Rotterdam Program Descriptions

Detailed descriptions of classes offered at our Rotterdam location are below. If you'd like to register, you can do so online or over the phone. Our schedule can be found on the Rotterdam section of our website. Please review our Membership Policy. We have an awesome staff here, so if you have any questions, please give us a call or send us an email.

Tiny Tumblers (Parent and Child), Walking - 3 Years

Program Overview: This program is a great time with your little one! In addition to spending some quality time in a setting outside the home, you will be helping your child to learn the very basics of gymnastics! Arranged in an obstacle course format, each station will be a drill or skill that will help your child develop gross motor skills, practice basic gymnastics components and ideas, and just plain be lots of fun!

Specific Program Goals:

• Create an opportunity to spend quality time with your toddler!
• Develop gross motor skills.
• Acclimate young students to our program (stations, circuit training, etc…)
• Learn the basics of safety in the gym.
• Introduce basic gymnastics skills, body positions, and poses.
• Prepare students to attend class independently.

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Preschool Program 1, Ages 3-4 Years

Program Overview: Our Preschool Program, Ages 3-4 is designed to help our 3 and 4 year olds to make the switch from Tiny Tumblers (Parents and Child) into an independent class. The class is set up and run almost identical to a parent and child class with one BIG difference; no Mom (or Dad)! We use the same age appropriate lesson plans to introduce and build on gymnastics skills while making the learning experience fun.

Specific Program Goals:

• Assist students in making the transition from a Parent and Child Class to an independent class.
• Use the basics of gymnastics to enhance the student’s balance, coordination, and agility.
• Build self-confidence in the students.
• Continue to introduce and develop social skills i.e. sharing, waiting their turn, and cooperative games.
• Achieve all this in a safe, fun, and positive environment!

Prerequisite: Child must have attended our Tiny Tumbler (Parents and Child) class or be at least 40 months old.

Preschool Program 2, Ages 4-5 Years

Program Overview:Our Preschool Program, Ages 4-5 are designed to help prepare students for our School Age program. Each week has unique lesson plans in which we base the lessons on a basic skill (i.e. forward rolls, cartwheels, handstands, ...and the list goes on). Then we build on this basic skill with lots of fun drills and skill stations. Lesson plans cater to developing the children’s knowledge on how to safely go about performing each skill starting with the very basic parts of each skill. Students then build on these basics through our use of progressions (walk before you run). Built into these circuits are stations for strength, flexibility, coordination, and balance.

Specific Program Goals:

• Increase self-confidence and gymnastics abilities.
• Help students overcome fears.
• Challenge with a healthy dose of achievement.
• Increase flexibility, coordination, and strength .
• Have students following and recognizing rules on their own.
• Enriching interpersonal skills, including communication and respect with classmates their own age, as well as their coaching mentors.

Prerequisite: A desire to be challenged and to have fun!

School Age Program, Ages 5.5 Years and Up

Program Overview: Our School Age program is designed to introduce and build on the basics of gymnastics. Each week has a unique lesson plan designed to introduce and/or develop a specific skill or skill set (most popular is handstand week!). Our amazing instructors then use their creativity and enthusiasm to customize these lesson plans to each individual student! Safety and fun are our first priority, as the students practice and then master the basic skills. These classes are one hour long, and our student to teacher ratio is an amazing 7 to 1.

*Level 1: Intended for those gymnasts just starting out. Once the basics are mastered, it's on to the next level.

*Level 2: Moving up to the next level is accomplished by completing the achievements necessary to move up, this is done by evaluation. Students will progress at their own pace through the levels. No matter which level your child is at, we are on a mission to use the basics of gymnastics to build stronger, Similarly, students may eventually progress into our Level 3 program.

*Level 3: Classes are 90 minutes and much more challenging than the Level 1 and 2 classes. Students must be evaluated to get into the Level 3 class.

Specific Program Goals:

• Develop the basic skills for each of the events of gymnastics; Floor Exercise, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam and Vault.
• Increase total body strength, including endurance and stamina.
• Enhance flexibility, balance, and coordination.
• Challenge each student to do more than they think they can.
• Prepare students to be able to progress into the intermediate level classes.
• Achieve all this in a safe, fun, and positive environment!

Tumbling

Program Overview: Designed for our cheerleaders and other students wanting to focus on the floor tumbling exercises! Our instructors will guide students from the basics of tumbling toward each student's individual goals. These classes will spend LOTS of time using all the gymnastics apparatus to increase their strength, flexibility, and balance to better prepare them to progress through their progressions.

Specific Program Goals:

• Develop strength in the students. Stronger students learn quicker!
• Work toward each student's individual goals.
• Provide a safe, fun environment to consistently challenge these students.

Giants Stars, Ages 10 Years and Up

Program Overview: A class designed specifically for gymnasts over age 10 at any level. Each class, the students will spend time at each of the gymnastics events including uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise, and of course the trampoline. Our program is designed on a year-long set of skill building progressions that are broken up each week into specific lesson plans. Every skill is introduced, practiced, and repeated in a safe and fun atmosphere. We will set up age appropriate circuits to develop the student’s ability to perform each skill, starting with the very basics and progressing to more complex. Built into these circuits will be stations to build strength, flexibility, coordination, and balance. And of course no students under age 9!