• 4. 質の高い教育をみんなに

Japan Sports Agency Commissioned Project: Collaborative programme by JSC-JOC-NF using Nishigaoka High-Performance Sports Centre and other Facilities (Trampoline, South Africa)

Time Period
7th to 16th Jan., 2020
Region
Tokyo, Japan
Sport/Programme Category
Trampoline (Men)
Implementer
Japan Sport Council, Japanese Olympic Committee, Japan Gymnastics Association
Recipient Organisation
SOUTH AFRICAN GYMNASTICS FEDERATION
Number of Individual Beneficiaries
9 People (3 coaches,6 gymnasts)

South Africa still has a long way to go in gymnastics. We invited the men’s trampoline team from the South African Gymnastics Federation for them to see the training environment in Japan and for us to assist the gymnasts and coaches. Among the African countries, South Africa is a promising country with a fair chance of winning a berth to the Olympic Games in the African Gymnastics Championships. The team members took part in the training camp with the Japanese coaches for final adjustments to win a long-cherished berth in the Olympic Games.

Training Sessions: 10:00 am - noon, 3:00 - 5:00 pm
We offered assistance for each gymnast covering the following:
・How to raise and use arms in straight jumps
・Checking basic techniques
・Precautions and training methods for performing basic skills in succession
・Key points, precautions and points to be corrected for performing techniques of higher difficulty
・Training methods for performing skills of higher difficulty in succession (i.e., routine to be performed in the competition.)
・Timing for performing the new skills they are currently working on as well as relevant precautions

We used videos, printed materials and illustrations to lecture the coaches on Japanese training methods, precautions and where to focus as we noticed some overall characteristics of the South African team as below:
・Frequent major horizontal displacements from the centre of the bed
・Frequent errors
・Failure to create a straight and beautiful form
・Premature timing for performing a skill resulting in insufficient height
・Consecutive performance of imperfect skills

Feedback from Participant :

We’d like to thank you Japanese government and Japanese Gymnastics Association for this opportunity. It was precious experience for us to practice with Japanese gymnasts. The way they do training is very different from us and we learnt a lot. We want to use this training skills/method back home to train our gymnasts as well as coaches. Hopefully we can be qualified for Olympic Games and come back to Japan soon.
(訳)このような機会を与えてもらい日本政府や体操協会には感謝しています。日本の体操選手と一緒に練習することはとても貴重な経験でした。私たちが行っているトレーニング方法とは違う点がたくさんあり、多くの学びがありました。トレーニング技術や方法を自国の選手やコーチにも活用したいと思います。 オリンピックの出場資格を得て、日本にまた戻ってきたいです。

Japan Sports Agency Commissioned Project: Collaborative programme by JSC-JOC-NF using Nishigaoka High-Performance Sports Centre and other Facilities (Trampoline, South Africa)1
Japan Sports Agency Commissioned Project: Collaborative programme by JSC-JOC-NF using Nishigaoka High-Performance Sports Centre and other Facilities (Trampoline, South Africa)2
Japan Sports Agency Commissioned Project: Collaborative programme by JSC-JOC-NF using Nishigaoka High-Performance Sports Centre and other Facilities (Trampoline, South Africa)3
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