Danik Gymnastics 547 South Locust Grove Road, Meridian, ID 83642

"My daughter has been doing gymnastics for 3 years, since she was 2. They offer all levels and ages. If you want to get serious about joining the gymnastics team they offer multiple programs. It’s been $85 for 1 class a week. The teachers are very sweet. We even did winter gymnastics camp- though it ended up being uncomfortable for my 5 year old as they had kids that were 11 and bulling her in the same class. She said she told the teachers that she was getting bullied (ie pushed into the foam pit, and the older boy was telling her Santa and the tooth fairy was not real) and the teachers “did not believe her” when I approached the them the next day I was told the boy “has continuous problems.” because of this my daughter spent 1 hr at a 6 hr camp the next day as the child who bullied her was there again. Great place for gymnastics classes, not a reasonable place for camp due to the large age range and the gymnastics instructors general apathy."

"We were here for 2.5 years and left. Ultimately, we left because my daughter was hit, scratched, had her leotard ripped off her shoulder, licked, wet willied, etc. from another little girl. (Every single class there are children who act this way) When I brought it to attention I got the sad eyes from coaches but ultimately nothing was done so I was forced to protect her myself and leave the facility. This behavior was on "pre-team." Which the entire thing is a joke. You can only get onto pre team through invitation from a coach, so you'd assume they take it seriously. The preteam class is HUGE, probably around 20 or more girls. They do not have enough qualified coaches to handle a group that big, especially when 90% of the class is unruly & horribly behaved. The majority of the class, the coaches are confused about where to even take the group of girls around the gym. It is incredibly unorganized. If it was a regular 5 year old class, fine be unorganized and confused, but if I'm paying over $100 for my daughter to "train for team," then you better train her for the team. The coaches should NEVER accept little girls onto pre-team who have zero listening skills and then use the excuse, "well they're 4 and 5 years old, so we don't expect them to listen all the time." Great, then keep them on the regular 4 - and 5 year old classes. Don't invite them to preteam. Don't start a pre team if your facility doesn't have the man power, knowledge, or ability to train for team. If you actually want your kids taught skill and techniques, they probably won't get that here unless you pay a TON for one on one coaching or get favored by a coach. Most of the coaches stand around and stare at eachother or converse while the kids get no direction and start to misbehave. Most of the coaches are straight out of high-school and act like babysitters."

"My daughter (6) has been on the girls level 1 team for about 6 months and she loves it! The coaches are very nice but strict. She has learned a lot and I feel she has become a lot stronger!"

"Our whole experience was less than ideal. Today I brought my 3 year old daughter in for her first class. The front desk gal didn’t greet us, I had to walk up to her and ask where to go and what to do, even then she didn’t show us around she just pointed and said “over there in the corner”. When class started the teacher didn’t acknowledge my daughter at all which caused my daughter to not want to join the class. My daughter has been doing gymnastics and she was 18 months old and she loves it so this was very out of character for her. The teacher never said one word to her or encouraged her to come over and join the class. She just kept standing there. I then gave up trying to get my daughter to join the class and left. I let the front desk know that she didn’t want to join the class and that the teacher did not even acknowledge her presence to which they said “oh, okay….” we were offered a morning class with a different teacher, but we can only do afternoon classes. We will be finding another gym and I wouldn’t recommend this place."

"My 3 boys wanted to try tumbling at this place. My 9 and 8 year old were in tumbling class and my 4 yr old in super tots. We did a trial classes. The older ones actually had a great time. Coach Jackson was amazing. I watched him actually teach my kids and correct their form. My boys were ecstatic and even had him come talk to me after class to make sure they could stay in his class. Super impressed with Coach Jackson and his eagerness to help the kids that were struggling. Not impressed with the super tots class. The coach was nice, but didn’t seem to enjoy what she was doing. The kids would each take turns on one thing then take a water break. It was a water break after everything. I feel this was a very wasteful way to spend the hour. There was little to no correction in regards to form and/or teaching. It was this is a trampoline, jump…this is a beam…walk on it. These are children that are little sponges. They want to learn and deserve to be taught. Nothing against teenage coaches, but of the ones I watched, I was not impressed. With the exception of coach Jackson and another female with long brown hair teaching girls on the bars. They were actually teaching and correcting their students. The rest were busy talking and not paying attention. I’m guessing they are cheap labor as opposed to an experienced adult coach. The gym is nice and big. The equipment seems to be in good shape. However, I would recommend this place take a real dive into how the coaches are portraying the facility. Families are paying for a service and it needs to be professionally delivered. Maybe try to avoid cramming several different age groups all in the same area."