Since its opening, Sun Country has been the premier training grounds for the Gainesville area’s top gymnasts. Our gymnastics programs reflect our overall commitment to providing the highest quality gymnastics to every child who walks through our doors.
Gymnastics is a foundational sport. This means that the movement and the skills learned in gymnastics are the building blocks that form a solid foundation for all physical activity. Strength, endurance, flexibility, coordination, and confidence are developed starting at the very first levels in our Sunbursts and GymStars classes and continue through our Rainbow and competitive programs.
Sun Country Sports features both an AAU team and a USAG team, participating in Levels 1-10. Over the past few years, numerous Sun Country gymnasts have earned qualifications for Nationals, with several receiving invitations to join Olympic training camps. For more information, please view our Team Sun Country page.
We aim to nurture a passion for gymnastics, laying a strong groundwork for various sports. Our goal is to enhance gymnasts physical well-being and self-confidence within a positive, enjoyable and safe environment. We also strive to promote overall fitness through engaging and safe classes, fostering a love for an active lifestyle. Be part of Sun Country Gymnastics to start your own journey…
This playful parent / child class is centered on age appropriate development and movement. An obstacle course is introduced, as well as the use of our climbing castle, in-ground foam pit, miniature rock wall and trampoline. Songs, music and group activities help to make this class a blast! Be part of our Sunbursts program, where every class is a burst of laughter and shared moments, creating a fantastic and enjoyable time for both parents and kids!
Continuing with parental accompaniment (child and parent), this program introduces the child to a structured gymnastics class while preserving the freedom essential for their age. Tailored for these budding independent gymnasts, each week provides a unique theme that seamlessly blends gymnastics, music, and lots of fun while keeping your child engaged and active.
Children who can confidently separate from their parents are well-suited for this class. It’s a structured gymnastics class with a thematic focus, encompassing warm-up routines, obstacle courses, and rotations that present advanced gymnastic opportunities.
Every week, gymnasts take part in games and exploration in our climbing castle, in-ground foam pit, and trampoline. The highlight of the year is our annual GymStars Show – an fun event where family and friends can witness and celebrate the skills and progress children have been mastering in their weekly classes.
This recreational Gymnastics program, exclusive to Sun Country Sports, is a positive, no-fail environment for children to learn and progress their gymnastics skills. Coaches utilize drills to teach various skills, body shapes and positions, and the strength to help progress students at their own pace. Each class is skills-based, not age based, and students will receive colored ribbons after they complete each level.
Girls will learn skills on bars, beam, floor and vault. Boys will learn skills on vault, high bar, parallel bars, pommel horse, rings and floor.
Plus – Fall and Spring seasons each offer a Rainbow Meet event that gives athletes the opportunity to showcase the skills they have acquired to family and friends.
Open to students eager to acquire trampoline and tumbling skills. Our beginner classes are tailored for those seeking to grasp fundamental techniques like handstands, rolls, cartwheels, roundoffs and bridges. As students progress, they can seamlessly transition to intermediate and advanced classes, emphasizing mastery of front and back handsprings, power tumbling passes and flips. The incorporation of trampolines in both classes provides an additional avenue for extra practice, where kids can practice basic skills on the floor and focus on developing air sense to learn flips on trampolines. Plus, gymnasts will engage with various trampolines during each class, building confidence and technique, with special attention given to our Bungee Trampoline System and the proper way to perform their new skills on several different types of trampoline and tumbling surfaces.
The Wee Peas program is a movement based developmental program for babies who are not yet walking. Wee Peas is taught in a free-flowing active learning class space. The Wee Pea lesson plans are built around a series of Perpetual Weekly Activities. The activities are designed to provide physical, sensory and social experiences for our littlest Sweet Peas.
The One Pea class is designed to provide active learning opportunities for the newly mobile one year old. Enriched with developmentally appropriate experiences, One Peas will learn about music, colors, textures, sounds, functional relationships, spatial and form discrimination, language acquisition and more!
Sun Country Gymnastics is held at Sun Country (West) and Sun Country Sports (Millhopper) locations.
