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Take a trip with us! Our fantastic instructors will work with you to make your trip truly unique. Lot's of options to choose among our fully equipped facility. We can facilitate up to 30 children during your visit. Parents are always welcome to stay and take photos. The typical visit will include a group warm-up, obstacle course, gymnastics related game on our sprung floor followed by some let loose time in our foam pit. Just remember we are happy to custumize your trip and take special requests. Field Trips can be scheduled with a minimum group of 8 for day cares and all other groups a minimum of 10 participants.The average trip runs 60 min. for smaller groups and 90 min. for larger groups. Rates range from $10- $15 per child and waivers for parents to sign can be faxed or emailed for you to distribute before your visit. Each child will need a release form returned before participating. At the end of your stay each child will receive a FREE pass for an additional visit to one of our Power Play times!
Gymnastics Fights Childhood ObesityAs the recent news indicates, childhood obesity is epidemic in the United States. Children are not getting the physical activity their bodies require. Gymnastics is a wellness lifestyle. Gymnasts are encouraged to make healthy choices such as eating nutritious foods, maintaining a positive attitude, and participating in physical activity. Gymnastics promotes a total body workout. It encourages flexibility, muscular development, increased balance, speed, agility, coordination, proper posture, form, rhythm, and endurance. Gymnastics also encourages perseverance, determination, ambition, self-reliance, courage, and expressiveness. Although gymnastics also aids in fighting obesity, it also has several educational and wellness benefits.Physical/Wellness Benefits Resistance training, as in gymnastics, improves joint mobility, circulation, cardiovascular fitness, and muscular development. Physical activity has shown to prevent or delay the onset of juvenile diabetes and asthma. It has also been shown to prevent several types of cancer. Moderate impact sports, such as gymnastics, have been proven to increase development of bone density and prevent osteoporosis. Physical fitness has also been proven to delay the onset of high blood pressure. Gymnastics can also increase skills necessary for many other sports. Most gymnasts excel in multiple sports such as: softball, baseball, basketball, football, etc. Because gymnastics increases flexibility, it aids in injury prevention. Gymnasts are not only the strongest athletes in the world, but they also have the highest bone density of athletes.Mental/Educational Benefits Children are better able to learn cognitive skills when they are using both their bodies and minds. Children involved in physical activity have higher self-esteem. Children involved in physical activities have higher attendance in school, less abuse of alcohol and tobacco, and also lower levels of anxiety and depression. Gymnastics improves hand-eye coordination and communication skills. Gymnastics also encourages children to build and maintain confidence in oneself as well as high levels of self-respect. Gymnasts must also learn to communicate with coaches and other gymnasts, and they must also develop listening skills. Gymnasts develop superior time management skills that allow them to prepare more fully for school. Gymnasts tend to perform better in school and maintain higher grades. Gymnastics creates a higher spatial awareness in its participants. Gymnasts, as early childhood movement education, is directly linked to neurological pathways development that aid in reading readiness. Children who have participated in gymnastics have longer attention spans and develop general problem solving skills more readily. Gymnastics is a complex sport that requires its students to incorporate several types of athleticism and learning tools. Gymnasts experience everything from physics to cultural appreciation. Gymnastics has also been proven to benefit children with learning disabilities, autism, and down syndrome.Children benefit from gymnastics throughout their lives. It is often the beginning of a lifetime of healthy choices and an active lifestyle, while building confidence and self-esteem. The benefits of participation in the sport of gymnastics are lifelong.
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