Our experience here had its ups and downs. The coa...

Our experience here had its ups and downs. The coaching style is based on hard work , dedication and winning. Hard work= lots of practice, lots of yelling, lots of demeaning comments to motivate , swearing, bullying and belittling the athletes.
Dedication= you put practice and competitions first in your life. That means before school (band concerts, choir concerts, prom...) before family (vacations, church, funerals ) before any other sport , or activity. You even come if you are sick. We had kids at practice and competitions with the flu, mono, lice ... You must sign a contract that you agree to keep paying tuition for the full year and pay a $500 liquidation fee and a $150 re-choreography fee if you quit. The contract and code of conduct is lengthy, make sure you agree with ALL OF IT before you sign it. That is scary in my opinion and very expensive. Winning= yes the teams do well in competitions and they do sometimes win. However, my child s team won the US Finals National Championship, which was wonderful, but out of the 18 athletes on that team 11 of them decided to leave the program the following year. That leaves a red flag and says it all. Winning is nice but not as important as being treated with kindness and respect and maybe a thank you for your hard work and dedication, sadly this was not said after their wins. I would not recommend this gym. All Star Cheer/Competitive Cheer is a fantastic and fast growing sport. There are lots of other great programs in our area to choose from.