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Welcome & FAQ

We’d like to welcome you to Twister Sports! Here at Twisters, we like to be the hub of the community for children. We’re more than just a gym – we want to be your child’s home away from home –... Read More

Hip Flexibility Homework

Exercise #1: Bird Stretch Goal:  Help the athlete with hip tightness during tumbling. Objective:  Increase the overall flexibility of the athletes hips Description:  Using a modified lunge athletes will work on increasing their hip flexibility with a floor stretch. Equipment: ... Read More

Twisters to Host Kids Camp Open House in April

WARRENSBURG, Mo. – Twister Sports hosts first ever Kids Camp Open House April 28 from 6:30-8 p.m. In 2020 Twisters kicked off their Kids Camp Summer Program as the result of several other community childcare programs closing for the summer.... Read More

Mental Health v. Physical Safety: Which is more important for today’s children?

As parents, 2020 brought out one of the toughest decisions for many of us: Do we focus on our child’s mental and emotional health or do we focus on their physical safety and well-being. Further, we’ve been inundated with statistics,... Read More

Self-Bullying and How to Develop Healthy Habits for Your Child

Self-Bullying: How it Starts Imagine this.  You greet your 12-year-old athlete for their weekly private lesson. The warm up starts well and so does the warm-up tumbling. Then you get to the back handspring. This is the purpose and plan... Read More

Happy Fourth of July 2019

Happy Fourth of July! We’re closed today, but have a happy and safe holiday! From all of us here at Twister Sports, we’d like to wish you a happy and safe Fourth of July.  Warrensburg  is one of the best... Read More

The Lowdown on Mental Blocks (Part 3)

This is the final part of a 3-part series about mental blocks. To read Part 1 and Part 2, click the associated links. The Perfectionist There are many different types of athletes – those who work hard and achieve their... Read More

The Lowdown on Mental Blocks (Part 2)

Imagine your child has a back handspring and has been doing them for months now, but all of a sudden one day they are incapable of doing it without assistance. They are unsure of what is going on, but you... Read More

The Lowdown on Mental Blocks (Part 1)

A time comes in every athletes life where they are going to struggle with a skill or set of skills. That’s just how life is sometimes, we might succeed in many ways but find ourselves falling short in other areas.... Read More

Just Call Us Germ Busters

As I sit here with a sick child home from school (and the other 3 kids sick all within the last month), I thought it was important to talk for a second about the precautions we take at Twisters to... Read More