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Anne-Sonia started trampolining as an adult around 1994.  Prior to that she had only one very brief experience of trampolining at school.  After having her third child, she wanted to get fit and had a huge desire to try trampolining.  However, when she phoned the centres she was informed that there were no adult trampolining classes locally!  If she wanted to bounce, she would have to travel quite a distance or go to children’s classes, so she packed up her children and said to them, ‘we’re going trampolining!’

 

At her first class, she just watched the youngsters – they were having such fun!  At the end of the next session she asked the coach if she could have a little go.  From then on, she took her daughters regularly, and gradually participated more and more until she was fully integrated into the class.  She caught the trampolining bug!

 

It has remained a strong passion and, despite personal loss when her eldest daughter died in 1997, she successfully achieved her first BGA coaching qualification in 2000 and level 3, Club Coach, in 2003.  She has coached children and adults, for leisure centres youth clubs and schools, including GCSE and A'Level PE students and Duke of Edinbrugh candidates.  Her training allows her to coach advanced students and assist them perform complex routines including linking somersaults, forward and backward rotations and somersaults involving more complicated twists.  She finds helping both children and adults progress through the initial stages and grow in confidence a very rewarding and satisfying experience.  She is also a trampoline judge for competitions.

 

Anne-Sonia says that "my best trampoline experience is when I coached and managed a trampoline squad for Greenwich in the London Youth Games in 2005.  It was an exciting time for all of us  I was honored to be part of such a prestigious event!"

 

To find out more about her personal challenges, how she coped with loss and how she is 'giving back', read her blog:  http://carerslifecoach.blogspot.com/

 

Anne-Sonia is a graduate of Greenwich University (BA (Hons) Information Systems and Business Management), holds a PGCE (Post-Graduate Certificate in Education) and her background is in training computer and business skills, life coaching and image consultancy.

She manages the Greenwich Bouncers Trampoline Academy.

Chanelle has been trampolining since she was 6 years old, when she went along to trampolining classes with her mum and her sisters.  She has been performing off and on for the last ten years, but is now taking a more serious attitude towards trampolining as a career - both as a performer and as a Coach.  She completed her level 1 qualification in July 2008.

 

Chanelle participated in the 2005 London Youth Games for Greenwich Borough, and was presented with the 'Spirit of the Games' award.  She will be competing again in the 2009 Games.

 

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