Recreation Classes

Our recreation classes are designed for gymnasts aged five and above. These classes vary from one hour (beginner and intermediate) to an hour and a half (advanced) and meet once a week. Beginner classes allow gymnasts use of all for main Olympic events using USA Gymnastics skill progressions. Gymnasts will have a 15 minute warm-up period where they incorporate flexibility, strength, and cardio. The remainder of the class is spent on three events including vault, bars, beam, floor, or trampoline and will rotate weekly.  Our classes are currently running for our fall session. 

Beginner

Beginner classes are meant for anyone and everyone! It is a way to introduce gymnasts to the sport and provide them with valuable strength and coordination to continue learning more advanced skills. Gymnasts will be evaluated multiple times during their session and parents are informed when their child has mastered beginner and is ready to move to the next level.

Invitation Only Classes 

Advanced Beginner

 Advanced beginner classes are a bridge between our beginner and intermediate classes. Gymnastics requires a lot of  strength and coordination and for some of our gymnasts, certain events develop faster than others. Our advanced beginner classes combines intermediate lesson plans on stronger events while blending intermediate and beginner on where gymnasts are weakest. This class is by invitation only. 

Intermediate 

Intermediate reinforces the skills learned in beginner and takes them further by adding new difficulty. We expect intermediate gymnasts to not only complete a skill, but to complete a skill with exemplary form.  Intermediate is only able to be registered for by invitation only but if your child is new to our program and shows proficiency in completing a bridge kick over, controlled handstand on floor, cartwheel on floor, and a chin up pullover on bars she may be ready for intermediate and you should contact Chelsie to schedule an evaluation at bishopch@charleston-sc.gov. 

Advanced

Our advanced gymnasts attend class one day a week for 1.5 hours. Advanced is also an invitation only class and gymnasts must show a mastery of various strength requirements and skills in order to register for class. Advanced gymnasts have no limit to what they can learn in class!