RECREATIONAL PROGRAM

Where Every Gymnast Begins

Our Recreational Gymnastics Program welcomes girls and boys of all experience levels. Whether your child is trying gymnastics for the first time or looking to continue building their skills, our progressive curriculum helps every athlete grow at their own pace.

Students learn skills on all Olympic events while developing strength, flexibility, coordination, confidence, and discipline in a fun and encouraging environment.

Our coaches emphasize proper technique, safe skill progression, and individual achievement while helping each gymnast reach their personal best.

Students train on:

• Vault

• Uneven Bars

• Balance Beam

• Floor Exercise

• Tumbling

• Strength & Conditioning

As athletes continue to improve, coaches may recommend advancement into our Pre-Team Program.

Mini Gym Class

5 - 6 years old ... 55 min​

Mini Gym class is an independent class for 5-6 years old which uses modified gymnastic equipment. The classes are structured with new lesson plans each week and also include theme weeks to make learning fun.

Proper stretching techniques and strength training will be emphasized to provide a foundation for continued progression. Students in this class are reaching towards accomplishing the following skills: running drills; front support, casting, pullovers with a light spot and bent arm hold on bars; increasing confidence on both low and high beams, walking and balancing on beam; and positioning, forward rolls, handstand kick-ups, cartwheel and backward rolls on the floor.

Stars Gym Class

9 - 10 years old ... 55 min​

This class is for the gymnast who has advanced through our recreational program and is ready to work towards becoming a member of our competitive team. This class will further build on core skills. Gymnasts will progress to high-level skills on all apparatus requiring increased strength and flexibility. Proper skill execution will be emphasized to promote safety and future advancements. Gymnasts will learn accelerating run, arm-circle, springboard entry and handstand flat back; casting, back hip circle, stride hold and glides on bars; handstands, turns, and tuck jump on beam; and handstand forward roll, backbend kick over, and round off on floor.

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Pre-Stars Gym Class

7 - 8 years old ... 55 min

Pre-Stars Class is for children ages seven and up who want to learn the basics of gymnastics, including terms, skills, strength, and flexibility. During each 55 min class, students are reaching towards accomplishing the following skills: running drills and proper board hitting drills on vault; front support, casting, pullovers with a light spot and bent arm hold on bars; increase confidence on both low and high beams, walking and balancing on beam; and positioning, forward rolls, handstand kick-ups, cartwheel and backward rolls on the floor.

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Pre-Teens & Teens Gym Class

11 - 13 years old ... 55 min & 14 years old and up​ ... 55 min

This class is advanced recreational gymnastics. Gymnasts will have the opportunity to challenge their abilities in a program where the sky is the limit. Gymnasts will follow proper progressions to safely achieve advanced-level skills at their own pace. Proper skill execution is strongly emphasized. Gymnasts will learn front handspring onto stacked mats and front handspring on vault table on vault; glide, kip drills, front hip circle on bars; cartwheels, turns and advanced dismounts on beam; and front handsprings, back handsprings, perfected round-offs, back walkover on floor.

BOYS GYMNASTICS

Gymnastics is and has always been the ‘Prerequisite’ for all sports. It helps to lay a strong foundation for any other sport a child might be interested in. At its very roots, gymnastics is Strength, Agility, Flexibility, and Coordination, and we think the most important in our times are CONFIDENCE and SOCIAL skills!  

Although basic gymnastic skills for Boys and girls are very much the same, as kids age, these skills diverge.

The differences in apparatus between boys and girls in artistic gymnastics are primarily based on historical tradition and the physical differences between boys and girls because boys traditionally focused more on upper body strength than girls.

The pommel horse rings and horizontal bars are considered more physically demanding events, as they require more upper body strength, so these events are typically competed in and practiced by boys. On the other hand, the balance beam and uneven bars need more technical skill and grace, so these events are typically competed in and performed by girls.

Based on that, we have offered classes for boys to develop and improve strength, flexibility, coordination, and confidence in more specific areas, like the pommel horse, rings, and horizontal bars, to help them later in life.