Recreational gymnastics

A recreational session starts with a 15 minute group warm up. This includes a cardio segment and a full body stretch. The cardio section will sometimes involve a game or dance.

Your child will then have a quick drink break and be organised into their coaching groups. These are split by age and ability, as much as is practicable.

With their coach, your child will complete either 15 or 20 minute rotations on different pieces of equipment including the floor, tumble track, bars, junior gym, beams, trampette, vault and our conditioning area. We carefully plan rotations to allow gymnasts to use different pieces of equipment on different weeks. If your child has repeated their rotation, it could be because of an unexpected adjustment due to staff absence or sometimes if we have low attendance numbers in school holidays or bank holidays, groups will join together.

At the end of the session, the group will join together for a short cool down and then collect drinks and shoes to exit the gym.

If your child cannot go to the toilet unaided, please ensure that you stay in the parent viewing area to help them.