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Xcel Bronze Requirements


The Xcel Bronze level is the first division in the Xcel program. Below you’ll find the event requirements for vault, bars, beam, and floor—plus at-home practice ideas and equipment picks to support safe progress. These requirements are paraphrased from the Xcel Code of Points for easy reading; for precise rules always consult the official USAG documents and your coach.

✅ This skills list was reviewed for the 2025 season. Always verify routine composition with your coach and the latest Xcel Code of Points.



Bronze Vault Requirements

Bronze gymnasts must perform one of the following vaults:

  • Stretch jump onto mat, then kick to handstand and fall to flat back
  • Jump to handstand and fall to flat back

Bronze Bars Requirements

Bronze bar routines must include:

  1. A minimum of 4 “A” value skills
  2. A cast (hips must leave the bar)
  3. One circling skill (not the mount or dismount)
  4. A dismount

Example routine: Jump to front support → Cast → Back hip circle → Cast → Stand dismount.

Bronze Beam Requirements

Bronze beam routines must include:

  1. Minimum of ½ turn on one or two feet
  2. One jump or leap (e.g., tuck jump)
  3. One non-flight acro skill (e.g., forward roll)
  4. A dismount — not a salto/aerial (e.g., straddle jump off)

Bronze Floor Requirements

Bronze floor routines must include:

  1. Minimum of two directly connected acro skills (e.g., round-off → backward roll)
  2. A second pass with one acro skill (e.g., cartwheel)
  3. A dance passage with two elements, one of which is a leap achieving 60° split (direct or indirect connection)
  4. Minimum of ½ turn on one foot

What to Practice at Home (Safe Ideas)

  • Shaping & core: hollow/arch holds, plank variations
  • Handstand prep: wall walks, donkey kicks, kick-to-HS against wall
  • Floor basics: forward/backward roll progressions, cartwheel and round-off drills
  • Jumps & leaps: split leap and tuck jump shapes on a line or floor beam
  • Turns: ½ turn balance holds on line, rise to relevé control
  • Flexibility: active splits (front/straddle), calf/hip flexor mobility

⭐ Recommended Equipment for Xcel Bronze

If you’re building a safe at-home setup for Bronze basics, these are smart, beginner-friendly picks:

#1 Panel Mat (foundation for rolls, cartwheels, shaping)

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Durable and versatile—great for forward/backward rolls, cartwheel/round-off drills, and flexibility.

#2 Floor Beam (confidence for beam basics & turns)

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Practice mounts, walks, jumps/leaps, ½ turns safely at floor height.

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Frequently Asked Questions about Xcel Bronze

Q: What age do you have to be for Bronze?
A: Programs vary. Many athletes begin Bronze in the younger compulsory years; your gym’s director/coach sets mobility timing for your child.

Q: Can you compete Bronze without all the skills?
A: Sometimes athletes compete while still developing certain skills. Missing or incomplete elements can receive deductions. Always follow your coach’s guidance.

Q: Do Bronze gymnasts need grips?
A: Grips are generally optional at Bronze. Some athletes wait until more advanced bar work; others start sooner for comfort. Talk with your coach about timing.

Q: What are typical Bronze tumbling passes?
A: Common passes include round-off → backward roll or cartwheel → cartwheel, plus a separate single-skill pass (e.g., cartwheel). Focus is on solid basics and dance quality.

Q: How do you move from Bronze to Silver?
A: Meet your gym’s mobility standards and demonstrate consistent routines that fulfill Bronze requirements with good execution. Next up: Xcel Silver.


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Once a gymnast can perform routines that meet these Xcel Bronze requirements, she may compete in a Bronze meet (per gym policy).
After Bronze, the next Xcel level is Silver.

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    • You're coach decides for you. You're coach is mainly looking if, you pay attention, work hard, and make corrections.

  • So I'm 11 and I've been doing gymnastics for a couple of years but lately for some reason I have not been going!! But I will be heading back in august 1st will I still be in the team AAU Bronze will they teach me the things I for got how to do what if I for got how to do my back walkover (the team I was in before I left)

    • You may or may not be in the same level. My guess would be you would go in a lower level and they would teach you the stuff you forgot, and then once you got the skills, you could go back to bronze.

    • NO, she does not need a back handspring to be on bronze, the will most likely work on back handsprings in bronze and when she gets her back handspring be able to move up to silver if she can do all the other requirements for xcel silver. I also think it is really cool that your gym does a pre xcel. In my gym you go straight from advanced, where you work on back hip circles on bars, handstand flat backs on vault, back handsprings on floor, and handstands/cartwheels on beam, to xcel where you work on kips on bars, half ons on vault, round off back handspring back tucks on floor, and round off back tucks off beam, they must do a really good job with the transition between recreational gymnastics to team!

  • Is there a maxium number of skills a gymnast can do in a floor routine? And can you get deducted for skills being to hard on the value chart?

    • Hey I have all those skills butt im in level 3
      Hi I’m 6 years old and I really want to get a round off back tuck but I just started to work on it

  • I am in Xcel bronze and I do not have my backhandspring yet im kinda scared to go backwards but I can do a bak walkover do you have any tip or tricks for me?

  • I started when I was 11, and I ( if I do say so myself) good. You might be the oldest or tallest, but as long as you are having fun that's all that counts

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