Best Gymnastic Classes in Memphis

CK Dance Theatre is a Christian-based dance and tumbling studio in Olive Branch that offers gymnastics, cheer, and dance classes such as ballet, tap, jazz, hip-hop, contemporary, praise, and pointe as well as adult dance classes. The studio offers summer camps with fun themes like prince and princess camp, jungle camp, aloha camp, sports camp, superheroes camp, and more. CK Dance Theatre has a parent-toddler tumbling class to help improve kids’ motor schools. CK Dance Theatre also offers adult dance classes like tap and an urban fusion class that mixes cardio, hip-hop, and African dance moves to promote fitness.

ConXion Gym of Performing Arts in Hernando offers gymnastics, tumbling, cheer, and dance classes, as well as piano, voice, and violin lessons. The gym also offers camps, clinics, and open gym sessions. The facility offers dance classes in genres such as ballet, pointe, jazz, lyrical, and tap. Other classes include a cardio ballet class, a leaps-jumps-and-turns class, and a preschool dance class. The preschool dance class teaches little ones coordination and body awareness and even incorporates a short tap dance lesson into each class. ConXion Gym of Performing Arts has at least four different competitive gymnastics teams and a competitive cheer team.

Gymstars in Collierville has been in business for nearly 30 years and offers gymnastics classes starting at three years old. The gym has a preschool program that gives kids a solid foundation for fitness by increasing strength, flexibility, endurance, agility, and coordination. The preschool program teaches little ones how to roll and fall safely as well as how to listen and follow directions. The program also builds self-esteem and confidence and improves a child’s goal-setting and concentration skills. Gymstars also offers a recreational program. Children who do well in the preschool program move on to join the recreational program and those who excel at skills taught in the recreational program may be invited to join the gym’s competitive team. The recreational program teaches skills like handstands, round-offs, front rolls, back bend kick overs, proper vaulting technique, and more.

Intrepid Gymnastics of Horn Lake is a family-owned and –operated gym with a low student-to-teacher ratio. Intrepid Gymnastics offers preschool classes, girls and boys tumbling classes, and a competitive gymnastics team. A girl must pass the bronze, silver, and gold levels of gymnastics classes before she can progress to the pre-team program and then, the competitive gymnastics program. Intrepid Gymnastics offers USA Gymnastics competition teams for levels two through 10. There is a tumbling class for boys and a tumbling class for both genders. Intrepid Gymnastics also offers birthday parties. The gym offers discounts to first responders, military, police, and firefighters. Intrepid Gymnastics also offers multiple class and multiple child discounts.

Memphis Pride Allstars Cheer & Dance in Cordova teaches young athletes the skills needed to participate in cheer and dance competitions using different stunts, formations, and choreography. Each team generally enters three to four competitions per year, traveling to different cities throughout Tennessee and surrounding states. Memphis Pride Allstars Cheer & Dance helps children learn about commitment and teamwork and helps them to develop traits such as dedication and mental toughness. The gym offers tumbling classes, open gyms, and skills camps. The facility’s Pride Pro Shop carries items such as practice shirts, team uniforms, backpacks, apparel for parents of teammates, and even American Girl Doll outfits.

South East Gymnastics Academy in Collierville offers fitness classes, preschool gymnastics, gymnastics programs, competitive gymnastics teams, and cheer tumbling programs. The competitive girls gymnastics team has more than 60 girls from ages five to 18 that compete in events throughout the state and in neighboring states. Each year, multiple members of the gym's team qualify for regional and national competitions. The academy has a competitive gymnastics team for ages five and six and a competitive team for ages seven and up. South East Gymnastics Academy hosts summer camps, birthday parties, and private lessons for students looking to strengthen their skills.

Wimbleton Gymnastics in Bartlett offers preschool and recreational gymnastics, cheer, and tumbling classes and private lessons. Preschool classes are for three- and four-year-olds and typically have a six-to-one student-to-teacher ratio. Wimbleton Gymnastics has girls-only classes, boys-only classes, and boys and girls classes that contain seven to eight students for every one teacher. The gym also hosts kids’ parties, during which children can use the gym’s party area to play with the facility’s trampoline and tumble track, hula hoops, parachutes, and other equipment. Other squads are welcome to rent out the gym’s floor for practices.