Metro Stars Gymnastics — Attraction in Papillion

We came for a team tryout after our prior gym closed. We had just an “ok” experience with the overall tryout. The coaching has gone downhill since the loss of Coach V. We had heard rumblings about this in the local gym community, but wanted to give the benefit of the doubt. My daughter had encountered Coach V at prior local meets and really liked him. Boy did Metro Stars make a mistake when they let him go! From our convos with other parents during the tryout, families are dropping like flies from this gym. Current coaching lacks real-world experience at the higher coaching levels, in my opinion. Not worth the outrageous cost (compared to other local gyms) associated with joining and training at Metro Stars. I was also disappointed with what they offered during the COVID pandemic for their team gymnasts, which was similar to the gym we left due to it closing. The families we met seemed nice, which is what allowed me to give 2 stars, rather than another local gym we visited that literally has the rudest parents/community ever. Our daughter had a mostly pleasant experience with the other girls, minus a couple who were quite rude to her and treated her like she didn’t belong. Unfortunately, we selected a different gym for our daughter to transition to and are beyond happy. She was welcomed by every member of the team and our family was welcomed by all the parents. We’ve even met some Metro Stars parents who recently left and shared every bit of our experience in our gym search journey. Should never have let Coach V go - biggest...

It is a nice facility. My kids are not on the completion team so it sort of feels like playtime hour vs practicing skills. We left OGA for Metro stars in July (just because it was closer to our house, OGA was awesome!). This winter I asked when their skills get assessed. Nothing had been posted to the parent portal about my kids’ skills. The office told me the coaches should be updating the attendance and skills online after every class and they would talk to their coaches. My daughters was then updated and continues to be about 1-2x/month. My son’s however, has never been updated (7 months since we started). The coaches are really young like highschool age. Some/most don’t have any formal gymnastics background. They are taught how to teach and how to do the moves. Not sure they are helpful in correcting form or even instructing on proper form. Once again, not on the competition team seems to mean low on the priority list. For as much money as I pay them, I guess my expectations were a little high. Also for a while I didn’t even know who my kids’ coaches actually were. They had some staffing issues it seems and there were several weeks when there would be a different person teaching. My son decided next month to take a break from gymnastics because he hasn’t been getting anything out of it. My daughter still goes for now. I will update my review if things get better. As of right now, I would not...

Nice facility but the coaches (for the most part) aren't hands on at all. Some of them seem totally disinterested in the job while others are more active. I never got any feedback on what my daughter should be working on and there was never much on the website.

One day I watched my 7 year old was getting frustrated and emotional. She wasn't throwing a tantrum or anything but was stubbornly refusing to attempt something that she was apparently very intimidated by. That's not the coach's fault but again these are young kids we're dealing with here...The coaches very politely told me after the session that they didn't want her to come back. This was the first and only time they've ever spoken to me. Encouraging parents to have their kids quit doesn't sound like good coaching to me.

$114+ for 4 50 minute sessions per month is an awful lot to pay for my kid not to end up learning anything from coaches who don't want to train her or even care about her success within their program. I honestly can't recommend this place to anyone with young kids. My kids self confidence/ self esteem has taken an...