Gymnathlon is a multifaceted sports program providing complex sports development for the child. Gymnathlon’s aim is to help children develop a lifelong love for sports in a playful and entertaining way. It teaches children the key skills appropriate to their age and for this purpose, Gymnathlon is structure into 3 consecutive programs.
with motivational stickers
For every completed training session, children collect stickers for their game plans. Stickers strengthen children’s motivation as they guide them throughout the course. The stickers also help parents understand the content and program of the Gymnathlon course.
The mascot that children love!
The whole training is followed by our monkey ‘Max’. Max supports children not only during the training itself but also outside of it. Every week one child can take Max home for a week and share his/her family sports experiences with other children through Max's notebook.
In courses Junior, Sportmix and Active
To ensure quality of the training and maximum sports experience, Gymnathlon concept is based on the limited capacity of children in each course and 2 coaches. Coaches strive to give all children the very best experience from every Gymnathlon training.
Area of development | Key skills |
Physical skills | Climbing and crawling |
Walking | |
Rolling | |
Ball games | |
Agility | |
Jumping | |
Tactical skills | Spatial orientation |
Technical skills | Throwing |
Personal development | Friendship |
Independence |
Area of development | Key skills |
Physical skills | Run |
Crawling and rolling | |
Jumps | |
Boat and hollow | |
Exercise with equipment | |
Balance | |
Movement coordination | |
Tug of war | |
Tactical skills | In-game awareness |
Technical skills | Throwing and catching |
Ball throw | |
Personal development | Concentration |
We firmly believe in the concept of Gymnathlon courses and we are aware that the most crucial element of the courses are our coaches.
For this reason we select our coaches carefully and train them on an ongoing basis. Each coach is required to participate in an introductory training course and subsequent training, during which they enhance thier qualification. The content of the training also involves understanding of Gymanthlon methodology both from the theoretical as well as practical point of view.
Gymnathlon methodology is based on a mix of exercises and games and was developed in cooperation with experts from the Faculty of sports, Charles University in Prague and experts from sports clubs. One of the key elements considered while designing the exercises was the element of fun and joy for children while taking into account the importance of complex physical development of the child.
Main guarantor of the Gymnathlon programme
Head of the Department of Pedagogy, Psychology and Didactics of PE and Sport, Charles University
L.Gragam street 18
Sliema