What Are The Top 3 Reasons Schools Use External Gymnastics Providers?

Over 40 years of experience as an external provider, we have constantly asked ourselves, “What are the 3 reasons schools use companies such as are in such constant demand?”
Is it the main reason cost? Are teachers too busy to teach gymnastics? Are parents insisting that experts are needed in this field?
The top three things that are always at the forefront of school and teachers requests are:

1. Children’s safety
2. Cost of equipment
3. Teachers skill

Children’s Safety
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Creating a physically and psychologically safe environment is vital for conducting gymnastics lessons. Many skills are difficult and have a moderate level of risk for children. Mitigating risk to keep students safe at all times is how we choose the equipment for which we are famous.
We break difficult skills into small sub-skills which we can then teach on our modified equipment. Some examples of Gymnastrix equipment choice that make gymnastics safer and more fun are:

1. Beam activities on a very low beam that is covered in soft carpet for young learners
2. High and Parallel Bars that are modified to be lower for students, allowing safe practice of skills
3. High quality foam/vinyl wedges to develop rolling skills safely
4. Floor mats and strips that prevent landing injuries and limit damage to growing joints and bones
5. Brain engagement cards and activities which allow for ‘rests’ to ensure students manage fatigue
6. The world’s first fully padded trampolines, now adopted by many other gymnastics facilities and providers
7. Soft rather than hard vaulting horse for easy skill learning

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We have listened to children, teachers and parents to ensure that our mobile equipment creates the foundation to gymnastics safety. 

Equipment Cost 
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Specialised and modified equipment is expensive. School budgets simply don’t have a spare $10,000 in them to allow for the purchase of the large amount of equipment required to ensure 30 students are actively able to enjoy their gymnastics lesson. Know that the equipment has to be stored, set up and packed up before and after each lesson has been identified by many clients as the reason they look to outside companies for this service.
Using old equipment is dangerous on many fronts. Firstly it may not be functioning correctly; bars that cannot be height adjusted, hard vaults or small mats that don’t cover significant portions of the floor. About 60% of cheaper mats available in Australia today slip on polished hall floors in schools. Equipment that is not carefully designed for school classes often has sharp edges, legs or wires that are dangerous trip hazards.
A trailer filled with all the equipment and lesson plans for your school’s program needs addresses all the issues set out above: where to store equipment, what type of equipment, uses for the all supplied equipment ensures a brightly coloured gym hall or room. Students start by feeling safe from the moment they commence their program and find it very easy to have fun whilst learning. Schools who feel they can’t afford to have great equipment, therefore not undertaking gymnastics lessons; have never before had the opportunity to have a complete equipment set for a very affordable hire fee.

Teachers Skill
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Providing equipment has never been enough. Teachers are required to undertake so many hours of personal  and teaching professional development that they simply don’t have time to build up and maintain yet another skill set. When teachers feel students may not be safe due to their own skills and the ability to demonstrate, gymnastics programs are left out of the school curriculum and children miss out.
It easy to separate children not doing a physical fun activity like gymnastics from their academic test scores; but our engaging Active Academics Program improves kids academic performance. Neuroscientific research underpins what is done and how it is done. We want active kids who get great grades!   

How Equipment Hire May Benefit You
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Who knows what your children need? You do!
Hire our top quality, clean and brightly coloured to conduct your own gymnastics program. You will save all wage costs and learn more about your children and how to engage them differently.
Not only do you get $10,000 of equipment, it comes in its own “box” trailer so you don’t have to find a place to store it!
Scared you are not sure what you are doing? We know how that feels!

​We don’t want you to ever be caught out, scared or unsure, so we created a training kit just for you. Complete with

• Lesson Unit Plan,
• National Curriculum Lesson Plans,
• video tutorials,
• assessment checklists,
• teaching progressions
• teaching points, tips and tricks,
• class worksheets

we know you can do it. Why? Because that is how we have taught dozens of our own staff and keep them up to date!

​Still not confident? Have an on-site coach assisting you!
We can provide a coach to work alongside staff 1 day per week to assist teachers understand teaching methodology, skill progressions, warm up activities; the perfect professional development.
Want it free of charge? Here’s how!
We have partnered with Sporting Schools, allowing you to apply to have your program funded. We will work with your grant budget and make a program that meets all the required criteria.
Just want it DFY? Yes! Gymnastics Done For You!
Of course we can do everything for you. The hassle free, quality assured, Sporting Schools and GYMNSW Endorsed gymnastics program for which we are renown. 2 qualified staff, all that amazing equipment, lesson plans and assessment tools that our clients have loved for years.