Fantastic Gymnastics

My daughter goes here and loves it. The teachers do a great job teaching and encouraging. My daughter recently had her 10th birthday here as well, and she absolutely loved it!

The worst gym with the worst woman running it.nnI’ve always been concerned about the safety of this gym. The equipment is old and the business owner has knowingly refused to fix broken equipment in the past. During a showcase, the coach had to keep fixing equipment that wouldn’t stay together as children gleefully ran at it for their turn. Not to mention, the coaches who have not been properly trained or are skilled at all. The coaches never demonstrate moves for the children and don’t know how to spot. But that isn’t the worst part. Sandy is an awful human. She asked another parent when my child was going to quit. On another occasion, she told another coach my child is lazy and doesn’t even try, unaware my child was within hearing distance. How is my child supposed to learn and grow when the coaches—who are at times children or addicts—have never given her a pointer? What finally got us to quit was when she policed my child’s social media account. My child reposted a cautionary tale of abuse at another gym; ballerinas are allowed to speak about others’ stories in the industry. Sandy thought the abuse happened at her gym and immediately told us that it was very serious and to take it down. If it was about her gym, she should have been concerned for my child instead of lashing out at her. I’m not sure she even saw the post; I think she heard about it through the grapevine. She is awful and I’m so disappointed that we paid for her services for so long simply because it is the only gym and the activity my child was interested in.

NOT FOR ME. The coach/owner seems to only pay attention to the elite group of girls. After being there for over 6 months, I don't think she even knew my child's name. Every class was the same thing. I doubt my daughter improved much at all since it was so repetitive and definitely not focused on individual strengths and weaknesses. My impression is that this coach takes in as many kids as possible just to get the fees. Her classes are way too big to give them any type of individual attention. If you are going to have classes that big, you should have more coaches. What she has is a couple of overweight teenagers with little or no experience (or so it seems) other than maybe being on a cheer squad or doing some tumbling at some point in their young lives. You NEVER see any of them (including the coach) doing anything related to gymnastics. None of them look fit or look like they ever or currently are gymnasts. It is also way too expensive for what you get in return. $20 per class plus a very hefty registration fee for the same repetitive class week after week and no individual support. Felt a bit like a puppy mill. I switched my daughter to another gymnastics option and her new coach is strict but treats all the girls as individuals and tries to focus on their talents. She caps her classes off at 8 girls. She absolutely looks like a gymnast and you even see her physically work with the girls when she is trying to show them something new, she will demonstrate it herself. She is less money, very small registration fee and I don't get the impression that she coaches for the money but for the love of the sport. I never got that impression at Fantastic Gymnastics.

My daughter loves the staff and the kids their. She is eager to learn and loves to tumble.

My child has learned so much in such a short time. Very good gymnastics facility!