Training

Club Structure

Members of Enigma Gymnastics Club are organised into groups according to their age, gender, ability, experience and individual needs. Integrated into our programme of classes is our Jump Up, Jump Down section of our Club. This programme is in partnership with Disability Sport Fife.

Our Head Coach welcomes parental discussion around training programmes and your child’s needs with you as well as the gymnast themselves.

All children participate in the National Gymnastics Awards Programme during class time. The programme is structured using apparatus and skills being performed on vault, bars, beam gym, beam acro, floor gym, floor shapes, floor acro and body prep. Children, dependent on age and ability, are assessed on the skills they have been practising during classes. Along with their coaches, children select the most suitable award to work on.

There are 2 different schemes in use and these are dependent on age and ability:

  1. The Early Years Scheme contains two levels involving a programme of basic skills, coordination and introduction to the gymnastics environment:

A) Little Gem has theme based learning (Space, Circus, Underwater, Explorer, Weather, Seaside, Jungle and Pirate). There are eight different themes with ideas of how to make movements fun and imaginative. Each theme has eight skills.

B) Junior Gem has eight sections (levels 1-8) with twelve moves in each – (10 out of 12 to pass a level), working on skills on vault, bars, beam gym, beam acro, floor gym, floor shapes, floor acro and body prep

  1. The Standard Scheme contains four levels (Emerald, Sapphire, Ruby and Diamond) and has a Girls section as well as a Boys section. Each level has eight different sections of apparatus with twelve skills to complete in each (10 out of 12 to pass).

- Girl’s sections are:

- Vault, Bars, Beam Gym, Beam Acro, Floor Gym, Floor Shapes, Floor Acro and Body Prep

- Boy’s sections are:

- Vault, Bar, Parallel Bars, Mixed Apparatus, Upper body & Gym, Floor Shapes, Floor Acro and Body Prep.

Once gymnasts pass an award, their achievement will be rewarded with a medal in recognition of their success. There is no cost to receive this medal. We will mark their achievement by taking photographs and posting on social media.

Training Year

The club will operate during school terms. The Club’s terms are as follows:

  • W/c 26th August 2022 to w/e 9th October 2022

  • W/c 24th October 2022 to w/e 18th December 2022

  • w/c 9th January 2023 to w/e 2nd April 2023

  • W/c 17th April 2023 to w/e 2nd July 2023

Training Fees

To join our club, club membership and British/Scottish Gymnastics memberships are required. These are paid on an annual basis. Club memberships for Junior, Adult and Associate are renewed at our registration day or throughout the year depending on when a participant joins the club. Membership is annual and subscription year is August to July. If a member joins part way through the year full membership is required to be paid.

British/Scottish Gymnastics memberships are renewed on 1st October each year. This membership must be in place before the participant actively takes part in our training sessions. This payment is done online direct with British/Scottish Gymnastics. Once a young person joins our Club the information on how to make this payment is passed on.

Fees are listed below:

45 mins per week - £12.00 per month

1.5 hrs per week - £18.00 per month

2 hrs per week - £22.00 per month

2.5 hrs per week - £26.00 per month

Fees are paid on a monthly basis and require to be paid by bank transfer on the 15th of each month.

Families with more than 2 children are entitled to discounts on monthly fees. Assistance is also available for families who are experiencing financial hardship. These are dealt with on an individual basis by contacting the Club directly.

All fees include 50/50 fundraising activity which is drawn 3 times per year with half of the money raised paid out to lucky winners and the other half helping our Club to raise funds for much needed equipment or discounting club merchandise for all.

Incorporated into monthly fees are potential missed hours due to school / community use closures (e.g. In-service training days, school holidays and club events). Fees can also be adjusted for emergency closures (e.g. fire, flood, pandemic)