We strive to keep them engaged through games and other activities where they will be running, but also building strength and agility. They will get tired and sometimes complain (as kids do), but we manage the intensity to be developmentally appropriate. Small successes are building blocks, and failures are lessons along the way. Grit is the willingness to risk falling short, then come back stronger.

My ego, the program's success, comes from how well I engage the kids, and how many I move from A-to-B, wherever their A is. That movement is not just physical, but psychological, social, emotional; e.g., confidence, self-worth, appropriate risk taking, willingness to try and possibly fail, grit.

We encourage kids to participate in other sports and activites, to experiment with different activities to find out what they like, to build complimentary strengths and skills. There's no need to specialize until at least HS.