Our Recreational Programs are designed to meet the needs of children in their formative years. Our enthusiastic instructors will provide a time of fun and fitness through gymnastics-oriented activities. Both the Massie Court and Bond Road gyms offer a safe and friendly environment for your child to experience new and exciting challenges each week! Lessons include training on vault, bars, beam and floor with modifications to the activities and equipment to fit the special needs of each age group. Children also experience reading readiness, comprehension, and vocabulary through continued learning of fine motor development, spatial awareness, and gymnastics technology.
We offer a large selection of class opportunities, ranging from our Parent Participation/Tot classes to our Girls/Boys Basic 3 classes. A maximum ratio of 9 students per instructor ensures plenty of attention for each child! The Byer's Girls Program is based on the USA Gymnastics Development Program. We offer classes for girls from the time they can walk to top Elite level gymnasts and for boys from the time they can walk through beginning levels. They are placed in classes based on ability and age. We make every effort to make sure that children are not only challenged in their learning but always feel successful while doing so.
The following is a brief description of each of the level of classes that we offer:
PARENT PARTICIPATION
Age Walking up to 3 years old
Parent and child participate together in this movement exploration class. It is a wonderful way to introduce hand-eye coordination, motor skills and listening skills. Parents follow along with their child through age appropriate circuits that can include trampoline, low balance beam, and low bar. Music is also used with "Lummi Sticks" as a way for hand-eye coordination and listening by following along with the music, instructor and parent(s). Children at this age are introduced to reading readiness, comprehension, and vocabulary through fine motor development, spatial awareness, and gymnastics technology.
TOTS
Age 3
Children learn to be independent in this class. This class attends once per week for 50 minutes. The students will continue to learn hand-eye coordination, motor and listening skills. Basic skills are introduced using floor, beam, bars and trampoline circuits using size appropriate equipment and through music with "Lummi Sticks".
KINDERGYM 1 and 2
Ages 4 and 5
Our kinder classes are for both boys and girls. Gymnasts attend class once per week for 1 hour. Each week the classes spend time on floor and alternate with various other activities including trampoline, tumble track, and circuits.
Kinder 1
A beginning level class for children ages 4 and 5 years old. This class focuses on teaching hand-eye coordination, listening skills and interacting with other children. Children are introduced to basic skills on bars, beam, floor, vault, and trampoline. They are also introduced to some simple strength and flexibility exercises.
Kinder 2
An intermediate level for those gymnasts at a young age that show the ability to do slightly more difficult skills than those focused on in Kinder 1. Gymnasts are placed in this class through evaluation by our coaching staff in the Kinder 1 program.
GIRLS BASIC 1, 2, and 3
Ages 6 and up
Basic 1
This class is for the beginning gymnast who is at least 6 years old. Gymnasts are introduced to skills on each of the events - vault, bars, balance beam, floor, and trampoline. Gymnasts are also introduced to strength and flexibility exercises.
Basic 2
This is an intermediate class for girls who have mastered the beginning skills introduced in the Basic 1 classes and are ready to learn more difficult skills, strength, and flexibility.
Basic 3
This is an advanced class for girls that have mastered all previous skills and are ready for more challenging skills.
SPECIALTY CLASSES
Our specialty programs follow the USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic Program. This program has 4 levels, level 1 being the easiest and level 4 being the most difficult. Each level has specific skills and routines that the gymnast will be tested on after they are mastered. As each level is passed, the gymnast moves to the next level, learning more difficult skills and routines; this does not always mean they must move class times. Gymnasts not only work on the skills and routines for the level they are trying to pass but on skills for higher levels. Strength and flexibility is also a large focus of these groups, as we believe that the stronger the gymnast the more easily the skills are achieved. The gymnasts in each of these programs are trained with competition readiness in mind. Byers Gymnastics starts competition at Level 4, after the gymnast passes testing for level 4 and is competition ready.
SUPER KIDS
Age under 6 years old
This class is for young gymnasts under age 6 that show natural talent and/or the ability to learn skills easily. Super Kids is the youngest group of our team program. Gymnasts are invited to attend this class from other classes within our program. This class attends two days each week; 1-1/2 hours per practice.
HOT SHOTS
Ages 6 - 9
This class is for young gymnasts ages 6 to 9 years old who show natural talent and/or the ability to learn skills easily. Gymnasts are invited to join this group from other classes within our program. This class attends 3-4 days per week.
PRE-TEAM
Ages 9 and up
This class is for those gymnasts that would like to compete and have surpassed the skills in our basic program. Gymnasts are also evaluated in other classes before attending the pre-team program. This group attends class 3 days per week.
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