In a coup for Singapore Gymnastics, international expert, Dr Ross Tucker, presented to our High-Performance coaches and support team on the science of athlete detraining, and what this means as we return to the gym. As well as our NTC Coaches and its support team, all clubs who have athletes on the high-performance pathway* were invited to participate. On top of this, we were happy to accept the many requests we received from staff throughout SportSG, Singapore Sports Institute and National Youth Sports Institute to participate.

The key takeaways were that there is no hurry, and we should work out the important things to systematically monitor, in order to limit the risk of injury to our athletes.

A video of the session is available to view online.

Singapore Gymnastics works hard to provide these development opportunities to our High Performance team, to ensure it has the tools it needs to be competitive at the highest level. We would like to thank SportSG for its support of these activities.

* clubs with athletes in National Senior squad, National Junior squad, or Singapore Gymnastics Development Programme