Gemma Coles

Founder, Head Over Heels Gymnastics

Gemma Coles is an accomplished professional in the field of gymnastics. As the Head Coach of Head Over Heels Gymnastics and CEO of HOH’s Gymnastics, she has significantly impacted the sport. Her journey began in 2000 when, at just 18 years old, she founded the gymnastics club. Since then, she has continuously expanded her contributions to gymnastics and sports participation. Gemma's personal life includes being a dedicated mother to three boys and a supportive wife to Neil Coles. Despite these commitments, she has channelled her ambition into various successful ventures. Notably, she created the Head Over Heels Gymnastics Books and the Shuffle Up sports games, both designed to make gymnastics more accessible and enjoyable for all. With over 20 years of experience and expertise in gymnastics, Gemma's goal is to enhance global sports participation. Her initiatives reflect her passion for the sport and her dedication to fostering a love for gymnastics among people of all ages and backgrounds.

Upcoming Presentations

Adapting Fundamental Floor Skills into Pair and Trio Balances

Through collaborative learning, participants will develop teamwork skills, foster cooperation, and build trust, all while having a blast!

Gymnastics Master Class

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.

Mastering Gymnastics Skills: Tips and Techniques for Effective Teaching

Covering the full range of gymnastics skills, this interactive workshop will provide you with hands-on opportunities to understand how to break down individual skills effectively.

Bite-size Gymnastics Master Class

Mastering Gymnastics Skills: Tips and Techniques for Effective Teaching

Adapting Fundamental Floor Skills into Pair and Trio Balances

Past Presentations

Bite-size Gymnastics Master Class

Looking to introduce some new ideas to uplift and re-energise your Gymnastics’ lessons? Would you like to be able to break Gymnastics skills down into bite size activities to make them easier or harder to achieve based on the competency levels of your gymnasts? Need to challenge your pupils, but are unsure of the technical teaching points?

Insider Knowledge – How To Teach Gymnastics Skills

Gymnastics Skills challenge our pupils to do things that they wouldn’t ordinarily do! These lead to improving their strength, flexibility, speed, balance, coordination, endurance and power. These skills however may appear extremely daunting to teach. Throughout this workshop we will share hints and tips to enable you to confidently teach a wide variety of Gymnastics Skills.

Adapting Fundamental Floor Skills into Pair and Trio Balances

The Fundamental Gymnastics Shapes are the essential core skills for all Gymnastics lessons. In this hour long workshop we will run through an extensive list of floor shapes demonstrating how they can be incorporated into both Pair and Trio Balances.
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Insider Knowledge – How To Teach Gymnastics Skills

Throughout this workshop, we will share hints and tips to enable you to confidently teach a wide variety of Gymnastics Skills. Covering the full range of Gymnastics Skills this hour-long workshop will be packed full of information. 

14 Sep (Tuesday) - 19:00 - 20:00