2013 World Age Group Competition gold medalist Alyssa Oh of Rocklin, Calif./Technique Gymnastics, visited California Sports Center in San Jose, Calif., which was selected as a Trampoline Development Center. The creation of Trampoline Development Centers across the country is designed to develop trampoline and tumbling in the United States. The initiative's goal is to incorporate competitive trampoline into the curriculum in gyms across the nation to expand its Olympic pipeline.
Joy Umenhofer, a member of the national trampoline coaching staff, has visited the club three times this fall. On the visits, she hosted clinics to educate club staff on scheduling, coaching and teaching trampoline, basic skills, conditioning and flexibility, and progressions; talent identification development programs; and interactive coach and athlete training sessions. Each club also received marketing materials, operational guidelines and curriculum support. Also, other clubs in the area were encouraged to attend the coach education sessions and learn about expanding their programming to include trampoline.
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