Pride of Illinois Collinsville - Gymnastics and Cheerleading

"If I could give zero stars I would. My daughter was removed from pride due to abusive coaching techniques being used. My daughter was on the gymnastics team and after multiple witnessed occurrences I removed her from the gym. These have since been reported. I attempted to leave on good terms simply stating the pressure was too much for my daughter at the time. Coaches then began telling her former teammates that she had a “mental illness” as to why my daughter would not be returning to the gym. I quickly addressed this with the owner. I was never apologized to, never even a phone call. I spent thousands of dollars at the gym yearly and how I have been completely ignored is unbelievable.I would never recommend the gymnastics program at this gym to anyone."

"My daughter does gymnastics at this gym and we both love it! Such a big difference from other gyms in the area! We decided to have her birthday party here this year and it was so much fun! We had 22 kids from ages 2-17 and all of them raved about how much fun they had! Great staff, great atmosphere, and very clean!"

"We don't do gymnastics, but we had a birthday party for our 9 year old at Pride. They were AMAZING! It was so nice to have up to 20 kids at a reasonable price, no clean up, and lots of fun for the kids. They recently added a "ninja" area which my son thought was really cool. I'd highly recommend this place. They also had excellent communication before and after the party."

"This place is amazing ! Huge variety of classes, days and time. Super accommodating to help you find a class and switch if it wasn't the right fit. Also amazing staff that help encourage the kids and bring them out of their shell. All three of mine go here and I love watching them learn new skills and grow even through the hard things"

"My 4 year old has been going here a few months doing the explorers class in the jungle (the pre school area). She absolutely loves it. I love that they change up the set up every couple weeks to keep it new and exciting. My daughter has learned a lot and gained a ton of confidence through this program. And it tires her out nicely :) I will say that the level of instruction given by different coaches seems to vary widely. In just the few months we've been there she had several different coaches filling in so we have seen a handful of styles. They've all been nice enough, but some seemed super uninterested. In particular one only played on her phone nearly the entire time never giving more than super basic instructions which was really frustrating. I know it's "just pre-schoolers" and can get boring to watch the same thing over and over, but I had expected a little more effort. On the other hand, she has had a few others who were absolutely amazing and actually helped teach the kids what was expected and how to improve (which is what I was expecting). As a parent of a young child I really love that we are allowed to observe the classes because I wouldn't feel comfortable leaving her without a parent at this age. The ladies at the front desk have also been super friendly and helpful when I have any questions. And when I signed up online to start I didn't explicitly select the new member special so I figured I missed out on that promo, but they caught it and adjusted our payment the second month which was a nice surprise."