Ages and Level of Progressions

The following links and information derived from the USASF Regional Meetings.  The subsequent discussions and recommendations are listed below.  To view the Policy Change Form and video of discussions please click on the link in the boxes at the lower portion of the screen.     Seven Suggestions Limit: Tiny to Level1, Mini to Level 1-2, Youth Level 1-3, Junior Level 1 – 4, Senior Level 1 – 5, [International Level 1 – 6] Recommendation to change the date of eligibility (back) to May 31st Recommendation to make a universal date for athlete membership Adjust Progressions to be more age oriented Put a bottom age limit of Senior Division Link Stunts, Tosses and pyramids to Age Level Adjust Progressions: a. No tosses in Mini and Tiny b. No Double fulls (baskets, stunts or tumbling) in Youth 5 c. Extended one leg stunts with foot next to body in Sr Level 2 d. One trick baskets and no twisting in Sr Level 2 e. Two trick baskets in Sr 4 f. Eliminate 4.2 g. Make Youth 4 + 5 small only Discussion aslo includes: Capping time progressively through levels Declaring a Level at a certain date Defining a season Comparison to other sports Body compisision and growth Bottom age limit

To view Policy Change Form and a video of the discussions please click on an option below. Age Eligability Date Doral 6/15 Age Indianapolis 7/30 Age Atlanta 8/7   Age Two Atlanta 8/7   White Plains   Indianapolis   Age Discussion Atlanta   Progression Discussion Atlanta Age Eligibility Date Dallas 8/22 Time Limit Discussion Dallas Declaring a Level  Discussion Dallas   Season Discussion Dallas

Age  Anaheim    Senior Age Anaheim Ages  Anaheim Ages Cleveland

 

Division Sizes and Breakdowns

The following links and information derived from the USASF Regional Meetings. The subsequent discussions and recommendations are listed below. To view the Policy Change Form and video of discussions please click on the link in the boxes at the lower portion of the screen.        Sixteen Suggestions Recommendation to make participation number 36 maximum (elliminate small and large) Recommendation to cap Large Division at 32 participants Recommendation to add mandatory combining to Coed Teams Recommendation to combine divisions by size before gender Recommendation to set a policy for all girl/coed/small/large splits Recommendation to have a mandatory split for minis 2 reccommendations to combine Jr Coed and Jr division 2 recommendations to lower small gym split requirement 2 recommendation to move the Small Gym participant number to 75 2 Recommendations to add a Level 4 Open Recommendation to create a Limited Coed L6 division Recommendation to delete Semi-Limited Coed   Discussion also included: On small and Large: the average size is 18 team members. Large is seen as a difficult division to compete in. Small is growing and Large is not. Hip Hop Divisions have a large variety (break into small and large) Semi Limited Coed dilutes large
To view policy change form and videos of the discussion please click on the links below Splits Sacramento 5/15 L6 Coed Sacramento 5/15  Sacramento Discussions   Doral Discussions   Jr & Sml Gym Doral 6/2 Eligibility Date Doral 6/2   Jr, Coed & Small Gym Doral 6/2 Doral Discussions cont.   Open Level 4 White Plains 7/24     Minis White Plains 7/24   White Plains DIVISION Discussions   White Plains AGE Discussions     Division Size Indianapolis 7/30 Indianapolis Discussions Indianapolis Small Gym Discussions     SemiLimited Atlanta 7/8   Atlanta Division Sizes     Atlanta Small Gym     Open Level 4 Atlanta 7/8   Small Gym Dallas 8/22     Combining Dallas 8/22     Capping Large Dallas 8/22   Season Discussion Dallas   Declaring a Level  Discussion Dallas   Dallas Small Gym Dallas Discussions Level 4 Discussion Dallas

 

Crossovers

The following links and information derived from the USASF Regional Meetings.  The subsequent discussions and recommendations are listed below.  To view the Policy Change Form and video of discussions please click on the link in the boxes at the lower portion of the screen.      Six  Suggestions 2 recommendation to set a maximum number of teams an athlete can crossover to in a day Recommendation to restrict crossing Levels to up or down 2 Levels Recommendation to restrict crossing to 20% of the team size Recommendation to restrict crossing to 25% of the team size Recommendation to limit number of times an athlete crosses over to 2 routines Recommendation to restrict International Open Crossovers to inside gym/program Discussion also included: The USASF has no policy in regard to crossovers Limiting the number of crossovers on a team Limiting the Levels to which an athlete can crossover Competing too many times can lead to fatigue/be unsafe Practicing too much can lead to overuse injuries Teams are ‘stacking’ or ‘sandbagging’ to win

To view policy change form and videos of the discussion please click on the links below Crossovers Doral 6/2   Crossovers: 25% & 2 times White Plains        Crossovers  White Plains        Crossovers: levels up/down White Plains   Doral Discussions   White Plains Discussions   Crossovers  Atlanta     Atlanta Discussions   Dallas Discussions