Introducing our WAG Team 1 athletes. From left to right we have:
Lauren (age 14), Ava (age 14), Taylor (age 14 ), Sasha (age 15), Avery (age 15), Alexandria (age 17) and Noelle (age 13). The girls train 25 hours per week with coaches Lena, Sandra and Aleks. They are working on Level 9 and 10 skills. Coach Sandra outlined some for us:
Level 9
Vault – Yurchenko pike and layout, Tsukahara pike and layout
Bars – Shoot over to HS, Pak salto, Free hip – Toe on or stalder to HS directly connected to the Shoot over or Pak salto, Lightening from low bar to high bar and double back dismount
Beam – Backhandspring-layout, or backhandspring directly connected to another flight skill (Back tuck or back pike), Switch split leap or other turning jumps, front tuck on the beam, double turn and Round off 1 1/2 twisting dismount.
Floor – Double back, double pike, back 1 1/2 twist directly connected to a front pike salto for bonus, front layout to front pike rebounding and more advanced.
Level 10
Vault – Yurchenko full twisting vault, Tsukahara layout and twisting Tsuk vaults
Bars – release elements (Yaeger, Tkatchev, Maloney, Ray, Hindorff), giant full, front giants, pirrouetting, and D value dismounts (double layouts or twisting double backs)
Beam – 3 element acro connections (BHS-Lay-Lay, BHS-Lay-BHS), other acro to jump connections for added difficulty and bonus, aerials front and side directly connected to B or higher valued jumps, double back or double twisting dismounts
Floor – Double back, double pike, back 2 1/2 twists, front 1 1/2 twists, directly connected rebounding elements, triple turns, and advanced jump series
Keep working hard girls !!!!
Author: Oakville Gym