I had my son at Gymagine for six months and the coaches for the younger kids are INCOMPETENT and that is being generous to give them that much credit..
The coaches for the younger kids (3-7 year old) are high school kids who do NOT know how to deal with younger kids. Half the time the coaches do not show up and then they scramble to find a fill in coach so they either consolidate 2 classes into 1 or they cancel the class all together. When they do show up, they do not know how to coach young kids, they are ineffective to communicate instructions. They do not demonstrate the activities to provide a visual so the kids can see what is being asked of them.
I recently took my other son to a birthday party and it looks like they have actually gotten worse. My son takes gymnastics at a different gym and understands the basics but he completely shut down at Gymagine and refused to participate after 15min because the coaches do not interact with kids, they do not demonstrate moves and they do not provide any personal instructions. There were 4 instructors at the party and none of them provided any assistance or extra instructions to kids who were unfamiliar with a gym environment. There were kids crying and scared and needed a little assistance to walk across a balance beam and you would think someone would help the kids. Gymagine solution to kids crying and being scared was to provide instructions over a loud speak (P.A. system). If you are considering this place at all then take the free class and try one or two of the other gyms before you sign up. Once you participate in a gym that has competent instructors then you will not sign up for gymagine. There are gyms in Everett and in Mount lake terrace. I live close to gymagine and the extra drive time to a different gym is well worth the investment.
In summary, the coaches at gymagine are high school kids with no experience and they have ZERO work ethic.
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