Flipside Gymnastics
The Flipside of Gymnastics
General
There are times when families can benefit from little financial boost to help cover fees in providing gymnastics for their children. The following organizations may be able to offer funding to assist in covering these costs. Please use the provided links to individual program websites to see if you may be eligible.
Jumpstart helps kids between the ages of 4 to 18 by assisting with the costs associated with registration, equipment and/or transportation for sports and physical activity programming. The funding is distributed with a focus on maximizing the cost and length of participation per activity per child. More information
A4K’s goal is to be there to assist any B.C. child in their dream of playing amateur sports. In other words, we want all kids to have the opportunity to play. The support of A4K is available province-wide for children ages 5 to 18 who are currently enrolled in school. Basic registration fees are paid for a multitude of approved sports, up to an annual maximum of $450 per child. More information
The CRA provides the Children’s Fitness Tax Credit It promises a $500 tax credit applicable to the costs of children’s fitness programs. Its laudable policy objective is to increase children’s physical activity levels. More Information.
The Ministry of Children and Family Development (MCFD) is a department of the B.C. government that provides funding and support to children with ASD. The autism funding program provides funding to families for the purchase of autism intervention services. Specialized therapeutic activities and camps designed to address your child’s ASD may be covered. More information
Island ConnectEd is very supportive of those families who homeschool their children. Your family may be eligible to receive funding from their homeschool program. Island ConnectEd K-12 (formerly known as Learn@Home) is a distributed learning, public school based out of Nanaimo, BC. More information
Christian Homelearners eStreams is an Independent, Christian faith-based community of learners and educators. They are dedicated to providing personalized and educational support, sensitive and appropriate to the needs of learners in BC. More information.
SelfDesign Learning Foundation. Your family may be eligible to receive funding from this program. Currently, SelfDesign Learning Foundation operates two main programs: Kindergarten to Grade 12 school, SelfDesign Learning Community, and their homeschool program, SelfDesign Home Learning. More information
NAVIGATE NIDES: Navigate is an award winning school, recognized nationally and internationally for our innovative approach to blended learning. We’ve taken the lead in implementing the BC curriculum, building unique and flexible learning options for every student that focus on each student’s unique interests and abilities. This flexibility allows us to meet a diverse range of student needs, abilities, and learning styles including:
- Special Education
- High Performance Athletes
- Mental & Medical Health Supports
- Accelerated Learning
Navigate is both a OL school and campus located in the Comox Valley in SD7. MORE INFORMATION HERE.
The Webster Dictionary defines Gymnastics as a competitive sport in which individuals perform optional and prescribed acrobatic feats on specialized apparatus, in order to demonstrate strength, balance and body control. To better understand what Gymnastics is, you need to understand what a Gymnast is.
What is a Gymnast?
When you watch an accomplished gymnast in action you are witnessing perfect harmony of mind and body. A gymnast has the concentration of a chess player, the strength of a weightlifter, the balance of an aerialist, the timing of a marksman, the tumbling of an acrobat and the grace and flexibility of a ballet dancer.
Gymnastics is a sport that develops flexibility, strength, grace, discipline, control, co-ordination, goal orientation, confidence, creativity, leadership, a healthy body and positive self-esteem. An athlete’s goals and objectives can vary when participating in the sport of gymnastics. The goal may simply be to participate in a weekly gymnastics class for fun and fitness; or to compete for a high school team, to be a Provincial Champion, to earn a College scholarship, to compete in a National Championship or to make a World Championship or Olympic team.
Gymnasts strive to perform their personal best routines, perform new elements that go beyond the impossible and skills that will take your breath away. A Gymnasts’ routines will contain skills with multiple rotations, twists and turns. Routines that demand great strength, flexibility, power, concentration and skill. Routines are performed which many call impossible, but to a Gymnast nothing is impossible.
In addition to recreational gymnastics, there are seven competitive disciplines of gymnastics: Women’s artistic, Men’s Artistic, Rhythmic, Aesthetic Group, Trampoline, Tumbling, Acrobatic and Aerobic. Women’s and Men’s Artistic, Trampoline and Rhythmic gymnastics are Olympic sports.
The Nanaimo gym is conveniently located off Northfield, off Dorman in central Nanaimo. Please use the map below to locate our gym in Central Nanaimo.
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The Parksville gym is conveniently located off Bellvue Road on Smiithers Road. Please use the map below to locate our gym in Central Oceanside.
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The Flipside Gallery provides a fun snapshot of the daily activities of the gym. Please help us to build the gallery by emailing or using the form below to upload your photos and/or videos to use online.
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Please consider the following when submitting media:
- Please submit video in avi format if possible.
- Please only submit pictures of "your" children or "approved" group pictures.
- Support for multiple image folders is available on the site
- Automatic uploads are available but not going to be implemented for privacy reasons (sorry).
- Support for image captions and custom links are available so please note captions with any photos submitted.
Birthday Parties!
Flipside birthday parties are a great way to have fun!
Summer Camps
Summer Camps registration is now open!