Supporting Gymnasts?
British Gymnastics have been sending out their plans to return to supporting gymnasts in training sessions. The plan is phased with the current phase (Phase 1) starting on the return to training on 12th April. There are no dates for future phases.
The headlines are attractive, even though each coach would only be able to support for 15 minutes in every session subject to simple hygiene precautions. However the consequences of a positive test for a coach or the gymnasts has wide consequences. We as a business have to be very careful as any coaches not being able to work as they are self isolating is hard for the club to cover.
We have decided as a club that we are not opting in to Phase 1 supporting and will review our position as future phases are announced. The next few months will be spent recovering existing skills and conditioning so we believe this is the best course and will not be detrimental to gymnast’s early progress.
