ACRO Provincial Training Camp

November 4, 2023

Ontario’s Technical Vice Chair, Suzie Owen, is organizing a training camp for Acrobats and their coaches. The camp is scheduled on Saturday, November 4, 2023. We would like to formally invite you to take part in this great opportunity to enhance your athletes’ preparation for the upcoming season.

The camp will focus on:

• Development & improvement of partnership skills for Levels 5-Youth
• Work on choreography and routines
• Base and Top specific training
• Tumbling Skills

Location:   Olympia Gymnastics Club

                   44 Iber Road Kanata, Ontario, K2S 1E8

Date & Time: Saturday November 4, 2023 

                       1pm – 5pm 

Clinicians: Irina Shivrina - Choreography

                   Alyssa Belford  - Partnership Skills, Base/Top Conditioning

                   Michael Chaves - Tumbling

Please note:

• All coaches will be actively involved in the training workshop and will be responsible for providing supervision, both in and out of the gym, as well as transportation, for every athlete they register.
• All athletes must arrive in their raining attire ready to train.

Please make sure your athletes bring their own water bottle clearly marked with their name and club and a snack.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE:

12:45PM – 1:00PM                    Arrival / Clinician Intro / Meet & Greet

1:00PM – 1:45PM                      Warm up

1:45PM – 2:45PM                      Choreography (Group 1)

                                                    Partnership skills –  (Group 2)

                                                    Tumbling (Group 3)

2:45PM – 3:45PM                      Choreography  (Group 2)

                                                    Partnership skills –  (Group 3)

                                                    Tumbling (Group 1)

3:45PM - 4:45PM                       Choreography  (Group 2)

                                                    Partnership skills –  (Group 3)

                                                    Tumbling (Group 1)

4:45PM – 5:00PM                       Stretch out and warm down / Closing game and photo for athletes

About Camp Instructors:

Alyssa Belford

Alyssa is a former Power Tumbler who began coaching Acro in 2015. She has been the Team Ontario coach multiple time, with her L7 partnership winning the highest overall score at the 2019 Vegas Acro Cup. Alyssa has been a clinician at the GO Coaching Congress and is a recipient of the 2020 Provincial Coaching Award.

Michael Chaves

Michael started his Gymnastics career at 9 years old, and by 11 was competing in Power Tumbling. He was a member of the Senior National tumbling team for Canada and has attended multiple World Championships. Upon his retirement from competition, Michael began his coaching career. He is currently the Head Coach of T&T at Rideau Gymnastics Club  in Ottawa.

Irina Shivrina

Irina is a ballet teacher, choreographer, rhythmic and AGG gymnastics coach and AGG judge. From 2008 she has been working with the National, Provincial level rhythmic gymnasts, AGG groups, as well as both National and Provincial level figure skaters. 

Irina is originally from Russia where she graduated from Arts University with a Master degree in Choreography. She has spent years performing professionally in a dance company. Irina also worked in Italy as a ballet dancer and ballet teacher before moving to Canada. From 2000 until 2008 Irina led a kids fitness programs in Russia, as well specializing in teaching ballet and choreographing on large groups. She has choreographed for Canadian Gymnaestarada and World Gymnaestarada team - 2018 -2019 / 2022 -2023.

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