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Orillia, Ontario, Canada May 27-29, 2022.
The goal of Refresh is exactly that — leaving this conference feeling refreshed!
When it’s over, you will be more connected to our community, rejuvenated with new ideas & inspiration to bring back to you gym, and you’ll have an extra twinkle in your eye about the important work we do with (and for!) recreational gymnasts and programs.
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Margaret Sikkens Ahlquist heads the international Gymnastics for All committee.
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Cost is $99.00 USD.
Replays of the presentations will be available for up to 3 days after the workshop if you can’t watch them live.
Keith Russell has been the principle author of the Canadian coach education programme since 1978.
It’s considered one of the best in the world.
In fact, the FIG Foundations course was also authored by Keith.
Here’s how coach education works in Canada.
Everyone takes 4 hours of theory and the 9 hour Gymnastics Foundations course.
Next you can specialize in Artistic Gymnastics, Trampoline or Active Start (preschool).
After completing some work at your own gym, you are evaluated and — finally — fully certified.
You can be an instructor with your own group of kids.
Here’s the 2008 edition cover of the Canadian coaching manual.
Unfortunately that text is not available online. The only way to get it is to take the course.
Similarly, you can’t purchase the FIG Foundations manual online.
Too bad.
Wow Rick, that’s the simplest explanation of the GF program that I have seen! Thanks for that; I believe that the Introduction course is taken before the Theory.
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March 26-27, 2020.
It’s FREE.
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A Retreat for Rec coaches is scheduled for May 24-26, 2019 in Orillia, ON.
Refresh will not be your usual conference. The schedule is set up to encourage hands on learning, relevant conversation & dialogue. …
… two streams … – one that focuses on front line preschool & rec coaches and one that focuses more on managers & the business side of things. …
Cost is CAD 275. The early bird discount was extended — code “REFRESH2019” — until this Friday (April 5).
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The International Gymnastics Federation Gymnastics for All Committee (GfA) held its annual Colloquium in Lisbon, Portugal between 20 and 24 March.
… 59 participants from 35 national federations …, three days of presentations and discussions – led by nine invited speakers …
May 18-20, 2018 at the Flipfest Camp in Tennessee.
Thanks Michelle.
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