To compete in level 6 gymnastics, a gymnast must be able to do the following skills on each of the four events.
In addition to the skills listed below, level 6 routines must each have 5 “A” skills and 1 “B” skill. In gymnastics, each skill has a value, A’s are the easiest all the way up to E’s, which are the hardest. So when the choreographer is choreographing the routine, he or she will need to make sure to add the right amount of skills and difficulty. Make sure to check out our how to to d a switch leap.
For an overview of the optional requirements you can check out this cheat sheet from the USA Gymnastics website.
Level 6 Gymnastics Requirements: Vault
You can do one of the following 3 vaults:
- front handspring
- 1/4-1/2 twist on (Tsuk entry), land on mat stack
- Round-off entry (Yurhenko) onto table, land on mat stack
Level 6 Gymnastics Requirements: Bars
- cast to minimum of 45° above horizontal
- 1 bar change
- one 360° circling element that is one of the following: underswing, clear hip circle, stalder circle or hecht
- min “A” dismount
Level 6 Gymnastics Requirements: Beam
- either a non-flight acro series, or one acro flight element
- 1 leap or jump requiring 180° split
- 360° turn on one foot
- min of “A” dismount
Level 6 Gymnastics Requirements: Floor
- 1 Acro Series with at least 3 elements, 2 must have flight
- 1 Salto or Aerial acro element
- Dance passage with minimum of 2 different leaps, jumps, hops — 1 must be a 180° split
- 360 degree turn on one foot
| Gymnastics Gear for Level 6 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 |
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Beige Velvet Cotton Mid-Rise Waist Gymnastics Underwear |
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 |
| XS-XXL | This cute racerback sports bra for gymnasts is a great option. | $27.50-$45.90 | |
| 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 |
| Rhinestone Leopard Grip Bag |
One size fits all | This grip bag is perfect for your tween/teen gymnast. It features a shimmery leopard print adorned with rhinestones.
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$21.95 |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| 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. | $25.95 |
Once a gymnast can perform routines that meet all these level 6 requirements, and she has passed out of level 5, she may compete in a level 6 meet. Level 6 may be skipped if a 32 AA was scored at Level 5. After successfully completing level 6, she can move on to level 7.
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Is there any gymnastics places in South Korea?
Hi Elizabeth,
I would think there are, but honestly I have no idea :( Sorry! Maybe someone else here can help?
Yes!! Not many, but there are quite a few gyms for tumbling. (*Not many actual "gyms" with teams and all the apparatuses for artistic.) Rhythmic gymnastics is a lot more common so there are more competitions for rhythmic. I started off with rhythmic because I wanted to compete, then switched over to tumbling.
What gymnastics place did u go to
i go to west side academy of gymnastics in dent ohio
The Gymnastics place that I go to is Sunburst Gymnastics Union, New Jersey
I go to World Champion Centre , which is Simone Biles gym it's very nice there , you can make lots of friends also i'm a level 6 gymnast so its very nice.
I go to Universal Gymnastics, Mt. Juliet and I'm in level 3 competitive team
OMG!!! |U DO??? DAT MUST BE NICE
OMG!!! |U DO??? DAT MUST BE NICE.
Btw I go to Impact Gymnastics Academy in NH. I'm a level 5 training level6
Is anyone else an xcel training to be in level 6?
I’ve went there before for open gym but I’m level 4
I go to Universal Gymnastics, Mt. Juliet and I'm in level 3 competitive team
I go to World of gymnastics and cheer, which is in Georgia.
I go to Universal Gymnastic in Mt. Juliet, TN
love gymnastics
Same
Many of our gyms.in our area don't compete Level 6? Is that because this level can be skipped without a mobility requirement?
What if you can do a back handspring but not a back walkover
Im pretty sure you need to get a back walkover because a back walkover is a very importent skil in gymnastics
It is a good skill to have but no it is not required. I also have a BHS but not a BWO.
I agree. I have both and it depends on the level. But after level 4 it is never a requirement. Especially in optional you choose skills that show off your strengths.
A back walkover is not a necessary skill. Most people in high levels compete a back handspring instead of a back walkover.
it is necessary to have a strong back walkover that you can do at any time no matter circumstances in order to do backhand spring which is a whole different ball game
I think a back walkout is a unnecessary skill
It’s actually really good skill to have since lots of level 5 gymnasts do it and level 7 gymnasts often do back-walkover back-handspring.
Unfortunately I dont know. But my daughter has the same issue. Her coach makes her do cartwheels instead of a back walkover. I just dont get it because she wont be going down a level so she is practicing for nothing.
keeping basics strong creates a good gymnast a gymnast who can do crazy flips but no basics is toast in the competitive world
Hi, cartwheels are very important. They teach basics. You need basics. For example you might be working a Roundoff backhandspring back tuck but if you don’t have a good hurdle you can’t do the skill correctly. Cartwheels teach landing on your bad leg, levering, hand placement, and help with upgraded dismounts for beam.
You don’t need a back-walkover in level 6 as long as you have a flight skill to replace it so you can compete a backhand-spring instead of a back-walkover
How long do the level six floor routines have to be ?
I think 1minute and15 seconds. Not completely sure
Ok between 50 seconds and 1 minute 15 seconds I believe :)
Do you have a list of what "A" and "B" skills are? My daughter is working on some of the dance portion of her floor routine with a dance teacher, not a gymnastics coach. We are trying to determine which moves are "poses" and which are considered "jumps/leaps", and what their value is.
You can find this information in the JO code of points. Or my skill progression charts denote which skills are "A"s and "B"s
What does min "a" dismount mean and and acro series and acro element or salto basically all of this plz email and tell I'm a level 4 and hoping to skip to level 6 and I would like to know all the meaning of this
Do you ever have to get a presshandstand ?
I don't know if I am level 5 or 6.
If you can do everything in Level six then you're level six if not probably level 5 cause to be a level you have to be able to do everything in that level.