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About Gymnastics

What children learn from Gymnastics:

Gymnastics is a physical activity with basic gymnastics as the active content. The content includes walking, running, jumping, rolling and supporting. The influence of gymnastics on children is mainly reflected in the aspects of sensory, emotional, mental and physical development.

Among them, the sensory functions can be roughly divided into touch, proprioception and vestibular sense. The components of physical fitness mainly include strength, flexibility, agility, balance and coordination. Gymnastics is the foundation of all sports. The most basic athletic abilities of the human body: strength, agility, balance, flexibility, etc., can be exercised and activated through gymnastics.

As for the higher-difficulty movements such as handstands, somersaults, aerial turns, etc: it depends on the child's physical training needs, the movements the child does, and the difficulty of the challenge. Parents don't have to worry about any movement or difficult projects. It is a step-by-step, superimposed from easy to difficult, scientific and reasonable training that provides a strong guarantee for the safety of children.

Gymnastics for children's physical and mental development

Physical fitness:

Improve children's limb flexibility.
Develop the brain and accelerate intellectual development: Through physical training for children, the nervous system and the brain are continuously stimulated. The activity of the cerebral cortex is increased, the frequency of brain activity is increased, and the brain is more developed.
The exercise of different running and jumping techniques makes the angle of movement of the lower limb joints more reasonable (in outdoor walks, active games and free activities in kindergartens, the range of motion of joints and the amount of physical activity are not large enough).
The gymnastics training brings moderate stimulation to the child's body, activates the whole body's tissues and nervous system, and makes it perfect earlier
Significant improvement in lower body strength.
Improve movement reaction speed and physical flexibility and agility.
It's a group course. Children gain joy in group activities, so as to develop a cheerful and make friends.
Helps boost immunity. And let your child have a more perfect BMI value. Exercise will consume excess fat, avoid fat accumulation, gain ideal weight, and thus have a more perfect BMI value.

Sensory Function:

Greatly improve the reaction speed of children's nervous system.
Improve balance and agility.
Improve the sensitivity of proprioception and vestibular sense.
The integrated processing ability of balance.

Lions Gymnastics Academy

Regardless of your child's ability or experience, all of the Lions Gymnastic Academy classes are taught in an athlete-centred, progressive manner. Because the learning process is equally as important as the learning outcome, students are grouped according to age, physical ability and potential to maximize their experience. Ultimately, gymnastics team placements are handled by the coaches. If, during registration, a participant isn't in the correct team, the Gymnastics Coaches will communicate with parents to reassign.

Team Definitions / Levels

Foundation Junior

Classes are designed for children in Grades 1-5. Children are grouped by age and ability. We ensure that our gymnasts are learning the proper techniques to make gymnastics fun and safe. Training is always purposeful and incorporates circuits to ensure that the children are constantly active and engaged.

Development Squad

Entry into this squad is only by invitation or trial and is restricted to Grades 1-3. Gymnasts in the Development Squad are recommended to commit to a minimum of two sessions per week. The coaches provide gymnasts with a progressive pathway through the Singapore Gymnastics Program Level 1 - 2.

Junior Competitive

The competitive pathway is an invitation-only program. The Junior Competitive class is two hours and is designed for students who have developed their gymnastics movements and skills to an advanced level, equivalent to Singapore Gymnastics Program Level 3 - 4. Gymnasts in Junior Competitive are recommended to commit to a minimum of two sessions per week.

Intermediate

The intermediate class runs for two hours and is open to students in Grades 6-12. Gymnasts in this non-competitive group:

Learn more advanced skills without the pressure of competition
Transfer their learning beyond gymnastics, applicable to related sports such as : cheer team, dance, acrobatics, martial arts, parkour
Benefit from total-body fitness and coordination without working out with weights or machines.

Gymnasts in Intermediate are recommended to commit to a minimum of two sessions per week.

Senior Competitive

Suitable for the gymnasts in Grades 6-12 who have completed level 4. This is a 2-hour class by invitation or trial only, designed for the most advanced gymnasts. Gymnasts completed in Singapore National level 4. Gymnasts in Senior Competitive are recommended to commit to a minimum of two sessions per week.

Lions Gymnastics Schedule

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Lions Gymnastics Academy, 2022-23 Info Sheet

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Lions Gymnastics Academy, 2022-23 Info Sheet

Our Coaches

Lili Ye

Coach Lili is a highly experienced coach with proven program management, coordination and communication skills - demonstrated over a 20-year coaching career.

Lili is a caring instructor who prides herself on a tireless commitment to students learning, achievement of their goals and overall well-being. She has been coaching Elite and Recreational gymnastics across the globe since 1996, having supported businesses and gymnastics clubs in China, Europe, Japan and Singapore.

Prior to coaching, Lili used to be a professional gymnast back home in Beijing, China. In 1996 she graduated from Beijing Sports and Physical Education University, before completing a Masters's Degree from Beijing Capital University of Economics and Business in 2002. Her notable coaching positions include working as a WAG head coach in Dublin (2014) and Helsinki, Vienna and the Isle of Man (2015) where she helped prepare gymnasts to compete in the European and Northern European Championships.

Her work in Singapore has seen her lead Singapore Gymnastics School Team at the 10th ASEAN School games, where Singapore won multiple Team Gold medals; two of her students also won Individual medals on Uneven bars (Gold medal) and Balance Beam (Silver medal).

Coach Lili is also a FIG Brevet Judge, with expertise across Singapore National, Australian Level and FIG rules and regulations. She has many years of judging experience in the Singapore National Games, World Challenge Cup and Victoria Championship. She's also a qualified NROC Coach (NCAP Level 1), VPS certificate holder and First Aider.

Coach Lili's Stats:

More than 20 Years of Coaching Experience
Global Coaching Experience
Proven success in leading Gold medal winning competitive school teams NROC Qualified (NCAP Level 1)
FIG Brevet Judge

Dosmond Cheng

Coach Dosmond is accredited under the National Registry of Coach (NROC) Level 1, Level 2 Federation International Gymnastics (FIG) MAG Coach.

He started his journey with gymnastics at the age of 6 and continued on to join local and international competitions representing his school and Singapore when he joined the national program from 2005-2009 and has started coaching gymnastics ever since.

He also participated in Cheerleading in his Polytechnic year and became the captain of the cheer squad from 2010-2013. He was skills recognised by the association and was invited to represent Team Singapore at the 2012 Cheerleading International Asia Open (CIAO) in Japan.

He has continued to help build the cheerleading program at Republic Polytechnic as an assistant Cheerleading Coach while working Full- time as a Gymnastics Coach at local clubs and local schools. Coach Dosmond has also coached at numerous local Gymnastics clubs and International Schools like Australian International School (AIS), United World College East (UWCSEA East).