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Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport practiced by men and women that requires balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, endurance and control. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest and abdominal muscle groups.

See Also:
Trampolining

An Overview of Gymnastics

Our enthusiastic fully qualified coaches will ensure that your children have a great time learning all the different aspects of gymnastics and trampolining whilst staying fit and healthy.

The programme has recently been modernised to focus more on skill development making it easier to track your child's progress through the different levels.

Our Gymnastics programme is designed to allow each participant the opportunity to learn new challenging skills and provide the chance to progress through our Gymnastics Pathway.

To view session times & venues for the following programmes scroll down to LOCAL PROGRAMMES & click on links

After you click the link you can use the filters on the left of the page to narrow your search.

Pre- school – Play Gym & Cub
Beginners – Lions
Trampolining - Level 1

The following sessions require an assessment before attending, please use our contact form to submit your enquiry

Beginners – Tigers
Intermediates – Leopards & Bobcats
Trampolining Level 2 and Level 3

Adults Only

Gymnastics is an accessible and inclusive sport offering opportunities to all ability levels and ethnic groups within a range of controlled learning environments. It promotes an active and healthy lifestyle and is recognised as forming the basis for physical literacy by developing fundamental movement skills.

Benefits

Gymnastics is a very popular sport with many benefits, some are noted below:

  • Enhancing flexibility.
  • Improving balance.
  • Improving coordination.
  • Improving concentration.

Costs

Play Gym: Crawling to 5 years Child £2.10 (£3 at Kelvin Hall) Adult: £1 Second Child £1

Cubs: 18 month - 5 years Child: £3.50 (£3.30 concession) Kelvin Hall: £5.00 (£4.50 concession)

Beginner: Lions/ Tigers/ Child: £3.50 (£3.30 Kidz Card, £3.10 Concession) Kelvin Hall: £5 (£4.50 Kidz Card, £4 concession)

Intermediate: Leopards / Bobcats Child: £4.40 (£4.20 Kidz Card) Kelvin Hall: £6.20 (£5.98 Kidz Card)

Advanced: Jaguar / Competition Class Child: £5.40 (£5.20 Kidz Card) Kelvin Hall: £7 (£6.30 Kidz Card)

Involvement

Glasgow Sport offer various gymnastics classes from 18 month old children through to advanced gymnasts. Check out the Get Involved box on this page for our up to date sessions.

Facts

  • Team GB won 4 medals in the artistic gymnastics at London 2012.
  • Max Whitlock became Great Britain's first ever gold medalist in Artistic Gymnastics in the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Find Gymnastics Clubs/Groups Near You

Use the search below to find local organisations near you.

Drumchapel Sports

Drumchapel Sports is a Community Sports Hub made up of local voluntary led sports clubs, working towards the vision of a healthy, confident and inspiring community in Drumchapel.

Maryhill and Summerston Community Sports Hub

Maryhill & Summerston Community Sports Hub provides the local people opportunities to participate in a variety of sport and physical activities to help local people be more active and healthier.

Milton Community Sports Hub

Our hub aims to serve local people in and around the Milton Area of north Glasgow. We want to improve the health and well being of local people by getting more people more active more often.

Summer of Fun

Celebrating 10 Years On from the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2014. Summer of Fun aims to provide free and affordable events and participation programmes across the city for Glaswegians to enjoy.

National Governing Bodies

Glasgow Life - Gymnastics

Contact Name
Glasgow Life - Gymnastics
Contact Email
gymnastics@glasgowlife.org.uk
Contact Telephone
0141 287 5948
Dennistoun & Area Community Sports Hub

Dennistoun & Area Community Sports Hub

We are a partnership of local sports & activity providers supporting the community in all things sport and physical activity. We are made of committee members and partners with the focus of our community at the centre of the discussions.

Glasgow Life - Gymnastics

Glasgow Life - Gymnastics

Glasgow Life - Sport deliver gymnastics and trampolining at our venues across the city beginning at pre-5 with both coach led and free play sessions on to our 5-16 year old programme with various levels to challenge beginners and developing gymnasts alike

Boccia

Glasgow Life - Sport

Glasgow Life - Sport deliver and enable activities to Get Glasgow Active.

Storm Gymnastics

Storm Gymnastics

Award Winning club Storm offers opportunities to all children with classes in Robroyston, Bishopbriggs and Paisley.

Kingston Gymnastics Club

Kingston Gymnastics Club

Kingston Gymnastics Club is a family-friendly, community sports club at the heart of Glasgow offering a wide range of classes for both boys and girls including Competitive Acro and Tumble, Development classes, Display Teams, Toddler, Pre-school, and Recre

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Queen's Park Recreation Ground (Glasgow)

Located beside Queen's Park the recreation ground has wide open green spaces and has a skateboard half pipe and outdoor gym and gymnastic equipment.

Illusion Gymnastics Club

Illusion Gymnastics Club

Illusion Gymnastics Club is a sports acrobatics club based in the north of Glasgow. Classes are on offer for children aged 18months + with pre-school, Development groups, recreational, Junior and senior display classes on offer.

Southside Gymnastics Club

Southside Gymnastics Club

Coming Soon! At Southside Gymnastics Club we want to share our passion for gymnastics by providing recreational gymnastics activities which are fun, safe and beneficial for health, well being and physical literacy.

Sapphire Gymnastics Club

Sapphire Gymnastics Club

We encourage all ages / genders and abilities to come along and try out some of our disciplines. Whether it be for recreational or competitive use, we have 100 + classes over 7 days a week for you to try.

Maryhill and Summerston Community Sports Hub

Maryhill and Summerston Community Sports Hub

Maryhill and Summerston Community Sports Hub provides the local community with opportunities to participate in a variety of sport and physical activities to help local people live more active and healthier lives.

Govan Sports Hub

Govan Sports Hub

Active Govan supports sports clubs and physical activity providers within the local Govan area to work together to provide opportunities for people to stay or become active within their community.

Flair Gymnastics Club

Flair Gymnastics Club

Named Scottish Gymnastics 'Club of the Year', we offer competitive & recreational pathways for all ages and abilities to develop and achieve their ambitions within artistic gymnastics.

City of Glasgow Gymnastics

City of Glasgow Gymnastics

We are proud to be one of the leading gymnastics clubs in Scotland. City of Glasgow Gymnastics Club is a performance club for talented gymnasts aged five years and over

The Dream Centre

The Dream Centre

The Dream Centre established in 2018 in Glasgow. We offer recreational, competitive and professional training in Dance, Musical Theatre & Gymnastics in our purpose built studios. We offer a range of classes for children & adults to suit various levels of

Glasgow Gymnastics Club

Glasgow Gymnastics Club

Glasgow Gymnastics Club provides gymnastics activities for children, young people and adults. The club has gymnastics classes, competitive opportunities for gymnasts and recreational sessions for the community.

Active Glasgow East

Active Glasgow East

Active Glasgow East serving the areas of: Baillieston, Garrowhill and Mount Vernon by working with a range of clubs and community organisations.

Drumchapel Sports

Drumchapel Sports

Drumchapel Sports is a Community Sports Hub made up of local voluntary led sports clubs, working towards the vision of a healthy, confident and inspiring community in Drumchapel.

Drumchapel Gymnastics Club

Drumchapel Gymnastics Club

We provide a variety of gymnastics activities for the local community. Please see contact details for more information.

N&D Gymnastics Club

N&D Gymnastics Club

We strive in giving gymnasts quality coaching, primal workouts and a hope to make them have a true love of the sport. Teamwork, perseverance, sportsmanship is what we hope to shape our gymnast into giving.

Recreational Gymnastics - Ages 5+ (45 minute sessions)

Recreational Gymnastics - Ages 5+ (45 minute sessions)

Recreational gymnastics sessions are suitable for children over the age of 5 and have a clear focus on improving gymnastics skills in each child that attends.

Pre-School Gymnastics (45 minute sessions)

Pre-School Gymnastics (45 minute sessions)

Pre-School Gymnastics classes are fun coach led activities for children between 18 months and 5 years old. The classes focus on developing gymnastic specific actions and overall movement skills.

Recreational Gymnastics 5+ (45 minute sessions)

Recreational Gymnastics 5+ (45 minute sessions)

Recreational gymnastics sessions are suitable for children over the age of 5 and have a clear focus on improving gymnastics skills in each child that attends.

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L2 GYMNASTIC COACH

Gymnastics coach - Level 2
Required Qualification: British Gymnastics L2 (WAG desirable)

Hours: Available contracts are between 10-20 HRS

Salary: competitive