Employment Opportunities
If you are interested in becoming part of our small team - submit your application to the office!
Gymnastics is booming - Become a Coach!
Are you interested in coaching while at school or university, or do you want to become a career coach?
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Whether you’re teaching recreational gymnastics, team gym, advanced skills or competitive gymnastics, part time, full time or casual – there’s a pathway for everyone! Coaching teaches you lifelong skills not just in understanding movement, biomechanics and training physical abilities, but in class management, leadership, communication, planning, adapting teaching methods to suit learning styles, risk management – and so much more.
Who can become a gymnastics coach?
Anyone who enjoys working with children and adults in a sports setting over the age of 14.
All coaches must have a Working with Children Check and be a minimum of a beginner / fundamental accreditation.
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Please read the full information on Gymnastics Australia.
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Not sure if coaching is for you? Try before you buy at MGS!
Submit an application to the office.
Suitable applicants are likely to be invited to observe up to 3 lessons beside an in - house experienced mentor coach to see firsthand what coaches do and the day - to - day processes they implement to run an efficient class program. This is so a potential trainee coach can try-out coaching and determine whether it’s a good fit for them, prior to the financial, time and employment commitment of being a coach at our club.
How to become a coach at MGS
1. Register for Voluntary Working with Children Check if you don't already have one.
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2. Send an application to MGS (Minimum age 14. Ideally 18/finished schooling.)
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3. Create a LMS Profile on Gymnastics Australia (free) and access your Flex System.
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4. Watch the - Welcome to Gymnastics Coaching Video on your Gymnastics Australia Flex System Profile - Free.
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5. Complete Sports Australia: Community Coach - Essential Skills (Please complete the course via Sports Australia and upload the certificate to the LMS of completion).
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6. If your application is successful, you will be invited to - Try Coaching. Here you can try your hand at coaching with a mentor for a couple sessions (e.g. run a warm up game, be an assistant coach at a station on a circuit. This is unpaid)
7. Confirm if you'd like to continue with pursuing gymnastics coach education and training with MGS (Mentor / Supervisor (Club Coach Educator).
If yes:
8. Update your Blue Card to be a Paid Version and present paperwork to MGS Administrator.
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​9. Purchase the Fundamental Gymnastics Coaching - Online Course and Workbook ($250, includes the first 12 months of Technical Membership. Minimum age 14 to start this process).
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10. Complete The Online Fundamental Gymnastics Course (Takes approx. 2 - 3 hours).
11. Complete On the Job Training at MGS. This includes co-coaching sessions under supervision of a mentor. (Days and times evaluated on a case - by - case evaluation. Most classes at MGS are 60 - 90 minutes for beginner sessions. Attend weekly check ins for debrief (approx. an extra hour per week). ​A trainee coach is paid (junior age is applied for trainees under 21) Takes 6 - 12 weeks doing 1 - 2 modules per week. Hours vary and are subject to classes and coach availability.)​
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12. Complete the Workbook (required to be signed by an approved Club Coach Educator).​
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13. Upload the Workbook via your Flex System.​
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14. Book in and attend your final mentor check-in (No charge, Minimum age 15. A virtual mentor/assessment session that runs for approximately 1hr and 30mins.)
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15. If successful in passing, start coaching under supervision with beginner classes.
16. Start on the Intermediate Pathway for your gym sport of interest.