Kids are naturally active and want to expend energy. You can help foster a lifestyle of fitness and happiness to last their lifetime, because you have the power to instill a positive attitude toward activities and sports, which is the key to athletic success. The goal is to make fitness a fun habit full of enjoyment and stimulation. A positive attitude is essential to creating a successful and happy athlete.

Foster a healthy competitive attitude in your children

You don’t want your child to be a bully nor do you want her to dread team sports. Athletics has a lot to offer kids, both physically and mentally. The key is to lay the foundation for them to have a good attitude.

Dr. K.C. Wilder, Ph.D. in sports psychology and author of Tour de You, shares important tips for positivity and fostering a healthy competitive attitude to be successful.

• Teach sportsmanship, self-respect and resilience.
• A positive attitude encourages enjoying the process of competition, not just winning.
• Be a supportive parent, not the self-appointed coach.
• Be a role model on how to accept success and setbacks.

Keep your kids excited about exercise

With many children forgoing fitness for the video game controller, it’s your job to make staying fit fun. Younger children need exposure to physical activities to instill an active, healthy lifestyle. As important as boosting their health, children develop social skills, coordination, and creativity through playing sports and physical activity.

4 ways to ignite the love of fitness in your kids

Find and support your child’s sports interests

Take your child to local sporting events and share your interests. Children will show natural preferences for sports, so expose them to what you’ve enjoyed and support their interests.

Create a balance between fun and competitiveness

Sports should be a part of fitness and happiness, but not the only part. Integrate activities that focus on the fun and not the win. Allow time for an “off-season” to develop social and family connections.

Practice what you preach

Teenagers are happy, successful athletes because they saw their parents enjoying activities. Children develop self-esteem from activities and learn how to be resilient through physical activity.

Get “disorganized”

Recreational activities such as indoor rock-climbing, surfing or swimming in a safe, local pool or lake (with a lifeguard present) give the same health benefits as organized teams. Free play develops creativity, imagination and teambuilding.

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It really is important that kids learn to love exercise. Not only will it help them stay healthy now and prevent gaining extra weight in childhood, it will teach them to build habits that will last them a life time. Here’s a list of the top 10 reasons why kids should exercise. Exercise relieves anxiety, builds interpersonal relationships, builds confidence, improves sleep, enhances school performance, and prevents disease. Plus, it’s fun!

Every reason on that list is a good one. Need some ideas? Next time your child says, “I’m boooorrrred,” here’s a list of 50 ways for kids to exercise. And Mayo Clinic has an excellent article for turning your little former couch potato into an exercise fan. (If your kids still need convincing, here’s an article just for them.) Spring is the perfect time to teach kids to be active and to get them in shape for some summer fun.

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Make the Kick

There are many after school activities from which parents can choose.. One of them is soccer. Soccer is one of the most famous sports known all over the world. It is fun and exciting. Kids, as active as they are, will enjoy all the running and kicking. But soccer is not really just all about kicking and running; it also entails strategics and teamwork. In soccer, kids will be exposed to the importance of communication. Their creative ideas can be put into use when developing play strategies. Soccer can also teach kids the importance of exercise; keeping both mind and body healthy. These are important core values that individuals must learn as early as possible.

Socializing through Soccer

Since soccer is a team sport, it is inevitable that players will interact with other kids. This is a great opportunity for them to develop their people skills at an early age. Many kids have the tendency to get impatient easily. Since soccer requires teamwork, kids are taught the importance of patience and respect for one another. They will learn how to work together with other people and discover that there are things that you simply cannot do alone. Here, they will learn how to adjust to the different personalities of their teammates. Kids will benefit from healthy competition with other kids (be wary of coaches or other parents who take on a “win at all cost” mentality). They can also gain new friends that they can keep for a lifetime.

What Soccer can Do for You

Not only can soccer help your child learn the significance of patience, communication, healthy competition, exercise, teamwork, self-expression and making new friendships, it can also help your family bond. Being able to watch your kid’s soccer games is an opportunity for the family to spend time together. After all the school and office work, the family needs the time off. Your kids will also see that indeed they are cared for and loved. Your children’s free time will be put to good use and their abilities will also be nurtured and developed.

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This is a critical time where children develop their brain along and what better way to help this process than by providing a  fun stimulating environment. During this class parents will be required to participate in drills with Rubyz by using a variety of props, language and activities encouraging toddlers to participate in class sessions. Ruybz will play organized games to develop listening techniques, basic ball control, foot-eye coordination and motor skills that are introduced through fun exercises, that also build fundamentals such as balance, gross motor skills and social interaction. Goals, goals and more goooooooooooooals will be scored!

Details:

•  7 week sessions

• Classes are Every Saturday at 9 or 10am, 45 min long

• Low child-to-coach ratio (10:1)

Extras:

• Each child receives a “Soccer Gemz” shirt

• Each child is awarded a participation certificate and/or medal

• Free fun day 

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