Error in the guidelines.

I made an error in the guidelines concerning the bonus for level 3 floor.  It should read that a backhandspring is a bonus and it has been corrected in the league guidelines .pdf.  If you see more errors, please let me know.  I have no doubt that there are more. 

Also, please be sure to specify whether your kids will be in the gold or silver divisions for level 4 when you send in a meet entry. 

The first meet at Rebound seemed to go pretty well.  The only thing Sheri from asked was that we remind our parents to stay off the floor after the session is over. 

Directory Information & Questions/Reminders

I have had a few more gyms inquire about the league and I'm not 100% sure we have all of the e-mails correct, so I am going to make a league directory.  I've got it started, I just need confirmations and the information you want listed for your gym.  If you intend to participate in the league, please confirm the e-mail address that you would like us to use.  Also, I need any phone numbers, addresses, and any other contact e-mails if you would like them listed in the directory.  This will make it easier to keep good communications and to get out meet information. 

Here is the 2010-2011 League Information on .pdf.

I have a few more questions and reminders:

Prep-Op Question: I need to take a quick survey to see who all is competing some prep-op kids this year.  I know of 1 gym and she asked me to see if anyone else was doing it this year.  Also, a few of the league meet informations that have been sent out have not included prep op.  Is this something you don't want to offer or maybe you just forgot to add?

Meet Entry Fee Reminder:  The team entry fee for league meets is $10.  (All teams that enter will receive an award).  The individual entry fee for league meets is $30 for on-site meets and $37 for off-site meets.

Level 4 Division:  Level 4 will be divided into two divisions.  The recommendation is that gymnasts that practice more than 5.5 hour/week enter the gold division and those practicing less enter the silver division.  However, you may choose to enter either division, please put your gymnasts where you think they need to be.  I don't think there are any level 4s in the league practicing more than 7 or 8 hours/week.  We will use the honor system as much as possible.  This is somewhat of an experiment but I think it's going to work.  If it doesn't, we'll try something else.  If you have any problems, please let me know. 
    As for how the kids will be entered in the meets, I guess that is up to the meet director but you might specify on your entry.  I suppose there could be a meet that has very few kids in one division.  If it is silver, the meet director should probably ask that gym if they would like to combine for that meet in order to have more competitors.  If it is the gold, I would say they either shouldn't be combined or everyone should be informed.  This would be a courtesy of the meet director but WOULD NOT be required; the meet director could just take the entries as submitted.

League Championship

Date & Location: March 12-13, 2011 at Lawrence Gymnastics

Awards:
   Team: All teams with paid entry will receive a trophy.
   Individual Event: Place 50% + achievement ribbons or all the way out with ribbons; at least the top 3 will receive a medal.
   Individual All-Around: All participants will receive a placement and a trophy.

Entry Fees:
    Team: $10/team
    Individual: $40 

Session Size: All session should last for less than 3 hours from stretch to the end of awards. (if possible)

Qualifying: Everyone is encouraged to participate in at least 2 league meets. 

Introductions: All participants will be individually announced & presented during march-in.(if possible)

Entry information will be posted when available.

The results are in

We had 24 votes from 17 gyms (I did not place a vote because of my position). 

Question 1:  What should the warm-up time be for level 2 & 3 league kids?

• 30 seconds or more (meet director's discretion) - 8 votes
• 45 seconds or more (meet director's discretion) - 16 votes

Question 2:  What should be the warm-up rules for vault for levels 2-4?

• 2 vaults (including straight jumps) - 9 votes
• 3 vaults (including straight jumps) - 11 votes
• the time limit given to that level - 2 votes
• other - 2 votes

Question 3:  Should individual announcements (instead of team announcements) be required at championships?

• Yes - 17
• No - 7
• One other comment was to do both team & individual announcements

Question 4:  Would you be willing to pay a small fee for each gymnast to allow the league to provide insurance for league meets?

• Yes - 14
• No - 2
• Maybe - 8

       I'll take this as a go to see what I can figure out, I'm still working on it.
 
I will put everything together and make it available for everyone.  Sometime in June or July I'm going to get the interested judges together and bring them in to go through everything so we can all be on the same page.  I'll let everyone know when I get something figured out in case you know of any judges or coaches that would be interested in coming. 

2010 League Championship March-in

Here is a little video of our level 2s (my daughter) doing march-in at the league championship. 

The march-in was quick and we got lots of good feedback.