iF3 Youth Functional Fitness Programme

International Functional Fitness Federation

Summary

Holding Youth Events for children ages 8-18 which allow them to be introduced to and participate in functional fitness while simultaneously developing healthy humans with the motivation and capacity to chose any athletic pursuit in the future.

Target group(s)

• Children (3-12)
• Youth (13-18)

Purposes

• Health and Well-being
• Increase sport participation

Type(s) of initiative

• Competitive Non-Professional Sport for All

The aim is to develop healthy humans with the motivation and capacity to chose any athletic pursuit in the future.

1. Movement quality is to be prioritized over speed, load or intensity.
2. Youth Athletes shall have movement options presented to them when they are competing/participating as growing humans need the ability to adjust as they grow and change daily.
3. Youth events should not look like adult competitions.
4. Youth events differ from adult events in what we ask them to do, which is based on what is best developmentally and what can best be expressed by youth athletes.
5. Youth events allow for and require safety stoppage by Technical Officials when a Safety Fault has been made.
6. The iF3 will offer to its coaches adequate educational resources to ensure all Youth coaches are prepared to be on the floor at Youth Events.
7. Events specifically designed for the needs of a growing child.

Venue

• Sport Clubs, Educational Institutions, Private spaces, Public spaces (parks, beaches, etc.), Other venues (workplace, home, etc.), Virtual

Maximum of participants

• no limit defined

Actual number of participants

• 100 children

Staff

• 1 to 5

Equipment and Facilities

• Flat space; Basic Functional Fitness Equipment; Leaderboard Scoring Platform if planning to score the event;

• IF3 Youth Programmes
• IF3 Youth Competitions Structure and Goals