Brisbane City Gymnastics Club
Brisbane City Gymnastics Club
"Hard work beats talent when talent doesn't work hard"
- Tim Notke
General Gymnastics
General Gymnastics
Why Gymnastics?
Gymnastics is a sport for everyBODY, regardless of age, gender or ability. It is the perfect activity to prepare children for long-term participation in sport and develops vital life skills.
Gymnastics provides many benefits to children’s growth and development. The package of benefits offered by gymnastics participation can enrich and physically educate the lives of its participants in ways that are difficult to achieve through most other activities and sports (Sands, 2003).
Participation in gymnastics should be recommended as a positive foundational activity for school-aged children. Some of the studied benefits of participation in gymnastics are:
- enhanced development of fundamental motor patterns
- enhanced flexibility
- enhanced general strength and postural control
- ability to learn to jump, land and fall safely
- enhanced balance
- enhanced aerobic and anaerobic endurance
- unique long-term bone forming and strengthening advantages
- potential for enhanced cognitive benefits
- enhanced Task Mastery orientations
- potential for enhanced skill goal setting, team work and the ability to focus on tasks.
Young Achiever
(BCGC General L1-L2)
Age: 6+years
Class Length: 1.5 hours (For faster progression gymnasts can attend more than once a week)
Requirement: Previous gymnastics experience
This class is all about the fundamentals. During each 1.5 hour class our young gymnasts are facing a variety of new challenges on the gymnastic equipment.
These gymnasts can showcase their skills in one to two in-house carnivals each year—typically one at the beginning and one at the end. Instead of the National Level System, they follow the BCGC Artistic Gymnastics Level System, which fosters lifelong skills in a supportive, low-pressure environment. Gymnasts progress at their own pace by mastering key skills and passing fun, engaging tests, without the demands of external competitions.
This program is ideal for young gymnasts and teenagers who want to stay in the sport longer with a manageable time commitment. They build strength, confidence, and lasting skills—all while enjoying gymnastics.
Junior Achiever
(BCGC General L3-L4)
Age: 8+years
Class Length: 2 hours (For faster progression gymnasts can attend more than once a week)
Requirement: Previous gymnastics experience.
In this class our junior gymnasts will work on key progressions on their fundamental skills as well as on some more advanced skills.
These gymnasts can showcase their skills in one to two in-house carnivals each year—typically one at the beginning and one at the end. Instead of the National Level System, they follow the BCGC Artistic Gymnastics Level System, which fosters lifelong skills in a supportive, low-pressure environment. Gymnasts progress at their own pace by mastering key skills and passing fun, engaging tests, without the demands of external competitions.
This program is ideal for young gymnasts and teenagers who want to stay in the sport longer with a manageable time commitment. They build strength, confidence, and lasting skills—all while enjoying gymnastics.
Teen Achiever
(BCGC General L5-L6)
Age: 11+ years
Class Length: 2-4 hours per week (For faster progression gymnasts can attend more than once a week)
Requirement: Previous gymnastics experience.
With physical preparation being the key to successfully mastering the more difficult requirements, teen gymnasts in this class will further improve their strength and flexibility allowing them to learn new gymnastic skills on the Olympic apparatus. This class is the ultimate challenge for our achievers’ general gymnastic experience.
This program is ideal for young gymnasts and teenagers who want to stay in the sport longer with a manageable time commitment. They build strength, confidence, and lasting skills—all while enjoying gymnastics.