When we were attending the Glasgow Club gymnastics, one of the coaches told us about a gymnastics club within Bellahouston Sports Centre that had disability classes.
When the Glasgow Club classes didn’t work out, I always had the disability classes at the back of my mind to try at a later date.
Our son had been asking to go to gymnastics for a few weeks, so I called and arranged to go over to see the disability class.
I was really impressed with the set up, it looked like an Olympics training gymnastics room!
When the class for our son started, they let us take part to try it. It’s a 90 minute class, the first half is at the mats where they do some stretching and games. They then have a wee break and juice before using the apparatus.
It was a nightmare!! I was trying to get him on the mat to take part, but he kept running away over to the apparatus wanting to jump on the trampolines. I ended up getting quite upset and was glad daddy was there to take over for a bit to let me calm down.
Thinking about it now, I had taken a trampoline loving boy to a room with trampolines and didn’t allow him on them. I tried now and next, I tried explaining he would get a turn on the trampolines after stretches on the mat, but nothing worked. He just wanted on the trampolines.
It’s not the cheapest of places to go to. There is a joining fee of around £20 and an annual insurance payment of £19 plus its £20 a month for the class.
The coaches were very friendly and welcoming and encouraged us to come back, but I think for now we will stick to going to the trampoline parks.
Super Autism Mum 