Tumbling & Cheerleading Academy

For students in preschool thru first grade; no prior tumbling experience is required.  Tumblers will learn the proper technique and execution of forward rolls, handstands, cartwheels, round-offs, and the drills and beginning techniques of back handsprings.  

No prior tumbling experience is required.  Tumblers will learn the proper technique and execution of cartwheels, round-offs, and the drills and beginning techniques of standing back handsprings and round-off back handsprings.  
 

Minimum skills required:  cartwheel, round-off, unassisted standing back handspring and unassisted round-off back handspring.  Tumblers will learn and strengthen proper technique of standing and running back handspring series.  Tumblers will beging to learn the proper technique of round-off back handspring back tucks.

Minimum skills required:  standing and running round-off back handspring series (three or more).  Tumblers will work in progression to learn proper technique and execution of:

Standing skills:  back handspring back tucks, back tucks, back handsprings to layouts and fulls, standing fulls; and

Running skills:  round-off back handspring(s) to tucks, layouts and fulls; combination passes.

TCA offers customized team tumbling classes for your cheerleading team where you receive individualized and team tumbling instruction (team members need not have the same skills to form this class).  Contact TCA to arrange a team tumbling class exclusively for your team.  A minimum of five of your team members is required to create a team tumbling class. 

Private, one-on-one tumbling lessons are available to those TCA students who are also currently enrolled in a TCA group or team tumbling class.  Students coordinate private tumbling lessons directly with the coach of their choice.  Prices and schedules vary from coach to coach.  TCA does not coordinate the private tumbling lessons between the TCA students and coaches.

If you are absent from your group tumbling class, you are welcome to make-up your class according to the make-up schedule.  Please go to "Forms" to print and submit the make-up form via fax or in person.  Scheduling of make-ups require a minimum of 72 hours' notice and CANNOT be scheduled over the phone. 

Make-up classes are only available to students who are currently enrolled in a group tumbling class.  Make-up classes are limited to five students per instructor.  Make-ups do not expire and do not have to be made up in the same session the absence occurred.  However, if a tumbler is no longer a currently-enrolled (paid) TCA student in a group class, any remaining make-up classes are forfeited (i.e., if a student skips a session or their tuition is not paid by the first week of a new session, the student loses any banked make-up classes). 

HOLIDAY OPEN GYM WILL BE HELD FROM 12:00-2:00 PM ON:  Dec. 21, 22, 28, 29 & 30.

TCA holds open Gym on Saturdays from 2:00-4:00 PM.  Every Open Gym participant (members and non-members) must have a waiver on file signed by their parent.  Go to "Forms" to print an Open Gym Waiver.

Open Gym is $5 for TCA members; $7 for non-members . . . OR . . . purchase TCA's Open Gym Pass for $50 -- thirteen visits for the price of ten!  A $15 savings! 

TCA is available for cheer floor and gym rentals.  Our facility and staff is the best in our area.  TCA is the most comfortable and best-equipped for your team's practices, choreography or private camps.  TCA does NOT have all-star cheerleading teams of their own; rather we are committed to training school teams, so your athletes will never be recruited or solicited to join an all-star team in our gym.  We are committed to making YOUR team the best it can be!  Contact us for gym rental information.
       

2009 TUMBLING SESSIONS AND PAYMENT SCHEDULE
Tumbling sessions run every six-weeks on a continuing basis.  If a student joins after the start of a new session, that student may request make-up classes.  There are no refunds, and there are no pro-ration of fees if a student starts after the first week of the session.  (Go to "Forms" and "Tumbling Schedule" for information about make-up classes.)

The dates below are based on Mondays.  Session payments are due on the first day of the week your student’s class takes place (before the student enters the gym).  A student will not be allowed in the gym until their payment is made.  TCA accepts cash, checks and credit cards.  Thank you!

1st Session:               January 5, 2009 – February 9, 2009

2^nd Session:               February 16, 2009 – March 23, 2009

3^rd Session:               March 30, 2009 – May 4, 2009

4^th Session:               May 11, 2009 – June 16, 2009
(TCA closed Mon., May 25 for Memorial Day; make-up class on Sat., May 30.)

5^th Session:              June 22, 2009 – July 27, 2009
(TCA closed Sat., July 4^th; make-up class on Mon., July 6).

6^th Session:               August 3, 2009 – September 7, 2009
(TCA closed Mon., Sept. 7 for Labor Day; make-up class on Sat., Sept. 12.)

7^th Session:               September 14, 2009 – October 19, 2009

8^th Session:               October 26, 2009 – November 30, 2009
(TCA will be open on Halloween, Sat., Oct. 31.  TCA closed Thurs., Nov. 26 for Thanksgiving; make-up class on Sat., Nov. 28.)

9^th Session:               December 7, 2009 – December 14, 2009
(The tuition for this two-week session will be pro-rated.)

WINTER BREAK:  No tumbling classes Mon., Dec. 21, 2009 thru Sun., Jan. 3, 2010.  Winter Break Open Gyms, and Specialty Classes and Camps TBA.