So just a little background on me. I am a college head coach; however, I don't coach gymnastics. Definitely out of my league. However, I have coached track athletes that have a gymnastics background that are now successful so I am a huge advocate for kids to do gymnastics to develop strength, coordination, balance, etc. I coached several collegiate All Americans that started with gymnastics at a young age. I also have coached kids ages 8 thru 18 and I even had my own club with high school aged athletes that competed with USATF.
With all that being said, I am very grateful that my 2 year old daughter is here.
As a self proclaimed helicopter dad and proud of it, I wanted to get my 2 year old to jump right into gymnastics. And boy, does she love it. She goes twice a week (I am tempted to bring her 3 days a week, but I sort of don't want to burn her out) and every time I or mom says gymnastics she immediately grabs one her ebay gymnastics suits and wants to go.
As a former youth coach, I honestly don't know how Coach Lauren does it. She is an All Star coach. She has so much patience and you can tell she loves it. She is very energetic. Every time my daughter sees her she runs up to her and just has a great time. My daughter has come long ways in these past few months and I am very excited to see what her future holds! We also had Coach Tyler briefly and he was great as well, but my wife's and my work schedule conflicted and we tried and eventually got a later time.
We looked at other gymnastic places and I honestly found this place through yelp. I noticed other gymnastic places had lower reviews. I even read how a few smelled really bad. Rest assured, this location is very clean and does not smell like dirty socks. Also, this is only one of the few places that offered stuff for 2 year olds instead of 3 year old olds like most places. And I don't want my daughter sitting home looking at ipads all day. I am a huge advocate for kids ditching the tablets and climbing trees outdoors, throwing rocks into the water, and just playing organized sports.
I honestly don't know how the competition thing works. I noticed that this gym wasn't listed under USAG? But they still compete? Again, I'm a XC/Track college coach so I am learning here. However they do have different age groups working with different instructors the whole time including high school kids that are part of some team. They are doing triple sow cow quadruple flips in the air. I just sit there hoping my daughter does that in 16 years or earlier.
I read in one negative review from a few years ago that an instructor rolled her eyes and all that jazz. Not Coach Lauren. Honestly the price is good, it's clean, and there is a lot of organization and structure. My daughter was running around all over the place, but now she gets it and you can she a huge improvement in her gross motor skills.
The only thing I ask for is more events, if possible, for the two year olds. They do a lot of things for 3 year olds and above. But honestly, they have their hands full especially with the whole COVID-19 thing. Speaking of COVID 19, it is required that you wear a mask and they check your temps at the door. And I have seen first hand how they clean everything with sanitizer and stuff.
Also a big plus is that there is a Dunkin' donuts coffee shop down the street. So for a coach like me that wakes up at 4:30 am for workouts, I need 50 gallons of blue collared black coffee to chase
my daughter. If you like upscale coffee with soy sauce and all that fat free jazzy stuff then Starbucks is also down the street.
As of now, my daughter is a member of Best Gymnastics and I am one proud parent. Boom! read more
