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There are the four events of women's gymnastics, their complete, official names being Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, Floor Exercise and Vault. Gymnasts at the Prep-Optional and Optional levels come up with their own routines to compete against one another. Gymnasts at other levels, referred to as Compulsory, compete the same routines against each other. Within Prep-Optionals and Optionals, there are several competitive levels, Level 10 being the highest.
Training at Western NC Activities Center off Sugarloaf Road in Hendersonville, we have a squad of 37 seriously competitive Prep-Optional and Optionals girls, aged 7-14 years, from towns as far away as the Boone area and East Tennessee. These girls practice up to 20 hours a week. They are amazing to watch, flipping, swinging, tumbling and twirling, performing skills that will make your jaw drop, as well as make you jump up and down shouting "Yeah!" They do things that weren't even done at the Olympics ten to fifteen years ago, a mark of how far and how fast this exciting sport has come.