Alison Biondi Gymnastics

"They do not offer tumbling, but offer preschool gymnastics for ages 2-4. The staff was great with my 2 year old even though she was highly upset most of the time and just wanted to do her own thing. Either my husband or I was always there with her so staff wouldn’t have to deal with a screaming toddler on their own. With that being said, the owner came up to me after I had just finished taking my child outside to calm down, and told me I needed to take her outside to calm down when she’s upset. I LITERALLY JUST DID THAT! Then she told me I couldn’t have her running all over the gym. She wasn’t, I just put her down while we were talking RIGHT THERE and she was running around me because she’s a 2 YEAR OLD TODDLER! I convinced her to refund us the rest of the sessions because it’s always my toddler having a tantrum the whole time. I think she’s just too young. The more I think about how I was treated by the owner, I’m upset. I handled it well there because I didn’t want to cause a scene in front of kids. I’m doing the best I can to deal with calming my toddler down and help her to learn. She treated me like I didn’t know how to parent my own child and that what I was doing was wrong. I was doing the best I could and you can’t tell me that in a class FOR 2 YEAR OLDS that they all sit on a mat to warm up and perfectly follow directions. I’m happy with how the staff treated us, but as for the owner, maybe you should consider raising the age if you can’t deal with toddlers being toddlers. We won’t be back after being treated like that. I would highly discourage anyone with a toddler who isn’t yet in preschool from trying this program."

"Would not recommend for younger kids. My daughter went here at 2-3 years and the class was ok. She improved on some skills but there was a lot of disorganization. When we rejoined after taking the summer off at 3.5 years, the class was chaotic and the instructors couldn’t handle the kids. All of the instructors the entire class ran after kids, ignoring kids like my daughter who followed instructions. My daughter barely got any practice and wasn’t taught any new skills. All of the instructors are young kids themselves who are mostly in high school and don’t know how to handle this age group. I’m giving two stars instead of one because I think the instructors do the best they can with little to no instruction themselves on this age. My daughter loves gymnastics but asked that we stop going here."

"Alison is an incredible coach, dedicating her life to developing top notch gymnasts - finding their talents and motivating them to be better every day. You can tell this is her passion and her team’s passion to build and teach these incredible athletes!"

"I wouldn’t recommend this place for younger kids. Our daughter started out in the three year old class and it went fairly well. When she moved up to the older class the teacher she had was terrible to her. She was yelled at constantly when she didn’t understand something because she was new, the teacher did not take the time to teach her and help her understand what she should be doing. The first day of her new class we overheard the teacher saying she was only there because she needed the money. Most of the teachers are teenage girls who seem less than interested to be working with young children. I wish we could say we had a good experience."

"We have almost been with the gym for a year and absolutely the best positive experience we’ve had. Gym coaches and staff very knowledgeable, family friendly, and cost effective. Our daughter enjoys coming and learning everyday. This gym has become our second family."