How to create bulk certificates for Gymnastics Club

Olivier Rousseau
20 January 2024 Gymnastics 2 min read

How to create bulk certificates for Gymnastics Club

In this article, we’ll explore how to design and send gymnastics certificates at the end of a sessioin

We’ll cover:

  1. Design your gymnastics certificate with Canva
  2. Include Gymnast progress report & report card
  3. Send certificates to gymnasts (SMS, email, or mass printing)
  4. How Gymnastics certificates can help your club grow
  5. More tools for Gymnastics Club Owners

Design your gymnastics certificate with Canva

With Canva, you can easily design eye-catching gymnastics certificates that match your club’s brand.

Activity Messenger handles the distribution, customization, and even bulk printing for you.

Here’s the simple process:

  1. Create your Activity Messenger account: Navigate to the “Certificates” section and select “Create” (start by opening your account here).
  2. Design using Canva’s integration: Use the gymnastics certificate templates available in Activity Messenger and customize them to reflect your club’s brand.
  3. Personalize bulk certificate: Use the mail merge feature to mass customize each certificate using data from your registration lists or gymnast progress reports.
  4. Distribute  to gymnasts: Once your design is complete, it syncs with Activity Messenger to personnalize in mass.
    This approach ensures that each gymnast receives a personalized token of achievement that reflects their acheivements.

How to create and send bulk certificates for Gymnastics

Include gymnast progress report information with Mailmerge

Canva offers excellent certififcate design capabilities, and Activity Messenger is the perfect complement for mass personalization. By usin mailmerge, you can tailor each gymnastics certificate directly from your gymnasts’ progress reports or lists.

How to create personalized gymnastics certificates

During the design phase in Canva, ensure to incorporate placeholders in your certificates. These areas will automatically populate with specific details like each gymnast’s level, achievements, and personal information.

Include gymnast progress report information with Mailmerge

Where to pull Gymnasts information

You can extract this data from your registration forms, an uploaded list, or an online gymnastics progress report.

Key details typically included:

  1. Name of the Gymnast
  2. Date
  3. Gymnastics Coach
  4. Name of the Gymnastics Club
  5. Recommended Placement
  6. Type/Level of Gymnastics

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📌 Pro Tip: While not every gymnastics club goes to the trouble of creating certificates, with Activity Messenger, personalizing certificates for each gymnast is a quick process. And at the gymnastics club we work with, it plays a crucial role in making each student feel valued and recognized.

Share the certificate with gymnasts (via SMS, email, or mass printing)

Once certificates are created, let Activity Messenger automatically send them to gymnasts.

Multiple ways to share gymnastics certificates

Print these certificates in bulk and distribute them around the gym, adding a personal touch to each gymnast’s achievement.

Activity Messenger also allows you to easily send these certificates online.

You can customize an email or text message to include each gymnast’s personalized certificate.

personalized email wth certificates

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📌 Pro Tip:As an operator, collecting feedback is critical to me. I’ve found that including a feedback form with a certificate at the end of each session has helped increase survey participation. This not only allows us to celebrate the achievements of our athletes, but also gives us valuable insight into how our coaches are doing.

How gymnastics certificates can help your club grow

When gymnasts feel recognized for their hard work, they’re more likely to form lasting relationships with your club.

This not only increases retention, but also turns your gymnasts into advocates for your club within the gymnastics community.

Encourage your gymnasts to celebrate their accomplishments by sharing their certificates on social media. Why not launch a contest where gymnast can win a free session by sharing their certificate on social media and tagging your club.

How gymnastics certificates can help your club grow

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📌 Pro Tip: After switching to an automated end-of-session reminder that included a personalized certificate for each participant, we received incredible feedback from parents. They shared how excited their children were to receive these certificates, often posting them on social media or proudly displaying them on the refrigerator at home. This also gave our brand great local exposure.

More tools for Gymnastics Owners

Here are a few more ways Activity Messenger can help your Gymnastics Club.

Replace your current Gymnastics software (JackRabbit, Uplifter, IClassPro etc)

Gymnastics Class Management Software
Gymnastics registration form
Best Gymnastics Management Software

Replace tools like Jotform, SurveyMonkey and Mailchimp

Newsletter creation for Gymnastics Club
Attendance tracking
Selling tickets for Gymnastics competition
Gymnastics Surveys
Gymnastics Digital Waiver
Coach application form
Gymnastics Evaluations
Beginning of session reminder
End of session reminder
Send Bulk SMS for gymnastics clubs

FAQ from Gymnastics Club

  1. What are the benefits to gymnastics clubs of issuing certificates in bulk? It’s a time saver, ensures consistency in design and details, and provides an easy way to celebrate achievements and monitor each gymnast’s progress.
  2. What software or tools are best for creating certificates in bulk for gymnastics clubs? Tools like Adobe Illustrator, Canva, and Microsoft Word are great choices because they offer customizable templates. A specialized certificate software such as Activity Messenger can help with mass printing, emailing, or even texting gymnastics certificates.
  3. How can I personalize certificates and still produce them in bulk? Choose templates with editable fields. You can then personalize each certificate for your gymnasts by merging information from a list or form using mail merge.
  4. What key information should be on a gymnastics club certificate? It should include the gymnast’s name, club name, class, level, coach’s name, date, and suggested level for the next session. Adding comments from the gymnast’s coach is also a nice touch.
  5. Can I integrate data from my gymnastics software to create bulk certificates? Yes, most certificate creation tools, such as Activity Messenger, support integration with gymnastics club management software, simplifying the process of creating certificates for each session.

Written by Olivier Rousseau Olivier is a kids sports programs owner who has been operating for over a decade with locations in Montreal, Quebec city & Ottawa. He also helps Gymnastics Club, Swim Schools and Dance Studios streamline their operations. He is the co-founder of Activity Messenger an online registration platform for the sports & leisure industry.

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