SportsPlex Scorpion Team Information Letter

Thank you for your interest in our competitive team program.  The SportsPlex Scorpions are operated under the direction of head coach Damian Bunting.   Damian brings to the SportsPlex a professional coaching career that mirrors that of his colleagues more than twice his age.  As owner and head coach of alpha omega gymnastics, Damian spent the last four years developing some of the most successful gymnast in the state of Missouri.  Multiple state champions at both the compulsory and optional level only compliment the achievements of placing athletes on the Missouri Region Four Team, and having his senior level ten receive a full athletic scholarship.  As an assistant coach with Kansas City Gymnastics School, Damian assisted in the development of numerous state champions, regional and national qualifiers and division one scholarship recipients.  “My vision for the SportsPlex team is a program that is challenging and rewarding, as well as positive and nurturing.  I want the SportsPlex to become a place where athletes of all ages and ability levels are encouraged to reach their fullest potential. I hope to bring to the SportsPlex a passion for gymnastics that will ignite in all of our students the same fire for this great sport that has burned in my heart since the age of six”.

The SportsPlex Scorpion gymnastics team offers competitive levels 3 through 10 for athletes seeking to compete at the local, state, regional and national levels.  We pride ourselves in offering the best quality instruction in the Northeast Pennsylvania area by providing well structured and fast paced workouts with an emphasis on basics, form and conditioning. 

The scorpion developmental team (non sanctioned level 4-6) is designed to rapidly accelerate the development of participating athletes.  During this stage athletes are introduced to basic and advanced gymnastics skills, strength, and flexibility and trampoline progressions.  We will also introduce various styles of dance giving athletes the foundation necessary to become high level gymnast. At this level gymnast will participate in exhibitions, home meets and non sanctioned away meets.

The Scorpion compulsory program (sanctioned levels 4-6) is designed to give each athlete the competitive experience needed to succeed and advance in optional gymnastics.  At this level, the experience that competition offers is our goal.

The Scorpion optional program (sanctioned levels 7-10) strongly emphasizes competition.  It is at this level that the two previous programs come together providing a solid foundation for high level competitive gymnastics.  It is our goal that any athlete involved in this program would have the opportunity to continue gymnastics at any level (collegiate, national, or international) they choose.