Trampoline Gymnastics

Participation After a successful National Championship 2021 event with the stipulated Safe Management Measures (SMM) restriction, the pandemic situation worsens few months later, forcing the Singapore Open Gymnastics Championships 2021 to be cancelled.

21 Trampoline athletes (16 women, 5 men) participated in the 3rd Singapore Gymnastics Virtual Competition 2021, ranging from competition levels Kinder 1 through to National development Level 3. This event was held from 6 to 12 Dec 2021, with video submitted online and judging done later.

With the ease of SMM at the start of 2022, National Championship 2022 returned with 57 (35 women, 22 men) participants. While the total participation was slightly less than the National Championship 2021 (63 athletes), it was the first competition in which FIG Age Groups and FIG Senior events were offered. 6 athletes participated in the FIG Age Group and 1 in FIG Senior. The age profile of the gymnasts are as follows:

16 14 12 10 8 6 4 2 0

TRA National C'ships 2022 Age Profile

15

9

1 1 1 8

3 4 5

2 4

1 1 1 1

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

Judging Over the last year, we have seen and are appreciative of the progress that Trampoline judges in Singapore have made in improving their judging competencies. Especially of note are our two new FIG Brevet 4 Judges, Pek Siying and Louis Ang, who sat for and passed the FIG Brevet Course at the age of 19. Singapore is probably still the only Southeast Asia country to have (Four) Trampoline Brevet judges.

It should also be noted that of the 29 active National Judges, 13 of them have competed at National Championships 2022 or Singapore Open 2021. It is heartening to see that Singapore has no shortage of TRA athletes who are eager to contribute back to the Trampolining community.

A: All Active Qualified Judges (Judged at a competition/ trial within the last 2 years) FIG Brevet 4 National Level 3 National Level 2

National Level 1 4 1 4 20

During this period, the National Level 1 Judging Course was held in May 2021. The course took place with 13 participants and was held online due to COVID-19 restrictions. While it was certainly more difficult to conduct the course online, of the 13 participants, 9 of them passed the course and are now full-fledged National Level 1 judges.

Coaching In total there were 10 workshops conducted during the year which were applicable to trampoline coaches with some workshops more discipline specific.

At the Club Congress in April 2021 workshops highlighted and addressed the issues of active trampoline coaches in clubs and schools: 1) Highlighting the importance of coach career progression to club managers, 2) Increasing awareness in Safe Sport practices in clubs/ schools which better safeguard the interest of children and coaches while in the pursuit of sports excellence.

Unfortunately, the Trampoline Intermediate Coaching Course scheduled for June 2021 was not held as there were no sign ups.

During the Coaches’ Congress held in September 2021, the trampoline community was fortunate to have Mr. Paul Greaves, who has coached UK’s top trampoline gymnasts including Ms. Bryony Page, the current Olympic Woman’s Trampoline Gold medallist. Mr. Greaves shared his experiences on the “Lost Move Syndrome” which he reintroduced as “Skills Confusion” to move away from the notion that a skill is not “lost” but simply just “confused”. By mental exercise this can be fixed as demonstrated by Ms. Bryony Page and several elite athletes across gymnastics disciplines.