Learner must be at least 18 years old on the first day of the course
- Learner must hold one of the following awards:
- TeamGym - Level 4 Certificate In Coaching Gymnastics - Senior Coach
- TeamGym - Senior Club Coach
TeamGym High Performance Coach Practical
TeamGym High Performance Coach Practical
This course will qualify you to be a High Performance Coach for TeamGym.
This prestigious qualification will provide you with the skills and mastery to achieve excellence on an international scale in team gymnastics. You will gain a wider knowledge and understanding of both the theoretical and practical team gymnastics skills.
You will develop the skills to coach the latest trends and techniques, and you will work with ambitious participants who want to compete nationally and on the world stage.
You will already have completed a Senior Club Coach qualification in TeamGym and enrolled (as a minimum) on the Professional Practice in High-Performance Coaching (PPiHPC). You can sign up the the PPiHPC here.
Further to the release of the latest UEG Code of Points for TeamGym, and the inclusion of Triple and Quadruple Somersaults, all coaches/gymnasts/clubs should note that the current Level 5 (HPC) qualification does not allow for any Triple or Quadruple Somersaults to be taught or competed in any instance, either within or outside of the United Kingdom.
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Who is this Aimed at:
Senior Club coaches (or equivalent) coaches who are supporting gymnasts working towards more advanced international competitions and have enrolled on, as a minimum, the PPiHPC course.
Coaches must complete an application process to be accepted onto the course.
What To Expect:
This course is a practical course. It focuses on the technical aspects of the syllabus skills, how to support progress and how to physically prepare participants for the skills covered within the syllabus. It also explores the underpinning scientific theories and concepts which can be applied to the gymnast’s training and competition environment.
Delivery Method:
The course is delivered over multiple sessions in a practical environment.
The number of course days will vary from course to course; see application stage and course page for further details.
Do I Need To Bring Participants:
You should be able to bring at least one gymnast who (as a minimum) is working towards the skills in the syllabus.
Do I Need To Find A Mentor:
A formal mentor is not required however we suggest you have a network of people who you can learn from as good practice in your Continued Professional Development.
What Resources Are Included:
You will receive Common Core and Sport Specific resource packs, and a Logbook.
Price:
This can be found on the specific course page when you move to enrolment.
Outcomes:
By the end of the course learners will understand:
- Technical skills from the syllabus
- The discipline’s competition structure and the requirements involved at various competitive levels
- Different Strength and Conditioning concepts relevant to the age and stage of maturation a gymnast goes through
- Practical Strength and Conditioning strategies
- The prevention and management of injuries
- The coaching process, and how to be an effective coach in a Performance setting
- Application of key sport psychology strategies to holistically support your gymnasts
- Nutritional advice for gymnasts
Common Core Theory:
- Anti-doping
- Biomechanics
- Judging
- Injury prevention
- Coaching process
- Psychology
- Age and stage of maturation
- Flexibility training
- Coaching theory
- Nutrition
Tumble Skills:
- Straight forwards somersault and multiple twists
- Straight backwards somersault and multiple twists
- Double backwards somersault straight
- Double backwards somersault with twists
- Double backwards somersault
Trampette Skills:
- Straight forwards somersault with multiple twists
- Double forwards somersault with multiple twists
Trampette Vault Skills:
- Handspring forwards somersault tucked, piked Handspring forwards somersault tucked, piked and straight with 180° out
- Tsukahara tuck and straight and with twists
- Kasamatsu tucked and straight
Floor Skills:
- International level routine construction
Assessment Method:
- This part of our coaching framework is currently going through a period of change, therefore for the most up-to-date information on assessment please contact coaching@british-gymnastics.org
How Long Until I Am Fully Qualified:
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On sign-off of the practical course you will receive a certificate and be eligible to coach the skills covered in the syllabus.
For full High-Performance Coach status to be given the PPiHPC must also be completed in full, including assessment.
When Is My Assessment?
Regular assessment opportunities will be provided throughout the calendar year and candidates must book onto these opportunities within the 2 year registration period. If you are unable to attend these please contact your course organiser. Any assessment organised without the consent from British Gymnastics will not be valid.
Candidates chose one skill to show from each of the three pieces of apparatus.
- All tumbles to include three elements (e.g. Round off, flick double back 360 in).
- Shapes for tumble are optional.
Candidates must prepare session plans that show the required conditioning and progressions for the skills they select.
They must also provide their own gymnasts for the assessment.
The practical assessment will take approximately 90 minutes (15 minutes to set up & warm up; 20 minutes for each piece of apparatus and 15 minutes for debrief).
Candidates should arrive 20 minutes before the advertised start time to ensure the assessment runs to schedule.
Note:1.0 Trampette
- 1.1 360 in, 180 out (straight)
- 1.2 360 in, 540 out (pucked or straight)
- 1.3 Double pike 540 out (note that the shape will open to straight for the 540 out)
2.0 Trampette Vault
- 2.1 Handspring straight front salto 540
- 2.2 Tsukahara straight 360
- 2.3 Kazamatsu
3.0 Tumble
- 3.1 Double back (180, 180)
- 3.2 Double back (360 in)
- 3.3 Double back (360 out)
- 3.4 Double back (360, 360)
- 3.5 Double front 180 (in or out)
- 3.6 Double back transition
Download the relevant sample paper for this qualification below.
Sample Paper