Gymnastics Plus Of Bay County INC

My daughter absolutely loves coming here, and one of her instructors is truly fantastic…attentive, encouraging, and actually takes the time to teach proper technique. Unfortunately, the rest of the staff doesn’t seem nearly as invested. Most of the time, the kids are left to tumble around with little to no instruction or guidance. I don’t pay for a babysitter when I’m sitting right here. I could take her to Just Jump for that. On top of that, the facility is filthy. The viewing glass hasn’t been cleaned since we started. It’s smudged, grimy, and just plain gross. It’s frustrating as a parent, but since my daughter is happy, we’re sticking it out…for now. Pics are of the glass smudges.

The owners are fair and responsive and seem like very good people. However, if you are looking for your child to gain skills, improve, build confidence, and move forward in their growth and development, this is not the place for you. Unfortunately, many of the coaches are uninvolved with the children throughout the entire hour-long lesson. They aren't paying attention, they do not seem to know one child from the next, I have seen classes begin 20 minutes late, there is no structure, no apparent tracking of how children are doing so that they can improve. Honestly, I have watched multiple classes during which a class of say, 8 children will have 5 or 6 of the children never even acknowledged. I have often wondered how they have avoided any injuries, thus far. Perhaps for little ones who want to get their wiggles out, this is a good option, but if your child is genuinely trying to become better, go elsewhere. We very recently tried another local studio and it was so superior--and for roughly the same cost--that I have literally been depressed about how much time I allowed to be robbed from my daughter when she could have been improving. Again, the owners are very nice and fair and for younger children or birthday parties, this may be a very good place to go.

I am disappointed that we had to pull our daughter from Gymnastics Plus. We had her in the Tiny Tots class for ages 3-5. The coaches are AMAZING! (Which is the reason I am giving them two stars instead of one.) My daughter loved Coach Rose. They seem to know that these classes are full of small kids and toddlers. However, the front desk lady could benefit from re-learning how to interact with children of that age as well as some lessons in customer service. It was my daughter's second class and her dad came to watch her for the first time, she was beyond excited to have us both there to cheer her on! She would run to us inside from time to time to get her water and to get encouragement from us as this was her first class like this. All of the other children were doing the same thing as well. But the front desk woman approached my child and singled her out for coming out to us and told her that she needed to stop running over to us and "distracting," the class. (Esentially not allowing her to get her water bottle..which is never okay.) She didn't get down on her level and was very abrasive in repremanding her. My daughter immediately started crying and came running over to us. The next week my daughter refused to even join her class because she was so terrified of the front desk woman. The woman also continued to interupt their classes because the kids weren't doing every obstacle in a perfect line and would tell the coaches that they needed to be corrected. (Which seemed more distracting than the kids having fun?) They are TODDLERS. Of course they are going to run around and skip a few or do the one they like a few times in a row. After 45 minutes of trying everything to get my daughter to re-join her class we decided to this wasn't good for us anymore. We approached the front desk woman and told her we no longer wanted to participate and to remove us from the class. When she asked why and we told her, she claimed I was wrong, and that she did try to get down on my daughter's level and encourage her to join her class the week prior. Which was a bold face lie. Even though my husband and the parents of the other children saw the whole thing as well and talked with me about it. She apologized to my husband and I but never apologized to my child. She didn't seem to care. We felt like another payment or cash grab and not customers. After talking with other parents and friends who have children in her classes, it seems as though I am not the only one who has had rude encounters with her.

Went for preschool Jam. You would think since they are hosting small children they would clean up a bit. There were choking hazards all over. Rubber bands, wrappers, Bobby pin. We were one of the first people in as well when they opened so I know it didn’t just happen. The only reason they get 2 stars instead of 1 is because my little one did enjoy it.

Finally pulling my daughter from baby bears!!! Been trying so hard to stay but after a year of the same events over and over we can not do it anymore. The class is typically like 6 kids but then it’s suddenly 19 kids (my husband counted). This happens constantly. They rarely have the same teacher which isn’t surprising when they pay the girls 2-3$ less than the boys who work there. After a years there’s no advancement in skills as it’s just the same thing over and over with a different theme every two weeks. My daughter gets wayyyyyyyyy more out of open gym than the class.