12 & Under Skill Test Protocols at the 2013 Canadian Espoir Championships

Check out the testing criteria for the 12 & Under Skill Test Protocols to be evaluated at the 2013 Canadian Espoir Championships. Descriptive video's will be available shortly via Synchro Canada's Dartfish TV Channel.

Please note there were only changes made to two tests: in water split test and the core test. The others remain the same as last year. Also, the testing will be completed after spacing time. There should be no conflicts with athletes missing any music time for testing and vice versa.

Synchro Canada expects all 12 & Unders to compete in the testing as we are gathering important testing info for this age group.

If you have any questions please contact Jadine Cleary, Synchro Canada's Domestic Techncial Director, at jadine@synchro.ca.

12 and under project

The 12 & Under Pilot project has been developed based on the feedback from Synchro Canada’s Domestic and High Performance programs. On the domestic level, the majority of coaches who have attended nationals over the last two years have requested that 12 & unders be included at nationals to align with FINA age group categories. In addition, Synchro Canada’s High Performance team, including National Team coaches at the CoE, Junior and 13-­‐15 teams, have indicated the importance of talent identificationof younger athletes in Canada. Synchro Canada’ Domestic and High Performance programs are aligned in their identification of implementing a 12 & under National stream as a key performance strategy.