Let It Shine Gymnastics Camp

Let It Shine Gymnastics offers gymnastics classes, tumbling, ninja (Ninjastics), trampoline, and tumbling classes, along with recreational and competitive gymnastics options. The program also offers adaptive classes, parent+child classes in the Tiny Tumblers area, Pre Rec Gymnastics, Pre Tumble, homeschool gymnastics, girls recreational gymnastics, and men’s and women’s competitive teams, including a trampoline and tumbling team. Families can also choose birthday parties, open play and open plays, parents’ night out, skill clinics, family fun activities, and the Little Shiners Clubhouse and Little Shiners Club (MDO), as well as day camps such as MLK Camp, Mid-Winter Camp, Spring Break Camp, and summer camp.

• Ages: 1–17 years old
• Schedule: Office hours run Monday–Thursday 9:00 am–8:00 pm, Friday 9:00 am–6:30 pm, and Saturday 9:00 am–2:00 pm; class hours may differ from office hours.

Let It Shine Gymnastics describes itself as Middle Tennessee's premiere gymnastics training facility and a second generation, family owned and operated club with programs for tiny tumblers to highly awarded competitive gymnasts. The program states that it offers kid friendly events including day camps, open plays, skill clinics, and family fun activities, and that it hosts various day camps including summer camp. The Little Shiner's Clubhouse is described as Let It Shine's answer to Parent's Day Out, and the facility notes that it is not required to be licensed by the state as a child care facility.

Tim and Janie Richards started Let It Shine Gymnastics in Franklin, Tennessee in August of 1983, and the program identifies itself as a second generation, family owned and operated club. The program states that it has taught over 150,000 children in the Middle Tennessee area and has impacted generations of families in the Nashville community. It reports that it has cheered on more state, regional, and national champions in Gymnastics, Trampoline and Power Tumbling than any other club in Tennessee, and that in the college arena it has produced over three dozen athletes receiving Gymnastics, Acro, and Cheerleading scholarships.

Let It Shine Gymnastics describes its mission as staffing people who emulate the life of Christ and wanting members to have fun and develop their minds, bodies, and souls in the safest manner possible, all for the glory of God. The program states that it acknowledges it is not perfect but pursues excellence by seeking continuous improvements in every aspect of its business, and that it operates in a Christian environment with a mission to emulate the life of Christ and honor Jesus Christ in all aspects.

Last updated January 9, 2026.