WHY GYMNASTICS?

Fitkidz Gymnastics Rules

The beginning of all sport starts here! Gymnastics, recognized by the International Olympic Committee as a foundation sport, provides young athletes with a head start into sports. Our CanGym/Gymnastics For All classes develop fundamental sports skills and movement patterns; landings, static positions, mobility, rotations, swing, springs and object handling all progress. Through the development of these fundamental movement patterns children develop a full range of physical and motor abilities required by every sport (endurance, strength, power, flexibility, agility, balance, coordination and speed).

ADVANCED REC  (7 years and older)
90 minutes


The advanced recreational program is a further extension from our basic recreational classes. This class is geared for those who have an ability to perform more challenging/difficult skills.Our Elite Rec program is designed for advanced athletes looking to improve their gymnastic skills. This program allows athletes to participate two times a week, which is necessary when participating at an advanced level. Testing is required for this program. Please call our office to discuss coming in for a Trial Class.

GYMKIDZ
GYMKIDZ is a Gymnastics Program concentrating on Progressions.  We will be teaching skills on all apparatus  (bars, floor, balance beam, Tumble Track, Trampoline, Vault) Our Gymkidz rogram gives our young athletes the opportunity to develop their gymnastic skills in a fun, safe environment. Our Fitkidz recreational level system is designed to take children through the basic progressions of gymnastics and move into more advanced skills. 

The Interclub level is for children who would like to participate at a more advanced recreational level of gymnastics.  Routines on all apparatus will be choreographed and gymnasts will take part at 1-2 meets throughout the season.  This level of gymnastics is for children 8 years of age and older. An annual training commitment of 3 hours/week is required.  The Interclub Program gives girls the opportunity to work towards showcasing the skills and routines that they have been working on in their regular classes at invitational interclub competitions during the spring time of each year.  If your child shows some aptitude for gymnastics, and would enjoy the challenge of friendly competition, this program would be ideal. The coaches can help your child progress through the stages of learning new skills on the different events.  This program also allows previous competitors to stay involved at the sport of Gymnastics as there are two Interclub levels; Traditional (beginner-intermediate level) and Performance plus (Intermediate to advanced levels).  The athletes begin their training in September and continue through until June, with a break during the Christmas holidays as well as during March Break.

DROP-IN crawling and older; (Parent and tot)

        
 In this unique class, the parent participates, allowing the young child the opportunity to grow comfortably in a group situation at their own individual pace. Basic motor skills such as, rolling, climbing, swinging, locomotion, balances jumping and eye-hand coordination are encouraged at each station. Activities include the use of parachutes, Trampolines, age appropriate gymnastics apparatus. Parents and child share, communicate and bond in a fun, productive environment Parent Participation classes are also a great way to introduce children to patience, sharing and taking turns. Also check out the educational toys, crafts and story time with Irene!!!!   DYNA’MITE! 

PARENT AND TOT STRUCTURED (PG kids ;) )18 months -36 months                                                              
This introduction to the world of gymnastics is a parent participation class where Mom/Dad assist with the implementation of the weekly lesson plan. This 30 minutes class provides a great parent/child bonding experience while at the same time setting the stage for an active and healthy life style. Our staff members will assist the parents with the areas of emphasis as they pertain to teaching the skills, different spotting techniques so as to insure safety, gymnastics terminology and more. Don’t worry Mom/Dad we won’t make you perform any of the skills …. we leave this up to the students!

KINDERGYM
3 years of age
The pre-school/early elementary school program at Fitkidz Gymnastics is called is a motor-coordination, physical education program with a strong emphasis on gymnastics. Not only will your son or daughter improve their loco-motor skill development (hopping, skipping, running, crawling, landing, swinging, leaping, etc) but they also will be introduced to preschool-early elementary social awareness skills (sharing, taking turns, courtesy, following rules, listening and directional skills, etc).  Students also get introduced to basic gymnastics skill development (climbing, rolling, hand support skills, balancing) as well as general physical fitness skills (catching, throwing, eye hand coordination, kicking). This is all accomplished through a positive, fun, and energetic learning environment.