About Balance Brisbane
Balance Brisbane was born out of a desire to provide the vast benefits of gymnastics programs to our local community, without the pressures and demands of competitive programs.
While our gymnastics programs follow national guidelines and practices, we understand that not everyone wants to compete.
Club Owner - Natalie Rutsche
B.Sc (Clinical Sciences) M.H.Sc(Osteopathy), Grad. Cert Bus. Law Natalie began coaching 30 years ago at Castle Hill RSL after a 10 year gymnastics career. She then worked at a variety of Clubs in NSW and Victoria during University years where she studied health sciences. As many ex gymnasts would know, once gymnastics is in your blood, it doesn't let go. The pull of the gym and seeing her children enjoy gymnastics so much resulted in a rethink of her own work and made way for the opening of Balance Brisbane in 2017.
Teacher, Coach and Accounts - Neal McLennan
Neal began his coaching career teaching sailing and rock climbing in the early 1990s and discovered a love of teaching children. He then qualified as a primary school teacher in England before moving to Australia in 2001. A 20 year teaching career has paved the path for Neal to become our coach-child engagement educator.
A Passion and Drive
This photo was taken over 35 years ago and after a long break from gymnastics, and a move into healthcare, ultimately the pull of the gym was too strong.
Balance Brisbane came about after many years of treating patients with musculoskeletal pain as an Osteopath. My observation was that I could categorise most of my patients as having one of a few primary issues;
- Balance disorder
- Lack of Movement
- Lack of Flexibility
- Lack of Strength
- Breathing dysfunction
- I became frustrated that I was trying to deal with these problems in adults without a gym or facility to be able to refer them to in order to rectify this.
When my children came along and I wanted them to participate in a fun sport, all I found were clubs wanting to have them compete. They just wanted to run around, be upside down, jump, climb things and show off their very cool gymnastics skills at every opportunity.
Combining 10 years of gymnastics training, a coaching career that began 30 years ago, tertiary training in movement and the treatment of pain, and, parenting of three very active children, Balance Brisbane was conceived.
We now have access to an inner city, gymnastics-for-all space.
Bring some fun back into your life, contact us for a trial.
Amazing – H3
My son has been attending gymnastics classes for about a year now and I have seen amazing progress in his strength and coordination. The coaches are wonderful and always make sure the kids are having fun while also pushing them to improve. I highly recommend this program.
- John, Fairfield
Great for Kids
My daughter has been taking gymnastics classes at this gym for 3 years and we couldn’t be happier with the program. The coaches are great with the kids, always encouraging and supportive. My daughter has also grown so much in her strength and flexibility and confidence.
- Bill, Yeronga
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