GYMNASTICS: THE SPORT THAT POWERS ALL SPORTS
Gymnastics: The Sport That Powers All Sports
Gymnastics is more than just a sport — it’s the foundation that strengthens every skill, every sport, and every athlete. It develops the balance, coordination, strength, flexibility, and resilience that are essential not just in gymnastics, but across all athletic disciplines. In today’s world, children are encouraged to experience a wide range of activities, and gymnastics provides the ultimate starting point. It builds better movers, better competitors, and better athletes — for life.
At the heart of every great athlete is the foundation that gymnastics builds. Whether a child dreams of standing on a podium, leading a team, or simply loving sport for life, gymnastics develops the core skills that fuel success across all sports.
We believe in a flexible, ambitious, and accessible model of gymnastics — one that supports every child’s journey, wherever it may lead.
We are proud to champion gymnastics as the sport that powers all sports.
Why we need to change the framing of gymnastics and why General Gymnastics helps us achieve this .
As the world of youth sport evolves, so too must gymnastics. Families today want more flexibility. Children are encouraged to experience a wide range of activities, not specialise too early. Time, cost, travel, and balance matter more than ever.
General Artistic Gymnastics — offering a full 6-piece programme with flexibility in training hours, competition options, and progression — meets these needs perfectly.
It recognises that not every child needs or wants an elite pathway.
It provides a structured, meaningful, and ambitious journey for boys training 2 to 10 hours per week.
It allows boys to stay involved in gymnastics while also thriving in other sports and activities.
It builds the physical literacy that supports life-long athletic success, inside and outside the gym.
It keeps more boys engaged, active, and motivated in the sport for longer.
The Challenges Facing MAG
Men’s Artistic Gymnastics (MAG) remains an exceptional and respected discipline, offering a world-class pathway for a small number of highly committed athletes. However, at grassroots level, the model faces growing challenges.
MAG typically demands high training hours from a young age, and is supported by a relatively small number of specialist coaches and clubs. As demands on time, travel, and family life increase, and as more families seek broader sporting experiences for their children, the traditional MAG pathway is becoming harder to sustain at a local level.
We believe that MAG will increasingly consolidate into a smaller number of specialist clubs — those with the infrastructure, coaching expertise, and resources to deliver it at the highest standard.
These centres of excellence will continue to provide outstanding opportunities for the few athletes who wish to follow an elite route.
Meanwhile, there is a vital need to offer a broader, more accessible pathway — one that can reach and inspire thousands more boys to engage with gymnastics on their terms.
The Future: Growing the Sector
General Boys’ Gymnastics is not a compromise. It is an essential, ambitious pathway for the future of the sport. It allows the question to become Gymnastics and…..not Gymnastics or.
In 2026, we will launch the General Boys’ Gymnastics League:
Open to gymnasts training 2–10 hours per week
Multiple clubs attending every event
Digitised scoring and instant results
High standards of organisation, judging, and integrity
Flexible, exciting, and accessible competition formats
This is about more than competitions — it’s about building a vibrant, sustainable future for boys’ gymnastics.
A future where more boys stay in the sport, achieve their goals, and develop the skills that power their athletic lives — wherever they choose to take them.