As of Sept 1, 2013 Gymnastics Ontario will be begin the new Women’s Artistic Competitive Program by offering new levels 1 – 9 program with skills, concepts and code of points (compulsory and optional) modeled after the USA Junior Olympic program. …
Excellent. The American J.O. / NCAA competitive structure is the most successful in the world in my opinion.
USAG is rolling out the changes for the next quadrennial right now.
The best thing that could happen to Canada would be to fall in line with the American Junior Olympic program. If this works for our largest Province, other Canadian Provinces might adopt it too.
It would be far easier to cross borders for competition.
The new Ontario rules are not exactly J.O. — but they are close. (PDF)
JO level 10 is equivalent to the Canadian National Open category.
TIMELINE (PDF):
April 15 – Release of the level 1 – 4 compulsory element charts & level 5 proposed optional routine requirements
May 30 – Release of the level 5 – 9 optional routine summary charts
June 30 – Release of the level 1 – 4 routine requirement manual complete with pictures, deductions,technique requirements and
competition expectations.June 30 – Release of the level 5 – 9 routine requirement manual complete with pictures, deductions and competition
requirementsAug 23 / 24 –GO Coaching Congress –GO JO technical event specific workshops and judging perspective information sessions.
Sept/Oct – Final GO JO technical event specific workshop
TBC – Level 1 – 4 GO JO Compulsory skill videos available – for a head start please refer to the USA JO videos as they become
available.
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