At Delta we consider each girl individually and in consideration of group placement and training hours it is our policy that a girl should be placed in a training group / program based on the following :-

1. A Gymnast will be placed in a group that suits their social and gymnastic level of development.

2. A Gymnast will train a number of hours to achieve a maximum return for the hours they train.

3. Before increasing hours a gymnast needs to be fully using the training hours they currently have.

4. A Gymnast must REALLY want to increase training hours and love their training.

5. A gymnast must get benefit from training more hours commensurate with the time, money and effort required to do those extra hours.

6. A gymnast must demonstrate the capacity to gain value for the hours they train in both the short and long term.

One of the secrets to this success is that we nurture the girls and don't push them when they aren't ready to be pushed. At Delta we know that our girls train less hours than any other of the competitive clubs in Queensland and this is a fact that we are very proud of. We are happy for a girl to take a little more time as they are growing up as we consider and plan that they will be involved in the sport for a long time.

It is important that each child is allowed to grow and develop at their own pace. Allowing appropriate time to develop strong fundamentals will ensure that those foundations of preparation will allow each child to achieve ongoing improvement to ensure that become confident and competent your people.

It is our philosophy that we would prefer our girls to work hard in less hours rather than waste time training more hours to achieve no better (if not a worse) result. Historically our Delta gymnasts train less hours than the other clubs of our level in Australia. At Delta we believe that girls should do the training hours that will provide them with the best value for the time and effort they invest into gymnastics. We want to promote girls to have a balanced lifestyle which enables them to participate in school activities, have family time and maximise the training outcome from gymnastics.

Please see below a loose guideline for what hours and group a gymnast will train in at the various levels of National Stream Gymnastics.

While we do not offer Elite / International Gymnastics at Delta, we will always recommend girls who demonstrate the capacity for international gymnastics to trial at a High Performance Centre.

International Gymnastics requires a 5 – 10 year commitment of 15 (introductory) – 35 hours

(Competitive levels) training per week.