WAG RULES

The community division originated because there are some clubs whose schools will only provide funding for nationals if it is a collegiate-only competition. Each division has unique training and life circumstances and dividing the competition also allows for recognizing the unique achievements within each group.

When the NAIGC was created, it only catered to collegiate clubs. As athletes graduated, they couldn’t find a venue for continuing the sport of gymnastics, so the NAIGC stepped up to fill that need. This is aligned with our core value of providing radical opportunity.

Allowing cross gender competition aligns with the NAIGC’s core value of providing radical opportunity. Gymnastics is one of the few sports that offers different opportunities based on gender, and the NAIGC is working to provide equal opportunity for all participants.

The NAIGC prides itself on adopting innovative and inclusive policies to encourage gymnastics at all levels and with any background. As such, our technical systems require significant adjustments to typical gymnastics scoring. These adjustments sometimes require manual verification of scores, which can take quite a while for thousands and thousands of scores. The NAIGC volunteers have been working hard to improve this system and the use of ScoreFlippers should reduce the time it takes to announce qualifications, and should improve as each year goes by. 

The level of competition can vary between sessions, so not all sessions have the same opportunity to get the top spot. Aka, some sessions might be easier or harder than others, so it wasn't fair for an 'easy' session to steal a spot from a 'harder' session. Its also important to note that Nationals judges stay at the same apparatus throughout the entire competition (every session and finals) and as such, judging across each session should be consistent.

We don’t currently have capacity on our MAG equipment to offer finals for all three levels. As such we have prioritized finals for Intermediate and Advanced for both the added difficulty of two days of competition and to showcase the highest level of MAG offered. 

MAG has no uniform deductions, so wear proper attire for doing gymnastics. Typical attire is often a singlet or leotard combined with with shorts on floor and vault, and pants and socks on the other four apparatus. The only attire that isn't allowed is clothing that would be dangerous to the gymnast or equipment, or attire that would be considered inappropriate. Dangerous clothing could include baggy clothing or rings and jewelry.