Position Overview
A gymnastics coach is a trained and experienced individual, hired by facilities that offer gymnastics programs.
The basic work of a person at this position is to create, develop, and implement core gymnastic programs for a group of participants, and ensure that they thrive within the program.
Position Requirements
Working as a gymnastics coach requires great grit and stamina, as you are literally on your toes all the time. You have to be physically agile – of course – and possess exceptional knowledge of creating and implementing gymnastic programs to meet the individual needs of each person who is part of the program.
Some organizations will accept you as a gymnastics coach if you have a high school diploma, but possess experience in this arena. Others might expect you to possess a degree in physical education.
Typically, you will be required to oversee and run a gymnastics programs, ensuring that your goals and those set by the facility are met in an efficient manner.
Moreover, you will be coaching other coaches, so that they can deliver the right services, in their area of expertise.
Basically, working as a gymnastics coach means that a lot will be expected from you. You will be running a gymnastics programs, assembling groups of participants with similar strengths, teaching them the ins and outs of the program, and even providing emergency response services when required. To see what else you will be doing while working at this role, have a look at the following list of duties particular to this position:
Gymnastics Coach Duties & Responsibilities
• Engage new participants in conversation to determine their specific strengths, limitations and interests.
• Ask participants to demonstrate their gymnastics skills, and gauge them based on predefined metrics and scales.
• Create, develop, and implement gymnastics lessons, based on the individual needs and strengths of each participant.
• Develop routines for each class, placing special emphasis on the correct implementation of each routine.
• Create and maintain positive relationships with participants, aiming to encourage and guide them in a positive manner.
• Organize equipment and supplies, and show participants the correct use of each aid.
• Create and maintain records of participants, and ensure that all records are timely updates.
• Provide participants with information on the safe use of equipment, and provide emergency services in cases of accidents or injuries.
• Train and supervise new instructors, by following set training patterns, as established by the facility.
• Monitor gymnastics activities of all participants, intervening to correct their techniques where necessary.