Our Staff | X-Cel Gymnastics
Lindsey is the owner of X-Cel Gymnastics and the Head Coach of the Xquisite competitive team. She was a competitive gymnast throughout childhood and high school. During that time she was a state beam champion, a high school gymnast for North Allegheny. She has taught gymnastics since 1996 and first joined X-Cel in 1998. Since that time, she has been involved in all of X-Cel’s programs as a preschool teacher, recreational teacher, and team coach. She graduated from the University of Dayton in Ohio in 2003 with a dual Bachelors in Entrepreneurship and Marketing. She is currently coaching the optional gymnastics team and has had multiple state, regional and national champions from level 4-level 10 and has qualified athletes into the TOPS and HOPES programs.
Lindsey Stancil
Owner, Head Coach
Lindsey is the owner of X-Cel Gymnastics and the Head Coach of the Xquisite competitive team. She was a competitive gymnast throughout childhood and high school. During that time she was a state beam champion, a high school gymnast for North Allegheny. She has taught gymnastics since 1996 and first joined X-Cel in 1998. Since that time, she has been involved in all of X-Cel’s programs as a preschool teacher, recreational teacher, and team coach. She graduated from the University of Dayton in Ohio in 2003 with a dual Bachelors in Entrepreneurship and Marketing. She is currently coaching the optional gymnastics team and has had multiple state, regional and national champions from level 4-level 10 and has qualified athletes into the TOPS and HOPES programs.
Preschool and Recreational Manager
Preschool and Recreational Coach
Miss Val
Team Manager
Team Coach
Miss Cara
Team Coach
Mr Nate
Preschool and Recreational Coach
Birthday Party Manager
Miss Alicia
Team and Ninja Coach
Ninja Manager
Mr Harris
Preschool Coach
Miss Allison
Preschool Coach
Miss Grace
Team and Cheer Coach
Cheer Manager
Miss Lisa
Boys Team and Recreational Coach
Boys Team Manager
Mr Scott
Preschool Coach
Recreational Coach
Miss Jean
Preschool Coach
Miss Kelly
Boys Team and Preschool Coach
Event Coordinator
Miss Becky
Preschool Coach
Miss Dana
Preschool Coach
Miss Emily
Stay and Play Coach
Recreational Coach
Mr Ray
Team Coach
Recreational Coach
Miss Becca
Team Coach
Recreational Coach
Miss Courtney
Team Coach
Recreational Coach
Miss Renee
Team Coach
Miss Colleen
Team Coach
Miss Leah
Education & Certifications
All of our staff is educated and certified
X-Cel staff members are CPR and First Aid certified. All coaches undergo extensive and ongoing background checks, professional development and safety certification through the United States of America Gymnastics (USAG) association. Above and beyond the national certifications, X-Cel implements internal coaching and spotting development programs designed to improve the safety and effectiveness of coaching techniques.
X-Cel Gymnastics | Cranberry Township
Lights, Camera, X-Cel!
Training gymnasts for world-class competition has never been the primary goal of X-Cel Gymnastics – even though it happens often! Since its formation in 1993, X-Cel has focused on helping children from preschool through age 18 to enjoy achievement through learning gymnastics, along with helping them compete at the highest national level.
Lindsey Stancil is the owner and head coach of X-Cel. As she sees it, everyone is encouraged to train toward reaching their highest potential. “No matter what level they are, we want them to experience the excitement of achievement though learning,” she said. Learning is evident at X-Cel as they are proud to host the most Level 10 gymnasts in the area, and is home to two Junior Olympic National Bar champions.
(photo) Members of X-Cel Gymnastics’ Xquisite Gymnastics Team take a break during a training session with Lindsey Stancil, the gym’s owner and head coach.
Training gymnasts for world-class competition has never been the primary goal of X-Cel Gymnastics – even though it happens often! Since its formation in 1993, X-Cel has focused on helping children from preschool through age 18 to enjoy achievement through learning gymnastics, along with helping them compete at the highest national level.
Lindsey Stancil is the owner and head coach of X-Cel. As she sees it, everyone is encouraged to train toward reaching their highest potential. “No matter what level they are, we want them to experience the excitement of achievement though learning,” she said. Learning is evident at X-Cel as they are proud to host the most Level 10 gymnasts in the area, and is home to two Junior Olympic National Bar champions.
(photo) Members of X-Cel Gymnastics’ Xquisite Gymnastics Team take a break during a training session with Lindsey Stancil, the gym’s owner and head coach.
The instructional curriculum at X-Cel is designed to enable each child to feel success, regardless of their attainment level.
Classes are built upon a system of progression that teaches skills based on core fundamentals to demonstrate each child’s incremental achievements. Accomplishing levels is measured on an individual basis. The athletes who compete at the highest levels spend approximately 25 hours in the gym per week.
Creating a fun-filled, exciting atmosphere, coupled with individualized attention where personal safety is always a priority, are paramount goals for the X-Cel staff – all of whom are certified in CPR and First Aid. Strength, flexibility and coordination, which are the platforms that gymnastic accomplishments are built on, are among the school’s basic instructional goals.
Most X-Cel students are children – although drop-in adult fitness classes are offered as well. High school and college athletes – both male and female – who are involved in basketball, football, or track, are also among those signing up for classes to help gain flexibility. Classes are available for homeschool/cyber school schedules and adaptive curriculums are offered for children with special needs.
But the parents of children enrolled in X-Cel’s programs are a special constituency for the company. Although it maintains comfortable waiting and observation areas, X-Cel’s open gym policy encourages parents to watch closely as their children learn to move their bodies through tumbling, climbing and working the various pieces of apparatus available there.
Beyond conventional gymnastics, X-Cel also offers preschool classes for children as young as 12 months and classes in cheerleading for children starting at age four. Outside of its training program, X-Cel also provides clients with high-energy birthday parties, holiday activities and theme parties throughout the year.