Parkour @JLeagues
Parkour, also called freerunning, is a comprehensive physical fitness program that we offer in both group classes and private sessions. At our gym, for younger students, we run a little ninja warrior program which is the precursor for parkour. Our youngest children practice tumbling, which feeds into the flexibility needed for little ninja and then the flips and rolls used in full-fledged parkour.
For private sessions, we set up an obstacle course with safety mats, foam cubes, parallel and uneven bars, foam climbling walls, and more, and work on agility and spatial awareness to get our youngsters from start to finish in the quickest and safest way possible. As they start to develop these skills, we bring in rolls and flips while spotting our young athletes until they can independently perform these feats.
Check out this snippet from our parkour and little ninja warrior classes in Brooklyn!
Read our Blog post for more information on Parkour at JLeagues Brooklyn.
Little Ninja Warrior Class
Here we have a young client as part of our little ninja class jumping from one safety pad to the next as part of an obstacle course run
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Parkour Classes
JLeagues parkour coaches are fully trained in the sport so they can help their students safetly reach their highest potential. Here we have coach Mason demonstrating balance, an important aspect of parkour
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Private Sessions
In this private session, our student is building strength on the bar, practicing supported flips with our coach there to help him.