Womens Artistic Gymnastics (WAG)
Women’s Artistic Gymnastics is for women and girls of all ages. Once you’ve learnt the basics, you can develop your skills for fun and fitness or challenge yourself further through competitions from local to national level.
- Enhances co-ordination and agility, for body awareness and balance
- Develops posture and confident body movement, including the ability to land safely
- Enhances creativity and builds self-confidence, for sport and life
- Develops strength and flexibility, for life’s constant challenges
- Develops healthy minds and bodies for now and later life
The four competitive apparatus in Women’s Artistic Gymnastics are:
- Vault
a 20m sprint to the vaulting table followed by springing onto and off the hands and landing perfectly on the other side. Extra rotations at any point increase the difficulty. - Uneven Bars
requiring strength, precision, rhythm, concentration and courage; the gymnast moves from one bar to the other, alternating grip changes, releases and regrasps, saltos and changes of direction with circular swings. - Beam
balance at its most extreme, adding an extra element to the acrobatic sequences, gymnastic jumps and turns. It is an exercise not only of flexibility, but also of concentration, rhythm and expression. - Floor
a creative combination of expressive dance, daring acrobatics and powerful gymnastics performed to music, where each gymnast communicates her own personality and style.
Mens Artistic Gymnastics (MAG)
Men’s Artistic Gymnastics channels masculine energy to develop power, strength and control. Mastery of the six apparatus requires the skilful combination of flips, balance, stretch, spin and landings.
- Builds strength and prepares the body for the challenges in life
- Enhances co-ordination and agility, allowing the body to move like lightning
- Develops posture and confident body movement, including the ability to land safely
- Challenges the mind and body to reach new goals
- Develops healthy minds and bodies for now and later life
There are six competitive apparatus in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics (MAG):
- Floor
an exercise in pure acrobatics, alternating between powerful tumbling series and the composure necessary for balance and strength elements. - Pommel Horse
routines mostly involve circles of the legs together and pendulous, scissor swings with the legs split, spectacularly combining these movements while turning and travelling along the horse. - Rings
difficult combination of strength and swinging elements requiring control, strength and balance in the forward and backward swings and strength holds. - Vault
a 25m sprint creates the necessary power to explode from the board before the dynamic push off the table, to generate greater height for rotations and flight before landing on the other side. - Parallel Bars
routines require swinging above and below the bars with acrobatic flight, changes of directions and precise balances, ending in a dramatic dismount off the side or the end of the bars. - Horizontal Bar
a spectacular apparatus, largely due to the combination and variation of giant swings, acrobatic releases and re-grasp flight elements. The high dismounts from the bar allows the gymnast to show his acrobatic talents and landing prowess.
Skill Development
Skill development classes are for gymnasts who want to participate and learn the fundamentals of gymnastics. The program allows gymnasts to develop skills on all men’s and women’s apparatus. Gymnasts progress through a challenging program while developing at an individual level.
There are no competitions or testings in this program, however certificates of achievements are awarded as gymnasts achieve a set of skills
Adult Gymnastics
Our Adult Gymnastic stream offers gymnasts who no longer wish to train in a competitive gymnastics program, or those who have an interest in gymnastics but wish to focus on fun and fitness instead and opportunity to participate in the sport for recreation. Our Adult program is offered to males and females over the age of 18 (a working with children check will be required prior to joining this class, as part of the child safe standards).
Ninja
New in 2021 – Jumping, climbing, swinging and circuit challenges for everyone. Ninja classes are an option where school age children can develop skills in balance, agility, co-ordination, catching, swinging and climbing.
