Colleen Daniel

Review of Olympica Gymnastics

We attended a trial Mighty Mights class (3-5 year ...

We attended a trial Mighty Mights class (3-5 year olds) on a Saturday and had a horrible experience. The instructor made no effort to engage with my daughter and then became upset when she was either unable (due to being a beginner) or unwilling (due to being in a new environment and with an adult who made zero effort to warm up to her) to participate in all activities. When my daughter DID try to do gymnastics (tumbling and bars) on her own, the instructor completely ignored her. Of the entire 45 minute class, my daughter received about 1 minute of any sort of engagement with the instructor, never mind the zero actual hands-on instruction. They tried to put her on the regular sized balance beam without even seeing how she did on the low, floor level one, then threw up their hands when my daughter started crying because she was terrified. I've never seen a three year old display shame and rejection as often as she did during this class.

Even worse, the instructor looked annoyed and irritated with the other children in the class-I didn't see her smile ONCE, nor did she make much effort to engage with the children....who are all toddlers and need connection. Frankly, I wanted to scream at the instructor because it broke my heart seeing my daughter look rejected and SHAMED by this woman.

I spoke with some woman who called herself the "Saturday Supervisor" about my concerns, as no owner or manager was working, and was handed a flyer for open gym and told to come back in a month if I wanted to see if my daughter actually do the activities. Uh no, when your website says the classes are for ALL levels and instructors will work your child at his/her level, you don't want to be told to come back later.

My attempts to communicate this experience with the owner/manager has been unsuccessful.

RUN from this place. Azarian, where we previously attended, is 1000% better. They actually give a damn about your child.