissing other Gymnast’s! Great comment Leah.
Umm practice
Hi Sarah, practice repetitively. And have fun with it! Don’t be afraid to ask for help, and if you ask for help and someone is unkind, they’re not worth your time. So find good, positive people who are. They’re more fun to learn with. I hope this helps!
Practice, duhhhh
You can’t just get better a gymnastics, you have to practice as much as you can. I understand gymnastics is the hardest sport out there .
You have bad grammer
Learn your english skills
I’m a level 2 gymnast and I’ve been in level 2B twice and 2A twice HELP ME
Maybe you could work at home on skills that are a little bit higher than your level. Make sure they’re not to hard or you could get hurt. I’m not saying i’m professional or anything though I’m only a level 4
How can I get my kickover, I’ve been practicing for almost a year
Use a hill it helps so much
Do a lot of back bends and front
limbers
Try walking your hands closer to your feet, lean your shoulders a little bit forward over your hands, then try your kick over 🙂 That’s pretty much what worked for me!
Try using a wall it helps
i am a level 9 gymnast
ok
I’m a level 3 gymnast self taught and I really need my back handspring
If you want to get your back handspring, you should watch Anna Mcnulty’s video on it. Also do back limbers, back walkovers, etc.
How can I be a better gymnast
Hi. Is a single bar release required for Level 10?
Thanks.
no, you don’t have to have a single bar release move for level ten. however, you need two releases. examples include a bail/shoot-half, pac, hecht, and maloney
I am a level 9 gymnast and i work hard everyday follow me @presshandstand7 And me and hayden are just friends
Are you sure
No because Annie’s last name is LeBlanc not LeBlance and her username isn’t presshanstands7 anymore
Annie Leblanc is how you spell it not with an e
Fake
Fake also she knows how to spell and why would she promote herself and she quit and why would she even be on this website?
I was a level 2 then I quite to do cheerleading
I still can’t do a kickover after trying for 2 years I suck
Trust me, if anyone sucks it’s me It took me 3 years to get my kick over, but that’s because I didn’t practice at home. Here are my tips for you: try walking your hands closer to your feet, lean your shoulders a little bit forward over your hands, then try your kick over. If that doesn’t work, try doing a bridge in front of a wall and start walking your feet up it until you can successfully kick over. Each time you do it, try to walk up a little less, and you’ll have it on flat ground in no time 🙂
P.S. omg sorry for the super long comment
No you don’t suck at gymnastics . You just need to keep on practicing then you’ll get there .
How do I get better at gymnastics when I practice at home, school, park and at gymnastics classes??
I’m about a level 4 gymnast and I’m 13 do is still have a chance to get to the level I need to be at for college gymnastics? ( I think it’s level 10)
Usually the rule of thumb for getting into college gymnastics is that your gymnastics level should be the same as your grade. (so 3rd grade, level 3 and 7th grade, level 7 etc.) Scince most colleges would recruit you in your sophmore or junior year of high school, I would say that depending on your gym and how fast girls at your gym normally move up, you could still have a chance at college gymnastics, even though you would probably have to skip a level or two.
Very unlikely but if you train really hard for maybe 20 hours a week or more you might be able to.
But probably not.
College gymnastics is my dream and I am a level 7/8 and I am 12, but I still am not that confident
hi I can do everything I am mint like I’m in level 13 now and when I get to level 15 I train for the Olympics and I’m only 9
There is no level 13…
That’s not even possible you don’t even train for the Olympics until you’re like 14 or 15 years old you can’t be 9 to train for the Olympics you’re way too young
I’m about to start nlp in Australia and is wondering what the difference between The Australian programme and the American program is
I think im around level 5
I was at Level 8 but I quit because too many of my friends made fun of me. What should I do
They are only making fun of you bc your amazing, and their jealous! I would love to be level 8 but sadly I know that will never happen. Please don’t quit when you are so good, trust me if your friends don’t support your gymnastics than find better friends.
P.S I’m only level 5 and would not quit bc of a friend, their not worth it.
Thank you so much!!! I’m starting gymnastics again, and left my old friends. I’m sure your amazing too:)
Thank you , I’m so glad you are going back to gymnastics! And left those awful friends:)
Hi. I am level ten. If anyone needs help of advice just ask.
How do level up faster? I practice all the time but just can’t get past on skill, my standing back tuck. Is there a specific way to get it faster?
What can I do for an connection on beam
I’m level 10. Competed JOs twice and I’m only 12. #nextsimonebiles
ok so i want to start gymnastics and i’m. it like 7 i’m older so i think i would be in level 7 on the floor. so could i be in different levels for different things because i’m best at the floor but like i don’t really know the skills what would happen?
no you would definitely have to be on the same level for each event. Keep working hard and you can be just as good as you are on floor on all the other events.
Hi I’m going into 8th grade (13) and I can only do back handsprings and backflips on a trampoline, but I have my Ariel and front walkover/handspring I. The ground. If I start gymnastics will I be able to make a team and/or get my skills on floor?
All gyms are different, most wouldn’t let you join team with those skills, but yours might be different.
im a level 1 gymnast but i also am very confusing im level 1 and have a skill from level 4 and level 3 and 5 and 2 and also in beam i have skills from higher levels and right now im trying to get my walking handstand what do i doo
How do I get my gymnastics teacher to realize
I need to get moved up? I can do all the requirements.
Unfortunately sometimes that doesn’t matter. My daughter competed Level 8 missing Regionals with over 36 AA by 2 spots (1st time ever in Mass that Regionals cut off was over a 36), next year had all Level 9 skills, still made to compete another year of Level 8, but doing Level 9 routines (back handspring layout series on beam, double back dismount off bars, front full and front lay front lay tumbling passes to name a few of the major skills). Different gyms have different criteria to move up – some require 2+ years at certain levels, even if State AA Champ year 1, others will require to be TOP 3 @ States, some only require hitting the minimum score, with or without all next level skills, some require min score + skills. All you can do is ask what exactly you need to do to be moved up. Then work as hard as you can to get to where they want. If you don’t agree with your gym’ s requirements/opinion about you (if they require giants on bars or a back handspring back handspring series on beam for Level 6 – as some gyms do, even though not required by USA Gymnastics for level 6 ), you could consider going to a different gym.
Okay okay that’s a little too much words
How do you get a back tuck I’ve tried for a year. Sometimes I get it and sometimes I don’t.
Practice, and don’t give up, also make sure you know how to properly shift your weight and control it every time. What level are you? I’m level 10 so back tucks are like SO easy for me!
That is a little show off but ok…
Please DO NOT monitor your weight it is definitely of good for your mental or physical health. But you can practice really hard and maybe talk to your coaches about what needs to be done.
What can I do for an across series for level 10 because I need that
Hi! I am in level ten but some skills are required to be level 9 but OH WELL iam only 10 lol
Hi girls. If you need any help or advice I was a level 10 until I started competing in college for George Washington University. I t was my dream to compete in college with gymnastics. Then I lived out my dream with dedication and hard work. You can too work hard and don’t quit.
Hey! I’m just scored out of level 5 with a 35.3 and I’m moving onto level 6. I turn 14 this month. I compete with a YMCA program. We can’t afford to switch gyms. There’s one that Is $350 a month that I would love to go to but too expensive. Anyways I have my back full, beam bhs. I want to become a college gymnast so bad. Any advice to help get me there? Also press handstand tips?
My friend is a lvl. 10 and I’m only lvl 3 but the floor skills for level 10 are so confusing
Umm practice
The one skill I NEED to get is a back walk over or flick on beam but I am super scared to do it. Dose anyone have tips?
girl i-
my parents own my gym, im on the usa jo team
and ive been to nationals 7 times
same but I’m 12 and haven’t been to nationals that many times (obvi because I was level 10 at 9 so I couldn’t have that many years.)
I am a level 4 gymnast and I literally Taught myself how to do a back handspring, back walk over and all those moves on my own with out a spotter lol
I was level 2 and i quit because i couldn’t get any of the moves and i was so frustrated!!
What is the Starting Value for this Level 10 bar routine.
MOUNT: in between bars jump to HB
Kip cast to HS
Blind Half to bail HS
Pike toe circle to HS
Clear hip to HS
Kip pike on to HB
Pike toe circle to HS or straddle to HS
Giant-giant
Double layout
Thank you
thanks i will try it
I’m a level 5 gymnast. I was self taught for a year but then I started going to actual gyms. I started when I was seven:/ but does anyone have tips on round off back handspring?
If so please reply, Thank you!
I am going to be level 10 soon, and this is not helping me prepare. I am just 10!
Hi! I have been working on my handstands for about a year now, but i can only hold it for a couple of seconds, like 2, and I’ve been practising against the wall but it just doesn’t help. If you have any advise please help 🙂
Im a level 10, and yeah I can do anything
Hi im Lyla and I am not doing team right now, but my mom says she is worried I will get bullied. Has anyone gotten bullied?