SportCentral and partners (Clackmannanshire, Falkirk, and Stirling Sports Development) are proud to announce over 200 people attending gymnastics education courses and workshop. The vast majority of these were coaches active in the Forth Valley area and some have been able to access educational support grants from SportCentral to help meet the cost of furthering their qualifications. To date (21st Jan 09) 24 coaches and judges have asked for and will receive assistance of up to 50% of course costs.

Many examinations have also been taking place (keeping one of the local examiners, Robert Callahan busy providing an invaluable service crunching through the Scottish Gymnastics coaching exams) and with so many coaches progressing through qualifications this has placed a greater importance on the need for further support of these coaches as they strive to increase their coaching skills and knowledge.

To this end SportCentral will be launching a gymnastics mentoring programme aimed at directly supporting selected coaches at various levels in Central and hopes that over the next 12 months that many of these coaches will expand their knowledge and increase the depth of their skill vocabulary. Many it is hoped will also feel confident enough to progress up to their next level of qualification. Keeping with this aim the SportCentral gymnastics workshop programme delivered in partnership with Clackmannanshire, Falkirk , and Stirling Sports Development will continue to provide a well received series of workshops on popular topics including Physical Preparation for Gymnastics, Basic Skills for Gymnastics, and workshops for teachers.

For more info rmation regarding SportCentral Gymnastics and/or gymnastics education in Central please contact Andrew Webb, SportCentral Gymnastics Development Manager on 01324 590 720, This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it