20072008 Future Stars Program Update

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20072008Future Stars ProgramUpdate

• Kelly Crumley
• Junior National Coaching Staff
• USAG National Congress, San Jose, California

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Writing Team
Jeff Robinson Kelly Crumley Wayne Kerr Tom
Meadows Mike Naddour Nancy Spielkamp Yuejin
Sun Joy Umenhofer
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Program Overview

• Substantial changes have been made throughout the
  Future Stars Program.
• The New Document is dated June 1, 2007.
• The 2007 Future Stars Update 1 is currently
  online at usagymnastics.org.
• Contact your State or Regional Chairperson to
  obtained this formation.

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2007 National Qualifying Scores

• 10 year old division 76.00
• 11 year old division 76.00
• 12 year old division 72.00
• Boys age 10 may qualify to compete level 9 by
  achieving a score of 81.00 at the Future Stars
  National Evaluation.
• All ages are determined on September 1, 2007.

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Program Changes 8-9 year old division

• No changes have been made to the 8-9 year old
  division for 2007-2008.
• The committee discussed making changes to this
  part of the program for 2008-2009.
• In general, review the 8-9 year old division for
  content and attempt to smooth the transition
  between this and the 10 year old division.

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Program Changes 10 year old division

• There have been some minor changes.
• Reading the New Future Stars Document dated June
  1, 2007 is highly recommended.
• The difficulty level has remained the same.
• No major changes are expected for 2008-2009.
  (Perhaps none at all).

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Program Changes 11 year old division

• There have been some minor changes.
• Reading the New Future Stars Document dated June
  1, 2007 is highly recommended.
• The difficulty level has remained the same.
• The Ring Swing Sequence is the only significant
  change.
• No major changes are expected for 2008-2009.
  (Perhaps none at all).

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Program Changes 12 year old division

• There have been major changes to this age
  division.
• The program has been redesigned to serve both the
  Future Stars Program and the Age Group
  Competition Program.
• Reading the New Future Stars Document dated June
  1, 2007 is highly recommended.
• The difficulty level has remained the same with a
  few exceptions.

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Program Changes 12 year old division

• Serves as a compulsory with bonus options in the
  Future Stars Program.
• Serves as a level 9 optional routine in the Age
  Group Competition Program with moderate
  difficulty.
• Meets or exceeds the minimum Element Group
  requirements of level 9.
• Can be used in level 9 competition all season
  without changes.
• Can be used as a pre-season core development
  routine for more advanced level 9 athletes.

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Flexibility Changes Ages 10,11, and 12

• The same sequence is required at all three age
  divisions.
• Traditional floor corner transition work has
  been introduced.
• A Back Walkover to stand from the Bridge
  position has been added as a new element.

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Strength ChangesAges 10,11,and 12

• There have been some minor changes at all levels
  in both Rings and Parallel Bar Sequences.
• Skill content has remained the same with perhaps
  some combination changes being introduced.
• Reading the New Future Stars Document dated June
  1, 2007 is highly recommended.
• The difficulty level has remained the same.
• No major changes are expected for 2008-2009.
  (Perhaps none at all).

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Future Stars Scoring

• The Future Stars Program will use the Age Group
  Competition Programs Compulsory Presentation
  deductions. These are currently as follows but
  are subject to change
• Small .1
• Medium .2
• Large .3
• Fall .5

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Future Stars Scoring Ages 8-9,10, and 11

• State and Regional Evaluations will have a Start
  Value of 10.00.
• National Evaluations will have a Start Value of
  9.7, and a potential of .3 Virtuosity Bonus.
• All omitted skills on the Strength and
  Flexibility Sequences will be deducted 2.0 and
  added parts 1.0.
• There will be no use of bonus unless written into
  the text of the individual sequence.

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Future Stars Scoring Age 12

• The State, Regional, and the National Evaluations
  will use a 9.2 as the base Start Value and have
  .8 as potential bonus.
• There will be three specified bonus skills on
  each event worth .2 each and .2 for potential
  virtuosity bonus.
• The State and Regional Evaluation of the Strength
  and Flexibility Sequences will have a Start Value
  of 10.00.
• The National Evaluation of the Strength and
  Flexibility Sequences will have a Start Value of
  9.7 and .3 for potential virtuosity bonus.

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Floor Exercise Age 12Featured Skills

• Backward 1/1 Twisting Layout
• Splits and Press
• Handspring, Forward Layout
• Tucked Arabian
• Backward Whip, to Bounding Backward Tuck

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Floor Exercise Age 12Bonus Skills

• Backward 2/1 Twisting Layout.2
• Handspring, Forward Layout, punch Front any
  position (Tuck, Pike, Layout).2
• Backward Whip, to Bounding Backward Layout.2

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Floor Exercise Age 12Level 9 Application

• Meets 5 Element Groups .3 Difficulty
• 8 Part Difficulty 1.7
• As written 9.2 Start Value
• With Bonus 9.3-9.4 Start Value

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Pommel Horse Age 12Featured Skills

• 1/3 Longitudinal Travel and step up to ¼ turn on
  both pommels
• Czechkehr (Front Moore)
• False Scissor, Scissor, False Scissor, Scissor
• Side Travel
• Circle Handstand Dismount
• Note The number of additional circles between
  elements is optional. The text lists the
  required minimum.

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Pommel Horse Age 12Bonus Skills

• Czechkehr (Front Moore) is replaced with
  (Bailie).2
• Add to the (Bailie) a Pommel Loop.2
• Circle Handstand Dismount without the legs
  touching the horse body.2

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Pommel Horse Age 12Level 9 Application

• Meets 5 Element Groups .3 Difficulty
• 8 Part Difficulty 1.5
• As Written 8.7 Start Value
• With Bonus 8.5 Start Value
• Note this routine does not touch all three parts
  of the horse as it is written. -.3 from
  Presentation
• Replacing the Czechkehr (Front Moore) reduces the
  number of Element Groups to meeting only 4 not 5.

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Pommel Horse Age 12Level 9 Application

• It is recommended to perform both the Czechkehr
  (Front Moore) and the (Bailie) in level 9
  competition.
• This solves touching all parts of the horse and
  will also meet 5 Element Groups.
• The Start Value then becomes 9.2

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Still Rings Age 12Featured Skills

• Back Uprise to Straddled L
• Press to Straddle Planche
• Straight Arm Straddle Press Handstand
• Bail and Dislocate above 45 degrees
• Dislocate through nominal handstand
• Backward Double Tuck

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Still Rings Age 12Bonus Skills

• Back Uprise from horizontal to handstand.2
  before Straddle L
• Straight Arm Straddle Press Handstand Controlled
  5 Second Handstand.2
• Replace the Bail and Dislocate above 45 degrees
  with Back Giant (3 Second hold).2

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Still Rings Age 12Level 9 Application

• Meets 4 Element Groups 2.0
• 8 Part Difficulty 1.3
• As Written 8.8 Start Value
• With Bonus 9.2-9.3 Start Value

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Vault Age 12Featured Skills

• Currently the Age Group Competition Program does
  not permit Round-off entry vaults in competition.
• The Future Stars Program addresses this vault
  category as future development.
• Athletes will use the Handspring entry, or
  Handspring with ¼ turn entry as their level 9
  competitive vault category.

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Parallel Bars Age 12Featured Skills

• Glide Kip
• Giant to support 45 degrees above horizontal
• Front Uprise
• Peach to support
• Straddle Press Handstand
• Forward Pirouette
• Backward Layout Dismount

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Parallel Bars Age 12Bonus Skills

• Giant to Handstand.2
• Early drop from nominal handstand.2 before the
  Peach to support
• Peach to support Straight Arm.2

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Parallel Bars Age 12Level 9 Application

• Meets 4 Element Groups 1.8 Partial Dismount
  (AValue)
• 8 Part Difficulty 1.1
• As Written 8.4 Start Value
• With Bonus 8.5 Start Value
• Note Replace the Layout with Layout ½ and this
  routine then becomes 9.0-9.1 in Start Value

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Horizontal Bar Age 12Featured Skills

• Back Uprise Free Hip
• Blind Change
• Stoop circle and dislocate (Jam)
• Hop from el-grip to double undergrip
• Pirouette
• Backward Double Tuck Dismount
• Note Omitting the (Jam) is a 2.0 deduction, and
  will likely result in an additional 1.0 deduction
  for also omitting the Hop to undergrip.

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Horizontal Bar Age 12Bonus Skills

• Back Uprise Stalder.2
• Stoop circle and dislocate (Jam) between 46
  degrees and vertical.2
• Pirouette initiated before the vertical and
  ending in a handstand (Early Pirouette).2

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Horizontal Bar Age 12Level 9 Application

• Meets 4 Element Groups 2.0
• 8 Part Difficulty 1.2
• As Written 8.7-8.8 Start Value
• With Bonus 8.8-8.9 Start Value

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Future Stars Trampoline Program

• Trampoline Air-sense is essential development.
• Trampoline will be introduced as an exhibition
  event at this years National Evaluation.
• Participation will be voluntary for 2007.
• Trampoline evaluations will take place during the
  athlete clinic portion of the National
  Evaluation.
• There are 2 sequences for each age division, a
  Basic Sequence, and a Skills Sequence.
• The Trampoline Program will have changes as the
  program develops into 2010.

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Education and Direction 2008-2012

• The Future Stars Program will continue to be an
  intricate part of both, the Junior National Team
  Program and Coaches Education.
• It will continue to strengthen grassroots elite
  development and coaches education by expanding
  its educational curriculum.
• An expanded version of the Future Stars Program
  will be created and utilized by the older age
  divisions of the Junior National Team as a means
  of evaluating common skill development and
  setting skill direction.

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Education and Direction 2008-2012

• Trampoline will show steady growth in both skill
  development and coaches education.
• Regional Team Program will make use of both
  athlete development and coaches education that
  the Future Stars Program offers.
• By 2010-2012 a surge of Future Stars
  participation and education should begin to be
  realized both regionally and nationally.

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Education and Direction 2008-2012

• Applying and Explaining Virtuosity the Art of
  Artistic Gymnastics and Performance/Philosophy
  Pursuit of Perfection.
• Original Skill Development.
• Future Stars /Age Group Competition routine
  analysis. Transition from Compulsory to FIG.
• Curriculum Education (Featured Skills, Bonus
  Skills, and Selected Skills)
• Complex Sequence Development.

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Conclusion

• The Junior National Coaching Staff will continue
  to provide coaches and athletes with the needed
  tools for gymnastics success.

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Future Stars Begin Here and Go Elite