Frequently Asked Questions

SkillTweak is a virtual coaching platform founded by Kristine Stepanovich, a former U.S. Junior National Team gymnast, veteran coach, and NAWGJ-certified judge. It gives gymnasts, parents, and coaches access to judge-grade routine reviews and scoring, competition-ready choreography, and one-on-one private sessions for athletes in or traveling through Southern California.

Kristine Stepanovich competed as a member of the U.S. Junior National Team, has coached competitive gymnasts for twenty years, and is a NAWGJ-certified judge. When she reviews a routine, you are getting the same eyes that score routines in real competition.

SkillTweak supplements gym training; it never replaces it. A second set of expert eyes, especially a judge’s eyes, catches scoring opportunities that day-to-day training can’t, and validates the work your coach is already doing. Many athletes bring their SkillTweak feedback straight to their coach.

Women’s artistic gymnastics (vault, bars, beam, and floor) across competitive levels. Tell us the athlete’s level and program in the submission form and the review is scored accordingly. Not sure your program fits? Email kris@skilltweak.com before you buy and ask.

Same brand, same login, two tools. skilltweak.com is where you buy and receive coaching: video reviews, routines, and private sessions. The SkillTweak app (skilltweak.app) is our free routine builder, where you assemble routines and see projected scores. One account works on both.

Start a video review from the service page. Fill out a short questionnaire about the athlete and what you want looked at, then share your video by uploading it or pasting a link. Payment is the last step of that flow. Once you have paid, Coach Kristine reviews the routine, and you get an email when your feedback is ready in your portal. Feedback comes as written notes plus a recorded voice note walking you through the routine. It stays in your portal for you to reread and replay any time.

Detailed written feedback on execution, composition, and technique, and a recorded voice note where Coach Kristine talks through the routine as she watches it. For practice footage you also get judge-grade scoring: a start value, score, connection value, and composition credit for each event, along with the specific fixes that would raise it. A routine already scored at a sanctioned competition gets everything except the score.

One routine. On bars, beam, and floor that means the full routine start to finish; on vault it means one vault. If you want two vaults looked at, whether it is a second vault for event finals or a vault you are still deciding between, that is a second review, because each one is a separate routine to break down. Practice attempts of the same routine or the same vault can go in the same submission, though: two or three runs of one thing is more useful than a single take, and they all count as one review.

Feedback is delivered within 5 business days of your video submission, usually sooner. You’ll get an email the moment it’s ready.

Film in landscape with the full body and apparatus in frame for the entire routine, from a stable position (no zooming or panning if you can avoid it), with decent lighting. One routine per video. Judge’s-table perspective is ideal but not required; if Kristine can see the whole athlete, she can score it.

Yes. Competition footage is welcome, and you'll get the same full review of skills, execution, artistry, and composition, measured against real scoring criteria. The one difference: a routine that has already received an official score at a sanctioned competition comes back without a score value from us. That routine has been judged, and a certified judge doesn't put a second number on it. Practice and training footage gets the projected score breakdown as usual.

Either. Upload the file directly from your phone or computer (up to 2GB, in MP4, MOV, or WebM), or paste a link to a YouTube (unlisted is fine), Google Drive, or Dropbox video. If you share a link, double-check it’s set to shareable before submitting.

If Kristine can’t review your video, whether because of wrong link permissions, an athlete out of frame, or a video that won’t play, she’ll send it back with a note explaining the problem, and you can fix and resubmit at no extra charge.

A competition-ready balance beam or floor routine designed by a national-level choreographer and matched to your level, delivered as an instant digital download the moment you purchase. Your downloads stay available in your portal.

Custom choreography is a one-on-one engagement: a beam or floor routine built around the athlete’s strengths, style, and music, choreographed directly with Coach Kristine. Start from the Custom Choreography page and tell us about the athlete, and Kristine will follow up to scope the engagement.

Yes, in person, for gymnasts in Southern California and athletes traveling through it. Sessions are arranged individually by email rather than booked from a calendar, because availability depends on gym access, meet weekends, and judging assignments. Email kris@skilltweak.com with the athlete’s age and level, the dates you’re in the area, and what you’d like to work on, and Kristine will come back with what’s possible in that window. Athletes outside the area are well served by video review, which works from anywhere.

Kristine brings real judging to your gym before competition season: an on-site mock meet with authentic scoring and actionable feedback for your whole team. Pricing is quoted per gym; request a quote from the Mock Meets page and we’ll follow up.

Only Coach Kristine and you. Uploaded videos are stored privately, never published, and never used for anything except your review, unless you separately opt in to the media release. Uploaded videos are deleted 12 months after your feedback is delivered. See our Privacy Policy for full details.

Yes, through you. Athletes 13 and older may create their own account with a parent or guardian’s consent, which we collect at registration. For athletes under 13, a parent or guardian creates and manages the account on their behalf.

It’s optional, and unchecked by default. If you opt in, SkillTweak may use short clips or images from submitted videos in its own marketing, never with the athlete’s name and never sold to anyone. Declining changes nothing about your service, and you can withdraw permission at any time by emailing privacy@skilltweak.com.

Yes. Email privacy@skilltweak.com and we’ll act on verified deletion requests within 30 days, covering the account, videos, and personal information.

All payments are processed securely through Stripe. We never see or store your card details.

Video reviews and digital routine downloads are not refundable once the feedback is delivered or the download is accessed. Before that point, if something has gone wrong, such as a duplicate purchase or an accidental order, email kris@skilltweak.com and we’ll make it right.

Yes. Mock-meet judging is built for teams, and gyms often book video reviews for several athletes ahead of championship season. For team arrangements, request a quote from the Mock Meets page or email kris@skilltweak.com.