Class Descriptions
Preschool
Descriptions coming.
Gymnastics for All
GfA - Other
Freedom Explorers
This class is an open unstructured class for 5-7 year olds. It is suited for children who learn at their own pace and who do not enjoy following a set structured programme. This allows them to explore the gym and learn skills at their own pace, while being guided and encouraged to develop by a coach.
Family Fun
Description coming
Open Youth
This class is an open unstructured class for 10-14 year olds. Its is suitable for anyone who enjoys gymnastics but prefers to spend their time trying out various skills or apparatus in their own time with their friends. Our coaches supervise and help athletes learn and develop in which ever areas they show in interest in. This sometimes include attempting programmes used in other classes.
Teen Time
This class is an open unstructured class for 13-16 year olds. This is suitable for those who want to explore the gym at their own pace, or occasionally even for those who wish to try learning gymnastics without needing to join a class targeted towards younger age groups. Many teens enjoy this class as a way to socialise while casually trying new skills and apparatus in the gym.
Adults Gym
This class is an open unstructured class for anyone over the age of 16. Adults can come along and practise gymnastics with the help and support of our coaches. We typically run first timers through a basic intro session covering basic knowledge along with steps into learning the first basic few skills. Once a person is comfortable with those we let you explore and attempt things on your own, and are happy to step in and guide you if you wish to have specific coaching in an area.
GfA - General Gymnastics
Junior Foundation (5yrs)
Foundation Gym (6-9yrs)
Both classes run on the same Foundation Gym programme, only difference being the age groups of the classes.
The programme lays the foundation skills for all other gymnastics codes in NZ by starting with the seven fundamental movement patterns.
- STATICS (eg. maintaining a desired shape in a stationary position, like handstands)
- LANDINGS (eg. stopping movement, like landing after a vault)
- SPRING (eg. rebounding activities that produce rapid displacement of body, like jumps & leaps)
- LOCOMOTION (eg. moving from point A to B in different ways, like skipping or galloping)
- ROTATION (eg. rotating around an internal axis, like rolls)
- SWING (eg. rotating around an external axis, like on the bars)
- MANIPULATIVE SKILLS (eg. using hands, feet, or other body parts to control and move objects. Such as throwing or catching a ball.)
Then using that as a base they work through 10 levels of the Foundation Gym programme, with skills progressively becoming harder as they progress.
GfA - Code Specific
Aerobics Rec
This class works on the foundation skills needed for aerobics using the GNZ Levels programme. The class is good fun for those who want to learn high intensity dance and gymnastic movements to music. If you want to learn more about the Aerobic Gymnastics code, have a look at our full description on our Gymnastics Codes page.
Boys Rec
The Boys Rec class is the first step in the Boys Stages Programme. This class is for boys age 6-10. It a recreational level program of Men’s Artistic Gymnastics. In this class they get to develop skills on for all Mens apparatus. Floor, Mushroom, Rings, Vault, PBars, & Horizontal bar.
Girls Rec
Girls Rec is a class for ages 8-10 years who work though a programme called Artistic Awards. The programme is based on Women’s Artistic Gymnastics, meaning they train on Vault, Bar, Beam, & Floor. There are goal sheets for each level and athletes have to achieve most items in order to pass and move onto the next level within the class.
Mini Ninjas
This class is for ages 5-7, teaching some basic parkour and gymnastics skills. The athletes in the class get to explore the beginning skills of what they will learn in higher parkour classes and well as some other freestyle movement.
Parkour Ninjas (7-10yrs)
Parkour Youth (10+yrs)
Both classes work on the same programme with main difference being age groups. The class follows a programme based on the National Parkour handbook. The main focus is on parkour skills, with some gymnastics techniques added in to allow athletes to eventually learn the techniques required to add flips into their freestyle runs.
Rhythmic Rec
Our Rhythmic Rec class is a recreational version of what the competitive rhythmic class learns. Athletes learn to use apparatus such as rope, hoop, ball, clubs, and ribbon to perform routines with music.It combines dance and gymnastics while learning important fundamental movement.
If you want to learn more about the Rhythmic Gymnastics code, have a look at our full description on our Gymnastics Codes page.
T&T Rec (7-10yrs)
T&T Youth (10+yrs)
Both classes work on the same programme with main difference being age groups. Athletes work on progressing through 10 levels in this badge programme. They train tumbling, double-mini trampoline, and individual trampoline. Each level has a goal sheet with skills on each event that they need to pass in order to move onto the next level presenting them with more advanced skills.
Competitive Codes
Competitive codes class descriptions coming.
