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If after reading our FAQs there’s still something you’re unsure of, please visit our Terms and Conditions, About or Contact page for more information.
Sessions
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Active Gym has been training gymnasts in Walsall for 20 years. We’re a team of experienced, British Gymnastics qualified coaches that are enthusiastic about what we do. Our aim is to support your child as they fall in love with gymnastics, and to help them achieve their goals across all apparatus.
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All of our sessions begin with a warm up- usually with a game. We find this is a great way to break the ice for anxious new gymnasts and for them to get to know their coaches.
After stretching, gymnasts are moved into groups depending on ability, age, experience and height. This ensures that each child is with others that are similar to them.
Each group of gymnasts then begins moving around the equipment with their coach. Some of our equipment includes: bars, beam, trampoline, vault and floor. Whilst on the equipment, their coach will work to challenge the group of gymnasts to new skills and will look to progress their ability across all pieces.
At the end of the class, each coach takes some time to speak with their gymnasts and evaluate their session, before dismissing them off to their adult.
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Although many of our gymnasts do opt to wear our navy blue leotards and shorts, or hawaiian blue hoodies, these are not compulsory. Children are welcome in sports clothes or simply clothes they can move around in.
For more information on clothing, including long hair and jewellery, please visit our Clothing Policy.
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Booking in your little gymnast is simple and is done online in less than two minutes. We’ll ask you for some necessary information such as emergency contact details.
Once we’ve got everything we need, you’re welcome to bring your child to their free trial session. This will be the session they then attend reguarly if they enjoy their class.
Please note that some sessions are fully booked and will not be available to book online. For these session, please add your child to the waiting list using the same link.
Waiting lists can vary in length and depend on the number of gymnasts in the session. We’re aiming to open up new sessions for gymnasts to attend soon. A rough estimate on the wait time is a couple of weeks to a few months, but that does differ from class to class. We recommend adding your child to as many waiting lists as you’re available for to shorten the wait time until you’re in sessions with us.
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We host gymnastics club sessions in three centres in Walsall:
Bloxwich Active Living Centre, High St, Bloxwich, Walsall WS3 2DA
Oak Park Active Living Centre, Coppice Rd, Walsall Wood, Walsall WS9 9BH
Manor Farm Community Centre, King George Cres, Walsall WS4 1EU
For more information on our session timetables, please visit Sessions.
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If you have filled out a waiting list form for a fully booked session, you will receive an email when we have space available in the session, not when you complete the form.
Sometimes, these emails can end up in your spam/junk folder. Ensure your child doesn’t miss out on their space by adding our email address - info@active-gym.co.uk - as a trusted contact inside your email.
To do this, click here.
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You’re welcome to drop off and pick up your child from our sessions, providing they have been signed in at our desk and we have contact information for you.
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We continue on as normal during half term holidays in October, February and May half term.
We take a break from our regular term-time gymnastics during Christmas, Easter and Summer holidays. However, we often host holidays camps in the mornings or afternoons.
Holiday camps can be booked on onto here.
If you’re looking to find out when the last session is before the Summer holidays, please see our Calendar.
We are closed for bank holidays.
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We take photo consent seriously at our club. Our Photography Policy can be viewed here.
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Children who attend sessions in one class are welcome to switch to a different one at the beginning of a new month, providing that the class has availability and they are booked on beforehand. This is best arranged by email.
If the desired session you’d like to swap your child to is currently full, please add them to the waiting list instead and we’ll be in touch as soon as we have space.
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Please arrive no more than 5 minutes before your child's session start time, and no more than 15 minutes late.
For dismissal, please ensure you collect your child on time.
This is the same for your child's free trial, regular session and any holiday camps they attend.
Please see our Registration and Dismissal Policy for more information.
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Sessions can be busy, but we work hard to operate our classes within the British Gymnastics guidelines of 1 coach to 8 gymnasts when they are working on the apparatus. This ensures that your children get the attention they deserve and don’t wait too long between turns on the apparatus.
When you arrive at your child’s session, it will likely be busy with the children from the previous class either leaving or finishing up on the equipment. Rest assured that it will quieten down once your child’s warm up has finished. If you would prefer to drop off your child, you are more than welcome to.
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If you forget something, we will try to find it and keep hold of it until next week. Sometimes however, this isn't possible as things can be picked up by other gymnasts and others who use the centres. It could also be the case that things are left and not spotted by the coaching team, so are collected by cleaners and handed into the centre. Please ask at reception in case your missing item has been handed in.
Active Gym accepts no responsibility for lost, damaged or stolen items. Yours and your child's belongings are brought to sessions at your own risk.
Membership
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Your child’s first session with us is completely free of charge. Afterwards, sessions are paid for via Direct Debit on the 1st of the month. Sessions follow the below pricing structure:
1 hour classes - £29.00/monthly
1.5 hour classes - £41.00/monthly
2 hour classes - £53.00/monthly
More information (including discounts) available here.
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The Terms and Conditions of Active Gym are in place from the 31st May 2024. If you have brought your child to an Active Gym session from this date onwards, you automatically agree to these terms.
Our Terms provide information on our payment policy, cancellations, absences, your responsibilites, health and safety and more. For this reason it is crucial you are familiar with their contents.
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For more information on GoCardless and Direct Debits, please visit their website.
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The fees for the first month of your child’s gymnastics are reduced as their first session is free of charge.
You will receive an email a few days after your child’s first session with us with the details of how much will be due for their first month of classes.
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The monthly gymnastics fee is the same for each month of the year except August for which there are no fees due.
The monthly fee is calculated by totalling the amount for all the sessions in the year and dividing it by 11 months for 11 equal payments. This means the fee is the same whether there are 5 gymnastics classes in the month or 3 classes.
Monthly fees must be set up via Direct Debit on the 1st of each month to ensure your child’s space at gymnastics is secured. If full payment is not received then your child is at risk of losing their space in the session.
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We offer discounts for children who attend multiple sessions per week and for siblings who share a household. Click here for more info.
Progression and events
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Yes, we do! We look to host several competitions a year, specialising in floor and vault. Gymnasts train for competitions in our sessions and are then judged on the day by British Gymnastics qualified judges.
Regardless of experience, all gymnasts are welcome to participate in our competitions and receive a certificate of achievement for their hard work, with 1st, 2nd and 3rd earning medals.
More info available here!
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We’ve created a certificate programme to give gymnasts a goal to work towards and to help coaches with planning sessions. Children are tested to see if they can reach the next level of certificate around every 4-6 months. Certificates cost £2.00.
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The majority of our classes are 2 hours long. This gives us enough time to really focus on each piece of apparatus. We typically spend 20 minutes warming up and stretching, 20 minutes practicing skills on the floor, and 20 minutes on four different pieces of equipment (trampoline, bars, beam, vault/air track).
Careers
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We are! Visit Careers for more info.
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Thanks to our coach training programme, no previous gymnastics coaching experience is required to apply to join our team!
We’re proud members of British Gymnastics, and work with BG to send our team onto training courses to earn qualifications in coaching.
If you have passion for working with children and a positive attitude, you’ll fit right into the team!