About Women's Competitive Gymnastics

The competitive program in women’s gymnastics is made up of 3 streams.  The state stream, the national stream and the elite stream.  Each stream varies in the number of hours and days they train, the competitions they are eligible for and the overall commitment and motivation of each gymnast.  Gymnasts in these programs train from two to six days per week, with some of the top-level gymnasts training up to 32 hours per week. The competitive squads are generally made up of groups with six to eight gymnasts per group. The coaching staff provide the optimal learning environment for the gymnasts.  The Senior Coaches and executive team at NBG will have the final decision in which stream the gymnasts will compete in and all gymnasts will compete in competitions where they will have the most success.

State Stream Gymnastics (Level 1-10)

The state stream Program allows gymnasts of all abilities to further experience the various benefits of gymnastics.  Once a child has gained sufficient skills in the FitNastics program they can move over to the state Level Program.
This stream offers competitions and displays on training 6-10 hours a week.  Each level has a variety of skills and routines the gymnast must learn on each apparatus.  Once a child has mastered the skills in a Level, they may compete those skills in routines at the club and state organised competitions.  As the gymnast progresses through the levels they achieve a sense of accomplishment and confidence within themselves.  This stream of gymnastics allows all children to achieve and have success at gymnastics in a fun environment.

National Stream Gymnastics (Level 1-10)

The National Stream Program is designed for all competitive gymnasts. It is flexible and encourages safe developmental progressions to enable gymnasts to develop to a national standard from Level 1 - 10.

The most important activity in the National and Elite streams of gymnastics is physical conditioning. Without mastering this, the gymnast will struggle with the demands of the National and International Levels Program.  Physical conditioning will take up a large proportion of the training time.  These girls train 9-20 hours a week.

Elite Stream Gymnastics (International Development Program)

This program is designed for very talented gymnasts who are able to accelerate through an alternative training program. The long term aim is to prepare them for national and international competition by the age of 12-14. The Australian Junior and Senior National Teams are selected from the Elite Stream gymnasts. Only a very small percentage of gymnasts are selected to train and compete in this Stream and they must have a strong desire to do so. They train five to nine sessions a week and compete in local Club Invitational’s as well as State, National and International competitions.

Program News

Competitive Program Report – Week 8 Term 1

Overall Competitive Program

Last weekend saw team NBG travel to Burwood RSL for the annual New South Wales Gymnastics awards.  These awards are to recognize gymnasts, coaches and clubs for their achievements on a state, national and international floor.  Two of NBG’s longest standing senior athletes, Aaron Bruce and Amy Smit, were recognized for their outstanding achievements last year, both of whom finished inside the top 4 on a national level.  Both Aaron and Amy are role models with their dedication and persistence with gymnastics, and have a lot of younger gymnasts looking up to them for inspiration and advice.  The NBG men’s team was recognized as the premiere men’s club winning club of the year.  With no athlete from NBG men’s division finishing outside of the top 10 at State Level or outside the top 15 nationally, It was a true indication of the boys work ethic and modeling of a profession program.  Congratulations to all the parents, gymnasts and coaches within the competitive sector, you all hard a helping hand in these achievements, and it is only with your continuing support we can produce outstanding results.

Tumbling Program Manager

With competition season fast approaching, we will be needing to ensure all tumblers who will be competing have the correct NBG uniform. Please see Sam Palmer if you require clothing. The holiday training schedule is now up on the website and the notice board, if you have any questions please email samp@pittwatersports.com.au If you would like to discuss holiday hours and training please do so by week 9. Competition entry forms will start to come out soon, please be quick with getting these back and ensure payments are made by the required deadline.

Tumbling Program manager, Sam Palmer

Junior Development

Just a reminder to all parents we have competition coming up on the 16-17^th of April and if you have not got your competition uniforms sorted you will need to do it by the end of the week. Preparations for our first competition of the year are coming along very well and every session each gymnast is looking even stronger.

So you are all aware our first competition is very early this year so we are looking at this competition as a development competition for all gymnasts in levels 1-2. They don’t have another competition until August so this competition is not results driven but is to gain experience for the future to come.

Junior Development Coordinator, Jason Semeniuk

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