How Fitness Training Develops the Whole Child: A Conversation with Dr. Andrea Ettekal

Welcome to Fit Kids Conversation! Come discuss all things health and kids' fitness with Fit Kids.
Youth fitness is about more than just developing strength, skill, stamina, agility, and athleticism. Done right, a structured youth fitness program like Fit Kids offers can develop the total child, helping kids integrate their minds, bodies, and spirits.
So says Dr. Andrea Ettekal, assistant professor at Texas A&M University's Applied Youth Development Initiative. Watch and listen as Dr. Ettekal explains:
- The overall value of out-of-school time as an opportunity to develop the total child
- How physical fitness contributes to students becoming integral individuals and developing character
- How coaches, administrators, volunteers, and other adult leaders in sports and fitness can leverage these opportunities
- The unique challenges faced by children in underserved communities and those who have endured either acute trauma, such as abuse, or the longer-term traumas of poverty or systemic oppression
- An understanding of how "failure" -- even experienced while competing with oneself in a youth fitness program -- helps children learn how to succeed
- The importance of fun as a component that helps children gain all the benefits of a quality youth fitness program.
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At Fit Kids, we believe physical activity is an essential component of every child’s healthy development. Our goal is to make fitness fun and help kids build essential fitness skills such as strength, power, and agility as well as basic movement and motor skills such as hand-eye coordination, running, and throwing. Through a combination of structured fitness and motor skill activities, the Fit Kids program helps kids build the foundation for a healthy, active life.
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