The PAC : Progressive Athletic Center — Local services in Town of North Hempstead

My daughter has been going here for a year. The gym at first seemed to be OK. After the fall semester of classes they told me that she was very advanced and wanted her to join the advanced gymnastics for the next spring session. It was very expensive, but I made the choice to register her again because she enjoyed going. On her last day of gymnastics class for the spring semester my daughter told me she wanted to ask if she "got in" to the more advanced classes. I gave her permission to ask the coach "how the girls find out via a meeting or letter in the mail". My eight year old just asked "Excuse me coach Lexi but I wanted to know if I made it to advanced gymnastics for next year?", her response was with an attitude "I'm sorry but your not good enough" followed by a fake smile. As a mother who wants to protect her child I went into defense mode as tears ran down her cheeks. I told coach Lexi that not how you talk to an eight year old and you should never tell a child they are not good at something. If she didn't make the cut then you sit down with the child talk about all the good things they do and then talk about how next year the two of you will work hard on the things that need improvement, followed by being optimistic about trying out next year. I mean I don't think that's asking too much for a coach to do. These girls really look up to the coaches and to be treated so horribly is crushing. The owner just stood their with her arms crossed not saying a word. It's sad how she allows these young girls with no expierence to run the show and treat children this way. This place just wants your money, they don't care about the kids safety (my child got hurt multiple times), and they put too much competitive pressure on the children ( yelling at them throughout class) instead of promoting a enjoyable expierence. Gymnastics should be fun for children and this gym takes the joy out of your kids heart. Make the right choice and go somewhere else. Worst expierence of my life with rude and...

My daughter got leg bone fracture.

My two daughters both signed up for super gymnastics. It's their second semester. I didn't have good feeling after that my kids told me that coaches do not coach but often chatting among themselves. I should have cancelled it but my kids said they like it. Last Friday, PAC called me saying one daughter fell but she seems fine. I went to pick her up. the coach who was with us her name was Alexas. she said she gonna call later tonight and next morning to follow up and told us go to urgent care if pain persist. Next morning I had to take her to ER because the pain was unbearable. It turned out she had a bad tibia bone fracture! It was flipping off the vault. some one did a demo and kids do it themselves. there wasn't any verbal instruction or protection from coach involved. My daughter said she had to close her eyes while she doing it. I have been trying to contact them about the injury but they never returned my call and have been hiding. They made you to sign the waiver without explaining it. Then they do the minimum job of coaching and protection. So any injury happen, it's not fault on them. It's cushioned but the cushion itself is very hard on surface. My daughter land on heavy cushion on her shins and got fracture.

Update: Alexis called me later. They agreed to postpone for both of my daughters' credit as a compromise. They did do what they can at the moment incident happened. They had people looked at my daughter and called me after 10 minutes. Alexis carried her out from the gym to my car. Well, I still think this kind of accident should be avoid in many ways. One way is to give the kids choices of doing or not to do the move. If they think it's too dangerous, they don't have to do it. Or add some soft cushion on top of the hard one. or get the cushion that has softer surface. The parents are sending their kids there to have fun. Broken bone is...

Have energetic children? Want them to burn off some energy? How about build some strength and core training? The ninja warrior program offered at Progressive Athletic Center has all that plus more. Maybe your kids aren’t interested in training for the secret service. They have tae kwon do and gymnastics as well. Take your pick. Don’t know if you want to invest? They offer free trial class for the whole time slot on the schedule. If you decide to sign up, a bag, a head band, uniform shirt and shoe slippers for ninja warriors. For gymnasts, leotard, matching scrunchie, and shoe slippers is what is offered as well as a bag. Since I missed the full course of the program, which is originally 18 weeks, they gave me pro-rate pricing. If you have a sibling, there’s a $25 discount for program. Pricing for 2 children is about $1040, which includes the program, insurance and uniform. If you pay with credit card, there’s a 3% fee. If you aren’t interested in points for your credit card and want to save on the fee, pay on cash. The center is family owned. The owner used to be a physical education teacher in high school and Queens College. Her two daughters are also employees. Each time slot as seen in the picture has at most 7 children per group due to Covid. If children are younger, the group is split in 2 so children aren’t waiting to do an activity. Every 2 weeks, the program changes so that every muscle group is targeted during exercises. I forgot to mention, if you’re there for trial, parents are allowed to stay to watch. If you sign up, parents have to wait outside/in their car. I would say if you’re going for the trial, dress as if the kids are going to gym class. Maybe put them in non-slippery socks so they can do obstacle courses that require climbing. Children need to have socks on. Bring a bottle of water as...