Healthy Active Kids: Online CPD for Schools

Online Course

Healthy Active Kids

This online course develops your knowledge and understanding of fitness for children
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About the course

Throughout childhood children show natural gains in strength, speed, agility, and endurance, an understanding of how these different components of fitness are affected is key to provide the most positive and effective experience for children.

Throughout this course, you will learn about the current climate of youth physical activity, how a long-term approach is most beneficial, and the impact growth and maturation has on physical development. You will also learn about the trainability of speed, strength, power, and endurance throughout childhood and adolescence, common injuries to be aware of in children, and how to create the right environment for children to enjoy a lifetime of physical activity.

Topics Covered

The current landscape

An important starting place to reflect on current culture and climate when it comes to youth physical activity.

The growing child

Early or late developer? Learn how growth, maturation, and development effects physical activity, and it’s impact in the classroom or on the sports field.

Long term development

Longer term benefits over short term gains. Learn about various long term models developed to support children and physical activity. This is where we introduce the Youth Physical Development Model and how it underpins the Ready Steady Go programme.

Kids Fitness

They’re not just mini-adults! Learn about the different components of fitness, the influence growth and maturation has on performance and the trainability of each component throughout childhood. This is where you learn how to develop strength, power, speed, and endurance in children.

Injury risk

Children who sustain injuries during the developmental years may not fully recover, limiting their ability to engage in exercise and physical activity later in life. This is where we introduce common injuries to be aware of, identify certain risk factors, and discuss how an age-appropriate prevention strategy can reduce the risk of injury.

Creating the right environment

Creating an environment that’s fun, engaging, and age-appropriate will increase a child’s motivation to take part in sport and physical activity. This is where you learn how to put the ‘Ready Steady Go’ programme into practice.

What You’ll Learn:

This course will help you to:

  • Understand the current climate with kids and physical activity, and why a change of mindset may be needed to best prepare kids for a lifetime of physical activity.
  • Understand why a long-term approach is best for kids by looking at popular models designed to support long-term development.
  • Understand the effect growth, maturation, and development has on physical performance, and what that means for kids.
  • Understand the different fitness components and learn about the trainability of speed, strength, power, and endurance throughout childhood and adolescence.
  • Recognise common injuries in kids.
  • How to create the right environment for kids to flourish.

Course Structure

Module 1: Fundamentals of Youth Development
  • The current climate
  • The Growing Child
  • Long Term Development
Module 2: Development of fitness in kids
  • The importance of laying strong foundations
  • Strength Training for Kids
  • Plyometrics for Kids
  • Speed Training for Kids
  • Agility Training for Kids
Module 3: Important issues for Youth Development
  • Reducing the risk of injury
  • Creating the right environment

Course Overview

Course Type

Online

Duration

4 hours

Schools

Up to 5 licences per school