All-Star Tumbling Classes

we have 1 hours classes.
we are supposed to come 5 minutes early to class and stretch on the side.
then we have a 10-15 minute warm-up with handstands,cartwheels, roundoffs, roundoff handsprings, standing handsprings, and then we move on to tucks.
the higher levels move on to layouts then fulls.
we then work on running tumbling till the last 15-20 minutes and everyone works in a circuit from being spotted on the floor, to going on the trampoline, tumble track. and doing whatever you want on the floor by yourself.
this makes sure that people are constantly waiting in line to be spotted!
when we do standing, we normally work jumps to back for about 10 minutes.
if there is any extra time then we can ask the coach to spot us on whatever we like.
personally, i love the way our classes are run!
the gym is able to have 2-3 tumbling classes go at the same time because of how organized it is. and i never feel like im getting gypted for not being spotted, because im always doing things and working on technique or other skills.

10 minute w/up, 15 minute standing tumbling prac, 20 minute running tumbling prac, 45 new skills prac, 15 minute conditioning

When I use to do tumbling classes when I was working on my bhs and back tuck we would come in early to run and stretch then we would spend around 20/30 minutes warming up tumbling. Then we create stations like jump backs, instructor spotting, tumblr track and other strengthening exercises. The last portion of class is conditioning. The classes last about 1 hour and 15 minutes

My cp up until last month was going to the 1 hr tumbling class at her cheer gym. There use to be 4 people in it but like the last month it was only 2 including my cp. Now she attends a different cheer gym for her tumbling class!

Her original tumbling class-
He would give them a few mins to stretch whatever they felt needed to be stretched. Then would make them warm up round offs and series BHS.

Afterwards, they would do running tumbling usually working on whatever specialty passes they had or could throw.

Then he would usually move them to the tramp to show them a few things or help them with technique.

Then he would work those skills off the tramp with them which was mostly standing tumbling. It all seem to work great and with it being my cp & one other they had alot of time!!!---

Now at the gym she goes to for tumbling only I have only went twice since we just started and I will tell you what I observed then.

I will say the first time they had like 15 kids in the class and the second time 11. I was like wow ain't nothing going to get done in an hour with this.
I was most definitely wrong and there very productive!

The first time they took everyone over to the tramp immediately and made them throw series BHS all the way down .. One after another...then tucks one after another.
Seriously this didn't take that long at all..these kids weren't horse playing talking or wasting time.

Then took them to the floor and made them stretch for a few mins.
Then they warmed up with walking handstands, round offs, and more series BHS.

Then they split two corners and they kept going one after another out of the diagonal. Then after each pass whatever it was they would correct them or pull them to the side and say hey do this or hey try this and work it with them till a few more people got in line. Then it would go again. My daughter got a lot of tumbling in that time and I was impressed.

The last time we were there. They immediately took them on the floor and put like these stacked block mats & a spring board in front of it and made them run and jump it. Then had them run hit the spring board and do front hand spring, tucks, punch fronts. Then had them stretch it out and warmed up handstands again and Roundoffs; then took them to the diagonals again and worked them as they did the previous practice and I was still very impressed!
Haha

15 minute warm ups/ stretches
then we all get in lines and do different tumbling moves going down the line
then we do stations
then we do tumbletrak

I run the tumbling program at a gym in central Florida. We've been building the program for the past year and so far, it has been pretty successful. It's a show up and pay as you go type of program (that's what makes it successful, not prepaying).

• So far we have 11, about to be 12 classes each week.
  • 4 of those classes are team tumbling for our mini and youth team to build their tumbling, which has been VERY successful so far. 1 of those class is a preschool cheerleading class.
  • 6 of the other classes are recreational classes that anyone, including team members can attend.
    • 1 of them is a basic/beginner class (for those that have NEVER tumbled). I spend the majority of the class on stretching, proper teachnique for starting skills (the power of the perfect lunge!), how to do correct basic tumbling that most of the classes warm up with, and we do basic drills for backhandsprings (but no backhandsprings yet!).
    • 4 of them are an experience beginner class. They are separated by age groups. They are expected to start the class already stretched. Then we spend about 20 minutes doing a warmup (from basic forward rolls to backwalkovers). 30 minutes doing a combination of drills and backhandsprings (we do LOTS of stations). 10 minutes doing a combination of front tumbling and conditioning. I have found that when girls are frustrated with backhandsprings, front tumbling (specifically front handsprings) are a great way to make them feel like they can get a skill.
    • 1 of the classes is an intermediate class (most kids take private lessons at my gym, so the intermediate class is still building). Right now the structure of that class changes based on who shows up.

srt418 said:

I run the tumbling program at a gym in central Florida. We've been building the program for the past year and so far, it has been pretty successful. It's a show up and pay as you go type of program (that's what makes it successful, not prepaying).

• So far we have 11, about to be 12 classes each week.
  • 4 of those classes are team tumbling for our mini and youth team to build their tumbling, which has been VERY successful so far. 1 of those class is a preschool cheerleading class.
  • 6 of the other classes are recreational classes that anyone, including team members can attend.
    • 1 of them is a basic/beginner class (for those that have NEVER tumbled). I spend the majority of the class on stretching, proper teachnique for starting skills (the power of the perfect lunge!), how to do correct basic tumbling that most of the classes warm up with, and we do basic drills for backhandsprings (but no backhandsprings yet!).
    • 4 of them are an experience beginner class. They are separated by age groups. They are expected to start the class already stretched. Then we spend about 20 minutes doing a warmup (from basic forward rolls to backwalkovers). 30 minutes doing a combination of drills and backhandsprings (we do LOTS of stations). 10 minutes doing a combination of front tumbling and conditioning. I have found that when girls are frustrated with backhandsprings, front tumbling (specifically front handsprings) are a great way to make them feel like they can get a skill.
    • 1 of the classes is an intermediate class (most kids take private lessons at my gym, so the intermediate class is still building). Right now the structure of that class changes based on who shows up.

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Neat idea, how much do you charge for classes?

Our gym has 1 hour open tumble class every night of the week except Wednesday. It is a pay as you go type of program, or parents can choose to pay for 2 classes a week for 55$ a month. Tumble classes are free to all registered cheerleaders. Because it's not a sign up class we get a huge mix of kids, and it's never the same each time. On a given night we may have kids anywhere from 3 to 16 levels 1 to 5 all at the same class. We warm up and stretch in a big group all together which takes about 15 minutes. Then we split the kids off into three groups based on age and skill level. Each group goes to a different area (3 total) for fifteen minutes and then rotates to the next one.It takes 4 to 6 coaches to effectively run a tumble class
Tumble Track- Kids work skills on tumble track and on a large trampoline with a tumble strip in the middle of the two to do some round-off and jump back drills.
Stations- Kids work technique on their level skills with wall drills, a barrel, a springboard, panel mats and getting spotted on the wedge mat
Floor- Kids warm up basics on lines like forward/backward rolls, handstands, front walkovers, cartwheels, and round offs. Then they go to corners where they are spotted on running passes and standing

Katybugmom said:

Neat idea, how much do you charge for classes?

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For the team tumbling, we used to charge 5$ last season. However, this season it is built in to their tuition. We only do it for youth and mini teams. Most of the junior and senior girls that want to improve their tumbling just take private lessons.
For preschool, it's $45/month.
For the recreational classes, it's $10 per class.
Private lessons are $25/half hour.

I have to say that the "pay as you go" method of payment for tumbling has been very successful for my gym. It's partially frustrating because you just never know how many kids could be at your class. We had this problem last fall. One class went from having 5 girls, to 15 the next week! The following week, we capped the class at 10 MAX! We warned girls that like to go to the larger classes that if they for sure want a spot, to come a little early. But no one had a problem with this, including the kids that we had to turn away.