Figure 1.--This is the first year gymnastics team at the Stevenston Junior Secondary School located in Stevenston, North Ayrshire during 1961. The boys wear their gym suits for gymnastic competitions. |
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Gymnastics was once a major part of physical education programs in Scotland as was the general pattern in Britain and other European countries. As far as we know, the gymnastics ptogram in Scotland was comparable to that in the rest of Britain. As in other countries, the importance of gymnastics, declined after World war II, beginning in the 1960s. It is now less important in the school curriculum and fewer PE teachers are trained in gym events than was once the case. Many schools do gymnastics as a voluntary sport event. About 25 percent of secondary sschoola nd 7 percent of primary schools are affiliated to Scottish Gymnastics (SG). This is an association dedicated to promoting gynastics in the school curriculum as well as a variety of gymnastic displays. SG also rovides in-service training to teachers and helps to imporove teacher qualifications. We notice boys using gym uniforms for gymnastics. Often boys did gymnastics in white gym shorts.
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