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A little bit about us...
Eclipse Gymnastics Centre (EGC) is a new club in the local area.
With the core values of being a fun, friendly and inclusive environment to all who come to us, It is our mission to provide high quality, supportive training to all our gymnasts, in an environment conducive to happy, healthy, stimulating and challenging training.
We are passionate about working hard to train and inspire our coaches to help the next generation of gymnasts that come through the door. All of coaches are trained to a high standards through a variety of courses to enable the gymnasts to have the best experience with us. We are working on our coach development to enable the club to expand the number of sessions we run throughout the year to address the demand for this amazing sport.
Classes We Offer
Pre-School
Our Pre School programme is great way to get your child into the sport of gymnastics at a early age. Our Pre School classes are split into 3 categories; Giraffe 18months – 4 years (stay and play), Zebra 2-3 years (semi structured) and Impala 3-4 years (Structured).
Our dedicated coaches on these session all hold the same key values of making gymnastics fun, safe and a happy environment. Our Coaches are trained through British Gymnastics Pre School course and help develop the gymnasts using SPLICE. S-Social and emotional development, P – Physical development, L- Language, I-Inquisitive, C-Create, E-Educate
Tots
Our Tots programme is the next step from our Pre School classes. This session in a fully independent structured session for children 4-6years old. On these sessions they learn the core and basic skills for apparatus. We follow a range of schemes which make the session fun, enjoyable and also a change to earn certificates to show their progress. We follow British Gymnastics Core Proficiency Scheme and the National Gymnastics Award Programme.
General Gymnastics
General Gymnastics is a great way to be introduced to the sport of Gymnastics. Our General Gymnastics classes compliment our Artistic programmes and are used as a pathway for selected gymnasts to join our artistic team. Theses session are for children aged 4 and above. On these session we teach children the basic apparatus work while also incorporating schemes such as the Core Proficiency Scheme and Advanced Proficiency Scheme. These gymnasts also receive the opportunity to enter into competitions but these are not compulsory. Our General Gymnasts classes train from 1 – 4 hours a week.
Womans Artistic
Womans Artistc gymnastics is an Olympic sport. Our Womans Artistic Programme is an intense and competitive programme for selected gymnast to join our Pre-Development, Development and Squad teams to compete at regional and national competitions. Through this programme gymnasts are not only trained on the four apparatuses; Vault, Bars, Beam and Floor but are also taught grace, poise and how to dance as well as building up their overall strength and flexibility. Our Womans Artistic Gymnasts train between 4-10 hours a week.
Mens Artistic
Our Mens Artistic Programme is in the process of being developed. It is our aim to build an intense and competitive programme for boys in our local area who wish to compete regionally and nationally. During these session the boys will be trained on all 6 of the Olympic apparatuses; Floor, Pommel, Vault, Rings, Parallel Bars and High Bar. More information about these sessions will be released in the future.
Adult Gymnastics
Our Adults gymnastics classes are a great way to build overall fitness. Our Adult classes are split into two sections; Fitness for those who want to build strength and fitness levels and Apparatus for those who was to have a go at learning skills on any of the apparatus we have. No experience is necessary for these sessions as we cater to each individuals requirements and goals. For experiences gymnasts there is time available also to work on skills independently.
