A Presentation to the Department of Sport and Recreation, WAJuly 30, 2015

Jo Richards, PhDGymnastics Australia, National Pathways

Manager

A case study – enhancing the capacity and capability of

talent development pathways

High Performance Gymnastics

• What does it look like?

GA Pathways overview• Enhancing the capacity and capability of GA talent

development pathways

• Includes the programs and coaches which support targeted pre-elite athletes towards becoming members of GA’s National Programs and Teams for Olympic gymsports in the future

• AWE – only currently Olympic gymsports

FTEM model• When referring to Athlete development pathways we

utilise the FTEM Model which provides an athlete development framework that has been generated by multidisciplinary sport practitioners.

System buildingEnhanced gymsport pathways and programs

• Defined gymsport Pathways

System buildingEnhanced gymsport pathways and programs

• Defined gymsport Pathways

• The journey – pathways handbooks

System buildingEnhanced gymsport pathways and programs

• Skill curriculums in all 4 AWE gymsports

Ensuring athletes are learning the right thing at the right time

System buildingEnhanced gymsport pathways and programs

• Linking to the Individual Athlete plans

Team Future The branding of T3 – practicing and achieving

• IDEAL Skills– Competition framework– Curriculum development– Virtual Assessment Tool

Send to cloud

Assess and store

Virtual Assessment

ToolSend results to coach

Team Future The branding of T3 – practicing and achieving

• Physical conditioning and assessment

Team Future The branding of T3 – practicing and achieving

• Team Future Camps– Twice annually– Coach leadership and development

• Mentoring • Coach immersion program

– Developing athlete competencies

Team Future The branding of T3 – practicing and achieving

• Building Podium Potential Index– A comprehensive model of talent development

Skill CurriculumPhysical ProfileMental SkillsTalent IdentificationCompetition ResultsCoachingClub/Equipment

Spin to Win

The project has 2 objectives:

Talent Transfer T1-T4 into other gymsports or

sports

Talent IDF1-F3 into

T1

Trampoline

Rhythmic Gymnastics

Diving

Aerial skiing

Other sports? – pole vault, sprint canoe,combat sports,weight lifting

Foundation sport for ‘acrobatic’ and ‘small person’ sports

The data so farAerial skiing: • Olympic data

Diving:• Diving data Survey results

The data so far• Neither the Diving or Aerials TID

programs are at capacity (60%)

• Quality? Boys?

Spin to Win – Talent Transfer

• Athletes who have or are currently transitioning out of gymnastics will be contacted about talent transfer opportunities

• Tracking of current athletes - VAT• Communicating message to contact us when they know

of athletes transitioning out of gymnastics• Open Camp concept• We aren’t contacting current gymnasts

Spin to Win – Talent IDProvide clear TID protocols

What are we looking for?Current world Champion Simone Biles

Spin to Win – Talent IDProvide support to program TID activities• scouting at competitions • local gymnastics clubs – Kindergym• talent ID days• vetting of a clubs waiting list of 6/7 year olds• ‘6 at 6’ concept• state based clinics for talented club athletes• promotional material: i.e. flyers, websiteLong term TID• ‘First sight’ app

‘Working together to get a Result for Australia’

Thanks.