Silks Junior Team Int+Adv level
with Benji Svyatoslavich

⭐ Junior Team  (Advanced Competition Team)

The Junior Team is Avatar Sports' advanced competitive training program for dedicated aerial athletes pursuing excellence at the regional, national, and international levels. This team is designed for highly motivated students who demonstrate exceptional commitment, technical ability, discipline, and a passion for high-level competition.

Team Commitment

• Required: Minimum 3 training sessions per week
• Class Length: 2 hours per session
• Weekly Training: 6–10 hours per week, including team practices, choreography, flexibility, conditioning, cross-training, rehearsals, and recommended private lessons as needed.

Training Schedule

• Monday
• Wednesday
• Friday
• Additional Saturday training, rehearsals, workshops, and performance preparation may be scheduled throughout the season.

Each 2-hour training session provides intensive instruction focused on advanced technical development, strength, flexibility, endurance, artistry, and elite performance preparation. Athletes train primarily on their competition apparatus while continuing to develop versatility across multiple aerial disciplines.

Training Focus

• Advanced climbs, inversions, wraps, and dynamic sequences
• Advanced drops, releases, rolls, and specialty skills
• Technical precision, execution, endurance, and consistency
• Strength, flexibility, mobility, and injury prevention
• Choreography, routine composition, and competition strategy
• Performance quality, musical interpretation, and artistic expression
• Mental preparation, confidence, professionalism, and sportsmanship

Athletes are expected to maintain a high level of dedication through consistent attendance, independent conditioning, flexibility training, and personal goal setting. Team members represent Avatar Sports with professionalism, respect, and a commitment to excellence.

Throughout the season, Junior Team competes at regional, national, and selected international competitions, while also performing in recitals, showcases, exhibitions, and special productions. Each athlete receives individualized coaching and routine development to maximize their competitive success.

Junior Team is Avatar Sports' Elite Performance & Competition Program, preparing athletes for the highest levels of aerial sport through comprehensive training, exceptional coaching, and a commitment to excellence on and off the apparatus.