Jessi D.
Google
My son started at All American Gymnastics in June on the men's team. In the 6 weeks that he has been at AAG, he often cries at practice and has come home crying or visibly upset. This was a huge red flag and extremely out of character for my son, who had previously done 2 years at Momentum gymnastics and never once had the coaching make him cry.
We spoke to the last coach about it, and let him know that our son would come home crying, sore, tired and exhausted. He said that he lacked the necessary strength for the skills and that as he continued that he would get stronger. We decided to tough it out and see if his body would adapt to the training, but he never did. Our son does in fact have the necessary strength and when he competed last year he was consistently placing 1st-3rd on all skills with Momentum.
In just 6 short weeks at AAG, our son that absolutely loved gymnastics started burning out and saying that he was no longer having fun and that it was too hard. We went to the coaches meeting last night to meet the new coaches, and they are younger guys that are new to coaching. While they might be incredible gymnasts themselves, we don't believe that they have the mental fortitude to discern when they have pushed kids too far. It is concerning that the coaching staff has not recognized when our son was being pushed beyond his limits, only noticing after it had negatively impacted him. This level of oversight is not acceptable for a 7 year old in a learning environment.
I'm writing this review because after reaching out to AAG multiple times, through talking to the coach and through their support email, we were unable to find an amicable resolution. With the huge red flags, poor communication and traumatic coaching, we chose to pull out our 2 boys from their program early. AAG did not offer any condolences or concern for our situation, there was no refund for any enrollment fees or coaching fees for July (which we are no longer finishing). Instead, they continually referenced their 4 week notice policy and continue trying to bill us for August, which we will not be attending or paying.