Elite Power Tumbling & Trampoline

06/11/2026

Here is a sample/idea of the team bag tags my sister is thinking to give everyone an idea.

06/11/2026

06/11/2026

Keep your eye out for some good action shots of your athletes so so you can use them in the fall in your child's custom bag tag!

Our official nationals photographers are from Enduro. There are pre-orders available! Check out the links below to see more about what they will have to offer. There will also be a booth set up at the nationals events for you to visit.

2026 USTA photo pre-order quick link: (This link will expire on Sunday, June 14)
https://secure.zenfolio.com/endurophoto/Preorder1050514692/shop

Custom Print and Banners:
https://secure.zenfolio.com/endurophoto/Preorder881503460/shop

2026 USTA Nationals photo galleries:
https://endurophoto.zenfolio.com/f597743200

06/03/2026

Make sure you order your tickets! Nationals is almost here!

Get ready to bounce at the 2026 US Trampoline & Tumbling Nationals—top flips and fun in one epic event!

05/19/2026

Are you looking for something fun & energetic for your child to burn off some extra energy this summer? Come try out our power tumbling & trampoline classes at Elite Power Tumbling & Trampoline this summer or enroll for classes next season!

We offer classes to boys & girls ages 18 months & up. For our young athletes we offer a fun themed parent/child combo tumbling/jumping class for ages 18 months-3 (not potty trained), For ages 3 (potty trained) & up we offer our independent power tumbling class. The trampoline class is offered to athletes who are ages 5 & starting Kindergarten this September.

At Elite Power Tumbling & Trampoline we offer competition classes in power tumbling & trampoline to all athletes of all skill level who are ages 4 & Up. We do not have a tryout to join the competition team. Our consistent performances place our competition team at top placings statewide, our results speak for themselves!

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us.


WE ARE EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE:

2026 Summer Classes AND our 2026-2027 Classes for next year are now open for registration.

Classes opened to our gym members at the beginning of May & many classes are already full for our summer classes. Register today to save your child's spot in classes.

Our 2026-2027 classes are beginning to fill. Register now to secure a spot for your child next season.

For your convenience you can register online, via email or mail in your registration form for our summer classes.

For the 2026-2027 season you can register now online, via email, mail in your registration form or wait until our in person registration date on September 8, 2026 5:00-7:30 p.m. But if you wait until September classes may already be full.

Please use the attached link to have access to our interactive flyer. You can click on the underlined links & they will take you to our page, website, online registration, make a payment, email us or call us.

Interactive Flyer:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OOjdkRsnRpfMVZ1o8Co2JLEX-SakjId4/view?usp=sharing

Online Registration Link:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/KMZTGQS

Website:
www.elitepowertumblingandtrampoline.com

05/19/2026

On May 2, 2026 12 team members traveled to Winterset, IA to compete in a fun synchronized trampoline competition for all levels.

Those of you who are new to the world of tumbling & trampoline, synchronized trampoline is when the athletes jump with a partner and do the same routine at the same time. This event is not usually competed until the Intermediate & higher level in AAU & the Sub Advanced & higher level in USTA.

There are many components to think about when choosing pairs from how tall they, body weight, how high they jump to how they perform their skills. I think we did pretty good at pairing up the ones who wanted to give it a try.

The kids had a fantastic time learning to jump synchro, the growth in just 3 practices that these kids made learning to work as a team but it also helps make their routine better.

They all did an amazing job & can't to do the meet again in the future & this old coach is considering doing a fun meet like this sometime next season also.

I missed getting photos of one group of kids due to warmup going on with other pairs. Please add photos of these pairs if you have photos: Lydia & Dimitri, Milena & Amelia, Kiki & Gracelyn

Please see the videos of each of our pairs in the comments.

05/19/2026

2026 AAU STATE MEET RESULTS:
On April 25, 2026 our team competed at the 2026 Iowa AAU Tumbling & Trampoline State Competition in Cedar Falls, IA which is the qualifying meet for the Junior Olympic Games which will be held in Des Moines, IA August 4-7, 2026.

In order to qualify for the Junior Olympic Games athletes must place in the top 10 overall placing at the state competition. Elite Power Tumbling & Trampoline showed the state what they are all about and took many top honors.

Overall Team Meet Stats:
105 Events
34 State Champions
13 State Runner Ups
63 Finished in the top 3 placings overall

8 High Point Winners (team with the most high point winners!!)

102 Events Qualified for the Junior Olympic Games
1 athlete received 2 "Perfect 10's"!
1 Iowa AAU Senior Scholarship Winner--Miss Lexi Smith

Congratulations to our High Point Winners (which means after combining all of the scores at that level of competition they had the highest score!)

Trampoline High Point Winners: (4)
Beginner Trampoline-A Tie from Elite--Milena Olson & Caydence Schubert
Novice Trampoline-Tinley Gross
Intermediate Trampoline-Melanie Davis

Double Mini High Point Winners: (2)
Beginner Double Mini-Bella Gehlken
Novice Double Mini-Tinley Gross

Single Mini High Point Winners: (1)
Novice Single Mini-Tinley Gross - 2 PERFECT 10'S!

Tumbling High Point Winners: (1)
Beginner Tumbling-Gracelyn Jackson

Congratulations to our USTA State Champions:
Trampoline State Champions: (13)
Amelia Donegan-Beginner
Dimitri Hopkins-Beginner
Gracelyn Jacksons-Beginner
Izabella Kleckner-Beginner
Addison Liebsch-Beginner
Milena Olson-Beginner
Caydence Schubert-Beginner
Oliver Woehl-Beginner
Tinley Gross-Novice
Leila Nixon-Novice
Melanie Davis-Intermediate
Amanda Wilson-Intermediate
Paige Anderson-Advanced

At the Beginner level on Trampoline our team took the , 2, 3, 4x2, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 spots overall! (Can't beat getting 12 athletes from our team in the top 10)

At the Novice level on trampoline we only have 3 athletes at this level and we took the #1, 2 spots overall!

Double Mini State Champions: (7)
Bella Gehlken-Beginner
Dimitri Hopkins-Beginner
Kiyah Savoy-Beginner
Tinley Gross-Novice
Leila Nixon-Novice
Melanie Davis-Sub Advanced
Paige Anderson-Advanced

At the Beginner level on Double Mini our team took the #1, 3, 4, 5, 10 spots overall!

At the Novice level on Double Mini we took the #1, 2, 6, 8 spots overall!

At the Intermediate level on Double Mini we took the #4 spot overall!

Single Mini State Champions: (6)
Aaliyah Flagg-Beginner
Dimitri Hopkins-Beginner
Vivian Speck-Beginner
Tinley Gross-Novice (2 PERFECT 10'S)
Leila Nixon-Novice
Melanie Davis-Intermediate

At the Beginner level on Single Mini we took the , 4, 5x2, 6, 7x2, 9 spots overall!

At the Novice level on Single Mini we took the #1, 3 spots overall!

At the Intermediate level on Single Mini we took the #3 spot overall!

Tumbling State Champions: (8)
Scarlett Ibarra-Sub Beginner
Emma Warren-Sub Beginner
Dimitri Hopkins-Beginner
Kiki Hopkins-Beginner
Gracelyn Jackson-Beginner
Amelia Donegan-Adv Beginner 1
Leila Nixon-Sub Novice
Melanie Davis-Intermediate

At the Sub Beginner level in tumbling our team took the #2 (missing high point by .1), 4, 6, 10 spots overall!

At the Beginner level in tumbling our team took the #1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 9, 10 spots overall!

At the Advanced Beginner 1 level in tumbling our team took the #2, 3, 5, 7, 10 spots overall!

At the Sub Novice level in tumbling our team took the #3 spot overall!

Our Intermediate tumblers took #2 & 3 spots overall.

All-in-all our ELITE athletes were simply amazing once again and all of the Elite coaches are so very proud of their success at the State meet, all season & how much they have improved all year long!
Looking forward to a great national meet! Let's show em' how we do things the "ELITE" way at Junior Olympics in Des Moines this August!

Parents I did not get many pictures of this meet.....please add pictures in the comments to share your memories with us!

www.elitepowertumblingandtrampoline.com

05/19/2026

2026 USTA STATE MEET RESULTS:

On April 18 & 19, 2026 our team competed at the 2026 Iowa USTA Tumbling & Trampoline State Competition which is the qualifying meet for the National Championships held in Madison, WI June 15-20, 2026.

In order to qualify for the national championship athletes must place in the top 15 overall placing at the state competition. Elite Power Tumbling & Trampoline showed the state what they are all about and took many top honors.

Overall Team Meet Stats:
83 Events
23 State Champions
10 State Runner Ups
6 High Point Winners
1 Senior Iowa USTA Scholarship Winner--Miss Lexi Smith

79 Events Qualified for the National Championships

Congratulations to our High Point Winners (which means after combing all of the scores at that level of competition they had the highest score!)

Beginner Trampoline-Caydence Schubert
Novice Trampoline-Tinley Gross
Intermediate Trampoline-Melanie Davis

Beginner Double Mini-Caydence Schubert
Novice Double Mini-Tinley Gross

Beginner Tumbling-Gracelyn Jackson

Congratulations to our USTA State Champions:

Trampoline State Champions:
Rikee'sha Heard-Beginner
Dimitri Hopkins-Beginner
Kiki Hopkins-Beginner
Izabella Kleckner-Beginner
Kiyah Savoy-Beginner
Caydence Schubert-Beginner
Oliver Woehl-Beginner
Tinley Gross-Novice
Melanie Davis-Intermediate

At the Beginner level on Trampoline our team took the #1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 spots overall out of 114 total athletes at this level!

At the Novice level on trampoline we only have 3 athletes at this level and we took the #1, 2, 8 spots out of 86 total athletes at this level!

Double Mini State Champions:
Dimitri Hopkins-Beginner
Gracelyn Jackson-Beginner
Izabella Kleckner-Beginner
Caydence Schubert-Beginner
Madi Warren-Beginner
Oliver Woehl-Beginner
Tinley Gross-Novice
Leila Nixon-Novice

At the Beginner level on Double Mini our team took the #1, 2, 3, 5 overall spots out of 132 total athletes at this level!

At the Novice level on Double Minin we took the #1 spot out of 86 total athletes at this level!

Tumbling State Champions:
Emma Warren-Sub Beginner
Dimitri Hopkins-Beginner
Gracelyn Jackson-Beginner
Amelia Donegan-Adv Beginner
Mackenzie Woehl-Adv Beginner
Tinley Gross-Intermediate

At the Beginner level in tumbling our team took the #1, 7, 12 overall spots out of 136 total athletes at this level!

Our Sub Beginner level tumblers took #2 (missing high score by .4), #6, 7, 10, 11 overall spots out of 62 total athletes at this level!

Our Intermediate tumblers took #3 & 5 overall spots out of 33 athletes at this level!

All-in-all our ELITE athletes were simply amazing and all of the Elite coaches are so very proud of their success at the State meet, all season & how much they have improved all year long!

Looking forward to a great national meet! Let's "Smile & Say Cheese" in Madison, WI!

Parents please add pictures in the comments to share your memories with us! (most of the ones I have were taken from your facebook posts)

www.elitepowertumblingandtrampoline.com

05/19/2026

Long Overdue Post!!!! (my life has finally slowed down a bit this month)

On April 18 & 19, 2026 our team hosted the 2026 USTA State Tumbling & Trampoline meet at the Boone High School. This competition is the biggest meet of the season for Iowa USTA as it is the qualifying meet for the National meet which will be held in Madison, WI June 15-20, 2026. All of the athletes in Iowa must attend this meet & receive a qualifying placing to compete at the National competition.

Iowa USTA celebrated 55 years this season. Our meet theme was "Built By Legends, Powered By USTA Stars!" The meaning behind the theme was to honor all of those who have helped build Iowa USTA to what it is today & to celebrate all of the athletes who really are the stars of the sport! This meet was a special one as the coaches & judges reminisced about years past of those who have passed & those who are still with us.

The 2026 State meet brought in 705 athletes with a total of 1,312 events over the course of the 2-day competition. This is a big undertaking for any team to host & one that I can say our ELITE parents rose up bigger than I could have ever imagined and ran this meet like they had been running it for many years.

It was the most efficient state meet that I as a coach have ever been done coaching by 4 p.m. both days with the meet running on time or ahead.

THANK YOU & SHOUT OUT to all of our awesome ELITE parents, athletes & additional family members, friends & former ELITE parents. You are the very reason that our gym is one of the BEST tumbling & trampoline gyms in Iowa! So many great comments were made & emails sent about the meet we hosted and all I can say is WOW you are all amazing! You are truly valued & appreciated and thank you is just not enough.

To my group leaders - thank you for stepping up & leading our team to such a successful weekend, without you things would not have run smoothly & I know it is a big undertaking to lead an area but you all did an amazing job.....THANK YOU!

A thank you to all of the businesses & families that donated to our event our team & USTA organization truly appreciate your support & you helped to make our event very memorable (a formal thank will go out to each business as soon as our team group photo is ready for this season):
Scooter's Coffee-Boone, Ames, Huxley
Arnold Motor Supply-Boone
Saints Ave Cafe-Boone
J Design-Stratford
Melissa Bell Photography-Boone
Star Equipment, LTD-Ames, Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Waterloo
Visit Boone County
Discover Ames
City of Boone
Boone Fire Department
Pizza Ranch-Boone
People's Bank-Boone
Bash Pop-Stratford
Subway-Boone (thanks for the outdoor sign welcoming athletes to town also!)
White Cap-Des Moines
Helping Hands Pet Hospital-Boone
Enterprise Electric, Inc.-Boone
Country Custom Design-Rippey
Nixon Lawncare-Johnston
Speck Family-Donating Spirit Clip Supplies
Olson Family-Donating Spirit Clip Supplies
Hy-Vee-Boone
Dairy Queen-Boone
Amazon Market
Sign Gypsies-Ames
BFit-Boone

Our team definitely set the bar high for the next state meet!

www.elitepowertumblingandtrampoline.com

05/17/2026

This is so very true & a good coach doesn't coach just for today they coach where they want the athlete to be 5 years from now.

Trusting the process is important in skill development. Most don’t want to have the patience or give it a chance but rather leave or drift off into the fast lane, “I need it NOW”. Why should they trust the process and take things slow?
Trusting the process allows the brain to process and organize motor patterns. This is a slow trustworthy process. I have seen many rush the process that doesn’t allow the brain to take its time to process and organize motor patterns, this leads to a disruption in motor control that is unorganized and miscommunication between the mind and body. This is a major issue that leads to injuries. This is what many call it a “mental block”. It’s not it’s a mental block it’s a nervous system disruption of motor control pattern. Rushing the process doesn’t allow the brain to have the time to process what’s happening so you are safe and confidence.

A few things that can disrupt the nervous system.
1. Compare yourself to others and other teams.
2. Technology- being on phones making videos to get the “likes”. Great you are inspired by those Instagram, YouTube, til toc videos but that is the surface level. You don’t know what truly happens behind the scene of success.
3. Coaches who needs kids to succeed to find their ego.
4. Rushing the process doesn’t give the time the brain to process things. It also leads to burnout by the time kids reach high school age.

The brain is like a muscle, less is more. Muscle needs to rest to repair itself. Brain needs rest to lock in plasticity(Neuroplasticity).

For success- Trust the process and be S-L-O-W!!

Reminder the grass isn’t always greener on the other side.

Happy Tumbling,
Tumbles
“Building Strong Minds and Bodies, One Flip at a Time.”