Encore Gymnastics

Our daughter just loves Encore. She started out with Itty Bitty Buddy Blast, moved on to classes and had her 3^rd birthday here. She has a blast every time she comes. The staff is friendly, competent, encouraging and safety conscious which I cannot say about East Bay Sports.

We had my sons birthday here– we were super impressed. They did a great job entertaining the kids and burning their energy. Also the facility was perfect. You bring your own food and their staff helps to serve. Best birthday party yet.

My daughter has been attending Encore for over a year. Just recently we decided to celebrate my daughters 6^th birthday here and it was so awesome. The lovely ladies who helped me with the party were wonderful! They played so well with all the kids and gave them great directions. My favorite part of the event was how helpful they were the entire time and happy I was because I was able to enjoy the party without worrying about getting things prepared.
They set up the party room, decorated, served the food and dessert, cleaned up the room, packed up all our belongings, and everything just flowed so smoothly. My only reason for 4 out of 5 stars is because of how rushed it felt at times. The length of time could be adjusted.
Over all my daughter was very happy and felt that she had the perfect party. I would recommend encore to many of my friends and their kids.

My son has been attending Encore Gym for 1−½ years. He has had a wonderful experience so far. He has been on a boys’ performance team for nearly a year and has received excellent coaching from Brandon and Dan. They not only have helped him develop gymnastics/​tumbling skills but have also helped him develop his self-​confidence. We feel very fortunate to have found Encore Gymnastics.

I’ve got 2 very active boys that love to climb and run and play. Encore has definitely become one of our top places to go. We’ve had a birthday party here, nothing fancy but it’s a great place to let your kids run around. They have separate rooms for parties and staff to help you with set up, which is nice. We have taken classes and definitely have our favorite instructors. It can be a little hit or miss with the teachers but overall we have been happy. We are glad that Encore is in our neighborhood and LOVE, LOVE, LOVE parents night out!!!

And today was our last day, no individual attention is being given, I enrolled my son early this year and today I had the time to go myself and boy was I shocked! During the entire hour the teacher «told» my son what to do and just moved on to other kids without actually helping my son with whatever moves he needs to do. No thank you

My daughter celebrated her birthday here. The staff is friendly, organized and professional.
It was such a fun party. Her favorite part was the rock climbing. The foam pit was also a big hit! The staff provided all of the paper products and we ordered great pizza from Mountain Mikes nearby.
The day was effortless and fun for both the boys and girls who attended. We definitely recommend Encore!

Review is for the kids gymnastics:
Our 3 year old loves this gym, Miss Melissa is a great help for the kids, good trainer, and the staff and other kids are pretty easy going! One recommendation I am sure every parent has is this (Listen up other parents), if your kid is sick and coughing everywhere… don’t bring them to class… Jeeeeezzzzz).
Overall, great time for the kids, gives them some focus, you’ll see your kid «practicing» walking through parking lots (walking the beam, toe walking, and balancing). It’s pretty cool, good pricing, and great for the kiddos! go here, you won’t go wrong!

There are some really talented coaches here who are great with kids. Both of my kids love their classes here and we frequent the mid day camp.

So shortly after writing this post I received a post card from Encore saying the girl that caused so much damage to their rep is no longer with the gym. They invited me to come back and try another class. A few months went by, and due to my work hours changing my daughter could no longer go to her dance class at 3pm. I needed to find something for her to do that was in the evening. Encore has a great class schedule that fits in with my work schedule… and my daughter loves the idea of gymnastics class.
I gave it another shot. Like night and day! This time there were 2 girls teaching the new kids class. Which allowed for more one on one attention to my daughters «first» class. And these girls were great! They paid attention, they gave words of encouragement and smiled!
Only thing I would say is the front desk is still a little lacking. You can stand there at the desk making it obvious you need help and no one really pays attention. But whatever. My little girl is happy that she can take gym and I feel much better about having her in class now.

My daughter is now 3 years old and has been doing gymnastics here for almost 2 years now. She also just started doing their ballet/​tap combo about a month ago. She LOVES it and looks forward to coming every week.
The staff here is super friendly! Her teachers are always helpful in accommodating my daughters needs and are always cheerful. The front desk is also great too– I often find myself wandering over to talk to them while my daughter is in class.
They have awesome things here other than dance & gymnastic classes. On the first Friday of each month they have an «open gym» for toddler for an hour. It is only $ 3 (or $ 5 if you’re not a member), and the children get to run around and play with all the equipment under parent supervision. I reccomend getting here early for parking purposes. It can get a bit crowded, but that’s to be expected.
My boyfriend and I also like taking advantage of their «parent’s night out.» They usually run this once of twice a month on a saturday from 6−10pm. I was a bit skeptical at first, but it is very well organized! They have the kids split up in groups based on age, and are heavily staffed. My daughter always has so much fun playing and engaging in all the activities they plan, while her dad and I get some much needed alone time!
There are two things that could be seen as downsides.
1. It is a bit pricey! I pay a little over $ 100/​month for one dance class & 1 gymnastics class per week. But the facility and staff are so nice, I personally think it’s worth it.
2. The parking in the afternoons can be a bit crazy! I take my daughter to gymnastics on friday mornings and it isn’t an issue. But for her dance class on monday afternoons, its a whole different story! The parking lot is crazy, and the gym does get a bit crowded!
Overall, I would, and have, reccomend this place to friends!

Tot time here is great! Well laid out and a huge space. There are not a lot of employees who are watching the kids so you need to be on your game, but def worth the $ 5!

My daughter took classes here from the time she was 1 year old until she was about 4. I loved the Parent/​Toddler classes because it was a fun way to get her moving, improve her motor skills, and have some bonding time.
The facility can get crowded in the evening and parking is sometimes difficult. Air conditioning in the summer is nonexistent and their teaching staff is rather young. On the other hand, their coaches are very friendly and approachable and they seem to have a lot of Family Nights as well as other gym functions (all for extra fees).
We eventually moved to a different gym because we felt our daughter’s skills weren’t improving and we wanted more structure during her classes.

The reaaon for my two star rating is because of how they are being unfair about the age you could have your child do ballet. Today I spoke to a family who said they allowed their daughter (2.5) try out for the class when you need to be 3. I understand about their attention span so that is reasonable but what bothers me is they allowed her to try out to see if she can pay attention but not giving my daughter (who really wants to learn as well) a chance. To me that is so unfair! I am real upset about this place and will go to dance ace academy in walnut creek instead! Dont honor for one person and not the other. Im only trying to make my daughter happy. She enjoys ballet alot, practices and talks about it all the time. I say just give her one try but they wont. Only for some people.

Upon reading my review, Encore sent me two gift certificates with an apology for our time being cut a bit short. I thought that was over and beyond customer service & I will definitely be a regular!

We like to come here every 1^st Friday of the month for $ 5 open gym from 11 – 12. If you are going there for your first time I would suggest to arrive earlier to sign the waiver form and pay. It is a great way to test out the gym if you are thinking to take classes there.
The gym is pretty awesome. They have everything gymnastics you can think of. Balance beams, high bars, tumbling mats, tons of balls, obstacle courses, trampolines, hula hoops etc. Upstairs they have bigger tramprolines, foam pit, and slides.
There is a lot of things your toddler can do here that promotes being physical and coordination. Sometimes my son gets over stimulated and jumps from one activity to another.

It was good 3 yrs ago, but the incoming coaching staff seems immature and they don’t seem to be getting adequate training.
We are looking for a better place!

Had a HORRIBLE experience here. Took my daughter there for some extra help on her back walkover. When I got there they were quick to take my money, but didn’t give me any instructions. Then my daughter took the lesson, and after the lesson was over the coach taught a class so I didn’t speak to her. I left a message for her to call me back and let me know how my daughter was doing. She didn’t call till 2 days later. Then called and left a message for her to call me back to schedule another lesson and she NEVER returned my call. So UNPROFESSIONAL!

Their lessons are really fun.

We had my 4 year old Birthday party here last Sunday. My son has attended classes here but after trying a hip hop class at funkmoade last summer we made the switch. This Gym is our rainy day facility. The Coaching staff has always been nice and very helpful. The female coach was obvious the leader of the group and was extremely energetic… Extremely! I didnt see one sad face on any of the kids. Well except when one kid dropped her Cake pop on the floor but hey you cant make everyone happy. I don’t write a lot of reviews unless a business really impresses me or really angers me. I’m a very patient person. So.
I’m writing this review as more of a Thank you to the staff that lead my sons Birthday. I want to Thank Sara D. for being amazingly fun and exciting for the kids. You did a great job and I hope they give you a raise. Thank you to Matt the other Coach that handled all the catering services. And although parents were not allowed on the equipment. And we did have a few incidental parent equipment contacts, I would like to Thank Sara for being patient with the parents. You wouldn’t think it would be the parents who were the problem, but we all have a little kid in us dont we. which brings me to another point.
I decided to read a few reviews before I posted this. And I was extremely surprised by many of the reviews. But then I realized it wasn’t the kids that were writing the reviews it was the parents. I didnt notice one review that had quotes form any of the children. SO. I asked my 4 year old son what he thought of his birthday party at Encore. Heres what he said.
Me: Did you have fun at Encore today?
Son: Yes. (hes not a talker)
Me: What did you like?
Son: I like the trampoline. I was jumping high. I was jumping high and got tired. Daddy can we go back there tomorrow.
Me: Will see
Son: Daddy Im tired. I think I jump to much.
I realized that children dont see the same things we see. All they see is fun. And thats all I want for him. Is to have fun. He’s 4 years old, and all he wants to do is jump high. He dosent care about air conditioning and class curriculum. He just wants to jump high.