AGT Flip City

My son and I have been taking classes together for a few weeks and having a fantastic time. Very impressed with the facilities and the people. The instructors are positive and professional.

Although the new owner (Total Sports now) has made some nice improvements to the facility itself, her attitude and demeanor is not one of a business owner or someone who should deal with the public. Rather rude, abrasive, unfriendly (to adults AND children). Why host «open gym» and constantly restricit (paid) children from play, due to scheduling gymnast classes during the same time?! Section off an area for the gymasts then! The gymnast activity around small children (open gym) is not safe. In addition, if there are items that children are not allowed to use, post a sign stating so instead of rudely yelling at children, each time, and then allowing gymnasts to use same eqpt (wooden platform, balance beams, bars, etc). Kids were used to playing on prior to new ownership. During breaks Total hosts a camp. Please note there is absolutely no supervision during those camps. When it was brought to the owners attention of a child hitting, spitting on kids, and calling racial slurs, the owners response was far from acceptable, for children Total was responsible for supervising. Not to mention, it was one of their own workers child! Our days here are done. Troy gymnastics or Airtime from now on.

It’s dirty, smelly and hot. No supervision. The staff doesn’t wear anything that makes them standout. The owner doesn’t make sure kids leave with n adult he just sits at the front desk talking to his group of people that hang out. I question the ages of some of the kids. They looked way to old to be mixed up with the younger kids. Save your money.

So this is the thing. 6−8^th grade kids LOVE this place if they come with friends, but the parents sweat it out a little bit. On Friday nights your kids can go from 7−10pm by themselves for $ 10. Parents can hang out, but there isn’t an obvious place for parents to hang, and there isn’t a seating area for parents in eye-​shot of the kids. They have to sit on a strange high blue thing. The reason parents are hesitant to leave the kids there alone is because of the throngs of aggressive teens that may show up on a Friday night, and because it seems as if the kids are going to break a bone at any moment. Sometimes there are so many kids you can hardly see your own, and the place just isn’t that big. The lighting is odd; it is not dark in there, but the owner could up the wattage a little bit. On some Fridays there aren’t any «coaches» or adult supervisors. It is mostly just a free for all. Whatever you do don’t send the kids in there with anything valuable (iPods, etc.) or more than a dollar or two for a drink. If they have money or valuables, the items are guaranteed to be stolen right out in the open by other kids. The only area for the kids to put their shoes and coats is a small wall cubby area, and I am not kidding when I say that other kids rifle through the cubbies unabashedly, stealing whatever they can find right in front of the few parents that are sitting there. It is not unheard of to see a throw down fight between a couple of older boys at the end of the night, and most Friday’s end in some kind of drama. The only reason we return is because my daughter’s friends all go, my daughter loves it, and there isn’t another place that offers this event. I would suggest that kids younger than 4^th grade stay home, and if your kids are allergic to foam rubber — run in the other direction. The owner is not the friendliest person (at least not on Friday nights :) so expect a gruff welcome.