Compulsary, Optional Elite Team Training, Phoenix, Mesa, Arizona

Overview
The Desert Devil competitive teams are perennial state champions and routinely advance the most gymnasts to the U.S. National Championships from the state of Arizona. Desert Devils has also been the most successful program in Arizona at the Elite level. There have been several gymnasts that have competed internationally at competitions such as the World Championships, Olympic Trials, World Cup Series Events, along with other numerous international assignments.

The Desert Devils Team has also been very successful in placing our gymnasts among the top universities in the nation with a FULL-RIDE SCHOLARSHIP. We have a 100% placement rate for all of our graduating seniors. We currently have athletes in colleges such Arizona State University, University of Washington, Stanford University, University of New Hamphshire, and recently signed yet another athlete to the dominant University of Utah Gymnastics Program. Moreover, we have placed athletes all over the country — usually to their first choice of schools.

The Desert Devils Team Program consists of Levels 4 - Elite. We integrate competition quality equipment, a state-of-the-art pit system with the most sophisticated training methods available to allow our competitive gymnasts to compete at the highest levels successfully.

Developmental Teams

These classes are designed for girls who want to pursue competitive gymnastics. These classes, due to increased practice time, usually speed up the rate of skill acquisiton and enhance maturity in the sport.

    * Mini-hotshots: This program is for your 3-5 yr. old gymnast who has been invited to participate in a specific
                          program geared toward team level commitment. This honor is reserved for students who show an
                          above average ability and an extraordinary enthusiasm for the sport. This is a 1 hr, twice per
                          week commitment.

    * Hot-shots: This program is for your 4-7 yr. old gymnast who has been invited to participate in a specific
                      program geared toward team level commitment. This honor is reserved for students who show an
                      above average ability and an extraordinary enthusiasm for the sport. This is a 2 hr, twice per week
                      commitment.

    * Pre-team: This program is for your 5-10 yr. old gymnast who has been invited to participate in a specific
                      program designed to prepare her to compete in the Level 4 team program. This honor is reserved
                      for students who show an above average ability and an extraordinary enthusiasm for the sport. This
                      is a 2 hr, 3 times per week commitment.

Compulsory Team
Levels 4-6

Levels 4 through 6 are compulsory competitive levels. To enter into level 4, the gymnast must be proficient at 75 % of the skills in level 3 as determined by a certified skill evaluator. Requirements to move to the level 5 and 6 are based upon a minimum score set by USA Gymnastics which must be achieved in the previous level. Compulsory competition means the routines are set and the gymnast must follow a specific routine. Deductions are taken for any deviation from the established compulsory routine. Our compulsory program has some great coaches that work hard to eliminate all those deductions from the compulsory routines. Jay Soltis is the Compulsory Program Director. Level 6 gymnasts

Optional Team- Level 7-Elite- view gymnast profiles on Optional Team Website | Download Meet Schedule

Levels 7-Elite are optional competitive levels. To enter in to the optional program the gymnast must receive a minimum score set by USA Gymnastics, in the previous level. Optional competition means that the gymnasts are only given guidelines to what must be done in their routines. However, they must have skills that meet difficulty requirements as well as fulfilling special combination requirements. The difficulty and special combination requirements become increasingly difficult to master at each higher level.

Our Elite Training Program at Desert Devils is considered one of the finest in the USA. Our championship staff is under the direction of Geoff, who spends 32+ hours each week working on new methods for coaching and mentoring these elite superstars. He makes every effort to find new conditioning, drilling, and equipment advances to help these athletes in their pursuit of excellence. Every effort is always made to get these athletes whatever they need no matter the cost; whether that be flying them to National Team Camps where they can be assisted by the USA Gymnastics National Team staff, or flying National Team Staff membera here, or thinking outside the box and sending these athletes to others who can help them; such as Sports Psychologists, Massage Therapists, Motivational Speakers, or Physical Rehabilitation Therapists. Geoff makes sure that these athletes get whatever they need to be successful at the Elite level. All of this in a 40,600 square-foot state-of-the-art facility located in the corner of Gilbert and McKellips roads in Mesa, Arizona.

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