A Presentation to the Department of Sport and Recreation, WA July 30, 2015 Jo Richards, PhD Gymnastics 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 building Enhanced gymsport pathways and programs Defined gymsport Pathways

System building Enhanced gymsport pathways and programs Defined gymsport Pathways The journey – pathways handbooks

System building Enhanced gymsport pathways and programs Skill curriculums in all 4 AWE gymsports Ensuring athletes are learning the right thing at the right time

System building Enhanced 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 Tool Send 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

Spin to Win The project has 2 objectives:

Talent Transfer T1-T4 into other gymsports or sports Talent ID F1-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 far Aerial skiing: Olympic data Diving: Diving dataSurvey 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 ID Provide clear TID protocols What are we looking for? Current world Champion Simone Biles

Spin to Win – Talent ID Provide 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, website Long term TID ‘First sight’ app

‘Working together to get a Result for Australia’ Thanks.