My six-year-old daughter has been going to a gymnastic studio in Monterey for the past six months. It's been a great introduction, and a very free-flowing, non-regimented experience. Since I live closer to Elite Gymnastics, I decided to give them a try. I was so impressed! The smaller class size, one on one attention from the coach, and more traditional gymnastics exercises is exactly what my daughter needs! I also found the facility to be clean, warm, and well appointed! I'm looking forward to continuing her gymnastics experiences here moving forward. read more

Elite Gymnastics Academy - Gymnastics Near Me - Salinas, California

Took my daughter here for level 1 gymnastics. My daughter enjoyed her coach Brianna and Jason. Because parents were able to sit and observe, I of course observed all coaches and interactions. There's a young boy fairly skinny kid who coaches the smaller children. I feel he looks very bored and disinterested in his job. He often looks away and is distracted. I specifically made sure my daughter did not have him as a coach. Why the one star? Well first of all they never, never answer your phone calls. You must leave a message and wait for a call back. Sometimes they call back and sometimes they don't. Secondly, my daughter was sick with a fever and was unable to attend her Monday night class. I called the gym a few days later and spoke to a male. I explained that my daughter missed a class on Monday and kindly asked if she could take a makeup class on Friday or Saturday. His response was "did you call before she couldn't make it to class" I said I'm sorry no I didn't call. His response, "then no she can't make up a class" ok I get it, firm strict firm RULES. I get it but we are paying customers and he could at least be somewhat accommodating in some way. read more

My daughter was going to Elite Gymnastics for about 4 years. She would have a lot of fun. The problem was that she was at the same level for 2 years. They only have 1 instructor for a group of 7 kids. If your child needs to improve on a move and needs extra help to improve. is not provided. The coach does not take time to teach it. Your child pretty much has to try to figure it out on their own. I took my child out. It's a waste of money and time. Nobody answers the phone for questions. You have to go to the office to speak to someone. The gymnastics is half the size it used to be. read more

This is a very nice establishment with very caring "team" coaches. My daughter loved this gym and the staff. Had to leave due to the distance. i read more

They do not help the kids reach their potential. More than anything is an expensive recreational activity. I enrolled my daughter because she was always like a monkey, hanging and jumping from everywhere. Her first teacher told me she had potential. It is being Over two years and she still is not able to do splits or compete. Plus owner is not to aproachable. To bad we have no more options here in salinas. Thinking on moving her to monterey. read more

My daughter loves Elite Gymnastics. She has been going for the past 2 years every week. She loves her coach.

My 3 year old goes to class here once a week, and Coach Roxy is the best! Extremely patient, and kind to all the children she coaches. If you have a little one, make sure you get into a class with her as the coach. read more

Super disappointed by this place, especially the owner. She was absolutely not child friendly working with 3 and 4 year olds. Definitely not the atmosphere and attitude I want my child exposed to. read more

My daughters have been going for the last 3 years and the oldest is starting to compete in a couple of weeks. Javier and the other younger girl coaches are Great. We highly recommend your son or daughter attend a week to try it out. read more

Terrible, and I do mean TERRIBLE, customer service. Also, very dirty and malodorous inside. The owner is rude and snarky, seems more concerned with securing payments than meeting potential/existing patron needs. Getting a call back or someone to answer the phone seem nearly impossible; I was promised a call back more than once as I attempted to remain optimistic - "we'll call when a spot opens up... you should get a call next week." It's been months and I have a disappointed preschooler who was looking so forward to gymnastics. We will be taking our business elsewhere. read more

Kelly is the worst owner that I have ever met!!! I wish Salinas had other options for gymnastics classes because trust me, I would never go back and give her another dollar from my wallet. She is rude in her interaction with children and adults. She hates to answer questions. At this time the gym is in the midst of a move. She sent an email saying "don't bother asking my staff anything as they have been told not to give anyone any information" are you kidding!!! Communication with your customers is essential. I get that making sure not to give incorrect information is important too, but please Kelly take some classes on how to approach your customers, you need it. read more

Been taking my daughter to this gym for about a year and a half now. She enjoys the variety of activities and most of the coaches. Some of them are encouraging, some look bored while others are a bit rude. I overheard the owner threatening to put one boy in time-out. Nearly $20/hour for my kid to sit in time-out? An unruly child should be focused on an activity that keeps him/her engaged or the parents should be notified, but time-out? WOW! I was notified at one point that I had a late fee of $20 for paying after the 10th of the month. Apparently, I had a late payment earlier in the year and that used up my free-bee late payment. Upon checking, I discovered the payments had occurred on the 11th of the month in April and the 11th of the month in July. Both of these months had holidays, Easter and the 4th of July, and therefore no class the previous week. I called to explain this situation as I am usually very prompt with my bill paying and was told I could drive the payment to the gym on a day my daughter didn't have class. I even offered to join their automatic payment plan, that I was initially unaware of, if they waived the $20 fee. I was again told "no". As a business owner, I couldn't imagine turning away $70 X 12 months = $840 a year because I was unwilling to work with a customer over a $20 late fee. In all, I feel this gym is simply there to get trophies and make $$$. This is just a business, no doubt. If you want to take your child somewhere where they are valued, encouraged and loved, don't look here. Very disappointing! read more

Office staff not friendly or believe in customer service business. Coaches are good. But office staff is not.

Don't waste your money!!! Sooo many fees. My daughter was going to have her first class and they canceled on me an hour before. So I asked what if I had already paid for the class? She said you'd make it up the next class. They have toddler classes on Wednesday and Thursday so I said when is the makeup class? She said Thursday. I told her I was already planning on paying for wed and thurs every week per month already so Thursday wouldn't be a makeup class it would be one I already paid for. She offered ZERO solution. NO REFUNDS FOR THEM CANCELING. They close weeks throughout the year and you still have to pay for those weeks. Enrollment fee, yearly fee, monthly fees, late to class fees, a dollar a effing minute late fee, A CHARGE FOR BEING EARLY, if a child hurts themselves and can't attend class you still have to pay for the class, if you can't attend for whatever reason you still have to pay for it. They make you pay out the ass for everything. Once they have your information they will legit send you to collections if you decide to not attend anymore they'll really make you pay for not going to the classes. I'm serious this is all in the paperwork they give you. If your child is in the older classes, they only allow you to watch for half an hour. Like are you kidding me?! The lady I spoke to sounded so greedy I'm glad I hadn't put any money down. I stopped by a dance school instead and the dance classes are amazing. read more

Me and my wife signed up my son for level 2 gymnastics there last year. My son had a good start with coach Jason. Most of his friends went there. Soon in about February, My son told my wife that one day on the parallel bars he hurt his arms by falling off of them, My son said that Jason wasn't very helpful when he fell off of the bars, He said Jason said, "Get up, You're not hurt" and my son said he almost started crying after he fell, and like I said, Jason was very unsympathetic to my son. A few more months later, my son was slightly depressed for unknown reasons and he got hurt two more times on the parallel bars on the same day and Jason still stood there with his arms crossed saying "Get up". A few months later my son was on the tumble track doing front flips and he sprained both of his ankles, Jason just left him laying at the end of the tumble track laying down in pain and Jason still stood there and didn't help him up or at least ask him if he was okay and my son could barely walk, After that lesson, my son couldn't get up, so I had to help him to my car, And, My wife called the gym to tell the owner that my son quit, Luckily He still wanted to do gymnastics, so we transferred him to Rising Star Gymnastics read more

my first mistake was not looking up the reviews on this place. i called several times because no one ever picks up the phone (which i read on other reviews was a problem) when i finally got a hold of someone about checking out classes for my toddler they said they would call me back when classes will be starting. they called a few weeks later and i explained i wanted to check it out before enrolling. the guy told me to come tuesday at 11. i show up and first off stood there for awhile before being acknowledged (i was the only customer there) i explained i was there to check out the class. he asked my name, i told him, he told us to have a seat until class started. i sat down with my son and 2 more people showed up. the teacher couldn't even get the music to start. once it started they told the kids to take off their shoes. as my son was following the other kids the guy told him he had to wait for me. i didn't know i had to do it to which is fine so i take my shoes off to follow my son and then the guy tells me my son cant participate until he gets his insurance card. i wasn't told this prior to anything and he was clearing standing right there the whole time and never mentioned it when we first came in or started to participate. i told my son lets sit and observe since i didn't have what they needed on hand. obviously anyone with a 2 year old knows you cant expect them to sit and watch other kids playing. he started crying. i asked the guy if he could use my insurance card or if i could pay a fee or sign a waiver this time. instead of trying to have good customer service he proceeded to tell me that he told me on the phone to bring it. i told him that no one told me or else i would have brought it. he then tells me with an attitude that he tells EVERYONE to bring it. by this point i saw nothing positive would come out of a conversation with this rude employee so i told him that i didn't appreciate him calling me a liar and no one told me. all he had to say was come back next week. seriously!! i would never go back there especially after reading the reviews (which i should have done beforehand). hopefully you can find a better place to put your children as now i will be looking into another place that actually knows how to talk to people in a professional manner because clearly they don't read more