Gymnastics
Here at Sporting Edge we now have our own General Gymnastics Club, having started in September 2005 the club as proven to be very popular. Classes are available for boys and girls aged 5-15yrs. Basic gymnastics skills and trampoline are taught in a fun, friendly and safe environment with qualified and experienced coaches with up to 16 children per coach. General gymnastics sessions are non-competitive and designed to allow the children to express a variety of movements using strength, technique and their own individual personalities.
Children will work towards the British Gymnastics award scheme and earn badges and certificates on achieving the set criteria for each level. Children are assessed continuously and moved to the most suitable class for their ability.
Lessons are structured to build up confidence within them selves whilst working towards improving style, ability and techniques on various pieces of apparatus and the floor.
It is hoped that all participants will improve through the programme of lessons, however improvement cannot be guaranteed, as all learners are individuals with their own ability and experience. The lessons are undertaken with no guarantee of improvement.
Pre-booking is essential as places are limited.
Class Times and Abilities
| Day |
Class Time |
Ability |
|---|---|---|
| Saturday |
09.30-11.00 |
Beginners |
|
11.00-12.30 |
Intermediate | |
|
1.00-2.30 |
Advanced |
Costs:
- £5.00 per session payable for the whole block.
In addition children must take out a Gymnastics Membership (cost £24 which includes British Gymnastics membership now valid until September 2012).
Payments are required for the whole course at the time of booking.
Descriptions of classes
Beginners-In this class the children are developing basic motor skills including co-ordination balance and stability and aesthetic awareness.
Intermediates – Continuing work on their basic gymnastics skills and movements as a strong base to build more technically advanced moves. This is also a time to develop confidence and realisation of their potential and individual ability.
Advanced – Having developed their basic skills to a suitable level; gymnasts are now ready to build upon this with further advanced skills appropriate to the individual’s ability.
Apparatus used in sessions
- Floor
- Tumble Strip
- Vault
- Box
- Horse (for male gymnasts)
- Beam (various heights)
- Trampoline (not every session)
- Trampette
Rules of the Club
As a BGA registered club, the Gymnastics Club adopts a set of rules that must be followed by all club members
Dates of Courses for 2011-12
|
Start Date
|
No of Weeks
|
Finish Date | Cost | Course Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
3rd September 2011
|
10
|
5th November 2011 | £50.00 | Gymnastics Sept Block 1 |
|
12th November 2011
|
10
|
28th January 2012 | £50.00 | Gymnastics Nov Block 2( Not 24/12 and 31/12) |
|
4th February 2012
|
10
|
7th April 2012 | £50.00 | Gymnastics Feb Block 3 |
|
14th April 2012
|
10
|
16th June 2012 | £50.00 | Gymnastics Apr Block 4 |
|
23rd June 2012
|
10
|
25th August 2012 | £50.00 | Gymnastics Jun Block 5 |
Lessons will normally take place in the Old Gymnasium, but will move to the Sports Hall for a number of weeks during exam periods in January, May and August.
How to enrol your child
To enrol your child on our activities please contact Sporting Edge.