Elementary School Programming

Prior to the core program of skill development for specific sports, ADI offers basic athletic and sport skills instruction to our younger participants. All ages can enjoy sports and advance developmentally through fun activities that stress the proper form of running, jumping, throwing, hitting, catching and kicking. These skills can lay the foundation for your child to pursue sports in the future or might just lead them into a healthy lifestyle outside of sports.

We offer a variety of activities for pre-teen youth to make sure they have the opportunity to try everything. Younger children need to explore their options and learn about all sports before committing to one and possibly burning out. Doing a variety of activities also avoids overuse injuries that can occur from playing the same sport all year round.

There is substantial evidence to question the immersion of pre-teen youth in competitive environments where they have not yet developed the emotional capacity to deal with the winning, losing and tension associated with competitive sports. The current structure in organized sports has 75% of all athletes quitting prior to high school. Our program avoids these dangers by creating a non-competitive, explorative environment for children to try new things and advance developmentally.

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