Dulles Gymnastics

Summer Williams

I like the gym my daughter is loving it . When it was her first day she came home and said mom I had the best day at gymnastics I said that is good I am happy you had fun . I love this place a lot .

Dede Akiti

My daughter moved to Dulles Gymnastics from Dynamite in Bethesda as we recently moved. She had an awful experience, the teacher Ms Erica was very hard on her and there was no patience for her as beginner. She left in tears all 3X she attended. She said the teacher would get frustrated with the girls who couldn't "keep up" with the class and yell.."can someone else teach them, I don't have time for this" and move on to other girls. After the 3rd class, the teacher approached me mom in a public area with strangers to talk to me about my daugher, shaming her publicly about her lack of ability to catch on and needing to move her to a different level class. By the way, she was moved to this class by the same organization 2 weeks ago. There is lack of professionalism, lack of interest in the growth of the kids and not a place my child could thrive in. As a person of color, she was asked multiple times why she had braids and made her feel very uncomfortable. We withdrew from the school immediately and will not advice anyone with a child who is a beginner and genuinely want to enjoy recreational gymnastics to go here.

Jim Lloyd

Where do I begin? You walk in to a filthy atmosphere, from the musky air, to the stained carpet and chairs that after sitting in make you want to take a shower and wash your clothes. Its not just gym smell, it is a musky, moldy smell and dated and dirty place. Still, I decided to give it a chance. Not after tonight, after they had my 7 year old, IEP daughter in tears after her 6th beginner class. Very upsetting to watch, as she was so excited to go to gymnastics class. Her main goal was to learn a cartwheel. I watched on the tv screen, as you are not allowed to watch from the same room, as one of the old ladies that obviously are in no shape to perform any gymnastics themselves was trying to get my daughter to do a handstand, when we haven't even achieved a forward roll yet. She had not worked with her before, and obviously oblivious to her skill level. She had her doing some push up type exercise with her feet on a rolling mat and turned and ignored her for nearly 10 minutes as I watched on the screen and finally got up and moved to where i could see she was crying. Another instructor was the one that finally noticed and came over to her. Only then did the other lady acknowledge her. At the end of class, my daughter came running out crying and then the woman came out and tried to cover. I said I know exactly what happened as I saw on the screen and then I walked over and saw with my own eyes you were not paying a bit of attention to her attempting what she was doing non stop, over and over, as your back was turned away from her the whole time and it took another instructor coming over for her to acknowledge. At that point she starts rolling her eyes and attacking my 7 year old saying she has a negative attitude saying I can't I can't I can't.. Just a negative attitude. No lady, she was trying and trying.The only one with a negative attitude was you. There is something called Positive Reinforcement, and the instructors there should be trained to encourage and not put down children. Obviously it doesn't take a rocket scientist to realize if one can not do a forward roll yet, one probably can not do a hand stand. It does however, take common sense, which she was obviously lacking. I will not be bringing my daughter back to such a negative place with such nasty bitter old women and such horrible negative attitudes towards children. Don't just pick this place because it is the closest to you or they pay for top Google search placement. Check out a few places. Drive an extra five minutes. Don't make the same mistake we did..

The Wildthings

Our daughter enjoys coming for gymnastics here. She started when she was just 4yo. She has learned so much! I can see the improvements. It is good gym yes smelly like any other training facility and the staff is there to help when you ask. For us it is a big factor that our daughter adores her coach. Thank you Coach Faith !