Levels 7-10 Gymnastic Teams Santa Rosa Gymnastic Center

The second path to competitive status is to go through our Developmental program. This program takes the gymnast through three specially designed classes. These classes are more strongly structured and designed around a team track. They teach the gymnast more advanced techniques and prepare him or her to enter competition at the Level 5 Team, progressing up from there.

Levels 7-10 Gymnastic Teams compete at the Optional level.
At the Optional level, gymnasts must perform certain mandatory elements
within their own individually choreographed routines.

We take pride in our positive, non-pressured coaching, and our very supportive atmosphere.
Our goal is for each gymnast to attain his or her full potential
and achieve his or her goals, whatever they may be.

On Attaining Competitive Status: We are a college bound program, geared to helping the optional level gymnast achieve their goals of getting into a college program. We have successfully placed 7 gymnasts in college programs around the country. Division One through Division 3. Gymnasts can attain competitive status in two ways. The first way is to go through our Recreational program, Levels A-H, and then join our Level 4 Team, continuing up from there.

The Level 9 Team

an Intermediate/Advanced Level
Optional Team trains 15.5 hours per week competes in 7 to 12 local, state, regional, and national competitions per year student-coach ratio is 8:
coached by Darcie Fellows

The Level 10 Team

     an Advanced Level Optional Team
     trains 17 hours per week
     competes in 7 to 12 local, state, regional,
       and national competitions per year
     student-coach ratio is 6:1
     coached by Darcie Fellows

The Level 8 Team

     a Beginning/Intermediate Level
       Optional Team trains 15.5 hours per week
     competes in 7 to 12 local, state, regional, and national competitions per year
     minimum age is nine years old
     student-coach ratio is 8:1
     coached by Darcie Fellows

Level 7 Team
a Beginning Level Optional Team trains 13 hours per week, competes in 7 to 12 local, state, regional, and national competitions per year minimum age is eight years old student-coach ratio
is 9:1 coached by Darcie Fellows-Hansen choreographer is Darcie Fellows-Hansen

On Advancing to the Next Level: Moving from one team level to another is done through acquiring the "move up" score, at any competition, for a given level. The gymnast may also move up by passing the required skills for the next level. We use evaluation cards to track the gymnast's progress in learning these required skills.