TeRRiFiCC Classes for Terrific Kids!
Children ages 5 and up enter our TeRRiFiCC Academy Program (TAP) where athletes learn gymnastics in a fun, safe and positive environment. The goal of TAP is to help make your child become a happier, healthier and more athletic individual with good character. As a student in this program, children will benefit from increased physical activity and improvement in strength, flexibility and coordination as well as an increased commitment to character based on the Character Counts! Program and the Six Pillars of Character: Trustworthiness, Respect, Responsibility, Fairness, Caring and Citizenship (TeRRiFiCC).
Athletes follow JAG’s curriculum which is designed as a series of logical progressions and attainable goals. When students reach proficiency at a set of skills on an apparatus, they are invited to present their skills at a testing day where they are then presented with a ribbon for the event. When an athlete has earned all 4 ribbons of one color, he/she earns a medal for that level and is progressed to the next color level. Classes are grouped by gender, age and color level. Blue, Yellow and Green levels are taught together in a 1 hour class and those in the Orange, Red and Purple levels are taught together in 1 and 1/2 hour class. (If a child has prior gymnastics experience, we ask that a short evaluation appointment be arranged to insure appropriate placement.)
The focus of the Academy Program is gymnastics related fitness rather than gymnastics competition. However, your child’s gymnastics education will give him/her a strong foundation for future success in any sport, including competitive gymnastics. If you and your child feel that he/she may be a candidate for competitive gymnastics, you may opt to transfer from the Academy Program into the Team Program as a Level 1 at any time with the recommendation of the instructor.