Santa Clara, CA · Est. November 3, 2006
About Twisters Gymnastics
A family-owned gymnastics school built on the belief that every child deserves a real foundation — not a level system, but a line. Serving South Bay families since November 3, 2006.
Our Programs
Preschool Gymnastics
Ages Walkers – 5 years
Introduction to movement, balance, and body awareness through play-based gymnastics.
Recreational Gymnastics
Ages 6 – 12
Year-round classes on floor, vault, bars, and beam. Built on our numbered-sequence curriculum. $155/month.
Competitive WAG Team
By evaluation
Women's Artistic Gymnastics competitive team training for dedicated athletes. Pricing varies.
Birthday Parties
Walkers – Age 12
$405 for up to 20 guests, $500 for up to 30 guests. A dedicated coach, the whole gym, 1 hr 40 min.
Summer Camps
Ages 4 – 12
Half-day ($70/day) and full-day ($94/day) camps that go deeper into our year-round curriculum.
Kids Night Out
Ages 4 – 12
Last Saturday of each month, 4:30–7:30 PM. $60/child. A fun evening of gymnastics and games.
Our Story
Twisters Gymnastics opened its doors on November 3, 2006, founded by Allan and Ericka Fusilero. What started as a single gym in Santa Clara has grown into a cornerstone of South Bay gymnastics education — serving families from Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Cupertino, San Jose, Mountain View, and Campbell.
Allan's philosophy is simple but profound: the body develops from the center of gravity outward, across three segments. Before a gymnast can master a back handspring, she must own her hollow body. Before she can own her hollow body, she must understand where her center is. This is not a level system — it is a line.
That line is expressed through a numbered sequence built on six fundamental body movement patterns and the handstand — organized across seven bands: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13.
Today, Twisters offers six programs for walkers through competitive level, all built on the same curriculum taught year-round. Every class, every camp, every birthday party connects back to the same foundation.
Why Twisters
A different kind of gymnastics school
Most gymnastics programs in Santa Clara and the South Bay organize kids by age or USAG level. Twisters organizes them by what the body is biomechanically ready to learn — a numbered sequence that builds from the center of gravity outward, across three body segments, from walking age through elite.
Birth to 18 — one unbroken line
The Twisters curriculum spans walkers through elite-level athletes. Every program — Tiny Twisters, recreational, developmental team, competitive WAG — follows the same numbered sequence. A child who starts at 18 months and trains through high school never changes systems. The line just gets longer.
Foundation over levels
Traditional USAG levels reward skill completion. Twisters rewards skill ownership. A gymnast does not advance until she can execute cleanly, connect in a series, and generate real flight. The result: fewer injuries, more durability, and athletes who can actually compete at the next level.
Biomechanical sequencing
Allan Fusilero spent years mapping the order in which the body is physically ready to learn each skill. The result is a numbered sequence organized across six bands — Shapes, Foundation, Connection, Flight, Power, Elite — each band building on the last. No skipped steps. No borrowed time.
Family-owned, nearly 20 years
Twisters is not a franchise. Allan still coaches. Ericka still runs the gym. The same philosophy taught on November 3, 2006 is taught today. In Silicon Valley, where sports programs come and go, Twisters has been at 2800 Bowers Ave for nearly two decades — a constant in South Bay youth sports.
Starts earlier than most Bay Area gyms
Tiny Twisters begins when a child can walk — typically 12 to 18 months. Most gymnastics programs in the South Bay start at age 3 or 4. Starting earlier means more time on the line before the body's developmental windows close. Preschool gymnastics in Santa Clara, done right, starts here.
Proven at the highest level
Remi Fusilero — a product of the Twisters program from walking age — earned a full scholarship to the University of Washington, competing beginning in 2027. The curriculum works because it was built to work, not to fill class slots.
Service area
Serving Santa Clara and nearby communities
Families drive to Twisters from across the South Bay and Silicon Valley. Our facility at 2800 Bowers Ave is centrally located — minutes from Lawrence Expressway, easy to reach from eight cities.
Santa Clara
Home gym
Sunnyvale
~5 min
Cupertino
~10 min
San Jose
~10 min
Mountain View
~12 min
Campbell
~15 min
Los Altos
~12 min
Milpitas
~15 min
Looking for kids gymnastics in Santa Clara, gymnastics classes in Sunnyvale, or a Bay Area gymnastics program that starts from walking age? Twisters is the only Silicon Valley gymnastics school built on a single biomechanical curriculum from birth through elite — no level resets, no system changes, just one unbroken line.
2800 Bowers Ave · Santa Clara, CA 95051 · (650) 933-8698
The Fusilero Family
Allan Fusilero
Founder & Head Coach
Allan is a graduate of UC Berkeley and a member of the 1997 and 1998 Cal Bears National Championship gymnastics teams. A competitive gymnast himself, he built the Twisters curriculum from the ground up — rooted in biomechanics, sequenced like a line, not a level system.
His philosophy: the body develops from the center of gravity outward, across three segments. Every skill in the curriculum follows that principle. Every gymnast at Twisters carries the line forward.
Ericka Fusilero
Co-Founder
Ericka is a competitive gymnastics alumna inducted into the UC Davis Athletics Hall of Fame in 2004. Together with Allan, she co-founded Twisters Gymnastics on November 3, 2006, and has been a cornerstone of the gym's culture and community ever since.
The Next Generation
Remi & Bentyn Fusilero
Remi Fusilero has earned a full scholarship to the University of Washington, where she will compete beginning in 2027. A product of the Twisters program, Remi represents everything the curriculum was built toward.
Bentyn Fusilero is currently a Level 4 gymnast — still on the line, still adding layers.