Linda Russell

Head Coach of Regal's P.R.E.P. Optional Competitive Team

has been coaching at Regal Gymnastics Academy for 3 years
during this time she has coached recreational and team classes for boys and girls, especially Pre-team, Level 4, Optional Levels 7-9 and Prep Optional gymnasts
is responsible for the development of the Prep Op program at Regal
was formerly a competitive gymnast, training at Charles Keene College and Redditch and Bromsgrove Olympic Gymnastics Club where she was coached by the late John Reeves. She was selected to the British National squad in 1978 and trained at Lilleshall National Sports centre.
took her first coaching examination for British gymnastics at Loughborough University at the age of 16 and has 35 years of coaching experience in recreational, educational, and developmental competitive gymnastics programs
pre-graduate work experience included outdoor education instruction (rock climbing, canoeing, sailing, expedition skills) at a residential center in Snowdonia and summer camp counseling in Pennsylvania
has 25 years of post graduate experience in public and private schools as a physical education and health teacher
has a bachelors degree in education and physical education and a masters degree in administration and leadership, specializing with a masters thesis on health and safety in gymnastics
is the mother of 5 and lives upstate NY where she enjoys hiking and skiing in the Adirondack mountains