Spokane Gymnastics

Before you look at the length of this post and just say not worth the read, I strongly encourage people to take the time to see I am not some angry person with a grudge. My grievance is founded in experience and knowledge. I brought my daughter to this school because it was fairly affordable. I fully understand now I get what I pay for.Lets start with some history. My daughter is 8 and had NEVER done gymnastics, at all.The class started in a bit of reverse order. Instead of starting with stretching, they started with going over/under balance beams; perhaps to warm up before stretching, not really sure. They then spent about 5 minutes stretching. Side note: all the while they were warming up and stretching, there was a sweet little girl sitting with I am guessing was her mom. It was a perfect opportunity for the coach to engage the child but she did not. She did nothing to try and include the kid.Now, at this point I would think they would talk a bit about how much experience the kids have, or let them do tumbling, mat work, or something simple. Nope... straight to the spring board. At this point, I told my friend and another parent that this won't end well. We chuckled. The coach lined the kids up, then the coach ran, sprung, landed on the raised platform, and said "just like that". Now here is the perfect chance to talk to the kids, introduce them to the spring board, coach them on how to use it, approach it, and do some small practices... Lets remember, that these kids are all beginners with 0 experience.That is not what happened. The coach said "OK, line up kids" As excited kids will do, with no instruction whatsoever, the children began. The very first kid ran full speed, stepped on the spring board and launched himself face first into the platform. The next attempts by other kids were not much better. When my daughter attempted the spring board, having never seen one before, she got her foot caught on the board, was able to jump onto the platform, but immediately got off and began crying in pain. The coach had her try and put her foot down, then had her go sit down. She got an ice pack thinking my daughter was being over dramatic. Instead of talking to me (the parent) the coach tried to say that my daughter tripped over her own feet and that it was ok to be a bit clumsy her first time around. When I asked my daughter if she was ok, she said no. As her parent, I knew something was wrong. A trip to the ER revealed no breaks, but did show an immediately noticeable low ankle sprain that has her in a wrapped boot for 4-6 weeks. Not something an ice pack is going to help.So, here is some history so people know I am not just an overreacting parent. I have over 20 years instruction experience in martial arts. While I am not a gymnast, the relationship between gymnastics and martial arts is not a far leap. The instruction provided by the coach, who had to be barely out of high school, was immensely inadequate, incompetent, and absolutely unprofessional. Working with adults v. kids is a different approach. Working with people with no experience v. someone with training is different. The coach had no business working with anyone unsupervised. Her inability to relay proper form, technique, and instruction already related in 1 injury, with more strongly possible. The only saving grace was how quickly I was refunded. The damage to her foot will heal. The damage done to her confidence and desire to do gymnastics will take more time to heal. That is the real damage.To the people that monitor these posts. I read other posts and saw the only responses you reply to are the negative ratings, and it is usually the same rhetoric. In some way, shape, or form, your responses have the similar theme of not our fault; it was the fault of the child, the student, the parents fault, or something to that nature. Again, as an experienced instructor, I can say with 100% certainty that the coach (Addy I think) needs better training on being a coach. She could be a great gymnast in her own right; but that does not make her a great teacher.

Very disappointed 😔 when my daughter attended their classes she got sick with Covid. We paid for a full season of classes.right before she got sick .. Then all my other kids got sick. Me and my husband got very sick also.. and it wasn’t a perfect time to attend classes so we never attended the whole season of classes that we payed for ..and with amount of money we paid when I called them to see if we have that credit of money to schedule her and they said unfortunately we cant do anything , you don't have that credit. Because she never was dismissed from those classes. I wish there was more better communications and understandings between the gymnastics and the clients. I guess we’ll be looking for gymnastic somewhere else.

Grandson had great time, people and coaches were courteous and helpful

The camps and classes are amazing and well organized. We have our 7 year old in camps in the summer and level 1, she loves every minute of it.

We are now on our second season with Spokane Gymnastics and it has been amazing to see how much our daughter has blossomed with the help of her favorite coach Bella! Our daughter has learned important lessons about waiting for her turn and giving encouragement to other gymnast. Can’t wait to watch both our girls both go through this program.

My son has loved all of his coaches! He is sensory seeking and full of energy, all his coaches have been incredible and patient. Coach Jamal is our most recent coach and I want to thank him for the genuine kindness he shows all students including my son! Front desk staff always helpful and accommodating with make-ups. Thanks!

The young people working here need to work on customer service. Most seemed uncompassionate and to have a superiority complex. I've never gotten upset with service before for my daughter but they actually made me mad. Please consider kiddos feelings and put yourselves in others shoes.

Coaches are pretty friendly, mostly kids that could be a bit more professional and hands on. The front desk staff is where my chief complaint is directed. I did not appreciate their unwillingness to help, consistent bad attitude and rude demeanor. Shayla was one that was especially obnoxious. Hope you've revamped your front desk staff since we last attended.

I have been taking my preschool aged child here since June of 2021 and she absolutely loves it. The coaches are amazing and patient. Even when the kids get a little overly excited. There are some absolutely amazing coaches that really take the time to get to know your kid and help them grown. I'm so happy she gets to go here and grow as a person and her skills overall!!!

My three year old niece is attending Kats class and on her first day she was very nervous and the 3 teachers in there did absolutely nothing to try to include my niece or ease her nerves, they simply watched her struggle to find her place. I’ve been working with children for 9 years along with having my degree in early childhood education and these teachers could benefit from some of those classes on how to interact with and include all children. My niece finally joined in but only because her dad intervened and showed her how to do the moves, which is the teachers job.