Gymnastics at Gym Magic
If you’re looking for a wonderful place for kids to LEARN, LAUGH & GROW, you’ve come to the right place!
Welcome to Gym Magic Gymnastics! We’ve been a USA Gymnastics Member Club and participated in the USAG Junior Olympic Program for boys and girls since 1993. We opened our doors with the hopes of providing a fun, safe environment for young kids to enjoy gymnastics and have grown into a full multi-sport facility.
Gymnastics is the foundation of our center. It was our first sport, and it has laid the groundwork for all our other programs. We have been teaching gymnastics since 1993 and have instructed thousands of Las Cruces youth over the years. Gymnastics is truly a ‘super sport’ in that it develops the body, the mind and the emotions. Just look at the Olympics and the most watched sport: it’s always gymnastics followed by swimming and diving. Yea, GYMNASTICS!
Gymnastics is a super sport because of the strength, agility and flexibility it develops over time. And the ‘time’ our program begins is at 12 months of age in our parent and child classes called Magical Moves. Magical Moves is a fun exploration of movement in its many, varied forms. All our preschool classes take place in TumbleLand, a wildly decorated, dedicated space for preschoolers. TumbleBugs, our program for 3 to 5 year olds, also meets upstairs in their own private center. This separation from the main gym offers a safer and less hectic environment for our little ones and also allows us to provide ‘preschool-sized’ equipment for the smaller hands and feet.
We also have a private observation room for our parents and grandparents to be able to sit back and enjoy! Classes begin at 12 months of age for the Baby & Me class (Magical Moves), which has mom or dad on the floor also! You don’t want to miss this opportunity!! For 3 years and older, parents are no longer required on the floor as the little ones learn more independence and get to show their parents what they can do “all by myself”! (Parents: don’t fear; you are only a few feet away in case you or your child have some separation anxiety.) In addition, a new transition class is being offered in the TumbleBug Program: Lightning Bugs. Lightning Bugs is a combination class of Magical Moves and TumbleBugs.
After TumbleBugs, we start our gymnastics program for boys and girls in the main gym downstairs with “Over the Rainbow”, a six level progressive structure that teaches skills in small, incremental steps. This provides the greatest success for the student as they approach skills in small steps that eventually lead to more complicated skills.
We also offer USA-Gymnastics Jr. Olympic competitive teams for boys and girls. For those not wanting to compete, we also have Exhibition Teams that allow you to perfect your skills and perform at various local events.
Gym Magic was founded on the principle that all of our programs should help young kids develop into healthy, happy and confident young adults. We firmly believe children are our most precious resource and are worthy of our greatest efforts. While gymnastics is an exciting physical activity, we believe its best benefits stretch far beyond fitness and physical agility. We believe, when gymnastics is taught properly, it can be one of the best tools to teach life skills (self-confidence, courage, discipline, commitment, perseverance and mental focus) because gymnastics is naturally fun. When these positive traits are learned as a child, the possibilities for that child become limitless! Now that’s something to jump and shout about!!
We’ve been training preschool, recreational and competitive gymnasts since we opened in 1993. We moved to our new state-of-the-art multi-sport facility in August 2004 and then expanded in January 2006 by adding an additional 5,000 square feet upstairs. Our gymnastics facility spans two floors: upstairs we have Tumble Land for preschool gymnastics and downstairs we have our main gym floor for recreational and competitive gymnastics. Our gymnastics school is one of the largest in New Mexico – we strive to provide children the best equipment and facility available and to give parents a pleasant enviroment for viewing classes.
Safety is at the top of our list with special attention given to constant improvement and continual upgrades of our equipment. The following is a partial list of our equipment for gymnastics:
- 11,000 total square feet dedicated to gymnastics including a private preschool gymnastics area for added safety with age and size appropriate equipment
- Two Olympic-size, spring-loaded, foam-padded floors
- Quad bars for safe development of bar skills
- Two vault runways and vaulting systems, including one into our foam pit
- Seven balance beams at various heights
- Rings with an extra safe landing area
- An in-ground trampoline with mat-covered springs
- Two pommel horses, one horse and one mushroom for pommel training
- A 40 foot, in-ground Tumbl Trak, a special trampoline to teach tumbling safely
- Two sets of parallel bars
- An in-ground foam pit with a bungee/trampoline system for incredibly safe landings
- A 20 foot rod floor, an extra-bouncy tumbling surface leading into the foam pit
- Two sets of uneven bars
- An interchangeable high bar system with spotting platform, including a men’s high bar, women’s single rail and strap bar over an in-ground Resi-Pit
- Lots and lots of competition grade mats
- A traverse climbing wall for upper body strength and FUN
- Two observation areas, one upstairs and one downstairs
- A concession stand with drinks and snacks
- A pro shop with leotards, t-shirts and more
- A total of seven bathrooms right off the viewing areas
- A changing table and toddler play area
No one in the region has a comparable facility, period.
The best equipment in the world won’t get kids very far without good coaches. And at Gym Magic, our coaching staff really shines!! Our gymnastics coaches (as in all our programs) are hired first for their love of children and great attitudes and secondly for their skill and knowledge of their sport. Our coaching staff is USA Gymnastics Safety Certified, whether they’re teaching toddlers or competitive team members, plus attend weekly staff training meetings on safety and technique. Our coaches also attend national, regional and local training clinics to stay abreast on the latest coaching methods.
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