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Acton:  978-369-9034

Cambridge:  617-441-9700

Norwood:  781-769-6150

Plainville:  508-695-2600

Fun and Fitness Lead the Way

They always leave a little taller.

Skills for Life

Learning to set goals and gaining self-esteem.

Something for Everyone

Boys Extreme Classes, Tumbling, Wrestling, Adult Classes, and Jaikido.

Developing Healthy and Happy Kids

Helping kids reach their potential and shoot for the stars.

Preschool Theme Weeks

Dora & Diego, Western, Olympics, and more ...

Home Benefits

Treasure Chest

The following chart can act as a treasure map, illustrating the fundamental relationship between gymnastics and academic goals. The right side of the chart lists activities common to gymnastics, while the left side shows the link to academic skills and school success. The more a child tumbles, climbs, creeps, and crawls, the more densely wired the brain becomes for academic success. Movement is the architect of a child’s brain. The two hemispheres of the brain are designed to constantly communicate with one another. The left side of the brain controls the right side of the body, and vice versa. Bilateral activities, common to all gymnastic programs, require both sides of the body to work together and separately. Coordinated movement patterns create fluent readers who complete reading tasks with ease. For example, during reading, the left hemisphere attends to letters and the sequence of words, while the right side of the brain focuses on comprehending what is read. Reading fluency depends on an intimate conversation between the two hemispheres of the brain-a clear signal.

Academic Treasure Chest

10 Perfect Reasons

1. Develop Coordination

2. Develop Flexibility

3. Develop Strength and Power

4. Gain Self-Esteem and Confidence

5. Learn to Listen and Follow Directions

6. Social Interaction with Peers

7. Develop Skills to Enhance other Sports

8. Learn to Set Goals

9. Learn Fundamentals of Movement

10. It's Fun

Benefits

ALL children benefit from classes and participation in gymnastics. The areas listed below are a small sampling of the actual benefits from gymnastics. You have done a terrific job of parenting by getting your child interested in this educational sport. Many of the benefits of gymnastics are NOT related to learning gymnastic skills, but more important developmental areas that will help your child become a better student and young adult. Gymnastic programs are not solely about creating gymnasts. ALL children, regardless of ability, should participate in gymnastics for between 3-5 years to get the full benefit of what gymnastics offers.

Self-Esteem & Confidence
Through the challenge of learning gymnastics skills, the students gain confidence with each step that they take. Doing skills on the beam and bars helps them gain confidence in their own abilities. This improved self confidence will transfer to other areas of their lives including school.

Coordination
Gymnastics instruction helps develop better coordination and body movement. For the young child, where their world is more physical than mental, a great deal of their self confidence comes from how coordinated they are.

Non “Star” Athletes
Some children do not have the skills to be a “star” athlete in any sport. But in gymnastics we can control their progress and challenges. Children who are a little weaker, a little overweight and/or a little less flexible can all find success with our terrific, caring gymnastics teachers. EVERY child can benefit from gymnastics.

Hard Work Ethic
In gymnastics, kids have to earn the skills through hard work, we just can’t give them to them. This hard work shows them that the more they work the more they learn.

Flexibility
Participatio in gymnastics helps the athletes become more flexible, enhancing competency in other sports. Flexibility also helps limit injuries.

Social Skills
Especially for the younger ones, gymnastics affords a weekly opportunity to learn about social skills like listening, following directions, taking turns, being quiet, respecting others and a lot more.

Discipline
There are rules in gymnastic classes and the teachers treat these rules as being very important. The more positive discipline the children receive the safer they will be.

Politeness
We stress politeness in classes as the way to treat others. The teacher is polite to the students and the students are expected to act the same to the teachers and to their classmates.

Fitness
Fitness is CRITICAL to the current and future health of our children. Gymnastics classes are full of activities that will make your child more fit and help keep them healthy.

Overcoming Fears
Some parts of gymnastics are very challenging. We challenge them with “attainable challenges” so that they are successful the majority of the time. To face a challenge, overcome fear, and then accomplish the challenge is a wonderful part of gymnastics classes and it happens all the time.

Learning To Perform In Front Of People
Gymnastics classes have the students perform their skills in front of other students which helps teach “performance” making performing in front of others easier. Gymnastics students tend to be the 1st ones at school to volunteer to do things in front of the class as they have learned to “perform” which is going to help them throughout their lives.

Determination
Gymnastics builds determination. Some gymnastics skills are hard to master so the children learn determination in continuing to work hard even when things are tough.

Strength & Power Development
Moving and lifting their bodies during gymnastics activities helps build strength. This helps the gymnast as well as the students who are also in other sports.

Caring Teachers
Our gymnastics teachers care about EVERY student regardless of their ability level. We KNOW that every child can learn a great deal by being involved in this incredible sport.

Everychild is important in our gymnastics classes.
 

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News & Events

Fall Classes are now in Full Swing. Click on one of our locations above to learn about registering for one of our exciting classes.

Congratulations to our Girl's Gymnastics State Championship Teams

Check out GAB's Ball Pit in a National Commercial with Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics.
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Have you seen one of these great commercials about gymnastics on your television?
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Testimonials

"Gymnastics class is the only thing my 2 year old will leave his early morning cartoons for."
    - Littleton Parent

"When we first started here my daughter was very unsure physically, very timid.  But gymnastics has done so much for her in the way of self-esteem and building confidence in herself."
    - Westwood Parent

"You guys do such a great job with the preschool setups and themes, where do you find time to set all this up?"
    - Norwood Parent

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Testimonials

"Our twins had  a blast at their party here, the staff really kept them moving."
    - Acton Parent

"Wow, your teachers have so much energy!  Our son loves it here!"
    - Concord Parent

"You guys are awesome!  The kids here are awesome!"
    - Plainville Parent