Cal Gymnastics Club - Berkeley, California

Nic Tan

My daughter simply loves the coaches and the programs here. Having been part of the Golden Bears Youth Gymnastics program for a couple of years now, her love for gymnastics continues to grow. She's super excited to share what she is able to accomplish and how encouraging her friends and coaches are. It's great for her self confidence and motivates her to keep training. She's now in the competitive team program and couldn't be happier to learn new choreography, perfect the core routines/ exercises the moment she gets home! And it helps too when the administrators are super helpful, flexible and efficient. Kudos!

Najlae Nejar

My daughter loves gymnastics and loves golden bears gymnastics program. She started when she was 4 the golden bears gymnastics recreational program, excellent program and facility. The coaches made the classes fun and engaging.

She joined Xcel competitive team last year, now she is advancing through their levels. She really enjoys all the new friends she has made and she appreciates the coaching and support from the staff. The coaches are skilled and experienced, great program for kids, professional and fun environment.

My daughter is building amazing gymnastics skills and self confident. Go Bears

Don Knapp

For the past six years, we have had a tremendous experience at Golden Bears Youth Gymnastics, from recreational classes to regional competitions. My daughter began recreational classes at age 3. They were super-fun and age-appropriate, and she looked forward to every class. The coaches made gymnastics classes fun and engaging.

As my daughter grew, it became clear that she was a talented gymnast, and she has moved up through the Golden Bears classes and levels, until she joined their Xcel competitive team at age 8.

At each stage of her development, the coaches were on-point, with the appropriate level of guidance and mentoring, always keeping it fun and positive. One of the great things about Golden Bears is it's size -- so many classes to select, which means so many other kids to meet and befriend.

Golden Bears also has one of the strongest Xcel competitive teams in Northern California, and now my daughter is advancing through their levels. She really enjoys all the new friends she has made on the competitive team, and she appreciates the coaching and support from the staff. The coaches are so skilled and experienced; they understand how to challenge kids but also how to maintain a supportive, fun environment. My daughter is building self-confidence -- and amazing gymnastics skills.

Susanna Hayrapetyan

My daughter has been attending Golden Bears Youth Gymnastics for the past 7 years. She started recreationally, and has since transitioned to the competitive team. The coaches and program itself have been amazing throughout. It has been wonderful to see how my daughter has grown both as a gymnast, and mentally. She has made many great friends in the program, as well as outside. I highly recommend this program.

Cindy Sakai

My daughter has been going to golden bear gymnastics for over 3 years, including Rec and competitive. I’ve got nothing but high praises for these dedicated coaches who spend time and energy into making it a positive experience. Communications are thorough and prompt, a great bonus for busy parents. It’s a great community. The only practical challenge is traffic and parking, which is eased by carpooling. My daughter has enjoyed many of the events such as the summer camp and occasional evening training/social nights. It’s helped to build self confidence, organization skills and team spirit. As a Cal alum, it’s great to be supporting Golden Bear!

Lynn Kuo

Both of my girls have loved Cal Bear gymnastics. Both have done recreational and competitive gymnastics and enjoyed all of it. The coaches are great and the program is flexible. As a parent, it's so nice to be able to start and stop certain classes and do makeups when you live busy lives. The main reason both of our girls have had six packs since they were 6 years old is because of taking gymnastics at Cal Bears.

Sofia Zander

Just to be clear: this is a review of Golden Bear Gymnastics, a recreational and competitive program for kids 18mo-18y. There are a lot of things going on in this building that I am not reviewing, including: a pool, a snack bar, and the listed Cal Gymnastics Club (a program for 17+).

My daughter has been going to Golden Bear for a few years now and has really enjoyed it. The coaches have been great. Sometimes they switch around a bit in the recreational classes, but we've been to other gyms in the area and it's no more than we experienced at those gyms. I really appreciated how supportive and encouraging her coaches have been -- they seem to "get" her and are able to help her grow and gain a lot of confidence (and, of course, some pretty awesome gymnastics skills!).

As others have explained, there are recreational classes (ie. classes you sign up for on a monthly basis) and there are competitive teams. My daughter took classes here on and off for several years before really committing to gymnastics and trying out for the team. Now she's on the XCEL team (the less intense competitive track), which is a great fit for her and our family (great coaches, plenty of time in the gym, but time to be a kid, too).

Sarah Donaldson

Our kids have been attending a variety of Golden Bear Gymnastics classes for just over a year. At every level and with every coach they have had fun. We give GB a big thumbs up for their emphasis on focus, paying attention, and hard work. Best pluses of this gym are the snack bar, adjacent track, and wifi access.

Review from C., 5 year old boy: "We learn different moves every day and they get funner and funner. My coach is really nice. " C gave this review after attending GB classes for just over a year.