{"id":2373,"date":"2019-01-31T04:59:39","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T04:59:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/?p=2373"},"modified":"2023-10-03T06:42:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-03T06:42:25","slug":"level-3-gymnastics-requirements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/level-3-gymnastics-requirements\/","title":{"rendered":"Level 3 Gymnastics Requirements &#038; Skills list &#8211; bar, beam and floor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">Gymnasts aren&#8217;t required to compete and achieve USAG level 3. Level 3 is the last <a href=\"https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/gymnastics-levels\/\">gymnastics level<\/a> in the Junior Olympic program before the compulsory level 4. Level 3 gymnastics requirements include the challenging round-off back handspring which is a lot of fun to compete with and looks really impressive once you&#8217;ve mastered it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">After moving up from <a href=\"https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/level-2-gymnastics-requirements\/\">level 2<\/a> a lot of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_gymnasts\">gymnasts<\/a> find the level 3 requirement to perform a vertical handstand on beam and side handstand dismount off the beam to be challenging but this depends a lot on the gymnasts preferred gymnastics apparatus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"aawp\">\n\n            \n            \n<div class=\"aawp-product aawp-product--horizontal aawp-product--bestseller aawp-product--ribbon\"  data-aawp-product-asin=\"B0CDGQKW9J\" data-aawp-product-id=\"11163\" data-aawp-tracking-id=\"justifyingfun-20\" data-aawp-product-title=\"FBSPORT 8ft Adjustable Balance Beam  High and Low Floor Beam Gymnastics Equipment for Kids\/Adults,Gymnastics Beam for Training,Practice Physical Therapy and Professional Home Training with Legs\" data-aawp-click-tracking=\"title\">\n\n    <span class=\"aawp-product__ribbon aawp-product__ribbon--bestseller\">Popular Level 3 gymnastics beams<\/span>\n    <div class=\"aawp-product__thumb\">\n        <a class=\"aawp-product__image-link\"\n           href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0CDGQKW9J?tag=justifyingfun-20&#038;linkCode=ogi&#038;th=1&#038;psc=1&#038;keywords=gymnastics%20beam\" title=\"FBSPORT 8ft Adjustable Balance Beam: High and Low Floor Beam Gymnastics Equipment for...\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aawp-product__image\" src=\"https:\/\/m.media-amazon.com\/images\/I\/312Vd8DU2uL._SL160_.jpg\" alt=\"FBSPORT 8ft Adjustable Balance Beam: High and Low Floor Beam Gymnastics Equipment for...\"  \/>\n        <\/a>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"aawp-product__content\">\n        <a class=\"aawp-product__title\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/B0CDGQKW9J?tag=justifyingfun-20&#038;linkCode=ogi&#038;th=1&#038;psc=1&#038;keywords=gymnastics%20beam\" title=\"FBSPORT 8ft Adjustable Balance Beam: High and Low Floor Beam Gymnastics Equipment for...\" rel=\"nofollow noopener sponsored\" target=\"_blank\">\n            FBSPORT 8ft Adjustable Balance Beam: High and Low Floor Beam Gymnastics Equipment for&#8230;        <\/a>\n        <div class=\"aawp-product__description\">\n            <ul><li>Adjusts 2 ways: from low mode to high mode, and also incrementally in high mode. 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To be able to learn more skills and keep track of where you are up to, the USAG created a set of levels so you can see how far you&#8217;ve come in gymnastics. Each level is a little more difficult than the level before as you&#8217;ll learn skills that are a little bit harder, pushing you to improve your skills. Level 3 is one of the first levels most gymnasts try to achieve in gymnastics and you&#8217;ll learn a lot of fun gymnastics skills in level 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Level 3 gymnastics skills list<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Here is a list of all the skills you&#8217;ll learn while working your way through USAG level 3. Click on any highlighted skills to learn more about that skill and see some drills and tips that will help you master it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"has-medium-font-size\">\n<li>Flat back handstand onto mat stack.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Single leg squat through.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>pullover.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>front hip circle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>mill circle.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>underswing dismount.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/how-to-do-a-back-hip-circle\/\">back hip circle<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>handstand forward roll.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>split jump.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>handstand to bridge to kickover.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>split leap.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/gymnastics-backwards-roll\/\">backward roll into push up position<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>round-off back handspring.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>straight jump.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>handstand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>side handstand dismount.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Level 3 gymnastics Vault<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gymnastics-vault-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6769\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gymnastics-vault-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gymnastics-vault-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gymnastics-vault-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gymnastics-vault.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">The level 3 vault is when you&#8217;ll progress from the jump to handstand you learnt at level 2 and learn the flat back handstand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Level 3 Vault skill 1 &#8211; Flat Back Handstand onto Mat stack<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">To avoid deductions at level 3 make sure you hold good tight posture during a good strong vertical handstand with your arms straight while supporting the handstand. Failing to maintain a straight body is a common reason for deductions with the level 3 vault skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Level 3 gymnastics Bars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gymnastics-bars-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6771\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gymnastics-bars-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gymnastics-bars-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gymnastics-bars-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gymnastics-bars.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">Level 3 <a href=\"https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/gymnastics-bars\/\">gymnastics bars<\/a> requirements introduce the <a href=\"https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/how-to-do-a-back-hip-circle\/\">back hip circle<\/a> for the first time. the 6 skills included in level 3 bars requirements are more challenging than <a href=\"https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/level-1-gymnastics-requirements\/\">level 1<\/a> and it is a good idea to use skill progressions with your coach to build up the different parts of each gymnastics skill so you can understand each movement and feel the correct form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">In 2018 a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mymeetscores.com\/at40.pl?event=UB&amp;level=3&amp;year=2018\">perfect 10 was scored 9 times<\/a> by gymnasts performing a competitive level 3 gymnastics bars routine in 2018<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Level 3 Bar Skill 1 &#8211; Single Leg Squat Through.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">Failure to show a straight line from your feet to your shoulder with a <a href=\"https:\/\/breakingmuscle.com\/fitness\/master-the-hollow-body-hold-to-move-like-a-gymnast\">hollow body position<\/a> will result in you losing 0.20 points during your routine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Bar Skill 2 &#8211; Pullover<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">For the pullover you have to place your chin above the horizontal bar, squeeze your core and keep your legs and feet together. Look straight ahead and and try not to let your head lean back. Keep your arms bent until your body is above the bar and when your feet begin to come down, you should feel like you are pulling your chest up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Bar Skill 3 &#8211; Front Hip Circle<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">Make sure you maintain good control when returning to the bar after performing the front hip circle at level 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Bar skill 4 &#8211; Mill Circle or Basket Swing &#8211; Single leg.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">The mill circle challenges a lot of level 3 gymnasts. It takes a lot of practice to avoid hooking your leg on the bar. Practice this skill consistently and you&#8217;ll never have to have it again after meeting all the level three requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Bar skill 5 &#8211; Under swing Dismount.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">Keep a nice tight posture with your stomach pulled in tight and shoulders rounded during the underswing dismount. Your head should be straight at all times, don&#8217;t tilt it backwards. Failure to extend your body enough during flight &amp; a low height results in deductions of 0.20 at gymnastics level 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Bar Skill 6 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/how-to-do-a-back-hip-circle\/\">Back Hip Circle<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">You&#8217;ve been learning and had to do a back hip circle at level 1 and 2 so you should be confident with this gymnastics skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Level 3 Gymnastics Floor<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">Gymnastics level 3 includes some exciting and challenging floor skills. The round-off back handspring is one of the most difficult level 3 skills gymnasts have to master.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Floor Skill 1 &#8211; Handstand Forward Roll<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Floor skill 2 &#8211; Split Jump ( 90 degree Leg separation )<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">The split jump is challenging because usually when you jump up and do the splits, it feels more natural to move forwards so it takes time to be able to stay in the same place. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">Use a resistance band to increase your leg strength and flexibility to make the level 3 split jump easier to learn. Kicking up with your back leg just before your front leg goes up naturally, can help you to stay in place and not move forwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">Do lots of stretching with resistance bands as well, they are a great tool for any skill involving the splits. The split jump has a really high skill value in the code of points that the USAG provide, which means it isn&#8217;t an easy skill to master. Keep working on it and ask your coach to add striders, uphils and scissones into your level 3 drills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Floor skill 3 &#8211; Handstand &#8211; Bridge &#8211; Kickover<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">If you can do a handstand and a bridge kick over then you should be able to transition from the handstand into a bridge and then bridge kickover.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Floor Skill 4 &#8211; Split Leap (90 degree split)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">To master the split leap and begin to be able to do a 90 degree split leap you need to practice stretching every day and also practice doing the splits and hold them to stretch your thighs. One of your legs is usually better than the other at doing the splits so figure out which leg is most flexible and place this leg in front when doing your level 3 split leap.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">Using resistance bands and stretching out your legs into a split position while also stretching and pressing against the bands resistance can help a lot.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Floor skill 5 &#8211; Backward Roll into push-up position<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">If you&#8217;ve already mastered the backward roll then you just need to focus on improving your core strength and form so that you can move from a backward roll directly into the push up position with straight arms and shoulder blades squeezed together in the correct form. Planks, candlesticks and practising push ups on your knees and toes are great conditioning exercises to help you master this level 3 floor skill.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Floor skill 6 &#8211; Round-off back handspring<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Level 3 Gymnastics Beam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"536\" src=\"https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gymnastics-beam-1024x536.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gymnastics-beam-1024x536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gymnastics-beam-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gymnastics-beam-768x402.jpg 768w, https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/gymnastics-beam.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">Your gymnastics level 3 beam requirements involve learning 4 skills. This is less than the 6 skills you learn at level 2 but the difficult has been turned up a level. The beam handstand, 90 degree split leap and side handstand dismount are all difficult skills, but once you master them and build up the flexibility, balance and leg strength for the split leap, you&#8217;ll be fine. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">Be patient, there is no rush, just let your body get their in it&#8217;s own time, work hard, use the right drills and you&#8217;ll pass level 3 beam soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Level 3 beam skill 1 &#8211; Straight Jump<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Beam Skill 2 &#8211; Handstand<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">The handstand is a skill that you need to practice to be able to balance well. Perform a handstand against a wall, with your hands close to the wall and hold it for as long as you can. Doing this a few times every day will help you build up the strength you will need to hold a steady handstand on the beam. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">Ask your gymnastics coach to teach you how to practice falling out of a level 3 beam handstand. There are a few techniques you can use to safely fall out of a handstand when you lose balance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Beam skill 3 &#8211; Split Leap ( 90 degree split )<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-vivid-purple-color has-text-color\">Beam skill 4 &#8211; Side Handstand Dismount<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">Level 2 requires gymnasts to learn the handstand dismount but at level 3 you have to do a side handstand dismount. To be able to master the side handstand dismount gymnasts need to be able to balance well, using their core for stability and the strength to dismount out of the handstand onto the mat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">How old is a level 3 gymnast?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">On average the minimum age for a level 3 gymnast is 7-10 years old but some gyms have gymnasts competing at level 3 who are younger and older. You can start working towards your level 3 gymnastics skills at 6 years old. You don&#8217;t need to have completed level 1 and level 2 to be able to compete and master level 3 skills. It is a good idea to have learnt gymnastics level 1 and 2 skills though, or attended a recreational gymnastics class before trying level 3 skills so that you have some experience which will make it easier for you to master skills at this level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Moving up from level 3<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:22px\">If you have mastered all the gymnastics requirements at level 3 well done! You are now able to move on to <a href=\"https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/level-4-gymnastics\/\">level 4<\/a> which is the first compulsory gymnastics level in the USAG Junior Olympic program. We hope you have enjoyed your gymnastics journey so far. For additional tips and advice at this level check out our recommended <a href=\"https:\/\/justifyingfun.com\/best-gymnastics-books\/\">gymnastics coaching books<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gymnasts aren&#8217;t required to compete and achieve USAG level 3. Level 3 is the last gymnastics level in the Junior Olympic program before the compulsory level 4. Level 3 gymnastics requirements include the challenging round-off back handspring which is a lot of fun to compete with and looks really impressive once you&#8217;ve mastered it. 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