Looking to introduce new ideas to uplift and re-energize your gymnastics lessons? Want to break down gymnastics skills into bite-sized activities, making them easier or more challenging based on your gymnasts’ competency levels? Need guidance on challenging your students while unsure of the technical teaching points?

This one-day course is packed with top tips and insider knowledge for delivering gymnastics skills in a school setting. Led by gymnastics specialist Gemma Coles, who brings 20+ years of gymnastics coaching experience to the table, this workshop promises to provide you with the tools you need to take your gymnastics lessons to the next level.

By the end of the course, the only question remaining will be… which skill will you teach first?

Workshop Outcomes:

  • Understand how to teach fundamental gymnastics shapes and incorporate them into engaging games and activities.
  • Explore hand apparatus activities using bean bags, feathers, hoops, and more.
  • Learn how to break down gymnastics skills into their component parts and extend them to accommodate pupils of all abilities.
  • Explore vaulting and jumping techniques to add excitement to your lessons.
  • Discover how to teach partner and trio balances effectively.
  • Gain insight into planning effective gymnastics lessons.

Limited places are available for this course, so it will be on a first-come, first-served basis. Register now to secure your spot and take the first step toward enhancing your gymnastics teaching skills!

PHASE CN – Shanghai

Date and Time
18 April 2025
9am – 4pm

Venue
Shanghai American School China (Pudong Campus)

Price
2000RMB

Note: You do not need to register for the main PHASE Conference to attend this one day workshop.

Presenter

Gemma Coles

Founder, Head Over Heels Gymnastics

Gemma Coles lives in Bournemouth with her husband and three children, where she runs a successful recreational Gymnastics Club; Head Over Heels Gymnastics founded in 2000. Gemma was a child that spent most of her time upside down, mad about ‘Gymnastics’ and this enthusiasm has never left her. Gemma is extremely passionate about grassroots gymnastics and loves to teach not only the stars of the future but those less confident. Gemma has taken her 20 years of gymnastics coaching knowledge and passionately created a user-friendly selection of Books DVDs and Apps. She is regularly asked to facilitate workshops and run CPD sessions for Teachers where she takes great pride in sharing her gymnastics passion and knowledge.