TUMBLING
Knoxville Twisters Cheer & Tumbling offers over 70 weekly tumbles classes. Our goal is to offer an age/skill appropriate class that fits the needs of our athletes and their families while ensuring your athlete’s safe and successful participation.
OUR MISSION
It is our goal to foster a love for the sport of tumbling while teaching dedication, self-confidence, and the power of a positive attitude. To provide a fun, yet challenging, environment that encourages, supports, and drives the individual athlete to develop their tumbling skills.
Our tumbling offerings begin with our Toddler & Me classes which serves 1.5 to 2 year old children and their adult. Pre-school is our next division with class offerings for 2, 3, and 4 year-old beginning tumblers. Progressing from pre-school to our age dedicated classes you will find classes for 5 year old beginners and intermediate tumblers followed by 6-9 beginner and 6-9 intermediate and even teen beginners! We also offer All-Boy classes for our male athletes who are looking for an opportunity to demonstrate power in their tumbling! Once the required general tumbling skills are met in the beginner and intermediate levels, athletes will transition into our skill-dedicated classes. This means that each class is designed to work on a specific tumbling skill. These skill specific classes, listed in order of progression, are appropriately named for their skill: walk-over, handspring, tuck and advanced/twisting. Once a skill is mastered, the athlete progresses to the next level!
MY TODDLER & ME
1.5-2 YEAR OLDS
This class offers an explorative opportunity for our youngest athletes. It is free play at a self-driven pace that allows for hand-eye coordination, balance and introduction to tumbing. This class requires parent/guardian participation.
PRE-SCHOOL
2,3,4 YEAR OLDS
These classes are designed to introduce your athlete to tumbling. Children will be introduced to basic stretching, tumbling, beam and trampoline skills.
5 YEAR OLD BEGINNER
This class is designed to introduce your 5-year-old athlete to tumbling. Children will be introduced to basic stretching, and tumbling skills to include handstands, forward rolls, backwards rolls and cartwheels. We will introduce bridges and backbends.
This class is designed to introduce your athlete to tumbling. Children will be introduced to basic stretching, tumbling, beam and trampoline skills.
5 YEAR OLD
INTERMEDIATE
This class is designed for the child who has tumbling experience. We will continue work on strengthening handstands, forward and backward rolls, cartwheels, bridges and backbends and begin instruction on back bend kick overs, handstand forward rolls and snap downs.
6 - 9 YEAR OLD
BEGINNERS
This class is designed to introduce your athlete to tumbling. Children will be introduced to basic stretching and tumbling to include handstands, forward rolls to standing, back rolls to standing, cartwheels, bridges and backbends.
6 - 9 YEAR OLD
INTERMEDIATE
This class is designed for the child who has tumbling experience. We will continue work on strengthening handstands, forward and backwards rolls, cartwheels. This class will include instruction on bridge and back bend kick overs, handstand forward rolls and snap downs.
This class is designed to introduce your athlete to tumbling. Children will be introduced to basic stretching, tumbling, beam and trampoline skills.
10 to 18 YEAR OLD
INTRO/EVAL
This class is designed to introduce 10-18 year old athletes to our methods and technique requirements and then begin skill assessment for placement in the correct skill specific class.
All BOY - BEGINNER
AGES 5 - 7
This is a true Boys Only class. We will work on various tumbling and will add some tricks for fun!
ALL BOY
INTERMEDIATE
This is a true Boys Only class for those who have completed/participated in our All-Boy's Class previously. We will work on various tumbling and will add some tricks for fun!
This class is designed to introduce your athlete to tumbling. Children will be introduced to basic stretching, tumbling, beam and trampoline skills.
WALKOVER
BACK/FRONT
This class requires athletes who have mastered a handstand, cartwheel, bridge and backbend kick-over and are ready to work on front and back walkovers.
BACKHANDSPRING
101
This class requires athletes who have a round off and front and back walkovers. We will begin with drills for back handsprings and progress toward running BHS.
BACKHANDSPRING
INTERMEDIATE
This class requires athletes who have a running back handspring and are ready to work on multiple and standing handsprings.
This class is designed to introduce your athlete to tumbling. Children will be introduced to basic stretching, tumbling, beam and trampoline skills.
STRETCH
This class is designed to improve flexibility and perfect the skills needed by "flyers".
TUCK - 101
TUCK - Advanced
Tuck 101: This class is designed to improve handspring technique and focus on the "set" for the tuck without the acutal pressure of throwing oneself backwards into the tuck.
Tuck Advanced: This class is for the athlete who completed Tuck 101 and is ready to perfect the tuck!
ADVANCED
This class is for the athlete who has mastered a tuck and is ready to begin work on a layout, full, double full and an Arabian. Both standing and running skills will be the goal of this class. Each skill will be mastered before progressing to the next skill set.
This class is designed to introduce your athlete to tumbling. Children will be introduced to basic stretching, tumbling, beam and trampoline skills.
