What to expect during class this year

As our gym grows our community of athletes grows with it, which is something we factor in each year as we design our lesson plans. Just like any sport, we will always work on the fundamentals with every class and student no matter the skill level. We want every class to feel fresh and evolve with the students so we lay out our lesson plans one month at a time. We keep our class sizes low to make sure we can give individual attention as much as possible leaving no reason for any student should feel left behind or even too advanced. Most classes teach a combination of three core disciplines Parkour, Freerunning, & Ninja Warrior obstacles in which we will work separately at times, as well as all together throughout the year. Some more advanced classes will focus on one to two of these core disciplines. During class, we will focus not on just physical ability but mental, how we think about moving our body. We will teach how to perform these movements efficiently but also don’t be alarmed to see your child on certain obstacles not getting it right away. We find it important not only to let them get that hands-on time but also to learn how to problem-solve and navigate through an obstacle themselves.

Discipline

We have a wide variety of free-spirited youth that join us at UP! Our three main goals as instructors are to teach students how to efficiently navigate their bodies through, around, and over obstacles aka “Learning cool tricks”. How to keep themselves and others around them SAFE while performing these movements and of course to have FUN! To ensure our goals we keep our classes light and fun but we do expect respect from every student. When instructors are talking, students are listening. No use of any obstacles, mats, platforms, etc without direct permission from the instructor. Students are expected to have a certain level of focus during class especially before and during performing any physical activity. This becomes especially vital for more advanced movements. It is difficult to trust a student or a class to work on a more advanced movements when there is not enough focus to follow simple instructions like standing in line. Fun is expected but being too silly and not focused can be dangerous. Typically we will handle repeated misbehavior by temporally sitting a student. Anytime a student is putting themselves or another student in danger we take that very seriously even if the reason is just a lack of focus. Very rarely we will ask a student to go sit with parents but we will do so if the class is drastically being held back or distracted. If you notice your child sitting during class please feel free to reach out to us for feedback.