We’ve got something for everyone during this Halloween Midterm Break! Following our very successful Summer Program we have continued to add more skill and apparatus workshops to our midterm schedule. Continue reading for full information on what’s in store! We expect that these classes, camps and workshops will book out quickly like those previously held.
A reminder that no recreation classes are running during 26th Oct – 1st Nov inclusive.
HALLOWEEN CAMP
29th, 30th & 31st Oct 10am – 1.30pm €82.50 member / €87.50 non member age 5+
29th, 30th & 31st Oct 10am – 11.30am €45 Age 3.5 – 5 yrs
Camp caters for children from beginners to experienced gymnasts. For beginners camps are a great way to have fun and to try the wonderful sport of gymnastics out. For experienced gymnasts camps are a great way to get that extra bit of training in to help improve their skill level and work to get closer to achieving their gymnastics goals! Gymnasts will work on all apparatus in the gym. Children will be grouped together by age and experience level in order to allow the best possible progress, challenge and enjoyment from camp.
Camp begins with a group warm up and stretch to prepare the gymnasts for the day ahead where they will work on Floor, Vault, Bars, Beam and Fast Track (trampoline). In the middle gymnasts will have a snack break to replenish their energy! As with our classes, our camps are progressive with lots of new skill development happening throughout every day at camp, every day is fun, different and never the same!
TRY IT OUT CLASSES
29th Oct 2pm – 2.45pm age 3-5 yrs €8.50
29th Oct 2pm – 3pm age 5-7 €11
Has your child wanted to try gymnastics and you are apprehensive about signing up for a term as you are unsure if they will like it? These once off classes are the perfect way to introduce children to gymnastics!
Gymnastics teaches the fundamental movement and sports skills that are at the core of every other sport. Fundamental movement skills include skills like climbing, swinging, balancing and landing. It develops the ABCs of athleticism: agility, balance, coordination and speed.Children can swing on the bars, jump on the trampoline, learn a cartwheel or a handstand! Artistic gymnastics is an amazing sport to be involved in!
WORKSHOPS
FLOOR
Handstand Workshop
1st Nov 2.00 – 3.15pm €13.00
Handstands are one of the most popular gymnastics skills, from the playground to Crossfit every child and teen want to be able to hold a handstand! This class will help build strength and balance in all variations of handstand. We’ll break handstands down and scale them back to build them back up to a perfect handstand hold. Suitable for age 4+, beginners welcome.
Walkover Workshop
1st Nov 5.30pm – 7.00pm €15
Gymnasts will have the opportunity to focus solely on learning and improving their forward and backward walkover skills. Walkovers are key to learning the much sought after forward & back handsprings, we recommend taking both workshops as they compliment each other. Suitable for girls age 6+.
Tumbling Workshops
31st Oct 2.00 – 3.30pm €15
1st Nov 5.30 – 7.00pm €15
The number one skill all gymnasts want to achieve is the back flip! Our coaches will help gymnasts get closer to mastering that all important and most desired skill! Flip workshop will cover both forward and backward tumbling skills such as front handsprings, back flips and front somersaults! Tumbling is built on a framework of skill development—one leading to the next. Everything will be broken down into all the fundamental shapes and pre requisites needed to master these cool skills and we will strip away those bad habits learned at home on trampolines all in the safest learning environment possible, with the ultimate goal of connecting skills to form tumbling passes. Suitable for age 7+ with gymnastics experience.
Cartwheel Workshops
29th Oct 3.15 – 4.30pm €13
1st Nov 2.00 – 3.15pm €13
The focus of this workshop is the cartwheel, a very important gymnastics skill. If children master the cartwheel they will move on to work round off’s, giving them the essential link skill to a round off back handspring! Age 5-9, beginners welcome.
