Trampoline champ trains next generation
26/08/2009 Youngsters at a two-day trampoline training clinic have been treated to some expert tuition from a former Olympic athlete.
Chris Estrada, who represented the US in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, joined SSB Kids! ahead of the World Championships in St Petersburg in November.
The clinic was for its competitive team athletes who competed in the Junior Olympics National Championships in San Jose, California.
Mitchell Godi, head coach at the club, said he was delighted to have Chris along. He said: "He is very selective in what gymnastic programs he visits so this is a chance of a lifetime for our athletes."
Mr Godi said that he believes his club's track record of training national champions and the fact that they train athletes to be strong in character, faith, physical strength and sportsmanship has given them a strong national reputation of being a quality programme.
Estrada was the first US male athlete to qualify to compete on the trampoline and continues to train in Louisiana with Dmitri Poliarous, who was the 2008 Olympic coach, in hopes of making future US Olympic teams.
Chris Estrada, who represented the US in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, joined SSB Kids! ahead of the World Championships in St Petersburg in November.
The clinic was for its competitive team athletes who competed in the Junior Olympics National Championships in San Jose, California.
Mitchell Godi, head coach at the club, said he was delighted to have Chris along. He said: "He is very selective in what gymnastic programs he visits so this is a chance of a lifetime for our athletes."
Mr Godi said that he believes his club's track record of training national champions and the fact that they train athletes to be strong in character, faith, physical strength and sportsmanship has given them a strong national reputation of being a quality programme.
Estrada was the first US male athlete to qualify to compete on the trampoline and continues to train in Louisiana with Dmitri Poliarous, who was the 2008 Olympic coach, in hopes of making future US Olympic teams.
