Tumbling for Girls and Boys Age 5 and Up
Classes
| Tiny Tumbling 5 – 7 years 45 minutes Tumbling Basics | For the young athlete who just want to work floor skills. This is our introductory level tumbling class. In this class, the student focuses on the fundamentals of tumbling. Students are developing a solid understanding of skills and learning basic movements. Focusing on forward rolls, handstands, cartwheels, round offs, and back bends, this class is station based for proper progression teaching. |
| Cheernastics 5 – 7 years 45 minutes Cheer Basics | For the young athlete who just want to learn a little bit more about the world of cheerleading. This class will focus on cheer basics including tumbling basics, jumps, flexibility, and arm movements. They will move around the gym using the trampolines, beams, and floor to work on perfecting their cheer moves. |
| Tumbling Level 1 8+ years 50 minutes Tumbling Basics & Back Walkover | This is our introductory level tumbling class. In this class, the student focuses on the fundamentals of tumbling. Students are developing a solid understanding of skills and learning basic movements. We start with forward rolls and work our way through handstands, cartwheels, round offs, back bends, kickovers, through to the back walkovers. To advance from this class, a student must be able to do a proper round off and a full back walkover. |
| Tumbling Level 2 8+ years 50 minutes Back Handspring | To advance to this class, a student must be able to do a proper round off and a full back walkover. In Level 2, we focus on drills and progressions to learn proper form on a back handspring. We focus on standing back handsprings, then connections such as round off back handsprings and multiple back handsprings. |
| Tumbling Level 3 8+ years 50 minutes Connected Back Handsprings | To advance to this class, a student must be able to do a proper back handspring. Level 3 then focuses on roundoff back handspring, and 2 connected back handsprings in a row. We use proper drills, trampoline advancement, and equipment to teach our connected skills, so the athlete can progress through using their own body awareness instead of simply being spotted through skills. |
| Tumbling Level 4 8+ years 50 minutes Back Tucks & Beyond | To advance to this class, a student must be able to do a proper roundoff back handspring, and 2 connected back handsprings in a row. Level 4 then focuses on standing back tucks and connections such as round off back handspring back tucks, back handspring back tucks, and beyond. We use proper drills, trampoline advancement, and equipment to teach our back tucks, so the athlete can progress through using their own body awareness instead of simply being spotted through skills. |
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Clinics & Drop-In
For extra help on your tumbling skills, we offer tumbling clinics and drop-in. These are a great way to get more practice on your skills.
Cheer Teams Training
Here at DG, we train Champions!
Downriver Gymnastics is proud to offer cheerleading squad tumbling for MHSAA teams as well as Legacy & Essence Cheerleading.
We offer in-season as well as off-season training. Through proper technique, progression, and drills, we teach tumbling through a gymnastics oriented process, not just spotting athletes through skills. We also specialize in Round 2 and standing tumbling cleaning.
Contact Us to set up a tumbling time for your team today!
DG is proud to work with:
| Allen Park | Melvindale | Southgate |
| Trenton | Ida | Taylor |
| Dearborn | River Rouge | Walled Lake Northern |
| Huron | Riverview | Woodhaven |
| Jefferson | Lincoln | Flat Rock |
| Lincoln Park | Shumate | Monroe |