Athletics & Gymnastics
Whether you're skilled in an individual sport or a champion in a team sport, we want to hear from you. Our goal is to ensure that everyone is having fun and campers are challenging themselves. Be prepared to showcase your skills during our camp tournaments and inter-camp leagues.
Fitness Instructor
Fitness instruction requires relevant experience, energy and creativity to motivate campers of all abilities and build fitness, confidence and healthy habits.
About
If a big part of your life is personal fitness, you want to help educate others in the benefits of an active lifestyle and you have applicable experience or qualifications in fitness, then this is the position for you.
Become a Fitness Instructor at camp and you’ll be coaching campers, assisting them in reaching their potential and maintaining your personal fitness goals even while you are away from home working in the US.
You’ll need to be a motivated individual for this high energy position with plenty of drive to help push campers to the heights of their ability, improve body image and self confidence. Having a fitness instructor qualification will prove to camp directors that you know your stuff and will show that you can provide a variety of programmes to campers of all ages and abilities.
Bring your personal touch to the role when creating different exercises and drills to keep campers engaged.
Your role will include the teaching of:
Teach the importance of warm ups and cool downs
Lesson planning and running camp fitness programs
Supervise cardio exercises such as cross-trainer, boxing, fitness bike, rowing machine, treadmills
Teach muscle-building techniques such as using free weights for muscle-specific exercises
Help to improve campers balance by using a BOSU all
Teach different stretches and promote the importance of regular stretching before and after exercise
Equipment maintenance
Promote safety at all times, especially whilst using heavy equipment (spotting)
A camp recognised first aid certification may be required for this role.
Preferred Experience or Qualifications:
Level 2 Fitness instructor
Level 2 Gym instructor
Level 2 Personal training certification
Gymnastics
Use your gymnastics, cheer or coaching experience to teach skills, support sessions and help campers progress safely.
About
As Gymnastics Coach or Assistant, you are responsible for the safe and fun delivery of gymnastics classes to campers.
You will be expected to lead warm up/conditioning sessions to prepare campers for each session.
Your role will include the teaching of:
Floor & Tumbling – Backward roll, cartwheels, flips, walk overs, forward roll, handstands, tumbling
Asparatus – assemble/dismantle equipment, bars (asymmetric Female, high bar Male) Beam (Female) Pommel Horse/Rings (Male), Vault
Rhythmic – Acrobatics, Ball, Clubs, Choreography, Hoop, Ribbon
Trampolining – Pike, Rotations, Straddle, Somersaults, Tuck, Twists
The completion of a camp-recognised first aid qualification will also be required.
Preferred Experience or Qualifications:
General, trampoline, acrobatic, tumbling, rhythmic gymnastics level 1 (to assist)
General, trampoline, acrobatic, tumbling, rhythmic gymnastics level 2 or above (to lead sessions)
Athletics Director
As Athletics Activity Director, you are responsible for overseeing the Athletics program.
About
As Athletics Activity Director, you are responsible for overseeing the Athletics program. The Athletic Activity Supervisors may support you, but this is all dependent on camp size.
This role is incredibly rewarding. However, it is hard work and you must feel confident to take charge of this area for the entire duration of camp.
Your role will include the teaching of:
The scheduling of athletics activities
The organisation and supervision of athletics staff
Creating lesson plans
Staff performance reviews
Maintenance of activity areas and equipment
Preferred Experience or Qualifications:
Exceptional experience (practical & teaching) in a variety of different athletic activity areas
Experience in the supervision of staff teaching preferred
Cheerleading
As Cheerleading Coach, you are responsible for the safe and fun delivery of cheerleading classes to campers.
About
As Cheerleading Coach, you are responsible for the safe and fun delivery of cheerleading classes to campers.
Your role will include the teaching of:
Backhand springs/Flips
Complete cheer routines including dance & choreography
Thigh Stands/Twist Downs/Lift/Toss
Jumps/Stunts
The completion of a camp-recognised first aid qualification may also be required.
Preferred Experience or Qualifications:
Cheerleading at University Level and/or BCQ (British Cheerleading Qualification) Level 1 or above
Fencing
As a Fencing Coach, you are responsible for teaching correct protocol. This will allow campers to take part in a ’bout’ of fencing on a piste.
About
As a Fencing Coach, you are responsible for teaching correct protocol. This will allow campers to take part in a ’bout’ of fencing on a piste,.
Your role will include the teaching of:
How it runs
The correct way to wear protective clothing
Etiquette
Scoring
You will also be required to inform campers about the different types of sword used during a ’bout’, such as the Epee, Foil or Sabre sword and how they differ.
Safety of campers is paramount and as coach, you will need to make this your top priority while making sure you are holding a fun and rewarding activity session.
The completion of a camp-recognised first aid qualification may also be required.
Preferred Experience or Qualifications:
Introduction To Coaching Fencing (ITCF – L1) or above