Technique Kids’ Sports & Activity Center

Today, someone smashed in my car window and stole my handbag, during broad daylight around 11:00 a.m. in a crowded parking lot of the Technique Gymnastics in Rancho Cordova. The Technique’s staff say it happens frequently. So why they didn’t bother to put a warning sign on the entrance??? The handbag was a gift, an expensive one, and I am very sad it’s gone. The broken window, the glass all over my kid’s seat, no one caring, no one wanting to take the report — it’s all so awful. I just can’t stop feeling gutted about it. It made me feel really violated. I don’t want to be a victim. It’s an ugly place to be.

Great place for gymnastic. Instructor are friendly and knowledgeable. Kids of all different age are here. I’ve seen some skillful student, who must have been here for a while. Big place with many different skill station. Only the restroom, it could use a little work at.

We went to a preschool field trip at Technique. While the activities for the kids at the field trip were age-​appropriate, and the lead coach for their program seemed bubbly and energetic, how the staff handled siblings and parents was rather disappointing, and would make me think twice about coming back to try classes at this facility.
It turned out when we arrived that the «toddler area» to keep waiting siblings busy was nothing more than a grungy broken train table and even grungier duplo table. I think the last time we went to a fast food playground it was cleaner than these ;-). I hope someone takes those duplos home and runs them through a dishwasher! Or at least a few good spritzes of a no wiping required sanitizer like Clorox anywhere hard surface cleaner. Certainly didn’t hold any child’s attention for the one hour duration of the class. I would have gladly paid for my younger child to do something fun while we waited. This facility is a bit «in the middle of nowhere», a commercial-​industrial area lacking nearby grocery stores, parks, libraries, or open space that might be better equipped to entertain a toddler while waiting for class to end.
So, stuck in the lobby/​observation area, naturally, several toddlers were getting bored and tried to wander into the area where the classes were, which was quite an easy feat since they had direct line sight of the «fun» equipment and there were no gates or doors between the toddler area and competitive gym equipment. There was a half-​wall, but with un-​gated openings. And not only that, instead of expressing a concern for the children’s safety the staff started screaming something about waivers and you can’t be in there. And the one place in the gym that did have a gate, the gate was broken and could not even be latched shut. Way to make the job difficult for the parents and then blame them for being unable to properly restrain their kids.
I hope the staff works on improving the experience for parents of multiple kids because this could have been a five star experience had they provided a for-​fee parent-​tot class at the same time, or had put up appropriate gates and been more polite.

Your experience at this place will depend purely on the athletic level of your child.
My daughter is a natural athlete, slim frame, runs like a dream, took to gymnastics like she’d been doing it all her young life… she loves it here and the teachers are great with her.
My son is the complete opposite: he lives in his head, he’s clumsy, pedantic, slow, but tries really hard and has given his all to the parkour class I signed him up for three months ago. He attends every class with a good attitude, engages with the other kids, but is definitely one of the weakest students in his class. His teacher was okay at first, kept an eye on him, worked with him often, but over time, we have noticed that he has given up on my son and only interacts with him briefly, here and there. His main focus is on the kids who are natural atheletes, kids who can shimmy up poles and across rails like little monkeys… kids who really don’t need his help.
So given that, I took my son out of a class he loves, because it is a waste of my money and my son’s time. I am going to find another activity or gym where he will be attended to, one where they work with him instead of giving up on him.
My son was saddened by this, but I couched it by saying we would find a place that would help him get stronger and better physically, and if he wanted to go back to parkour, we would definitely sign him up again.
He’s ten. He will be fine, but this mom was a little heartbroken.

GREAT FOR REC AND VERY GOOD FOR OPTIONALS. COMPULSORY PROGRAM IS STRUGGLING.
We have have been to four gyms starting at rec and now competing. Technique is the best OVERALL facility (hence the 4 stars) but it is not without its problems.
THE GOOD: This is one of the largest and cleanest gyms in Northern California. It is a well known and preferred host gym for competitive meets. Visiting gyms often comment about how much they like competing at Technique.
I mentioned it is clean. Yes, it still has a gym smell but not nearly as bad as others.
There is almost enough seating even for the enormous number of parents at each session. Parking is also plentiful even during meets which get EXTREMELY crowded.
Rec program is staffed by mostly enthusiastic coaches. Jeanette is one of the best if you can get her.
Level 6+ Optionals are well-​coached and successful in meets.
THE BAD: Scheduling conflicts occur more than they should and notice of changes is note always timely. This is true of ALL gyms we’ve experienced and Technique is a little better than average in this area.
The compulsory program is in complete disarray. The lack of qualified coaches and over recruitment of gymnasts is primarily to blame. There are just too many many gymnasts to coach effectively and the result is lots of idle time spent staring at the floor. It seems common for gyms to place an emphasis on their Optional program but Technique does so at the expense of its Compulsory program. Its as if they’ve forgotten where their Optional gymnasts are coming from. I suspect that this will have a long-​term effect on the abilities of their younger gymnasts for some time.
In summary, this is the best gym we’ve seen overall. We just felt like the compulsory program was getting nowhere fast. Once they get that worked out, there is no reason technique couldn’t be a 5 star facility.

Amazing and supportive coaching staff as well as comfortable and safe environment for the kids, Tech gym is apart of the family and the kids wait all week for Wednesday Night Class.

During the past six months, my daughter’s coach has changed 4 times. I understand it is just the recreational level class, but younger children need consistency to develop trust. The instructors seem to be former gymnasts which is more than I can say about other gyms, but several of the instructors seem bored by the end of class. The children have free bar/​floor time at the end of the class and the instructors stand together and talk instead of helping the children practice skills.

We have been working with this gym for about 8 months. It is our sons first time at a gymnastics gym so we dont have a frame of reference for other gyms but we are pleased with how well our son is doing so far.
We just joined an all boys class and he is really thriving. The instructors are all very good with the kids. I am always impressed with their inventiveness and most of all, their patience. Its pretty impressive to work with multiple children under the age of 5 and keep your cool PLUS teach them great skills.

My daughter has been taking gymnastics classes here for a few years now and really loves it. Other than the place being extremely crowed in the afternoons and evenings, it’s great. The instructors really seem to care about the students and their progress. I would recommend this gym for kids of all ages!

Where else can your 9 year old gymnastics amateur learn from and train next to world-​class and nationally ranked gymnasts? This place is the BEST!

Our experience with Technique has been fantastic. My daughter just switched to a tumbling class with Miss Jeanette and is loving it. She wishes she could have class everyday. My son can’t wait for baseball to be over so he can join the boys gym classes. Teachers are experienced and keep the safe. The atmosphere is wonderful, kids having fun, learning, meeting new people. Great way to get the engery out.
Thanks to technique for making my daughters day brighter!

We have had a wonderful experience at Technique Gymnastics. Very experienced teachers and beautiful facility. This is one of the few family businesses remaining for children and it truly shows in the atmosphere. My kids look forward to their classes every week Thanks for everything Technique Gymnastics!!!