Girls must wear their invitational leotard . If they need shorts they may wear black spandex shorts. (Please see our Swirl Shop if your student needs a pair!) Hair must be up and out of the face.

Boys must wear their invitational shirt with shorts or pants.

You may bring your belongings out onto the floor. No food or drinks permitted (water bottles only). We will ask you to remove your shoes. Please keep track of your children and not let them play on the equipment.

We will take the gymnasts into the lobby to take pictures at the photo station. Please pack a healthy snack for your gymnast that they can eat during this rest period. We do not always have a BYE worked into the rotation. Please see the schedule for our rotation on the day of the event.

The gymnasts are scored on their individual performance and are not ranked against the other gymnasts. Those who perform all around will receive an all around surprise.

We hold our Invitational once per year here at Encore.

If you are interested in our Performance Teams, please call Melodee at (925) 932.1033 or email her at encoregymteams@gmail.com. We have teams for all levels, abilities, and body types.

Gymnasts need to be in the Blue level or above to participate in the Invitational.

Typically, we offer our Invitational early Spring.

Gymnasts can learn Bars and Vault in class. They will practice passes for Beam and Floor in class, but will need to attend either Open Gym or an Invitational Practice Class to put the routine together for these events. We will also have PDFs and YouTube videos available on our website for gymnasts to watch and study.

No, gymnasts can choose as few as 1 and as many as 4 events to perform in at the Invitational.

We cannot guarantee they will have their coach on the day of the event. Many factors come into play for grouping. If this is something very important to your gymnast, a request can be made, and we will do what we can to accommodate that request.