Midwest Gymnastics Facility

Girls Classes

Shooting Stars

Can’t keep your child’s feet on the ground?
This class teaches basic gymnastics skills
in a safe and fun environment. Children,
kindergarten age and up, spend time on each
of the four gymnastics apparatus as well as
trampoline and our specially designed tumble-trak
learning skills such as: forward rolls, running
drills, and various ways to walk across the beam.
Behavior concepts introduced in Mighty-Tykes are
reinforced and new ideas like conditioning and
proper skill technique are introduced.

Springers

Does your daughter do flips at home? Children continue to be exposed to all of the gymnastics apparatus and build on the basic gymnastics skill taught in Shooting Stars. They are also introduced to new skills such as: backward rolls, pullovers on bars, and cartwheels. The learning environment continues to be safe and fun, but concepts of proper skill technique and form play a larger role in the curriculum. Understanding of behavior concepts such as: standing in line, listening to directions, and respect for others is expected.

Leapers

Does your daughter wait all week to come to gymnastics?
Children spend a longer amount of time on the gymnastics
equipment mastering basic skills and being introduced to new
and more challenging skills. Specific skills include: backbends
on floor, casting on bars, and forward rolls on beam. The
curriculum continues to focus on proper skill technique and form.
The atmosphere of the class is fun and energetic, but
concepts like hard work and self-esteem are introduced.

Sparklers

Is your daughter’s leotard her favorite outfit? Children spend an increased amount of time working on all of the gymnastics apparatus mastering secondary skills and being introduced to new and challenging skills. Such skills include: round-offs, back hip circles on bars and jumps onto the vault. The curriculum is designed to make concepts like hard work and attention to detail fun and rewarding.

Kippers

Is your daughter practicing her star chart skills
at home? Children spend time broadening their focus
on each apparatus to a more challenging list of skills
including: back walkovers and handstands in beam, and
front and back sole circles on bars. The children begin
to clearly understand cause and effect concepts like: hard
work and persistence leads to success, as well as general
concepts like identifying and working though personal
limitations and fear in order to improve self-esteem. The
curriculum continues to reward hard work and attention to
technique and form while performing skills.

Flippers

Is your daughter always the last one out of the gym? This class offers children longer amounts of time on the gymnastics apparatus along with exposure to more challenging and rewarding skills. Children continue to fine-tune skills learned in Kippers and progress onto skills such as: flyaways off bars, round-off, back handspring, back tucks on floor, and more advanced leaps, jumps and turns on beam. This class gives children the skills and proper techniques necessary to pursue other gymnastics opportunities both within Midwest Gymnastics and gymnastics and cheerleading programs through their high schools.