Aerials Gymnastics Info

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OUR PHILOSOPHY

A child that learns to channel their effort and energy toward a focused goal will have greater success in school, sport and life.

At Aerials we strive to support and foster childrens' enthusiasm for physical activity through gymnastics. We have a world class coaching staff of professionals devoted to teaching children. For the children that decide to compete in gymnastics, Aerials has a program that can handle every level of gymnast from novice to Olympic hopeful. 

HUMBLE BEGINNINGS

Aerials Gymnastics began in 1983 from the inspiration of Tom and Lori Forster in a small warehouse with 30 students. Over 30 years later they have developed one of the most respected gymnastics programs in America and have built one of the most advanced gymnastics training facilities in the world.

EXPERIENCE COUNTS

Tom and Lori have achieved the level of "Master of Sport" presented by USA Gymnastics to coaches that have demonstrated their ability to train and produce an athlete that has represented the United States of America in the highest level of competition in a Pan American, World Championship, and/or Olympic Games. Their experience has been the foundation for all of the training their instructors receive to work with children. From a forward roll to the most difficult skills our instructors have two primary goals: teach it correctly and make it fun!

OLYMPIC DREAMS

Tom and Lori qualified their first gymnast on to the Women's USA National Team in 1990. They went on to put seven girls on the national team and compete for the United States in 11 international competitions including three World Championships ('95, '96, '01) and two Pan American Games ('95, '01). In 1996 they had two gymnasts compete in the Olympic Trials, Theresa Kulikowski and Kristy Powell. Theresa became the 1996 Olympic first alternate! Today Aerials Gymnastics is widely considered to be among the best gymnastics programs in America.

CLASSES POLICY DUE TO BAD WEATHER

When District 20 closes due to bad weather we will cancel our morning classes only.

By 2:00pm we make the decision if we are remaining closed or opening for our evening classes.

We send email notifications if we decide to remain closed, otherwise we will be open for all evening classes.

USE YOUR BEST JUDGEMENT
If you feel it is not safe for you to drive to and from the gym due to weather, we encourage you to stay home.

CLASSES BY THE MONTH

FIRST PRIORITY - Once you have enrolled you have first priority for keeping that class space for the next month.

UNENROLL ANY TIME - There is no mandatory commitment period. You can unenroll at any time. Notify us before the 25th of the month if you do not wish to continue classes in the next month so that we do not charge you. Contact us via phone (719) 260-1893 and leave a message or email us at your_aerials_gym@coloradoaerials.com or drop by the front desk and tell us.

REFUND POLICY - There are no refunds for unenrolling after a month has begun.

MAKE UP POLICY - We do not offer make ups for missed classes. Our class size is limited for an optimal student experience, meaning if a student misses a class we do not attempt to put another in their spot. 

CONSISTENT MONTHLY TUITION - We offer classes Monday through Saturday. Sometimes there are five days in a month and sometimes only three because of holidays. For eaiser family budgeting, however, we base every months' tuition on four weeks of classes.

2023 CALENDAR SCHEDULED DAYS OFF

SPRING BREAK

We are closed for Spring break Thursday, March 25 - 30.

MEMORIAL DAY

We are closed for Memorial Day.  (Make up provided)

SUMMER BREAK

We are closed for Summer break Thursday, June 29 - Thursday, July 5.

LABOR DAY

We are closed for Labor Day.

THANKSGIVING

We are closed on Thanksgiving. (Make up provided)

WINTER & CHRISTMAS BREAK

We are closed for Winter Break Friday, December 23 - Friday, January 3, 2025.

TRY US OUT!

Schedule a NO OBLIGATION TRIAL class with us. If your trial class was not what you expected then we do not charge you for that class as a thank you for giving us a try. If you do like your trial class please register before you leave so you guarantee your spot in that class. Click the red Class Schedule button to sign up for your first class or call us at 719-260-1893.

JOIN AT ANY TIME!

You can begin your classes at any time during any month.

WANT TO CANCEL?

There is no mandatory commitment period. You can unenroll at any time. Notify us before the 25th of the month if you do not wish to continue classes in the next month so that we do not charge you. Contact us via phone (719) 260-1893 and leave a message or email us at your_aerials_gym@coloradoaerials.com or drop by the front desk and tell us.

CLASS PRICE CHART

We offer classes Monday through Saturday. Sometimes there are five days in a month and sometimes only three because of holidays. For eaiser family budgeting, however, we base every months' tuition on four weeks of classes. 

Parent & Tot: $75 per month. One class per week 45 minutes each.

School Age Girls: $96 per month. One class per week 60 minutes each. Two classes per week is $186 per month.

Boys Gymnastics: $96 per month. One class per week 60 minutes each. Two classes per week is $186 per month.

Ninja/Parkour: $96 per month. One class per week 60 minutes each. Two classes per week is $186 per month.

Teams: Contact the office for team tuition rates.

DISCOUNTS

If you have multiple children in your family taking classes the highest price class is full price. All additional children receive a 5% discount on their tuition.

ANNUAL FEE

We have a $40 registration fee per family (not per child). This fee covers our administrative costs and secondary accident insurance coverage we carry on active student members. In support and appreciation of our troops and first responders, we waive the first year's annual fee for Active Duty Military, Police and Firefighters.

To find out prices for all other classes, including pre-team, team, and special programs, please email, call, or come by the front desk.

We do not provide make ups because your tuition reserves your child's spot in their classes and will not be offered to anyone else.

Makeups potentially overload a class so we will not overload our classes to keep an optimum student to teacher ratio.

In an effort to reduce children being exposed to COVID-19 we are suspending our gymnastics birthday parties until a future date.

TODDLERS AND PRESCHOOLERS

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Elementary to High School

Aerials has been a Member of Club of USA Gymnastics since their beginning. We use the standardized Level system of the USA Gymnastics Development Program to teach your child gymnastics. We begin with Level 1 and teach through Level 4 in our recreational classes.

Our Girls 6-8 year old classes are designed on teaching Level 1 gymnastics skills and concepts while introducing additional skills that are more challenging. Strength and flexibility are introduced and reinforced at this level. 

The purpose for each class is to help your daughter learn new drills and improve her technique on the skills she already performs. Our goals remain the same for these classes: that your daughter associates fitness with fun and keeps her excited about fitness and gymnastics challenges. Your daughter will be encouraged to try new skills and drills, increasing her self-confidence in the process.

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GIRLS 9-11 (60 MINUTES) $96 PER MONTH

Our Girls 9-11 year old classes build on Level 1 gymnastics skills and concepts while introducing Level 2 and 3 skills. Strength and flexibility are important at this level to help girls progress. 

The purpose for each class is to help your daughter learn new skills and improve her technique on the skills she already performs. Our goal is that your daughter has fun learning new things. She will be encouraged to try new skills and drills, increasing her self-confidence in the process.

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GIRLS 12+ (60 MINUTES) $96 PER MONTH

Our Girls 12+ class builds upon Level 1,2, and 3 skills and concepts while introducing additional skills that are more challenging. 

The purpose for each class is to help your teenager learn new drills and skills and improve her technique on the skills she already performs. Our goals remain the same for these classes: that your teenager associates fitness with fun and health and keeps her excited about fitness and gymnastics challenges. She will be encouraged to try new skills and conquer her fears, and increase her self-confidence in the process. 

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Boys ages 5 to 11

Ninja/Parkour is a new sport that embodies discipline, focused energy, strength, speed, courage and skill. It's fun and it improves physical fitness and athleticism for anyone that participates. We love this sport for these reasons - it is an outstanding physical activity with no limits as to what children can accomplish. Our Ninja/Parkour classes are taught in a specific sequence where children must learn the basics before learning more difficult skills. Our classes are divided in to Level 1 (Green), Level 2 (Orange) and Level 3 (Red). Your child will wear the wrist band of their level. Each color signifies what skills they are safe to perform in class and in our open gym time.

NINJA/PARKOUR JUNIORS: AGES 5-11 (60 MINUTES) $96 PER MONTH

Ninja/Parkour Junior - children learn flips, rolls, jumps, and kicks in combination on strength and agility courses. This is a new sport that allows kids of all sizes and abilities to have fun exercising and being challenged physically.

Our progressive level system evalutates and advances children on their ability to perform the fundamental parkour skills correctly before being allowed to practice more difficult skills.

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Boys and Girls 13-18 years old

Ninja/Parkour is an awesome new sport! Athletes aim to get from one point to another in a complex environment, in the fastest and most efficient way possible. It's fun and promotes amazing fitness.

NINJA/PARKOUR SENIOR CLASSES (60 MINUTES) $96 PER MONTH

Ninja/Parkour Senior - athletes learn flips, rolls, jumps, and kicks in combination on strength and agility courses. This is a new sport that allows people of all sizes and abilities to have fun exercising and being challenged physically.

Our progressive level system evalutates and advances athletes on their ability to perform the fundamental skills correctly before being allowed to practice more difficult skills.

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Elementary to Middle School

Aerials has been a Member of Club of USA Gymnastics since 1983. We use the standardized Level system of the USA Junior Olympic Program to teach your son gymnastics. We begin with Level 1 and teach through Level 4 in our recreational classes.

Boys Program Director - Tim Campbell

BOYS 6-9 (60 MINUTES) $96 PER MONTH

Boys Gymnastics 6-9 introduces boys to the fundamental skills, concepts, and body shapes of gymnastics. They perform drills on the usual apparatuses, including the rings, parallel bars, pommel horse and mushroom.

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BOYS 10+ (60 MINUTES) $96 PER MONTH

Boys Gymnastics 10+ progresses boys in the fundamental skills, concepts, and body shapes of gymnastics. They perform drills on the usual apparatuses, including the rings, parallel bars, pommel horse and mushroom. Several advanced skills will be introduced in this class.



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OUR TEAM MISSION STATEMENT - CHARACTER FIRST. CHAMPIONS FOREVER.

At Aerials we believe a gymnasts' character is more important than her medals. But we also believe that anything worth doing is worth doing well! We strive to provide the highest level of training in a positive, encouraging environment where each gymnast feels safe, and they feel valued for their efforts.

OUR TEAMS:

We compete in the following USA Gymnastics Development levels: Level 3, Level 4, Level 5, Level 7, Level 8, Level 9, Level 10 and Elite. We have a long history of being among the best teams in Colorado since 1983.

*Please call our front desk to ask about the monthly tuition for each team level. (719) 260-1893

OUR METHOD:

Aerials has a well-earned reputation for winning, but we didn’t earn it with the attitude that we will do anything to win. Our success comes from our method: we work hard and we have fun. Our program is one of the country’s leaders when it comes to teaching through a series of skill progression in a positive environment. We never encourage our gymnasts to attempt a new skill until her coach has the utmost confidence that she has mastered all the progressive steps leading up to it. The process can sometimes be time-consuming but the end result is well worth the method and it is the key to our enduring success.

SAFE SPORT:

We adhere to and enforce the US Center for Safe Sport policies and procedures in every program within Aerials. This means that our coaches are never allowed one-on-one time with any gymnast in our program. All interactions between every gymnast and their coach is done as a group or with parental involvement.

OUR COACHES:

We take great pride in our coaching staff at Aerials Gymnastics. Our coaches are Professional Members of USA Gymnastics and continually receive educateoion on the most current techniques by owners Tom and Lori Forster. Tom and Lori have achieved "Master of Sport", the highest level of coaching gymnastics. Tom has also been a Women's National Team Staff member for USA Gymnastics since 2008, and was the Women's National Team Coordinator from 2018 to 2021 where he lead the national team in multiple World Championships and the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo.

Elite, Level 10, Level 9:  Kathy Vigil, Jason Baits, Zac Baits and Brittney Allen

Level 9, Level 8, Level 7, Level 5:  Zac Baits, Brittney Allen and Heather Morgan

Level 5, Level 4: Heather Morgan and Cora Petersen

Level 3: Heahter Morgan

OUR FACILITY:

Aerials has one of the most advanced training facilities in North America -- designed by owner Tom Forster. Tom combined the best ideas from training centers he visited all over the world with some of his own groundbreaking training ideas. Continually maintaining and improving our equipment allows us to provide the safest training environment possible.

OUR PARENTS GROUP:

The Aerials Booster Club is a not-for-profit 5013C organization registered with the state of Colorado (C1988). Aerials' team parents are devoted to helping the program’s continued success and work fundraising events to help offset the expenses of competitive gymnastics. Aerials hosts as many as five meets a year, made successful with the support of the Aerials parents volunteering their time to operate these competitions. 

OUR TEAM MISSION STATEMENT:

To provide gymnastics team training in a positive, encouraging culture, with a schedule that allows the athletes to participate in other sports and activities. 

OUR TEAMS:

We compete in the following USA Gymnastics Xcel levels: Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond and Sapphire. 

*Please call our front desk to ask about the monthly tuition for each Xcel level. (719) 260-1893

OUR METHOD:

We teach advanced gymnastic skills in the proper progressions for safety and mastery. We do not move on with a skill if a gymnast cannot safely master all the steps in the progression. If a gymnast struggles with a skill she has already learned we go back to the progressions and start over. It is time consuming, it can be frustrating, and it is more difficult but this is the core of our success and the safest way to advance.

OUR COACHES:

All of our coaches are Professional Members of USA Gymnastics which means they have been back ground checked and passed the USA Safety Certification Test for gymnastics coaches. They are led by owner and USA Gymnastics National Staff Member Tom Forster. Tom has over thirty years of coaching experience and is in charge of training the coaches and keeping them informed of all the newest technqiues and procedures for coaching competitive gymnasts.

Xcel Team Director:  Cora Petersen

OUR FACILITY:

Aerials has one of the most advanced training facilities in North America. Designed by owner Tom Forster (who also designed the Women's Olympic Training Center in Houston, TX). Tom combined the best ideas from training centers he has visited all over the world and combined them with some of his own training ideas. Aerials continually invests in the improvement of their equipment each year to provide the safest training situation possible.