Youth Gymnastics

Floor Skills

• 3/4 Handstand
• Cartwheel
• Backward Roll
• Forward Roll
• Stretch Jump

These floor skills are essential building blocks for all future skills.

Beam Skills

• Jump to Front Support Mount
• Arabesque to 30 degrees
• Needle Kick
• Releve Lock Stand
• Stretch Jump
• Cartwheel to 3/4 Handstand Dismount

For many young kids at this stage, the priority is to become confident on a full-height beam.

Vault Skills

• Stretch Jump onto a mat, then kick to Handstand Flat Back

Bar Skills

• Pullover
• Cast
• Back Hip Circle
• Sole-Circle Dismount OR Underswing Dismount

Being able to complete a Pullover and Back Hip Circle are the most important bar skills to master in a Level 1 class.

Floor Skills

• Cartwheel
• Handstand (held for 1 second)
• Backward roll to Support (push up position)
• Bridge Kick-over
• Split leap with 60 degree leg separation
• 180 degree Heel snap turn in passe
• Split jump with 60 degree leg separation

There are no advanced tumbling skills in Level 2, but form and flexibility are essential.

Beam Skills

• Jump to Front Support Mount
• Arabesque to 30 degrees
• Pivot turn
• Stretch jump
• Cartwheel to side handstand dismount

Vault

• Jump to handstand on mat stack and fall to flatback

Bar Skills

• Glide Swing
• Pullover
• Cast
• Back hip circle
• Underswing dismount

Floor Skills

• Handstand to a Bridge Kick-Over
• Leap with a 90 degree split
• Split jump with 90 degree split
• Backward roll to 45 degree above horizontal, lower to pushup position
• Round-off Back Handspring
• Handstand Forward Roll

Beam Skills

• 180 degree Heel-snap turn
• Straight jump
• Handstand
• Pivot turn
• Cartwheel to side Handstand, 1/4 turn dismount
• Split jump with 90 degree split

Vault Skills

• Handspring to flat back over raised mats

Bar Skills

• Back Hip Circle
• Front Hip Circle
• Single leg Squat-on
• Glide swing and Pullover
• Underswing or stretch jump dismount