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Beginning Tumbling

Students are introduced to proper body positioning, terminology, and technique. They learn about the muscle groups responsible for each tumbling skill and the role that flexibility, strength, sequencing and timing plays in tumbling. Emphasis is placed on initiating the conditioning requirements needed for intermediate and advanced tumbling.

6+ Yrs1 hourBeginningFrom $127/mo

Offered atBurbankSanta Clarita

No commitment — decide after the class.

A gymnast upside down in a handstand during Beginning Tumbling at Cal Elite

About this class

Beginning Tumbling is for new students who have little or no tumbling experience. Students are introduced to proper body positioning, terminology, and technique. They learn about the muscle groups responsible for each tumbling skill and the role that flexibility, strength, sequencing and timing plays in tumbling. Emphasis is placed on initiating the conditioning requirements needed for intermediate and advanced tumbling. Students will learn forward and backward rolls, handstand, handstand to a bridge, standing backbend to a bridge, and a kick over from a bridge Offered at Cal Elite Burbank ($172/mo) and Santa Clarita ($127/mo); tuition is based on a 4-week month.

About Beginning Tumbling

Where Beginning Tumbling sits

Tumbling runs in three levels. It leads into Intermediate Tumbling. Gymnasts join at the level that matches what they can already do, not their age.

What a class looks like

Classes run one hour, once a week. Tumbling is floor-based — rolls, cartwheels, walkovers and handsprings, with the conditioning and flexibility work that makes them safe.

Ages, tuition and where

Ages 6+. Burbank $172/mo and Santa Clarita $127/mo based on a four-week month. Offered at both Cal Elite Burbank and Cal Elite Santa Clarita — pick whichever gym is easier to get to.

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