What is Wildcats Gymnastics?

Wildcats gymnastics is a children’s gymnastic center in Cumberland County Maine, that has been in design and development for over 5 years. Wildcats is a social enterprise, which means our profits will be reinvested into the students, staff, facility and the community at large.   

Why Gymnastics?

Gymnastics improves strength, flexibility, agility, coordination and endurance. 

Gymnastics teaches children adaptability, self advocacy, cooperation, problem solving, leadership skills, how to work as a team and how to rally and bounce back from disappointment.

Gymnastics gives children a positive introduction to organized physical activities and social interactions which improves their sense of self confidence and purpose.  

Gymnastics contributes to higher grades because there is a connection in the brain between physical and intellectual learning. 

Gymnastics gives children a lifelong appreciation for learning and physical activity.

We must get our children off their couches, away from their screens and moving their bodies in the world, learning how to interact and communicate with others, three dimensionally. It is actually imperative for proper brain development. We all go through developmental stages and steps. If one is missed, it can be very hard to recover from the setback. A child that is challenged with certain physical, organizational and social skills at the right time in a positive and productive manner will benefit from it their whole lives. Physical and intellectual development and learning are strongly linked. This is why most gymnasts excel academically. Children that get to do gymnastics when they are young, have an advantage over those who do not. They are more comfortable with their bodies and this makes them both more self confident and safer wherever they go in the world.