My son amd nephew love this place

I came here when I was like 8 all the way until I was 11 I left because I moved to Florida but when I was here I felt that I couldn’t speak up for myself and all my teachers hated me for some reason and never move me up even though I was hyper flexible and I was very strong for that age. I remember one time I was being “evaluated” to go to gold, and they “forgot” so I was stuck in Bronze || for the entire time I was there. It was not only unfair but it was scaring, because I would be abused in school by my teacher which I had for MANY years because I went to a Montessori school but after I went there I would have to go to this horrible place for a couple hours feeling criticized for no reason, not being the FAVORITE, and constantly being made fun of by the other kids. Now thanks to this place I have spondylosis. I also need to see a physiatrist now but at least I’m a professional contortionist and I do shows which has helped me gain self confidence again. Oh and by the way, in Florida I went to a gymnastics and they immediately put me in level 1 and I told them my entire story and they told me I should have been in level one this entire time, at least in their opinion.

Great coaches. Great atmosphere. Great experience and life lessons taught to my kiddo. Highly recommend.

My experience with Pride of Illinois when it came to my children I had there is this. At first we loved this place, loved the coaches my children had, felt that we mattered. One of my children left the program due to an auto injury and was talked negatively about by her teammates who forgot to remove her from their group chat. This of course did hurt, but wasnt enough to make a big deal out of, or make the other child not be in the program. Then as time went on my other child started to not feel the same about the program and felt maybe it was time to look elsewhere for a better fit. It seems to be a great place provided you do not expect your children to advance and possibly move on. We felt we had to hide certain things when it came to what my child did, like visit another gym, or go to an open gym at another facility or school, we also felt any issues we had we could not freely speak to management or coaches regarding them. Seems some coaching may have been done through fear, which was a huge turn off for us. My child felt as though they could not speak up about any matter without being in trouble, not sure of another way to put that, that is how my child explained it to me. The moment they feel your child may move on you are treated in a way different manner. Up to your child no longer being welcomed there, when exact same scenario happens with another child and they are welcomed to the facility. I realize favorites will happen anywhere, but would prefer it not be as obvious. They may want to advise on advertisements regarding open gyms, that children from other gyms, are not welcomed to attend Pride of Illinois and make that consistent with all kids, not just pick and chose which ones are allowed to attend and which ones are not. This spills onto the athletes and causes them to also be negative to other athletes that may no longer be a part of the Pride of Illinois program. I would say this place is good for your younger kids, but once they are a little older and moving up in skills this may no longer be the place for them. We didnt hate our experience here, but at the end we also didnt love it. If we had to do over again, I would still have sent my children here, but would have moved the one that remained to another gym once their skills advanced and basically outgrew what is offered at Pride. I feel bad and almost compare it to if I let my child repeat 5th grade even though they passed with all As just because I liked the teacher. I wish I would have read a post similar to this prior, so I hope being honest here helps others to make the right choices.

Went for a party there and the floor space is awesome. Lots of equipment and the instructors were great.

Had lots of fun checking the place out. Am ready to start after Christmas break!

Awesome cheer, tumbling, and gymnastics programs! Good coaches with great attitudes! Good for school cheer too!

Great place for the kids to have fun and learn skills at the same time.

Great instructors and awesome results. Well organized parent an athlete friendly

Well,Im gonna try out for it and ive just been watching my friend and my little sister so it just looks fun.

Great cheer and gymnastics teaching. big also

Awesome birthday party. The kids are exhausted from all the playing!

Good activities for kids

Good