Youth Strength And Conditioning
Empowering every child and teen to live active, healthy, and movement-rich lives.
Imagine a better future for your kids, where they feel the freedom and fearlessness to engage with the world throughout their entire lives. Kids are often caught between increasingly competitive organized sports, sedentary lifestyles, and lack of general physical activity. At CrossFit Jack Pine, our Youth Coaches are all Professional Youth Coach Certified and focus on helping all kids have a win in every single class. That could mean mastering a new movement or skill, attempting a new challenge, or connecting with peers. Find out how we can help your child today!
Why Youth Strength And Conditioning?
Today’s kids are increasingly pressured to join highly competitive sports, specialize early, and perform under high levels of pressure. Additionally, kids who are not engaged in organized sports may feel disempowered from participating in athletic pursuits. Our program is designed for all youth regardless of athletic performance and experience. Each class is designed to keep kids engaged while teaching them proper movement technique and creating a broad athletic foundation. In addition to learning new skills, you will notice your child/teen has greater self-confidence, is more focused in school, transitions to new sports more easily, and has a reduced risk of sport-related injury.
Highlights Of Our Youth Programming
Gymnastics
Body weight skills that develop strength, coordination, mobility, balance, and body awareness, such as pullups, rope climbs, dips, handstands, and bear crawls.
Weightlifting
Resistance training using equipment such as barbells, dumbbells, kettlebells, or any other weighted equipment to develop strength, power, coordination and movement mechanics, such as deadlifts, bench press, or Olympic lifts.
Body weight movements
Movements that incorporate the athlete’s own body for resistance to develop strength, stability, mobility, and motor control, such as squats, lunges, or jumps.
Endurance
Sustained effort over differing periods of time that challenges and develops the cardiovascular and muscular systems, such as running, rowing, or biking.
Active Games
Play-based activities that help develop physical skills, coordination, fitness, and social interaction using different movement challenges, such as relays, obstacle courses, or ball games.
Teamwork & Leadership
Social-emotional skills that teach cooperation, communication, and responsibility, such as partner and team workouts, movement demonstration, problem-solving challenges, and group discussion.
Our Mission
We aim to empower every child and teen to live active, healthy, and movement-rich lives. Through Youth Strength and Conditioning, your child or teen will develop strength, healthy habits, teamwork and leadership, and confidence. Through use of proven teaching methods and a positive and supportive atmosphere, we can help your child find enjoyment in movement and activity.
