RCY Gymnastics Center
Branch Hours
| Mon - Fri | 5:00 AM-9:00 PM |
| Sat - Sun | Closed |
Meet the New RCY Gymnastics Center
Home of Infinity Gymnastics
Welcome to the new RCY Gymnastics Center, home of Infinity Gymnastics, where athletes of all ages and abilities can build confidence, strength, and skill in a state of the art training environment. From beginner classes to competitive team pathways, the program offers a progressive approach that helps every gymnast grow at their own pace while developing balance, flexibility, and coordination. With top tier equipment and experienced coaches, the center provides opportunities for both recreational fun and high level competition, continuing a strong tradition of excellence that has led athletes to success at the local, regional, and national levels.
Infinity Gymnastics Team
Competitive Team, Levels 2-8, Silver, Gold, Platinum, and Diamond: USA Gymnastics Compulsory Program, Optional Program, and Xcel Program
Gymnastics Team
USA Gymnastics (USAG) competitive program offered for athletes age 5-18 to compete in local, regional, and national competitions.
Gymnastics Team Private Lessons
Private gymnastics lessons with an Infinity Gymnastics coach are available. Contact Caitlyn Ripka, @email, for more details.
Team Conditioning
An additional add-on program for current gymnastics team members focused on conditioning and bar skills. Participants must be enrolled in the monthly team program. Contact Caitlyn Ripka, @email, for more details.
To inquire about a skills evaluation to join the competitive team, contact Caitlyn Ripka at @email.
Progressive Gymnastics & Tumbling Classes
Instructional Parent/Child class | Baby Ninja allows your child to play, have fun, bond with their Ninja grown-up, and learn body awareness. Socialize your child, allow them to learn and understand what it means to follow instructions, and of course, get them moving. Class skills include fundamental movement, coordination, and fine and gross motor skill development. For stable walkers through age 3.
Instructional Parent/Child class | Children will complete basic gymnastics skills with the guidance of their parents or caregivers and under the instruction of a gymnastics teacher.
Instructional preschool gymnastics classes | Children will use all pieces of apparatus: vault, bars, beam, floor and tumble trak. Class requires the child to be independent; parents observe from the hallway. Children should be potty-trained to participate in this program.
Boys-only preschool gymnastics classes | High-energy class: participants will run through a floor circuit and utilize equipment each week, including vault, bars, beam, and/or tumble trak. Children should be potty-trained to participate in this program.
Participants run through obstacles like warriors! Class includes physical challenges each week; children work to improve physical strength and endurance.
A class focusing on tumbling skills and techniques for gymnastics and dance.
For beginner gymnasts with no formal gymnastics training. Skills are taught on all pieces of equipment (vault, bars, beam, floor, and tumbl trak).
For the gymnast who has a forward/backward roll and a bridge on the floor, has a cartwheel, and is close to a pullover on the bars.
For the gymnast who is working on a round off and bridge kick over on floor, a pullover and back hip circle on bars, and is working on a handstand on beam.
For the gymnast who has round off- rebound and bridge kick over, as well as working on back handsprings on floor, has a pullover from 2 feet-cast-back hip circle and working on a double back hip circle on bars, and working on forward/backward rolls and bridges on beam, as well as has a handstand on beam.
For the gymnast who has completed and/or tested out of the Level 2 program and wants to spend more time in the gymnastics center. Skills are taught on all pieces of equipment (vault, bars, beam, floor, and tumble trak.)
Evaluations will occur every other month to monitor progress.
An invitation-only class taught by team coaches for children who are accelerated learners and are interested in spending more time in the gym.
Contact Caitlyn Ripka at cripka@ymcarivercrossing.org
An invitation only class taught by team coaches for children who are accelerated learners and are interested in spending more time in the gym.
Contact Caitlyn Ripka at cripka@ymcarivercrossing.org
Contact Us
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Gymnastics Summer Camp
Gymnastics Team
Competitive levels of athletes will enjoy this opportunity to work on upskills and master skills in their current level. Current River Crossing YMCA team members or team members from visiting teams are welcome. Campers should be minimum of Xcel Silver or Competition Level 3 or above to join this camp.
Cheer Tumble
Learn basic cheers and dance routines in the morning. In the afternoon, practice tumbling skills in the gymnastics center.
Obstacle Ninja
Run through an obstacle course like a warrior! Train to do just that with strength and conditioning exercises, daily challenges and ninja courses.
About
About Infinity Gymnastics
River Crossing YMCA Gymnastics Center is home to Infinity Gymnastics, a competitive gymnastics program that helps athletes build confidence, strength and advanced skills in a supportive, high-energy training environment. Designed for dedicated gymnasts ages 5–18, the invitation-only team offers progressive training opportunities from Level 5 through Level 8 and Xcel Silver through Diamond, with athletes competing at local, regional and national meets. The program has a long-standing tradition of success, earning multiple state titles and consistently qualifying gymnasts for YMCA Nationals for more than 20 years.
Athletes train on state-of-the-art equipment, including a full AAI spring floor, competition vaults, bars, balance beams and TumblTrak systems, while receiving guidance from experienced coaches focused on technique, conditioning, goal setting and personal growth. In addition to team practices, Infinity Gymnastics also offers private lessons and specialized conditioning programs to help athletes continue progressing both individually and competitively.
About RCY Gymnastics Center Equipment
Our new gymnastics center offers state-of-the-art equipment and training opportunities to gymnasts of all levels:
- In-ground training pit (with access to the following pieces of equipment into the pit:
- single rail bar and a competition bar
- vault
- spring tumbling strip
- tumbl trak
- three (3) full AAI competition bar sets
- two (2) separate single bar rail set ups
- one (1) quad bar
- three (3) preschool bars
- Elite Kids 4 piece bar set with rings, parallel bars, a single bar, and uneven bars
- two (2) competition vaulting tables
- two (2) level 3/Silver vaulting systems
- one (1) competition size full spring floor
- class size spring floor
- seven (7) AAI Reflex Balance Beams
- one(1) AAi Reflex Low Beam
- three (3) class beams
- three (3) low beams
- three (3) laser beam
Infinity Gymnastics Coaches
Nicole Balcavage
Level 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, Xcel Gold, Platinum
Janine Brown
Angela Burns
Team Coach Level 2, 3,4,6,7,8,9 and all levels of Xcel
Skylar Eidem
Xcel Silver
Bethany Miorelli
Level 4,6,7,8, 9, Xcel Gold and Platinum
Caitlyn Ripka
Aubrey Stanlaw
Team Coach Xcel Silver
Marissa Wagner
Xcel Silver, Level 3, and preteam program
Jade Wilhelm
Team Coach Level 3,4,6,7,8,9 and all levels of Xcel