Coaching & Teaching
The “Cootie Cure” for Kids: Forming Partners and Groups Painlessly
“OK everyone find a partner.” If you work with kids, you know this phrase is the same as hitting a “self -destruct” button for the activity you’re about to do. Getting kids to engage with a partner and/or organized group is not only important for crowd management,...
Movin’ to the Beat – The Key to Smooth Moves
By Craig Valency, MA, CSCS Kids can often seem clumsy. It’s not so much that they are truly uncoordinated and clumsy, it’s often the case that they simply haven’t fully developed the neural circuits, synaptic connections, nerve insulation (myelination) and sensory...
8 Ways to Crawl for Core Strength, Coordination, and Fun
By Brett Klika, CSCS Crawling- it’s not just for baby’s anymore! One of the most rudimentary human movement patterns just happens to be one of the most effective exercises in helping kids (and adults) improve core strength and stability, coordination, and a whole host...
Gear Runs – Slow is the New Fast!
By Craig Valency, MA, CSCS Have you ever noticed that kids always seem to be running? I have spent more time yelling “walk! Don’t run!” with my own kids than almost anything else. Well, the issue is that most kids have only two gears – all the way or none of the way!...
Bi-planes – A Novel Way to Develop “Team Speed”
By Craig Valency, MA, CSCS As I spoke about in my last post, Airplanes - The Ticket to Agility and Coordination, speed in life and in sports is more than just being the first to sprint across the finish line. There are always obstacles to contend with. Games like...
Introducing 60 Ways to Play
7 Days of Play
Living in the Now for Kids
by Brett Klika, CSCS Imagine you were bestowed the superpower of being able to live solely in the moment. No dwelling over the past, no stressing over the future -- just an uncanny ability to take in and appreciate your surroundings, your company, and anything else...
Why Do Some Kids Struggle with Contact Sports?
Back by popular demand, our friends at The Inspired Treehouse www.theinspiredtreehouse.com are sharing some more awesome information with you today! We asked Lauren and Claire, pediatric occupational therapists and founders of The Inspired Treehouse to shed some light...
When Kids Struggle With Balance
We got such great feedback last week on our guest blog post from our friends at Inspired Treehouse, that we invited them to share more of their amazing knowledge. (if you haven’t seen it yet, check out My Child Never Learned to Crawl, by clicking here.) Lauren and...
Unleashing the power of play
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