Elizabeth Gymnastics Club
Elizabeth Gymnastics Club was established prior to 1961 at St Peters College, later moving to the YMCA hall. In 1977 the Girls gymnastics was commenced and jointly used the newly built Elizabeth Recreation Centre. We continued to train there until 1996 when we purchased our own facility, which we now call `The Fremont Regional Gymnastics Centre.
Our Gymnastics Centre caters for Recreational Gymnastics, Competitive Gymnastic, Cheerleading and Dance. Our club has served the community of Elizabeth for 50 years. At present, over 150 families within the northern districts utilise these facilities.
All members of our club from our coaches & committee, to parents who help, are all volunteers, bringing the knowledge of gymnastics to the hearts of the youth in the northern suburbs.
Some volunteers spending over 30 hrs a week at the gym plus more time behind the scenes. All our revenue goes towards our facilities overheads, new equipment and maintenance.
In 1996 the State Gymnastics Association awarded us “Club of the Year”. There are over 120 clubs within our state. To win this award was an outstanding achievement by all club members.
Our Association is Incorporated and affiliated with Gymnastics and Kindergym Association of South Australia who in turn are affiliated with Australian Gymnastics Federation, who in turn are affiliated with Federation of International Gymnastics.
Philosophy
Our coaching philosophy is defined by the following: Competitive cheerleading and dancing are SPORTS and not ACTIVITIES.
• Sport [spawrt, spohrt] - an athletic activity requiring skill or physical prowess and often of a competitive nature
We train ATHLETES – Our program trains competitive athletes who utilize the elements and skills of traditional tumbling and cheerleading for competition. Please understand that athletes must have proper physical conditioning, mental training and motivation for success and safety in any sport.
PERFECTION before progression – Our coaches will not allow athletes to learn advanced skills before perfecting their basics. Proper technique is everything! "Having" a skill does not mean being able to throw it, but it means being able to execute it with a strong level of mastery over and over, at the beginning, middle or end of a routine, and combined with other choreography and other athletes performing similar skills around you.
Athlete CONDITIONING – Injuries are always a concern in cheerleading, and the best way to avoid them is through proper technique, flexibility and physical conditioning. It is not possible for an athlete to be in peak physical conditioning if their practice is the only physical activity in which they partake. Each athlete should be involved in some type of physical conditioning program and stretching outside of their team practice either at the gym, at home or at school. It is important that parents and athletes understand our coaching philosophy as it fundamentals to our program and is the basis for how we operate, build our team's and what we expect of our athletes.