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Singapore Gymnastics Development Program After a one-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Singapore Gymnastics Development Program (SGDP) was held on 22-25 November 2021 at the respective National Training Centres (NTC).

The Men’s Artistic Gymnastics (MAG) SGDP camp was led by the NTC coaches, Mr Desmond Cheng, Mr Ryosuke Kusumi and Mr Park Giyong. A total of 13 boys participated in the camp, which focused on physical preparation work such as “Body Manipulation” and “Floor Exercise Warm-up”. The athletes and coaches also worked on all the apparatus, where the presenters shared the various techniques of swinging elements and much more.

The Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (WAG) SGDP camp was led by Master coaches, Ms Zhang Zhen, and Ms Lim Heem Wei (NTC), Mr Brydon Sy (Prime Gymnastics) and Mr Eric Boucharin (SWAGA). A total of 48 athletes participated in the camp, which focused on physical preparation, Artistic preparation work and the basics on each apparatus.

A total of 64 RG athletes were invited to the SGDP camp following their performance at the National Championships. This was a 28% increase in the number of RG athletes compared to FY20-21. This attests to the growing number of high-performance athletes, being fed through the system from 7 local clubs, excluding the National Training Centre. Of the 64 invitations, there were 26 acceptances in FY 21-22. The RG SGDP athletes who accepted invitations attended the SGDP Camp in 2 sessions between the period 1 – 3 Dec 2021, with the NTC coaches sharing on Coordination and Agility, Flexibility and Battements, Pilates, and Development of Speed-Strength qualities. The SGDP camp was also complemented with the HighPerformance Symposium, headlined with NTC Head Coach’s sharing on Innovative approaches for Warm-up, Balance methodology and preparation. To better equip the SGDP athletes’ coaches, a Body Resilience Workshop for Coaches was also conducted to educate them

The Singapore Sports Institute (SSI) and National Youth Sport Institute (NYSI) team conducted the Body Resilience workshop during the SGDP camps as well. Like the session for the coaches at the High-Performance Symposium, the "Body Confidence in Gymnastics Guidelines" was designed to support gymnasts, coaches, staff, and families in their roles. It aims to help create environments where a person's body is spoken about, spoken to, and treated with respect and care. It offers "Four Pillars of Body Confidence" as a practical framework to move forward.