Club Development

Increase the capacity and capability of the Gymnastics delivery through clubs, schools, and private providers

Introducing Club Quality Assurance Programme Singapore Gymnastics Club Quality Assurance Programme is a quality assurance, risk management and club development system for affiliated gymnastics clubs as an approach to ensure their long-term success. This involves improving clubs processes, products, services, and culture to achieve Safety, Quality and Sustainability.

It is developed to help the people who run gymnastics clubs to understand how to establish and maintain management systems that will assure quality, providing the necessary information, support, and resources to enable clubs to build such systems.

During club visits in August 2021, the SG team has been sharing the induction of the Club Quality Assurance programme which will be part of the Club affiliation 2021 going forward. Clubs were also encouraged to complete the club health check survey form which helps indicate to SG their current club strengths and challenges.

By the end of March 2022, there were 4 clubs that were on their way to Star 1 rating and above. The Club Quality Assurance Programme is also strongly tied to club benefits such as • Public visibility as a star-rated club on SG website • Discount to insurance • Event sanctioning • Customised club community workshops • Eligibility to be recognised as a SG pathway partner club • Rebates for athlete entries into competitions • Discounts to SG judging courses and club congresses • Eligibility to Club membership milestones

The higher the star rating, the more the benefits.

Additionally, affiliated clubs have complimentary access to 3rd Level Consulting, providing resources, education, and consulting services to supplement/complement SG services to clubs and assist with the Club Quality Assurance Programme.

The Club Affiliation process occurs annually at the start of each calendar year and Clubs are required to comply with National Affiliation Standards and Terms and Conditions.

As per constitution, clubs must have a minimum of 25 registered athletes members with SG to be recognised as a Club Member. For clubs with less than 25 registered Athlete Members, they can register with SG, but they will be recognised as an Associate Club and paying at the Associate Club rate, which will be higher than the regular club membership. Associate Clubs will still be able to participate in SG events but will have limited benefits and cannot be part of Club Quality Assurance Programme. When an Associate club subsequently have more than 25 registered Athlete Members with SG, SG can offer a credit rebate so that these clubs are upgraded to regular club membership and enjoy the same rate.

Club Congress 2021 This year's Club Congress 2021 speakers hailed from Puerto Rico USA, Brisbane, Melbourne as well as homegrown Singapore. The topics and insights brought to the table were incredible and extremely relevant to the current climate of our gymnastics community.

Frank Sahlein & 3rd Level Consulting shared about bringing global perspectives and highlighting the total impact revolving around staff development. i.e., new sources of staff, mentorship does not start on the first day of the job, but rather the very moment staff applied for the job. There was a lot of emphasis on customercentred learning as well as opportunities for career progression within the coaching industry to keep staff motivation high.

John Mitchell from Delta Gymnastics shared how Culture underpins alignment and helps clubs achieve to their potential and how it was the secret sauce to success. There was a lot of delving into values identification, values evaluation, the ritualisation of what matters most and how they can lead each club into being the best version they can be.

Matthew Scholes from Positive Sports Coaching came and shared about Positive Parent Interaction, creating positive influence on the athletes, engaging parents to work with coaches to do the things they can support their athletes.

Lastly, CoachSG Safe Sport Task Force gave a presentation on Understanding Safe Sport in our sport of Gymnastics. They've prepared a fantastic presentation deck which included the definition of Safe Sport and the 5 form of harassment and abuse, the overview of Safe Sport in Singapore, understanding the level of risks in their clubs via mentimeter quizzes, safeguarding policies, case studies, club responsibilities in Safe Sport, responding to Disclosure and a Q&A. The presentation was well done and something Singapore Gymnastics would love to take on and continue to share with our wider gymnastics’ community as Child Safety and Safe

Sport is a big piece of work that we are focusing on. We believe education is key in raising awareness and changing culture.

Both coaches and sport administrators have a responsibility and duty of care to prevent any likelihood of harm occurring in sport. Singapore Gymnastics enforces the need for all SG technical members to have completed the Understanding Safe Sport as a Coaching online module and is also one of the first few National Sports Association to pilot promoting Building a Safe Sporting Organisation for Sport Administrators amongst community gymnastics clubs. From SG’s point of view, safeguarding in sport is important as it helps to ensure that everyone participating in sport has a positive experience. This involves all participants and providers.