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USGF Level Requirements

Everyone is looking for level requirements! And for such a LONG time, so was I! I looked everywhere on the USGF webpage. Finally, thanks to someone who had a post saved that had them, I finally received the level requirements. So if you want them, I suggest you save them so they don't disappear again on you!

Vault

Level 1
1.60-foot run (for form) 2.Hurdle onto board 3.Straight jump onto 4-inch mat 4.Squat vault onto mat stack (waist high)

Level 2
Jumps are to be performed 1.Straight jump onto 12-inch landing mat(s) 2.Squat-on, jump off of horse 3.Pike-on, jump off of horse 4.Forward roll onto mat stack (waist high)

Level 3
1.Squat vault 2.Handstand block from board onto skill cushion 3.Jump to handstand onto raised mat surface (waist height) 4.Front handspring from a raised surface

Level 4

Choice of:
Squat vault (legs extended in pre-flight) or handspring vault (States will decide start value)

Levels 5 and 6
Handspring

Level 7
Any Group 1 Vault with a maximum of 540º long axis (LA) twist, with no more than 360º in one flight phase

Uneven Bars

Level 1
1.Mount: Back pullover 2.Cast 3.Back hip circle 4.Dismount: Cast, push-away

Level 2
1.Mount: Back pullover 2.Cast 3.Back hip circle 4.Cast, straddle on 5. Dismount: Straddle sole circle

Level 3
1.Mount: Back pullover 2.Cast 3.Back hip circle 4.Single leg cut 5. Forward stride circle 6.1/2 (180º) turn to front support 7.Cast to squat on 8.Dismount: Pike sole circle

Level 4
1.Mount: Choice of a) Pullover or b) Glide kip (straddle or pike) 2.Front hip circle 3.Single leg squat through 4.Forward stride circle 5.1/2 (180º) turn to front support 6. Cast 7.Back hip circle 8.Dismount: Underswing

Level 5
1.Mount: Straddle or pike glide kip 2.Front hip circle 3.Cast to horizontal and return to front support 4.Cast, squat on 5.Jump to long hang kip 6.Cast to horizontal 7.Back hip circle 8.Underswing 9.Counterswing to tap swing forward 10.Dismount: Counterswing to tap swing forward with 1/2 turn, release to stand

Level 6
1.Mount: Straddle or pike glide kip 2.Cast to 30º 3.Clear hip circle to 30º 4.Glide kip (straddled or piked) 5.Cast, squat on 6.Jump to long hang kip 7.Cast to 30º 8.Long hang pullover 9.Underswing 10.Counterswing to tap swing forward 11.Dismount: Counterswing to tap swingforward to tuck, pike or stretched flyaway

Level 7
(Optional choreography, may add only A or B elements and connections) Must have minimum of one bar change 1.Mount: Kip of any kind (A or B) to finish in front support 2.Cast to a minimum of 60º 3.Circle element to a minimum of 60º (Examples: clear hip, backward giant, pike sole circle backward, stalder circle) 4.Dismount with salto ("A" or "B")

Balance Beam

Level 1
1.Mount: Jump to front support 2.V-sit 3.Backward shoulder roll 4.Knee scale to stand 5.Walks forward, sideward, backward, 180º pivot turn 6.Forward waltz step 7.180º pivot turn 8.Arabesques to 30º 9.Leg swings 10. Candlestick to roll up 11.Plie, releve 12.Straight jump 13.Dismount: 90º turn to stretched jump

Level 2
1.Mount: Jump to front support 2.V-sit 3.Backward shoulder roll 4.Knee scale to stand 5.Walks forward, sideward, backward in releve, 180º pivot turn 6.Forward waltz step 7.180º pivot turn 8.Arabesques to 45º 9.Leg swings on releve 10.Forward roll 11.Two straight jumps 12.Dismount: 90º turn to tuck jump

Level 3
1.Mount: Jump to front support 2.V-sit 3.Backward shoulder roll 4.Knee scale to stand 5.Coupe walks forward; releve walks forward, sideward, backward; 180º pivot turn 6.Forward waltz step 7.180º pivot turn 8. Arabesques to 45º 9.Leg swings forward and backward 10.Lever 11.Squat turn 12.Split jump (45º) 13.Dismount: Cartwheel to side handstand

Level 4
1.Mount: Jump to front support 2.V-Sit, whip to squat up 3.Releve/coupe walks forward 4.Forward waltz step 5.180º turn on one foot (forward coupe) 6.Arabesque (45º) to scale (horizontal or above) to arabesque 7.Straight leg leap (60º) 8. 3/4 handstand 9.Squat turn 10. Straight jump, split jump (60º) 11.Cartwheel to side handstand (hold one second), 1/4 turn dismount

Level 5
1.Jump to front support, to stag sit 2.Backward swing turn 3.Cross handstand hold one second 4.180º turn on dominant leg (forward coupe), drop heel and hold 5.Arabesque (greater than 45º) Scale (leg above horizontal, hold two seconds) Arabesque (greater than 45º) 6.Straight leg leap, straight leg leap (minimum 90º split) 7.Squat turn 180º 8.Cartwheel 9.Quick 180º pivot turn, 180º pivot turn 10.Straight jump, straight jump, split jump (90º) 11.Dismount: Cartwheel to handstand (hold two seconds), 1/4 turn off

Level 6
1.Jump to front support to stag sit 2.180º turn in forward coupe on non-dominant leg 3.Back walkover 4.360º turn (forward coupe) from any preparation drop heel and hold at completion 5.Arabesque (greater than 45º) Scale (minimum of 45º above horizontal, hold two seconds) Arabesque (greater than 45º) 6.Straight leg leap, straight leg leap (120º leg separation) 7.Squat turn 180º 8.Cartwheel 90º turn to step down, straight jump 9.Pivot turn, pivot turn 10.Straight jump, split jump (120º), split jump (120º) 11.Dismount: Cross handstand (hold two seconds), 1/4 turn to side handstand (hold two seconds), 1/4 turn off

Level 7
Optional Choreography (may add only A or B elements and connections)
Required elements: 1.Minimum of 360º turn on one foot 2.Large leap with 180º leg separation (examples: split leap, stag leap, stag-split leap, or leap with 1/4 turn) 3.Acro series of two or more NON-Flight elements (examples: back walkover, front walkover, handstand, cartwheel, valdez, tic- toc, back walkover swing down) 4.One acro element with flight (Examples: dive cartwheel, dive forward roll, front handspring, flic-flac, back salto, round-off) 5.Gymnastics series of two or more elements (not to include the required large leap or 360º turn) 6. Dismount: Salto or aerial element

Floor Exercise

Level 1
1.Forward roll (tuck) 2.Cartwheel: left and right 3.90º turn, backward roll (tuck) 4.Candlestick 5.Bridge, candlestick 6.Headstand 7. Contraction-extension 8.Releve walks 9.Leg swings 10.Side chasse right, 180º turn, side chasse left 11.Slide Step 12.90º turn, balance stand 13. Split jump 45º 14.Forward waltz step 15.Pose

Level 2
1.Forward roll to straddle stand 2.Headstand to kneel, arch back 3. Tucked forward roll 4.Cartwheel 1/4 turn in 5.Backward roll to pike stand 6.Candlestick 7.Bridge, kickover 8.Handstand 9. Contraction/extension 10.Coupe walks forward (not in releve) 11.Leg swings in releve 12.90º turn, grapevine step, hop 180º turn 13.Side chasse, step hop 180º turn, 14.Slide step 15.90º turn to forward coupe stand 16.Split jump, split jump (45º) 17.Forward waltz step 18.Pose Level 3
1.Handstand (hold one second) forward roll 2.Round-off to 2- 4 running steps backward 3.Backward roll with straight arms 4.Flic- flac rebound 5. Backbend (down and up) 6.Handstand (hold one second) 7.Plie, coupe walks 8.Leg swings with hop 9.180º turns on one foot (left and right) 10. Forward chasses 11.Backward waltz step 12. 90º pivot turn, slide step 13. 90º turn, coupe balance stand 14.Straight jump, straight jump, split jump (60º) 15.Forward waltz step 16.Pose

Level 4
1.Handstand (hold one second), forward roll (straight arms) 2.Round-off, flic-flac rebound 3.Back extension roll (arms bent or straight) 4.Front limber 5.Right and left straight leg leaps (90º) 6.360º turn (forward coupe position) 7.Backward waltz 8.Chasses backward 9.Slide step 10.90º turn, stretched jumps with 180º (right and left) 11.Forward waltz step 12.Pose

Level 5
1.Assemble, 1/2 (180º) turn to land on two feet in demi-plie then lift back leg to arabesque in demi-pliethis is a drill for tour jetes) 2. Back walkover (150º) to kneel, then lift one leg forward to split 3. Front handspring to two feet 4.Mixed series: Straddle split jump (120º leg separation) to back extension roll with straight arms 5.Step, hurdle, dive roll 6. 360º forward coupe turn 7.Two straight leg leaps with 120º leg separation (same leg), forward chasse 8.Round- off, flic-flac, flic-flac rebound to stick landing, roll back to candlestick

Level 6
1.Tour jete (assemble,1/2 turn to land on one foot in demi- plie arabesque) 2.Back walkover, straight arm back extension roll, pike down to kneel, then lift one leg forward to split 3.Fronthandspring step-out, front handspring to two feet 4.Straddle split jump (150º) to flic-flac step-out 5.Aerial cartwheel 6.360º forward coupe turn 7.Two straight leg Leaps (150º leg separation same leg) 8.Round-off, flic-flac, back salto tucked to stick landing

Level 7
Optional Choreography (may add only A or B elements and connections). 1.Forward acro series, with minimum of two directly connected forward acro elements, both with FLIGHT 2.Round-off, flic-flac, back salto stretched 3.Large leap (180º leg separation) (Examples: split, stag, stag-split leap, tour jete, split leap with 1/4 turn, switch-leg leap) 4.540º turn on one foot 5.Gymnastics series of a minimum of two elements, not to include the large leap or 540º turn 6.Mixed series, minimum of two elements 7.Handstand with 360º pirouette

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