Instructing Exercise to Children and Adolescents

As a fitness professional, guiding young people to become fit and active is an incredibly rewarding path. You’ll have the opportunity to teach and inspire them to exercise safely and even get them excited about staying active!

With numerous benefits to exercise, including enhancements in physical and mental health, you’ll be making a lasting impact on the well-being of children and teenagers, benefiting them well into their futures.

This course will provide you with the skills and knowledge required to plan, instruct and evaluate exercise programs for children aged from five years old. You'll learn how to:

• design programs that promote functional movement, physical activity and general health.
• supervise young children in small groups
• understand and abide by legislative and regulatory requirements
• appropriately demonstrate, explain, and instruct activities and games relevant to age groups
• incorporate suitable order, duration, intensity and sequence of activities