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Coach Katy Roehrs taught her pupils how to “walk like a giraffe,” getting them to walk on their toes, and used hopscotch to help them better visualize jumping and to teach better balance when switching from two feet to one.įour-year-old Cole Jackson’s favorite activity was jumping into the ever-popular foam pit, diving in so deep at one point, coaches had to help him climb out.

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The morning session, made up of pre-school and elementary school aged children, was split between free time and skills training work cleverly disguised as games. That approach was on display at the final day of winter camp. “Our next class session we are offering 72 classes, and that’s in addition to our Sparks program and pre-competitive feeder program.” “It’s a constantly growing program,” Klausner said, adding that the district typically serves between 700 and 750 kids per eight-week session. The Spartans, as it has been dubbed, has eight members who all competed in CARA events last year. South Suburban’s girls competitive team, the Sparks, sent all 65 of its members to the Colorado Association of Recreational Athletics regional competition in 2014 and repeated the feat in 2015, Klausner said. They are offered on top of drop-in sessions offered at Goodson six days each week and an expansive cycle of eight-week classes ranging from parent-tot sessions - during which children as young as 6 months old are taught basic motor skills - to intermediate, pre-competitive classes for kids as old as 16. Over the past few years, South Suburban has added a handful of gymnastic mini camps slotted between its regular eight-week gymnastic programs, usually aligning with breaks in school schedules. The purpose of these camps is to provide a safe place to have fun.” “These kids have such cabin fever right now,” Klausner said as she observed the action on the camp’s final day in Goodson’s more than 8,000-square-foot gymnastics center. That’s a substantial increase over the 99 kids who participated in the inaugural winter camp in 2014, Klausner said. An estimated 180 kids between the ages 4 and 11 participated in at least one session of the four-day program over two weeks at the end of December, district gymnastics programs coordinator Ashleigh Klausner said. One might say they are growing by leaps and bounds.įor evidence, look no further than the recently completed winter gymnastics camp at Centennial’s Goodson Recreation Center, the base of South Suburban’s gymnastics offerings.

Digital Replica Edition Home Page Close MenuĬENTENNIAL -It is no stretch to say gymnastics programs are thriving in the South Suburban Parks and Recreation District.