Home Lessons for Children
Home Gymnastics
Bespoke gymnastics lessons for children between 5 and 11 in the comfort of clients’ own homes in Kensington and Chelsea, London. If you do not have enough space at your home, you can book personal gymnastics lessons with us at The Kensington Studio in Kensington or check our group classes at St Philip’s Church in Kensington, and More House School in Knightsbridge.
Gymnastics equipment: you will need just a little bit of space at your home, and a yoga/gym mat to start.
Gymnastics skills: your children will learn many gymnastics skills (jumps, balances, rolls, cartwheels, handstands, walkovers, etc.) and create positive attitudes towards physical activity while developing their strength, flexibility and coordination.
How to start? Go to our fees page to see all prices and read the terms & conditions before booking a home session.
HOME GYMNASTICS
Introducing Home Gymnastics with coach Stefan. Having completed his doctoral thesis on the health-related benefits of gymnastics for children, coach Stefan specialises in providing one-on-one gymnastics instruction for primary school children. He started providing home gymnastics lessons for children here in London back in 2013 as part of his self-employed brand called STK SPORT, which is now a brand of his company Kensington & Chelsea Gymnastics Academy Ltd. His coaching experience includes more than 15 years.
From Beginners to Advanced. If your child has never done gymnastics or he/she is at a beginners to intermediate level, this is a wonderful opportunity to book a gymnastics session, and learn the fundamentals of gymnastics.
If you search online for gymnastics classes, you can probably find some for children as young as 2 years of age, but in most cases is better to wait until your child is at least 5 before starting any gymnastics programmes. Unlike joining a gymnastics club or an after school club, booking a personal gymnastics lesson for your child in the comfort of your home is much more mobile option because you can have the session when and where it suits you best. Moreover, your child will learn the right technique by seeing a proper demonstration by coach Stefan (3-times London Gymnastics Champion on Rings). We can assure you that taking the time to learn proper gymnastics technique can improve results and prevent annoying injuries.
If your child has already been doing gymnastics, then why don’t you supplement their classes with a weekly personal gymnastics lesson? In fact, combining group sessions with personal gymnastics lessons would probably be the most efficient option. So, if your children are between 5 and 11, and you would like them to do gymnastics, you can book a lesson and start that magic journey of learning the fundamentals of gymnastics.
This is our gymnast (Alexander) on Handstand at the age of 8.
Specialised Home-based Gymnastics
The Kensington & Chelsea Gymnastics Academy offers a specialised, home-based, newly-developed gymnastics course for primary school children based on coach Stefan’s extensive experience and practice in scientific research. It is called STK SPORT Gymnastics Awards Scheme, and it is designed to progressively develop health-related physical fitness components, such as strength, balance, flexibility and body composition. The programme consists of 10 levels (starting from level 1 and finishing at level 10) and there are 10 gymnastics exercises in each level. After passing each level, your child will receive a certificate as a reward to boost their motivation.
As a Level 3 qualified gymnastics coach in the UK, and probably the only gymnastics coach in London with extensive scientific work in the field of gymnastics, coach Stefan is in the position to provide your children with the best opportunities for learning gymnastics skills and tricks in the comfort of your home.
Although, we follow the STK SPORT Gymnastics Award Scheme as we believe that this programme offers the best training to improve health-related physical fitness, our personal training programmes can also be tailored and modified towards the individual needs of each child, and we can provide you with greater information about the importance of physical activity, proper technique, recommended nutritional guidelines, as well as fun and safe homework to practise until the next session.
Here is the main list of gymnastics skills that your children will practise in our gymnastics lessons:
- Tuck, pike, and straddle sit
- Star and Straight shape
- V-sit
- Japana Flat
- Dish and Arch Shape
- Front, Back and Side Support
- One leg balance and T-balance
- Shoulder stand
- Forward Rolls to different positions
- Backward Rolls to different positions
- Side Roll/Egg Roll and Teddy Bear Roll
- Landing position
- Straight jump
- Star Jump
- Tuck Jump
- Cat leap
- Scissor Kick
- Bunny Jumps
- Donkey Kicks
- Head stand with bent and straight legs
- Kick to Handstand/Handstands by the wall
- Cartwheels
- Frog Split
- Box/Side Split
- Ride and left Split
- Bridge
- Frog Balance
- Back bent
- Kick over
- Back and Front Walkovers
- L-sit, Straddle L-sit and Frog Balance on Mini Bars
- and more.