Sonshine Gymnastics-Holly

Aaron

i love this place!! the workers are so nice and welcoming🤩 10/10 to be honest

Reagan Blesh

Could not have been more happy with Sonshine Gymnastics. The coaches there are amazing - shoutout John!

Pj Nettesheim

Awesome!

Evan Bahoric

We tried out Sonshine for a few months and were disappointed on many levels. 1. COVID Concerns - If this is a concern for your family, I recommend avoiding this place at all costs. IF Covid is not a concern for your family, see below. You should know right away that the ownership, coaches, and nearly the entire staff DID NOT wear masks at any time while being around small children who cannot yet get the vaccine. I brought up this concern several times, and it was just ignored. With the recent spike in Omicron cases, I was told on the phone they would continue to not require or encourage masking. We promptly cancelled our membership. 2. Staff Training - During our time here, I did not feel as if my daughter was encouraged, coached, or simply paid attention to. The revolving coaches were simply warm bodies that shouted commands at the children every now and then. I used to run the high school training program for teens that wanted to be counselors at the YMCA. Based on my experience, I would have serious conversations about the way staff present themselves to children and how to effectively manage and coach a huddle of small children. Not once did I hear anyone address my daughter by her name after weeks and weeks because it was obvious they never bothered to learn it. 3. Disorganization - nearly every week, the facility was FAR too crowded making it extremely disorienting and intimidating for children in the 5 and under class. The coach would consistently not have a thought out game plan of what was being worked on for the week or activities planned ahead of time. Instructions to the kids (REMEMBER, 5 and under)...were simply.."Ok, here you'll do a forward roll, here a jump, here on your hands and feet only." No demonstration, no explanation, just a, "Hey kids with little attention spans, hope you heard that thing I said one time in this really loud room!" 4. Discipline - Parent expectations should be addressed as well. During our time, many parents simply just sit on the bleachers reading their kindles or staring into the void of their phones, leaving their children with teenagers that have no idea how to discipline children. This created an environment where some kids would consistently cut in line, act up, etc, and take away the coaches attention. Surprisingly, coaches would often feed those behaviors by simply showing the kids acting out POSITIVE attention and ignoring the children trying their best to follow the rules. This place has a monopoly on Holly Springs, and they know it. This review WILL fall on deaf ears, because I'm sure somebody took our spot within minutes. I STRONGLY encourage you to think about what your family is getting out of this place. Maybe if your kids are older and actually want to compete at some level...this could be a good fit, but I do not think Sonshine should be holding classes for 1st grade or lower without seriously restructuring their entire program. Honestly, if you buy some cheap equipment on Amazon, your kid will have better coaching from a person that cares about them (you), will get more physical activity and skills learned cause you own the equipment and can set your own schedule, and you'll save a ton of money.