Mokara Gymnastics Academy

We’re excited to welcome Coach Jodie to our team as our competitive coach & recreational programme manager 🤸‍♀️ Coach Jodie is from Australia 🇦🇺 and has over 30 years of coaching experience, including extensive experience in club management across Australia and India. She was also a Level 8 gymnast herself 🤸‍♀️

Here she shares 20 of her favourite things about Mokara! 💜🩵

We believe that growing gymnastics in Singapore 🇸🇬 means sharing knowledge and creating opportunities for coaches to learn from one another. We’re grateful to Adrian Burde and Danie from Florida Gators Gymnastics 🐊 for making that possible.

This workshop focused on building a Yurchenko from scratch — simple, practical side stations that can be used across a range of levels. With coaches often pressed for time, especially during competition season, many of these drills can be easily incorporated while gymnasts are waiting for turns.

One of the biggest takeaways was that Yurchenkos aren’t as intimidating to teach as they seem. They simply require time (start early!), consistency, and a commitment to patient progressions & solid technique rather than rushing the process.

This is the first of many coaching workshops at Mokara. Stay tuned for more!