Class: (14 weeks)

Tiny Mites- ages 1-3: 45 min ($120)

Mini Mites- 3-5 : 1 hour ($150)

Mites- 5-6 : 1 hr ($150)

Mighty Mites- 7 & up : 1hr 15 min ($180)

Advanced Rec- invite only : 1hr 30min ($210)

Schedule : Days of the Week

Gymnastics teaches children skills that they will cherish and use throughout their lives. Discipline: children are asked to wait their turn. Listening: athletes have to be able to listen to their coach. Patience: children have to wait for their coach to finish explaining the activity. Physical ability: strength, flexibility, power. Spatial awareness: the ability to know where you are while flipping through the air. Kinetic awareness: knowing what you’re body is doing. Mental toughness: being able to push your body to do things you didn’t think it could do. Problem solving: learning to do things in different ways. Patterns: learning circuits in the right order help with math skills later on.

All of these skills can be taught through gymnastics but can be adapted to life when the child leaves the gym. Gymnastics isn’t just a sport, it’s an experience that will help your children through life.

MICHAEL OUTRAM

Starting his coaching career at the age of 16, Michael Outram has influenced the lives of so many people. Born February 1967 in Ontario, Michael’s parents were blessed with a child of many talents. Michael was not only a coach but an athlete himself, and with quite a title. He attended World Championships for Gymnastics in 1985 (Montreal) and 1987 (Rotterdam). As a trampolinist, Michael trained as an athlete under Dave Ross, the current Olympic coach. Alongside gymnastics, Michael was also a diver and a dancer, making a name for himself in both those disciplines as well.

Michael attended Seneca College of Applied Arts and graduated from the coaching program. He then became a coach at Rose City Gymnastics in Windsor, Ontario, where he established a men’s provincial program. After Rose City, Michael coached all over Canada. Starting back at Seneca, where he graduated, he was asked to coach the trampoline program. Then he went on to coach for the city of Ellington, York University, Brooks, St. John Aquatic Center and the City of Windsor. His most memorable coaching experience was in New Brunswick. He was hired as a coach but he instead was the man to put Fredericton’s Kingwood Men’s National Training Center on the map. Michael was able to bring 12 candidates for the 2000 Olympic Gymnastics Team to Kingwood to train, against all odds. Not only did Michael coach but he was also a part of the board of directors in New Brunswick. Now moving back to Ontario from New Brunswick, he returned to Rose City to become the Technical Director. Michael now currently coaches in Oakland, Michigan where he is working with all levels of gymnastics and helping create a base program for the club.

Now, one would think that coaching would take up all one’s time but not for Michael. In his spare time, Michael is an instructor for the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP), which he has been doing for the past 13 years.

Some would say that Michael Outram has enough experience and credentials to make him a gymnastics god. However just to make sure you understand his talent and dedication, not only in gymnastics but other sports as well, here is a list of some of his athletes accomplishments:

· 8 men’s and women’s teams to Atlantic Champions , team coach

· Qualified men and women to National Championships, team coach

· Diving athletes attended Nation Championships

· Athletes on Canada Games Team in 1991, 1995 & 1999

· Olympic Gymnast and gold medalist at Common Wealth Games for National Championship, Janet Morin

· 2 athletes on Alberta Games Team in trampoline, double mini, tumbling, men’s and women’s

· National Power Tumbler made Indo- Pacific Games in 2006

· Prepared divers for the Philippines National Diving Team

· Dancers made World Team for Canada, earned scholarships for New York and Los Angeles

· Aided in training skaters for Disney on Ice

· Assisted in the development of a bronze medalist in Good Will Games for Karate

For more information about Mike, including his qualifications, CLICK HERE