Team Gym
TeamGym is a program for Teams of 6-12 team members and comprises of three apparatus, a Floor routine with synchronous gymnastics dance moves and gymnastics elements, Single Mini-Trampoline and Tumbling – all performed to music. Single Mini-Trampoline and Tumbling are performed in “a stream” where one competitor comes after another. TeamGym is an exciting and audience friendly competition. TeamGym is growing in Australia, with strong teams of teenagers and young adults pitting their skills and teamwork against other teams. The Australian TeamGym program has been developed for teams of gymnasts, with performances on 3 different apparatus being Floor, tumbling and synchronised mini trampoline.
The competitions are local, regional, and state based. Team members must be doing levels gymnastics to qualify based on the skills required for the program. TeamGym classes are an additional 2 hours on Saturdays from 10.30-12.00.
As a TeamGym competitor it is expected that you come to training most weeks unless there is a necessary reason to excuse you. As it is a team sport, it is crucial that team members attend training to organise the floor routine especially, but also orders of rows for tumbling and mini tramp.
All team members are expected at trainings 2 weeks prior to a competition. Competition dates are disclosed at the start of the year of at least 6 weeks prior to the competition date. Competitions date TBC.
