About Oakland Rhythmic Gymnastics

Oakland Rhythmic Gymnastics , located in Bloomfield Hills Michigan, is an independent, non-profit organization dedicated to the teaching, training and promotion of the Olympic sport of rhythmic gymnastics.

ORG has a proud 30+ year tradition as a premier rhythmic gymnastics organization, with a professional staff of national coaches and USA Gymnastics instructors.

Our club offers recreational rhythmic gymnastics classes and competitive opportunities at the local, State, Regional and National levels in USA Gymnastics Xcel, DVP and FIG programs for athletes of all ages.

Oakland Rhythmics' training incorporates classes in ballet, flexibility and conditioning designed to enhance athletic performance.

We are very fortunate to have a respected, professional and highly qualified coaching staff. ORG is also the longest standing USA Gymnastics Member Club in Michigan.

We have a history of dedicated parent volunteers who have contributed thousands of hours toward the growth of our team. Foremost, we are blessed with enthusiastic, hard-working, and gifted young gymnasts.

In partnership with Bloomfield Hills Schools Recreation Department, we are blessed to have an outstanding training facility for both our recreation progam and our competitive team.

Rhythmic Gymnastics is a beautiful Olympic sport which combines elements of dance with acrobatic skills and apparatus handling. Girls perform individual or group routines choreographed to music with one of the five apparatuses: rope, hoop, ball, clubs and/or ribbon. This unique sport combines the elegance and beauty dance with the strength and coordination of high level athletics.

 

 

Ball  combines grace and beauty with the technical movements of throws and catches. Bounces, swings, thrusts and rolls over the body, on the floor and in the air are also a component of a competitive routine. 

 

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                   

 

                                             

   

Hoop  offers the greatest variety of movements and technical skills. The gymnast's routine includes rolls over the body and on the floor plus rotations around the hand or other parts of the body. Other movements include throws, catches and passing over or through the hoop on various planes and levels.                                                                

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Rope  is a dynamic apparatus, competed primarily in the lower levels. Common technical movements include jumps, spins, rotations, throws, figure 8's, sails, small releases and catches. All these components combine to create a competitive routine. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                 

 

                

                                                                     

Ribbon  is the most challenging of all rhythmic apparatus. The ribbon must form continuous shapes in space including snakes and spirals. To keep the ribbon in fluid motion throughout the entire routine, the gymnast must also execute circles, figure eights, throws, catches and small tosses of the stick. 

 

                             

                               

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

               

 

 

Clubs    require exeptional coordination.  Technical movements feature  mills, small circles,  throws, catches, tapping and trapping. Handling  includes thrusts, figure eights and asymmetric movements to complete a competitive routine.  

 

                                   

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

Group  routines  require athletes to work together as one cohesive unit. Group is judged on the ability of the athletes to demonstrate mastery of body and apparatus skills in a synchronized, harmonious manner. In addition, the group athletes must execute elements involving both large and small exchanges of equipment.