Tumbling Cheerleading Academy

I spent a lot of money for over 2 years taking my 9 year old daughter to TCA. The classes are unstructured and not tailored to work with your child’s progress. In addition to weekly classes, I paid for privates for over a year, until Connor left, who my daughter adored, only to be told by owner Jon that Connor «taught her all wrong». She was working on her round off back flip flop. Jon offered no apologies or consolation even though Connor was their employee — just that Jon would teach her to do it, if I continued to pay him weekly. I referred over 7 other dancers to them over the time we were there. All of the moms pulled their kids due to the fact that they lack — «structure» and their kids weren’t showing any progress with TCA’s instruction. To make a long story short, my daughter would get really close to her goals and then would regress and not do so well the next practice. Jon blamed this on her «confidence». While I certainly, agree that it is up to my daughter to reach her goals or not and that she can get in her own way, Jon did not know how to motivate a 9 year old who was letting her fears get in the way of her success. Instead of motivating her, he acted like an annoyed older brother. He did not know how to encourage her or chose not to. His negativity and lack of ability to encourage her or motivate her were bringing her down and getting into her head more than they were helping her. My daughter always has a happy upbeat and positive attitude about all of the activities she is involved with, including tumbling. She never complains about her coaches, but the last time she has a private with Jon she left there feeling very «beat down» and discouraged. When I asked Jon if he had 5 minutes to speak with me about my daughter, he ignored my request. I texted him again the next day and he said «if he got a cancellation he would call me.» I told him he could call me anytime any day. The next week at the time of her private he cancelled an hour before. I was not going to attack Jon, I simply wanted to discuss with him what occurred during the last practice that left my daughter crying on the way home and also before bed. This is not like her at all to ever cry about sports, coaches or teachers — ever. I really did want to give him an opportunity to resolve this in a way that would benefit us both and let my daughter to continue with her goals. She, on the other hand, did not want to go back to him ever again. I was not convinced that was the best solution. But after he disregarded my request to speak with him, I realized it was time to part ways. I can only assume that Jon was too much of a coward to call me back to discuss this. He knew he behaved badly at the last private she had with him. He could hardly look at me in the eyes when he took the cash out of my hand that day. Jon really showed his true colors and lack of professionalism by not giving me the courtesy to return my call. Jon is young and has a lot to learn as a coach. I was a very loyal client who has spent at least a couple thousand dollars over the past few years at their business. I trusted them with my child and her safety and the only thing I got for it was a hard lesson learned and the reminder that «trust should be earned and not given.» For whatever reason, Jon lacks the personality to be able to bond with younger kids in a way that can motivate them to do their best. Overall, this facility is good for outside coaches to rent space, but I would not recommend TCA to coach your children for tumbling. Also there is no air conditioning in the summer or heat in the winter.