Very nice employees. Great first impression would come back. Clean facilities, good parking. read more

Started out with a good experience here until my constant concerns for my daughter being bullied were ignored to the point my daughter finally stuck up for herself and hurt a girls feelings and in turn was the one then suspended for 2 weeks regardless of the fact i went to her COACH- JUDY multiple times prior to the suspending concerned for my daughter and how she was being treated by her teammates as well as and most importantly by her- her own coach who is supposed to encourage, to teach and to love!!! judy only showed a lack of respect and compassion for my daughters' well-being and self-esteem as a gymnast and young human being. My daughter started out with a great coach who was fun, cared for her, and encouraged her, but once the coaches changed,(good one fired) I saw a negative impact on my daughter and her self-esteem and love for the sport. The cherry on top of my constant concerns for my daughter and how she was treated by her coach and teammates was an incident during practice where her coach humiliated her in front of all the other girls after she asked her if she was tested for covid, the rest of the practice she was teased and the girls continued to assume she was just a liar and shouldn't be at practice after the coach was negligent and asked her a private question in front of the whole team where my young 7 yr old daughter felt she had to lie and say she was tested because she felt she would be wrong if she wasn't and would be asked to leave. Karen didn't address this with the coach and nothing was done here, her coach went on like this didn't happen and from what I'm hearing from other past gymnast parents is that they too have had bad experiences with this coach in the past, their fun gymnast loving child went from happy and loving of the sport to burnt out and unhappy due to the lack of nurturing and encouragement from a non family oriented coach. That all on top of the fact there were girls on the team calling my daughter fat and asking her why her legs were so big!!! - nothing came of any of that! After my daughter's 2 week suspension I had reached out to a second gym -eastern shore, about my concerns and my message was ignored and relayed to Karen the gym owner of baycity, yes, my private conversation with one gym owner was ignored and shared with a second gym owner whom I have/had 2 children enrolled with(baycity). Karen calls me and immediately unrolled BOTH of my children from her gym without any consent from me. This whole situation with both gyms was so very unprofessional, and it showed me that they do not care and have never cared about my children. I am still very upset and there is most definietly some unfinished business here and when she called me, In regards to the other gym owner who shared my private conversation with her i tried to touch on the situation again and why I reached out to another gym but I was only shut down. I was shut down by Karen, and her only response (very snotty) was, have a wonderful rest of your day, and we wish your daughter luck and the best. I'm appalled and completely heartbroken as a mother, my poor children one who has been in gymnastics since she was 3 and is now 8 is being punished and shunned from a sport she loves because two unprofessional gym owners! You know your daughter is hurt when she falls asleep in her bed, holding all her gymnastics medals she's ever won! I'm so hurt we left an amazing gym in AZ to come here with high hopes to be a part of another gym family with higher hopes for great coaches only to be very disappointed and hurt. I never thought this would happen to our family, but it has, and my poor daughter is the one punished. read more

My daughter gets excited for this class every week but she wasn't going to be let in because she didn't have a ponytail holder. Wow. She literally has the shortest hair in the whole gym. My daughter came crying to me because of this. Congratulations bay city. Not renewing. I spoke to the owner so, I feel like I need to update this review. She agreed that it was wrong for the instructor to do what she did and made us feel like there was something done. The owner also said that they have a box full of ponytail holders in the office and it was as simple as grabbing one and handing it to my daughter. It was unnecessary to make a 6 year old cry over this and glad to hear this probably won't happen again. This is a prime example of how one employee could create a bad name for the whole business. I still can't give em 5 stars but I'm not leaving it at 1 either. read more

My daughter has been going here for 3 yrs or more now and has learned a lot and it is great for her . The only complaint that I have as well as the other parents is the fact that there is not enough seating for the parents. It is a tiny room with a large window for viewing. Sometimes that's a good thing (little seating ) especially when your child is not concentrating on what the instructor is trying to put on. You the parent have become the distraction and you need to leave and come back when your child is done. It is a great gymnastics Academy. read more

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