A case study – enhancing the
capacity and capability of talent
development pathways
A Presentation to the Department of Sport and Recreation, WA
July 30, 2015
Jo Richards, PhD
Gymnastics Australia, National Pathways Manager
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
Send
results to
coach
Virtual
Assessment
Tool
Assess
and store
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 Curriculum
Physical Profile
Mental Skills
Talent Identification
Competition Results
Coaching
Club/Equipment
Spin to Win
The project has 2 objectives:
Talent Transfer
T1-T4 into other
gymsports or
sports
Trampoline
Rhythmic
Gymnastics
Diving
Aerial skiing
Talent ID
F1-F3 into T1
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 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
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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.