PROGRAM DESCRIPTIONS

PRE-SCHOOL & RECREATIONAL PROGRAMS:

Jump, Doodle and Dash (3 to 5 yrs) This 2 hour fun filled program will focus on gymnastics, games, arts and crafts to stimulate your active preschooler. The first hour is a Tumble Bugs or Tumble Bears class with the second hour set aside for preschool activities. Please provide a peanut-free lunch

Toddlers: (walking and up): Bring your child in for some playtime in the gym. Explore various equipment at your own pace. Adult participation is required.

Tumble Bunnies (18 months to 3 yrs) this 45 minute class offers movement exploration in a padded playground environment. Adult participation is required.

Tumble Bugs(3 yrs and up) Our fun and fast moving activities emphasize skill development, control, balance and coordination in a safe and positive environment.

Tumble Bears: (4 yrs and up) This 1 hour program introduces a more structured class while maintaining a fun approach to learning. Cooperative games encourage courtesy and sportsmanship.

Pre-Olympic (4-5 yrs) This 1 hr program is a bridge program between Bears and Can-Gym Level 1. It is for those children who have completed Bears and are not quite ready for the more intense after school program. They will be challenged to further their skills and will still get the fun and games of the Preschool Program.

Olympic Can-Gym Badge Program for Boys & Girls (5-12 yrs) Using Canada's National Gymnastics skills development program CAN-GYM, we focus on fun, developing fitness and mastering fundamental progressions to skills in Gymnastics & Trampoline. Progress reports and badges are given at the end of the session.

Gymnaestrada Team (9 to 17 yrs) is full of gymnastics activities with athletes participating in large group routines. Gymnaestrada's focus is on participation, having fun, developing fitness and acquiring fundamental skills.

Interclub Category The purpose of the Interclub category is to expand the opportunities for athletes at the recreational level. Gymnast, ages 6 & up and of any abilitily, have the chance to be part of a team, learn and master routines and have the chance to perform. Interclub promotes a creative environment that does not follow traditional competitive gymnastics.

COMPETITIVE PROGRAMS:

Women's Artistic Gymnastics is a combination of art and strength. Women's Gymnastics is a very artistic sport, as well as highly technical. Women's gymnastics consists of four events: Vault, Uneven Bars, Beam, and Floor. Women's Gymnastics is a demanding sport and requires a great deal of preparation.

Trampoline and Tumbling NPGA offers individual trampoline, double mini trampoline and power tumbling. The routines are judged according to difficulty and execution as seen in other sports such as diving. NPGA is unable to offer synchronized trampoline at this time.