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Hi everyone, 

I hope everyone had a great Gymcat Spring Break and your girls got some much needed rest! I know the coaches enjoyed the break after the long season! Having this week can help their body and mind reset, although some of them will be sore after our practice yesterday! Since the season is over we will be putting more of an emphasis on strength and conditioning as this is a vital part of gymnastics and helping them progress. 

Speaking of progressing- USA Gymnastics has put out the new code of points for Levels 6-10 for the years 2026-2030. There have been some significant changes to requirements for these levels that will be effective starting August 1st. The being said if your gymcat is in one of those levels or attempting to move into level 6 the coaches are going to speak with your gymnasts again regarding the rules changes and how it will affect their journey moving forward. 

Over the last 4-5 seasons the coaches collectively made a decision to not compete level 5 because of its similarity to level 6. Due to the current changes for next season to level 6 we are now considering having a group compete level 5 again. Level 5 has some great progressions in the routines that the coaches really like. It can just be a tough year with having to conquer the fear of going backwards and the strict standards of compulsory routines with lots of skills, mean scores tend to run lower than they are used to. The compulsory routines are set to change in two years and I believe more changes will be made to level 5 at that point so gyms are no longer skipping and the progressions make sense to everyone. 

Gymnastics seems to be a sport of ever changing rules which can make it difficult for everyone involved to understand and process. Please note the coaches take level decisions very seriously in wanting to put your gymnast in a spot that will benefit her the most. I am going to keep the summer splits the same as I had them when talking to the girls after Regionals but please note that going into next school year they could change groups again after we work through figuring out where each girl will be placed. This mainly affects the Level 4's from this season. 

 Levels will not be officially determined until the end of the summer. If your gymnast was not moved up a practice for the summer it means that they still have a few skills they need to work on in their current level over the summer but they will still work upgrades as well. If they master all of the skills for the next level they would still have an opportunity to move up after summer. If there is an asterisk by your gymnasts name on the summer practice schedule it means we would like them to practice with that level for the summer but they might not be ready to compete it come meet season. As always these decisions are tough, the coaches want to see every gymnast be successful where they are placed. There is a lot of thought put into this schedule in making sure we are trying to benefit every kid on this team. Please remember repeating a level is not a bad thing! It can often give the gymnast a great sense of confidence and leadership moving forward. 

Sign ups for summer and camp will begin after June 1st, you will need to stop into the front desk or send Coach Ashley an email. 

Please email me if you would like to meet or need to discuss your gymnasts progress.

May Schedule

May 1-8th- Regular Practice

May 9th- Gymcat Challenge 1-4pm

May 11th-22nd- Regular Practice

May 23rd- Combine Level 4/6/7/8/XP/XD 12-2:30pm

May 25th- No Practice Memorial Day

May 26th-30th- Regular Practice

June Schedule

June 1st- Gymcat Banquet- Time TBA normally around 6pm NO Practice this day

June 2nd-5th- Regular Practice

June 6th- Team tryouts (current team members do not need to tryout again) Practice will be combined Levels 4-8/XG/XP/XD 2:30-4:30

June 8th-11th- Regular Practice

June 12/13/14- Gymnastics Spectacular- No Practice

Week of June 15th will be Camp week for everyone- Summer Practice Level 2/3/4/XG Will attend Tuesday and Thursday from 9-3pm. Summer Practice Platinums and Level 6-8/XD will attend Mon./Wed./Fri. 9-3pm

June 22nd-June 26th- Summer Practices begin. 

June 29-July 3rd- TBA for combining practices due to Nationals kids being gone. 

Summer Practice Schedule

Please see attachment for which group your Gymcat is in.

Level 2- Mon and Wed 9-11am

Level 3- Mon. 11-1:30pm Wed. 9-11am Fri. 9-11:30am

Level 4- Mon. 11-1:30pm Tues. 11-1pm Wed. 9-12pm Fri. 9-11:30am

Xcel Gold- Mon. 12:30-3pm Wed. 11-1pm Fri. 10:30-1pm

Xcel Platinum- Mon. 12:30-3pm Tues. 11-1pm Wed. 10-1pm Fri 10:30-1pm

Level 6-8/XD- Mon. 9-12pm Tues. 9-12pm Thurs. 9-12:30pm Fri. 12-3pm

Gymcat Awards Night

Our annual awards night will be June 1st this year. It will be at 6:30pm at the West YMCA Auditorium. Look for an official invite to be posted on Facebook.

Nationals

The schedule was posted to the Facebook page and can be found on the Nationals website. I will put together an official timeline for our team once I receive the workout times for each level. Also be prepared to give me your gymnasts T-shirt and short sizes for Nationals apparel. 

Thanks everyone!

Coach Jessie

Jessie Hodulik

Head Gymnastics Team Coach

YMCA of Greater Toledo

12745 Eckel Junction Rd.

Perrysburg, OH 43551

419-874-1815

Jhodulik@ymcatoledo.org