USA Gymnastics has selected California Sports Center in San Jose, Calif., and Suncoast Gymnastics Academy in Odessa, Fla., to become Trampoline Development Centers through the second phase of the program 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.
"We have great confidence in these two clubs and their commitment to building trampoline programs," said Steve Penny, president of USA Gymnastics. "Mills Gymnastics USA and the Wendy Hilliard Foundation participated in the initial phase, and we are discovering that developing our Olympic pipeline in trampoline is proving to be a win for the club and a win for the discipline."
Mills Gymnastics USA in Southgate, Mich., and the Wendy Hilliard Foundation in New York City were the first clubs to become Trampoline Development Centers. Both successfully hosted training sessions for coaches, athletes and officials, selected a club trampoline team, and staged a local trampoline competition to complete the training program and earn the Trampoline Development Center designation.
"California Sports Center is excited to continue our development of new programs and hope that over the next several years, with support from USA Gymnastics, we fully develop a high level competitive trampoline program," said Dave Peterson, director of California Sports Center. "We are very excited about this opportunity and are thrilled to have been selected. With this in mind we look forward to improved coaches training, adding new equipment, and reinvesting in our facilities to meet the needs of increased participation in trampoline."
Source/news: USA Gymnastics
