"My son and daughter just love their Gym Ventures gymnastics classes. They have learned and developed so much in only a few months. The coaches are so caring and knowledgable...it's the most kid and family friendly facility we have been to and we would recommend Gym Ventures to any parent looking for a great gymnastics program in San Diego."
Gym Ventures classes are designed to teach fundamental gymnastics on the Olympic apparatus: bars, beam, vault, floor and trampoline. We use many different skill-building pieces of equipment including but not limited to: wedge and panel mats, barrels, octagons and trapezoids. Our weekly themes and lesson plans are designed to teach new and challenging skills while reinforcing skills taught from previous classes.
Baby Ventures: 10 months - 18 months
Time: 30 minute class
Description: This class is designed for parents and babies. It offers a great experience to bond with your child while incorporating movement, colors, and shapes. This is a great time for both parent and child to socialize in a fun, loving, safe environment. Basic skills are practiced each week and include: stretching, rolling, parachute games, music, bubbles, barrel rocks, and much more.
Tot Ventures: 18 - 24 months
Time: 45 minute class
Description: This class is a parent participation class that teaches gymnastic lessons to both the parent and gymnast as the parent is the child’s first teacher. The parents will be taught how to spot their children on basic gymnastics skills such as a forward roll and donkey kicks. The children will get to use all of the Olympic apparatus and equipment that is sized just for their small stature. Colorful obstacle courses, fun stations, and great lesson plans, are in your child’s future with this fun, class.
Mini Ventures: 2 - 3 years
Time: 45 minutes
Description: This class is much like Tot Ventures. The children in this class will get to experience all of the above and more. The class will start with a group activity or stretch and then move onto the different events and finish off with another group activity helping to prepare your child for circle time at school. Your child will have the opportunity to work on skills such as forward and backward rolls, various jumps, donkey kicks, swings, balancing and so much more.
Pre Ventures: 3 - 4 years
Time: 50 minutes
Description: This class for girls and boys is designed especially for this age group. Awesome lesson plans ensures your child to learn all of the beginning to more challenging level gymnastic skills as well as unconditional respect for self and others. Clear communication, daily challenges and stations set up for children to try skills on their own help kids feel successful and independent.
Successes keep your child enjoying learning especially when we catch them doing something right!
Kinder Ventures (Pre-K – Kindergarten)
Time: 55 minutes
Description: This class is a more advanced version of our pre ventures program. In this class the children will also be taught very basic routines to share with family and friends throughout the year. Skills for this level include but not limited to: movements on floor through more advanced obstacles circuits and stations, games, and use of climbing ropes, new positions and skills on balance beam such as the swan and shark pose. Skills on bars such as hip pullovers, proper hand grip positions and glide swings.
Advanced Kinder Ventures: Pre K - Kindergarten - invitation only
Time: 55 minutes
Description: This class is for those 3-5 year olds that have demonstrated the ability to focus and are ready to work independently on progression stations while learning more advanced skills with and without spot as they gain confidence in their abilities. While working hard, these gymnasts will still have fun while gaining strength, flexibility and complex body coordination.
GIRLS
Girl Ventures I: grades 1 and 2
Time: 55 minutes
Description: Through our lesson plans and USAG level routines we teach skills such as cartwheels, handstands, back and front walkovers, and round-offs on floor. On the beam we teach single leg swing over mount and cartwheel dismounts along with leaps, jumps and turns. On bars we cover front and back hip circles, single leg shoot through and mill circles. At vault your gymnast will work on handstand to flat back and build up to front handspring off the horse. GV uses tumble track to strengthen floor skills and tumbling passes as well as increase strength and cardio in this class.
Girl Ventures II: grades 3 and up
Time: 55 minutes
Description: This class has all the skills as the girl ventures I, but designed for the older gymnast in mind!!
Advanced Girl Ventures I: grade 1 and 2 – invitation only
Time: 55 minutes
Description: Gymnastics is a sport of repetition so at this advanced level, we recommend that the gymnast comes to class twice a week as they will be learning harder, more complex skills. This is when gymnasts have fun because of the harder skills they start mastering on their own and ringing the bell to announce to everyone in the gym of their new skills.
Advanced Girl Ventures II: grade 3 and up – invitation only
Time: 85 minutes
Description: These older girls are working on more advanced skills than usually the Advanced Kid Ventures I, but with a similar intensity.
Pre Team Stripes: any age girls – invitation only
Time: 85 minutes
Description: Gymnasts invited to this group are focused on learning and mastering the Level 4 Team skills. Conditioning and flexibility become more a part of their work out as they need these attributes to find success with the more challenging skills. This is a class that is still recreational, but is moving the gymnast in the direction of competition if they are so inclined. These gymnasts are one level away from trying out for Pre Team Stars.
Pre Team Stars: any age girls – invitation only
Time: 2 hours; twice a week - mandatory
Description: These gymnasts have signed a contract indicating that they understand the dedication, commitment and expectation that is being asked of them when they commit to Pre Team Stars. This level is one step away from earning a spot on Team. These gymnasts are taking their Level 4 skills that they have mastered and are putting them into the Level 4 routines.
Girls Team: any age girls – invitation only
Time: 3 hours; three times per week - mandatory
Description: We are very proud of our growing team! We have Level 4 and Level 5 gymnasts that are dedicated to our Team program. These girls have grown up in our gym and are family. For more information, you can speak to the office or set up an appointment for your child to be assessed.
BOYS
Boys Sport Ventures I: grades 1 and 2
Time: 55 minutes
Description: This energetic class was designed with boys in mind. They don’t just use gymnastics equipment they go over “gym mat” mountains and swinging on Tarzans’ rope over a pit of snakes while rescuing the world all in one 55 minute class. While doing all that Gym Ventures also incorporates beginning gymnastic skills listed in our Kid Ventures as well as our USAG level routines using all the boys’ apparatus. Here at Gym Ventures we go a step further and utilize our facility to improve and maintain skills that can be used in other sports as well, strength, conditioning, flexibility, and coordination drills to name a few. The next level is Advanced Sport Ventures for boys working more difficult skills.
Boys Sport Ventures II: grades 3 and up
Time: 55 minutes
Description: This class is like Boys Sport Ventures I but the lesson plans are designed with older boys in mind.
Boys Advanced Sport Ventures II: older boys – invitation only
Time: 85 minutes
Description: This class is focused on the more advanced skills on the boys apparatus of high bar, pommel horse, vault, rings, parallel bars and floor while increasing their strength and overall coordination and safety awareness.
Pre Team Boy Padawans: younger boys – invitation only
Time: 85 minutes
Description: Our Padawans are a young Pre Team group that are working on skills that are getting them ready for our boys Team.
Pre Team Boys Jedi Knights: older boys – invitation only
Time: 2 hours twice a week - mandatory
Description: These boys have been moved up to the Jedi Knights because they have worked very hard and shown a commitment to gymnastics indicating their interest in competing on our Boys Team.
Boys Team Jedi Masters: any age boys – invitation only
Time: 3 hours; three times per week - mandatory
Description: For more information, you can speak to the office or set up an appointment for your child to be assessed.
*ADVANCED LEVELS ARE BY COACHES REFERRAL ONLY
Focus is on proper technique and learning more advanced skills. These programs are designed for the gymnast that may want to continue in our higher level recreational classes and or competitive team. If your child would like to be evaluated for team please speak to the office to arrange a time.
SPECIALTY
Cheer: 10 – 17 years
Time: 55 minutes
Description: We want these 10-17 year olds to be ready for their cheer program by helping them strengthen their tumbling and jumps. This class is mostly focused on floor tumbling and the tumble trak trampoline along with specific conditioning. Our goal is to make sure that these participants have a safe and positive environment to increase their skills.
Middle/High School Ventures 10 – 17 years
Time: 55 minutes
Description: This class is for the teenager that maybe didn’t learn how to cartwheel when they were younger and now want to learn it just for fun or for the teen that did gymnastics as a kid and would now like to get back in it to stay fit. Whatever, the case maybe Gym Ventures is here to meet your teenager’s needs. The gym is a great place to help teach your teen responsibility and respect for them self and towards others. GV prides itself on having positive roll models for your teenager to look up to.
Adult Gymnastics: 18 years & up
Time: 85 minutes or 75 minutes
Description: All beginner, intermediate and advanced adults are welcome. This class is structured with a coach who will guide everyone through warm ups, line drills and then work on the goals of the participants in the class whether it’s cartwheels or a tumbling pass. This class has structure if you want it, but the adults can also choose to go to any event to practice. The coach is present and spotting the whole class if asked. Conditioning is optional at the end. This class is not for high level ex-gymnasts who want to throw double backs.
Providing Kids Activities in Central and Coastal San Diego areas:
San Diego 92130 92101 92103 92109/ Ocean Beach 92107 / Point Loma 92106 / Mission Beach 92108 / Pacific Beach 92109 / Hillcrest, Mission Hills 92103 / Old Town 92110 / Clairemont 92117 / Linda Vista 92111 / La Jolla 92037 / UTC 92122 / Carmel Valley 92130
