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More Than Gymnastics
At ASI Gymnastics, we believe gymnastics is so much more than flips and cartwheels — it’s about building the confidence, strength, friendships, and life skills that set kids up for success both inside and outside the gym.
From toddlers taking their first tumble to teens perfecting advanced routines, our goal is to empower every child to become the best version of themselves. When kids step onto the mat, they’re not just learning gymnastics — they’re learning how to shine.
Build Confidence That Sticks
Confidence doesn’t happen overnight — it’s built step by step.
At ASI, we celebrate every milestone, from tiny victories to big achievements. Whether it’s nailing a cartwheel for the first time or mastering a high-flying flip, our coaches provide encouragement, patience, and support every step of the way.
Kids learn to believe in themselves.
They develop a “can-do” attitude that extends beyond the gym.
Small successes grow into lifelong confidence.
By fostering a positive, uplifting environment, ASI gives kids the courage to face challenges head-on — both in gymnastics and in life.
Build Strength Inside & Out
Gymnastics is one of the best ways to develop total-body strength while having fun. From swinging on bars to perfecting balance on beams, every movement works the entire body — especially the core, which is essential for overall fitness.
But at ASI, we build more than physical strength:
Kids develop discipline and perseverance.
They learn how hard work leads to progress.
They gain the mental toughness to push past limits.
The result? A strong body, a strong mind, and the confidence to succeed in any sport or activity.
Build Coordination & Focus
Gymnastics isn’t just about strength — it’s about control, balance, and precision. Through skills like front rolls, cartwheels, and back handsprings, kids sharpen their hand-eye coordination and body control.
More importantly, gymnastics teaches focus and patience:
Kids learn to pay attention to detail.
They practice timing, rhythm, and movement patterns.
They improve concentration — a skill that benefits schoolwork, sports, and daily life.
And the best part? They’re having so much fun, they don’t even realize how much they’re learning!
Build Friendships & Teamwork
Gymnastics may be an individual sport, but at ASI, we do it together. From cheering each other on to celebrating milestones, kids form strong bonds that last far beyond the gym walls.
Classes encourage collaboration and team spirit.
Kids learn to support and inspire one another.
Friendships formed at ASI often last for years.
For many of our students, ASI becomes their second home — a place where they feel safe, supported, and surrounded by friends who believe in them.
Build Leadership That Lasts
At ASI, we don’t just teach gymnastics — we develop leaders.
Through structured lessons, positive coaching, and group activities, kids learn how to step up, take responsibility, and inspire others.
They gain self-awareness and decision-making skills.
They learn how to lead by example.
They discover the value of helping others succeed.
These leadership qualities extend far beyond the gym, preparing kids to thrive in school, sports, and life.
Why Parents Choose ASI Gymnastics
Choosing ASI means choosing a place where your child is encouraged, celebrated, and set up for success. Reasons parents love us:
Expert Coaches — Trained, certified, and passionate about working with kids.
Fun, Engaging Programs — Every class is designed to keep kids active and excited.
Positive Environment — We focus on encouragement, not pressure.
Lifelong Skills — Beyond gymnastics, kids learn confidence, teamwork, and leadership.
We aren’t just teaching flips — we’re building kids up, one skill, one friendship, and one victory at a time.
Enroll Today — Let’s Build More Than Gymnastics
At ASI Gymnastics, every class is a chance to grow, learn, and have fun. If you’re ready to give your child an experience that goes beyond sports — one that builds strength, confidence, and lasting friendships — ASI is the place to start.
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Everyone is eager for summer to start. Why wouldn’t they be!
Whether it be hanging out at the pool, spending time with friends, once-in-a-lifetime vacations, or the simple yet irreplaceable memories somehow always created during summertime. Everyone has a different reason to look forward to their summer break. In Dallas, Texas, home of ASI Gymnastics, we have a 2025 summer camp just for you!
At ASI Gymnastics, the Indoor Summer Activities are Endless!
This summer camp for kids goes from thrilling games to team-building challenges. Every day at our kids’ day camp is an adventure. Your kids will work together to solve problems, collaborate in fun games, show off their creativity, and form unforgettable summer memories with their new friends.
With school being out for the summer, you might be asking yourself…
“How am I gonna make this work?”
Between busy mornings trying to get everyone out the door, conflicting work schedules, and no time for a babysitter… your Google search history might look something like, “how to keep kids occupied in summer.” If this sounds familiar, we have the perfect, fun summer program for you. We’ve designed our camp sessions with flexibility in mind. We offer convenient camp sessions from 8am-1pm or 1pm-6pm, or for double the fun, your kids can stay the whole day!
Everything You’re Looking for All at Once
Are you ready for the BEST summer ever? At our summer day camp, every day is packed with cool games, tons of tricks, and endless fun! These summer activities for kids will keep you part of the action all day long.
Whether you’re jumping, swinging, or laughing, you’ll experience it all. Whether you live in Plano, Texas, or Keller, Texas, we have a session for you. Book now to secure your spot! Grab a friend and bring the energy—we’re ready to fill your summer with adventure, laughs, and unforgettable moments.
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Did it finally happen? You’re at home and your child asks you to “teach me a backflip!”
Unless you happen to be a gymnastics or tumbling coach, you probably don’t know where to start. Like any good parent, you pull up a video on YouTube. It can’t be that hard, right? Wrong!
Save yourself the chiropractor bill and bloody nose and bring your child to ASI Gymnastics to learn a back handspring, roundoff back handspring, and so much more! We have classes that fit all of your back handspring, roundoff back handspring, and other tumbling dreams!
Our expert coaches have got you covered!
Our expert coaches use back handspring drills, trampoline, TumblTrak, and various spring floors to teach your child a back handspring and roundoff back handspring safely. Our coaches are trained to spot back handsprings and roundoff back handsprings with tumblers and gymnasts of all sizes and levels of ability. We have a class for everyone.
If you have an aspiring cheerleader in your house…
…beat the rush and join our back handspring or power tumbling classes now!
Are you thinking that you can’t fit one more thing into your already packed schedule? Join our 30-minute back handspring class where your child will learn a back handspring on the trampoline in record time.
Learn skills that lead to success!
Once your child masters the back handspring on the trampoline, he or she can join our power tumbling class to learn a roundoff back handspring and many other tumbling skills. These classes are 55 minutes, once a week.
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Does Your House Feel Like an Obstacle Course?
Do your kids make your house feel more like an obstacle course than a home? Are they constantly launching themselves over obstacles, AKA your couch? Do they sprint down grocery store aisles, jumping, spinning, and kicking while yelling “Parkour!”?
ASI Gymnastics Has the Solution: ASI Ninja Classes
We have just the class for your Ninja to burn off all that energy. Our ASI Ninja program combines elements of gymnastics, parkour, and American Ninja Warrior to teach your little Ninja skills, confidence, strength, coordination, tricks, and how to tackle any obstacle course.
What to Expect in ASI Ninja Class
Our ASI Ninja classes include warped walls for your Ninja to conquer, obstacle courses on the ground and swinging overhead for them to traverse, and trampolines to increase skill acquisition and air awareness.
Classes are 55 minutes of nonstop movement, action, and fun. Your Ninja will run, jump, swing, and climb throughout the entire class. They’ll feel a surge of confidence after conquering the warp wall, eager to show their friends all the new parkour moves they’ve learned!
More ASI Ninja Fun
If your ninja can’t get enough of the action and is showing off moves to their friends on the playground, consider throwing a ASI Ninja Party! Whether it’s a birthday, end of school celebration, or a fun weekend event, we’ve got you covered.
Host an ASI Ninja Party
We’ll greet you at the door, set up your party, and parents can relax while our high-energy coaches take the ninjas through obstacle courses, teach them to climb warp walls, jump on trampolines, and learn exciting new parkour skills. It’s a stress-free way to enjoy ninja fun without any of the mess at home!
Visit ASI Ninja, choose your location, and join in on all the ninja fun!
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You’re at home wondering what’s something my preschooler can do? My three or four year old needs something to help them grow, learn, and fall in love with being active! Gymnastics is the perfect sport to introduce to your preschooler that will help them learn their body and fall in love with athletics at an early age! Here are five reasons why gymnastics is perfect for your preschooler.
- Self Confidence: I am brave. I am strong. I am smart. Whether it’s jumping on the trampoline for the first time, braving the front roll, or being strong enough to hold ourselves up on the bar, we will celebrate every accomplishment your child completes in class! We create moments that can instill a positive sense of self in your three and four year old.
- Coordination: Your preschooler is mastering running, jumping, swinging, and beginning to work on coloring and writing. Gymnastics helps build all of these skills. Gripping a bar will help with gripping a crayon and a pencil. Jumping on the trampoline helps develop body awareness. Walking on a balance beam improves coordination.
Preschool Readiness: In gymnastics, your preschooler will learn how to follow instructions, take turns, share, use their words to communicate with peers and adults, and transition to and from activities without a meltdown! - Friends: Those first few years can be tough to build a friend group for you and your child! Being a part of a regular weekly class can create a built-in friend group. Your preschooler and you can make lifelong friends just by being a part of a weekly gymnastics class!
- Fun: Building self confidence, working on coordination, preparing for preschool, and making friends sounds like a lot of work because it is! Your preschooler won’t even know they’re learning because everything is done with an element of fun! We move at a fast pace through four 10-minute activities with a fun last five minutes at the end! They will be asking you, “Is it ‘nastics day?” all day every day!
Now, that you’re convinced why gymnastics is the sport for your son or daughter, now you have the task of looking for the right gym near you. Now, it’s our turn to ask you, Why not ASI Gymnastics?
At ASI Gymnastics, we take all of these factors and combine them into a fun and safe environment for your child. Our gymnastics classes range in ages, skills offered, and levels. Your child will make friends in class, all while building their self confidence and strength. ASI uses The Gold Standard, a method of learning in which your child will learn gymnastics at his or her level, will advance at their own pace, and will learn their different skills in progressions, a method of breaking down the skills into its simpler parts, in which your child completely, safely, and successfully learn skills. Here at ASI, we guarantee a fun atmosphere for your child to learn and grow, and we are excited to meet every future gymnast that walks through our door! Come try a gymnastics class here at ASI Gymnastics. We’re excited to meet you!
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School is back in session! Gone are the days of splash pads, adventure camps, and family vacations. Kids of all ages will now spend 30-35 hours a week in school learning and growing. One of the more challenging parts of school can be all the sitting the kids do.
On average, kids need at least 60 minutes of physical activity daily. Our gymnastics and ninja classes offer 55 minutes of nonstop fun and movement. Here are three benefits of adding gymnastics or ninja to your child’s after school activities.
- Improved Self-Esteem and Self-Confidence: Doing their first back handspring. Being a part of a team. Ringing the bell! At ASI Gymnastics, we look for ways to boost your child’s self-esteem and self-confidence. Getting a new gymnastics skill or making your way through the ninja obstacle course is a big deal! Being the best listener and learning to follow the leader is equally exciting! We look for ways to reinforce the good. When you hear the bell ring, clap for the child! It’s building their confidence and self-esteem!
- Better Concentration and Attention: Moving is learning! Gymnastics and ninja move the body forward and backward, spinning, and rotating sideways. All of these movements help improve concentration and attention.
- Improved Mood: Having fun with coaches, making new friends, learning new skills, and moving all lead to improving your child’s mood. A positive mood leads to more productivity making homework easier! A positive mood also increases memory and attention span which means you might not have to ask your child three times to brush their teeth before bed! A positive mood leads to a happier, healthier child with a positive outlook on the world meaning they can conquer and do more!
Sign up for your free trial or ninja trial class today!
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Simone, Success, and Sportmanship
Gymnastics in Paris is done. Simone cemented herself as the G.O.A.T. with another four medals. Team USA earned the Team Gold. Simone, Suni, Jordan, and Jade all earned individual medals. Beyond the medals, many moments captured so many fundamentals that we aim to teach our gymnasts at ASI.
- Success comes in many forms. The obvious mark of success in Paris is a gold medal. The Beam Final showed us a different kind of success. Both Suni and Simone fell during their beam routines. When they fell, they lost any hope for an individual medal. What did they do? They got up and finished with grace, poise, and confidence. We love moments where we get to teach gymnasts that sometimes success means finishing what you started even if the result isn’t what you wanted.
- Sportsmanship will never go out of style. In a world where athletes all have brands and success means more sponsorships and more opportunities, Simone and Jordan smashed that by bowing down to Rebecca Andrade when she took the gold in the Floor Final. When Jordan took bronze, Simone celebrated more for her friend than she did when she found out she was taking home silver. One of our biggest goals for our gymnasts is to instill the values of being a good teammate and celebrating others’ achievements.
- Sports are one of the greatest things for children. Whether you end up a successful CEO, world-class athlete, or first-grade teacher, sports can create a foundation for anything life will throw at you. Sports teaches you how to fail forward, have work ethic, and be a good teammate.
“No matter your child’s age, it’s never too late to start their journey in gymnastics. Join us at ASI Gymnastics and discover how our programs can teach your child valuable life lessons while providing a strong foundation for any sport they wish to pursue. Sign up for a free trial gymnastics class today and see firsthand the benefits of being part of one of the best sports around!”
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]]>This June, 30 ASI employees will walk across the stage and receive their high school diploma. Of the 30, 27 seniors qualified for the ASI High School Scholarship Award, totaling in $24,732 in scholarships. The founders of ASI Gymnastics, David and Debi Holley, strongly encourage students to continue their education. We are happy to say that many will continue working at ASI as they pursue a degree. ASI wants to wish each senior the best of luck on all their future endeavors. Check out the senior photo album to read more about some of our graduates.
The ASI Scholarship Fund Qualifications:
- The employee must earn at least $2,500 prior to graduation to qualify.
- After high school graduation, the employee must work at least 11 hours per quarter, and a minimum of 200 hours per year to remain eligible.
- The employee may file for up to 25% of the eligible amount each year for four years.
- The employee is also eligible for the Educational Assistance Plan, worth 12% of additional earnings. All ASI Gymnastics employees are eligible for this benefit.
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]]>We are deeply sorry to inform you that due to unsuccessful negotiations with the landlord to extend our lease of ASI Lake Highlands located at the corner of Forest and Greenville in Dallas, we will shut down effective April 25, 2019 at 8:30pm. ASI Gymnastics – Lakewood will resume all activities in late May at our new location in the Lakewood area of Dallas. Read below to find out what this means for the activities that your child participates in at ASI Lake Highlands.
- Gymnastics After School: We will continue to serve our After School customers through the rest of the school year. We are working diligently to provide a convenient location to continue to bring the same level of quality your children expect from Gymnastics After School. You will be contacted with more information soon.
- Birthday Parties: Any party scheduled at Lake Highlands between April 26th and May 18th will be contacted immediately and offered a full refund. In addition, ASI will offer to host your party free of charge at one of our other locations.
- Boys, Girls, and Acro Team: We recognize that our team athletes are still competing through mid-May. Practices will continue at our Firewheel location. Tuition will be adjusted in recognition of the inconvenience, and you will be contacted soon with further details.
- Recreational Gymnastics Classes: (Tiny Tots, Kidz Gym, Girls Gymnastics, Boys Gymnastics, Power Tumbling, Gymmie Kidz) We will suspend these classes from April 27th until we open ASI Lakewood in late May. Autopay will be disabled for the month of May. In addition, ASI will offer classes free of charge at one of our other locations.
- Open Gym and Parents’ Night Out: These events will resume when we open ASI Lakewood. Look for special offers to attend ASI Firewheel, Mesquite, or Plano West locations.
Again, we apologize for the inconvenience this causes your family. Until the new location opens, our employees and managers will stay busy training, sharpening their skills, and preparing the Lakewood location to bring you better gymnastics and more fun at our new facility located at the corner of Mockingbird and Abrams in Dallas.
For the latest news, please follow the ASI Lakewood Facebook.
ASI Lake Highlands
972-671-5510
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]]>Q: Why do you love coming to gymnastics?
A: I love coming to gymnastics because it gives you good exercise and you can stay healthy.
Q: What other sports do you enjoy?
A: Swimming and TOT basketball
Q: Who is your Coach?
A: Coach Taylor.
Q: What is your favorite event?
A: Pit!
Q: Tell us why your coach is awesome!
A: Coach Taylor is awesome because every day she teaches us new things and that’s cool!
Q: How long have you been a student at ASI?
A: Almost 3 years!
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