MAG What is Future Stars?

[taximomma]

What is Future Stars? Is it the boys version of TOPS? Just curious. I've seen several posts lately related to Future Stars.

 

[skschlag]

Kind of. Here is the blurb from USAG about it:
The Future Stars Program is an athlete development and education program. The Future Stars Program consists of six age groups 8 year olds, 9 year olds, 10 year olds, 11 year olds, 12 year olds and 13 year olds, who perform selected skills and compulsory routines on the six men's events plus trampoline, strength and flexibility evaluations. The 8-9 year old division participates up to the Regional level while the 10, 11, 12 and 13 year old divisions can qualify to the National level.

The Junior National Development Team is determined through the use of a "Future Stars" National Championships/Evaluation held in the fall of each year. The competition targets the 10, 11, 12 and 13-year old age groups of athletes and involves athletes being judged/evaluated on the six events using a basic skills compulsory routine composed of approximately ten basic skills elements placed together in routine form. In addition, there are events that involve evaluation on trampoline, flexibility, strength and body positions. The evaluations are done by a coach/Junior National Coaching Staff member and a NGJA judge working together to produce a score based on technique and execution.

 

[Popcorn]

I think this may be like our elite path in Canada. This starts at age 9 for boys and includes compulsory routines and strength and flexibility elements. We don't have a trampoline component....maybe we should though; trampoline is the part of training that no boy ever complains about

 

[wheezy]

Generally a good comparison would be the TOPS program for girls. Big difference Is the age, for TOPS it is 7-10 and for the boys it's really 9-13.