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Your Rhythmic Gymnastics Questions, Answered
Everything a parent asks before the first class. These guides explain rhythmic gymnastics, starting ages, what happens in a first class, levels, what to wear, and what a training week looks like.
Start with the question you have
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Each guide helps a family make one real decision about starting, preparing, or moving forward.
Understand the sport
See how rhythmic gymnastics differs from the gymnastics most American families know.
Rhythmic vs artistic gymnastics, and the other types
Choose a starting point
Match your child's age and experience to the right first program.
See starting ages
Know what training asks
Learn what athletes practice through correction, repetition, pressure, and progression.
See what training develops
Choose a sport for your daughter
Five questions to compare sports for girls, answered for rhythmic gymnastics.
Read the five questions
See the first toddler class
Follow a first toddler class from arrival, meeting the coach, and the opening movement activity.
Open the toddler first-class guide
See the first Level 1 class
Follow how a first Level 1 class is structured, from warm-up through coach-selected activities.
Open the Level 1 first-class guide
Know what to wear
Check clothing, hair, socks, and the carpet rule.
What to wear to gymnastics
Support your gymnast
See how parents encourage a positive attitude through practice and progress.
Open the parent guide
Plan the month
Check attendance, closures, and the family policies that apply to a training month.
Review attendance and closures
See the first competitive steps
Level 2 is the first competitive year, Level 3 the second, and Rhythmic Xcel is part of Level 3.
Compare Level 2, Level 3, and Rhythmic Xcel
Follow the competitive path
Understand the steps from Level 1 preparation through Development Program and Elite competition.
See the level path
En español: Nivel 2, Nivel 3 y Xcel
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