There are clear signs of racism in this gym, my wife who is black was told by the old man to leave the gym area as she was trying to assist my daughter, he had no objections with a white lady doing exactly the same avoid this place as it is not inclusive at all read more

Run from this gym! If you value a positive sports environment in which communication is valued and athletes are taught proper form for skills then this is NOT the gym for you. There is a pattern of gymnasts starting at this gym and then leaving once they become more familiar with the sport and the culture of the gym. The team coaches are also the owners and if a parent tries to address an issue, the parent will quickly become ostracized and ignored by the coaches. The female owner actually yelled at me on the phone and told me that it was not her responsibility to ensure a safe emotional environment. Gymnasts are also encouraged to give each other the silent treatment rather than resolve any conflicts. Very toxic environment! There are many gym options in the area and I caution anyone checking out Wake Gymnastics to go elsewhere read more

My daughter loves it here. We have had a good experience so far and I hope it continues! Relatively smaller classes - easy portal to navigate for signing up and payments. Reasonably priced, too. read more

When we started for the first two weeks only the male owner was there. He was very understanding and patient with my highly excited 3-year-old. The male owner is so nice, but that woman...IS HORRIBLE. She lied about what time my daughter started her class then ended her class early. My daughter is a spirited 3-year-old and it was obvious she was tired of managing her. She came over and talked to my husband and me like we were stupid and with the nastiest tone and never even introduced herself. That was the first time she had been there in 3 weeks. I will say the daughters who instruct the 3-year-olds were very patient and sweet. There didn't seem to be much program structure. read more

Wake Gymnastics has been such a huge part of our lives for the past 8 years. My daughter started there right around 3 years old. She did classes the first 2 years and then was a member of the team from there on out. Not only did she get really good at gymnastics but the coaches have taught her so much more. Discipline, being motivated, handling pressure, staying fit...major life lessons that will carry her throughout her life. We are grateful! read more

Our son and daughter absolutely love this place. When our daughter was 3, we signed her up for a gymnastics class in the summer. She loved the classes, so we decided to do something more this year and signed her and her brother up for half-day summer camp. They are now in their second week of camp and look forward to going every day. The summer camp is more structured than other gymnastics camps that I have seen, and the kids do get individual instruction on all of the equipment. Every day when I pick them up, they can't wait to show me some of the "tricks" that they learned. We have not done the year-round gymnastics program yet due to scheduling conflicts, but now we may have to find a way to make it work since the kids love this place so much! The people who own and manage Wake Gymnastics are a husband/wife team who are wonderful with the kids. The prices are very reasonable, and I could not recommend this place enough! read more

My daughter was on Wake's competitive team. Parents and gymnasts were not treated with respect there. The female owner dismissed and told parents that questions are not tolerated. She was quite rude to my child who loves gymnastics and worked very hard to please the coaches. Nothing she could do was right and in turn she decided to quit gymnastics at Wake. They wore her down emotionally or ignored her depending on how the female owner was feeling that day. I have heard things like are you stupid, that was horrible, are you retarted, you're not special, you need a psychiatrist being said to her gymnasts and daughters. The fact that the gymnasts are not spotted very much at all is a huge concern. The recreational coaches are young and very inexperienced. read more

I am not sure why the negative reviews do not show up as a recommended review. People need to read them before going to WAKE. The Owner is horrible. She has no communication skills and really only cares about her Competitive Team. There are not many recreational class options. We have switched to another gym and my daughter has learned more skills and the correct way to do them. read more

The owners and team coaches are not positive or caring. They do not spot the gymnasts and often mistreat them. Do not go there. It is not a positive environment and has caused confidence and anxiety issues in my daughter. read more

I have been apart of many competitive teams, as an athlete and coach. I have never met a more tyrannical system as the one at WAKE. They refuse to entertain any questions regarding their decision and turn away any concerned parent that they foresee might question their judgement and ask for coaching advice. I hope whoever reads this understands that the owners pick their competitive team as they see fit. I have no problem with that. What I do have a problem with is when I asked what my daughter needed to do to improve and work on to make the team, I was offered no OBJECTIVE criticism. The response I received was "Not mature enough", "Maybe next year", "I don't know", "She may never make it", "We are looking for certain kids" These are the responses, about a 5 year old mind you, I received when I asked what can we help our daughter work on to make the competitive team at your gym. I asked what SKILLS my daughter needed to make the team and the response was, "Even if she has the skills she still might not make the team." My wife was a competitive gymnast through college and could not believe these responses. We continued to ask about criteria for the team because our daughter really enjoys gymnastics and wants to compete. She is five but in gymnastics the girls have to start learning advanced skills that only the competitive team learns in order to continue to progress in the sport. As parents we wanted to know what we could do to improve our daughters chance of making the team next year and how she would learn the skills she needed to continue to advance within the program and sport. The owners response was not to give us feedback but to kick our DAUGHTER out of the gym. A five year old girl who wants to do gymnastics with the friends she has made over the 3 years she has been going to the gym was KICKED OUT! I blame it on the lack of effort and skill as coaches. When coaching little kids you have to enlist the parents help so they can work at home on the skills needed to be successful. (I have experience coaching kids from 4 through high school and have done it for many years.) The fact that nothing constructive could be given to willing parents of a willing child is simply lazy and demonstrates the absence of real coaches. The fact that the owner/coach would rather get rid of a child simply because they do not want to talk to their parents makes me wonder why they are coaching kids at all. If you are looking for a gymnastics program and want you child to be competitive in this sport THIS IS NOT THE GYM!!! Unless you meet the owners elusive standards and submit to the monarchy of WAKE without question. read more

My daughter and I had our first class tonight. My daughter has never attended any class on her own yet so I asked the office attendant if I could join her until she was ready to be by herself and she said that was fine. She's almost 3 years old. The instructor was great. We were most of the way through our class when a lady came over and asked how old my child was. When I told her she said that my child was in the wrong class and was pretty rude about it. She then high-fived the child standing beside mine saying good for her because she was in class without her mommy. So the instructor came over to explain why she had divided the class the way she did but the lady didn't apologize or say anything besides that we were in the wrong class. I felt embarrassed because of the way I was treated so I took my daughter and left and have no plans to return. I found out this lady was the owner when I told the office attendant that we wouldn't be returning. I was really disappointed because I was a gymnast growing up and after spending so much time on the soccer field with my two sons, I was especially excited to be able to introduce my daughter to gymnastics. read more