Nina Vedel from Nuuk Gymnastik was with this year's coastal team at the beginning of November took the trip to Ilulissat. The aim was to introduce gymnastics to the city citizens, schools and children. Since 2021, Nuuk Gymnastics has sent assistant coaches and instructors to coastal towns such as Maniitsoq, Tasiilaq and Sisimiut – in Sisimiut have it even resulted in a local gymnastics association.
Of the year team consisted of 10 assistant coaches, two instructors from Nuuk Gymnastics and two Ollerup-Abroad instructors who are all passionate about gymnastics. Wednesday the 5th. November, the team landed in Ilulissat, where, after a tour of the hall, they went in start with teaching in the city's schools. The assistant coaches, who are themselves in grades 7-10. class, was responsible for the teaching, while the adult instructors assisted.
- Both the teachers and students in Ilulissat welcomed us very well, and there were even students who sneaked in extra gym training when they got the chance that, Nina tells.
Then school lessons were over, the team started training in Ilulissat themselves The hall, which was buzzing with interested children.
– At one point the queue for the trampoline tripled because the children in Ilulissat also wanted to train with, says Nina.
The goal with the trip has been to increase awareness of gymnastics in Ilulissat, strength unity and the teaching skills of the assistant coaches. The coast team is back in Nuuk, but the Ollerup-Abroad instructors Johanne and Olav will stay in Ilulissat to December 1 to continue the gymnastics activities and find rooms zealots who can drive gymnastics forward.
