Sport Coaching

The Factory Skatepark prides itself on it’s various strands of sport work, over the past two years this work has expended exponentially. One of the cornerstones of the coaching is the school work during term times, this work sees the Factory’s coaches attending primary schools to deliver a coaching programme after the school day, at present 30 schools partake in this programme from Dundee, Perthshire and Fife. This programme see’s four coaches attend two schools on a daily basis.

The second strand of this work is the school holiday coaching programme, this takes place 8 of the 12 school holiday weeks, 2 Easter, 4 Summer, and 2 in October. These 8 weeks are essentially for beginners to learn to skate in a friendly non threatening environ. The programme sees the users attend 5 days a week for 2 hours a day and can be coupled with afternoon youth activities.

Another strand of the coaching work is the one on one individual coaching with the Factory’s trained staff allowing users of all ability’s the opportunity to pick up the basics of skating through to the more intricate skills involved in certain tricks.

This is all supplemented by three times weekly beginners sessions and a weekly girls only session at reduced rates that allow younger inexperienced skaters and females the opportunity to try out the ramps in a relaxed, non threatening atmosphere.

A new addition to the Skatepark has seen the purchase of mobile ramps, these ramps allow the Skatepark to set up a mini park on any flat surface. These ramps can be hired along with fully trained coaches for a one off event or blocks of coaching if desired.