09/01/2026
Kids are naturally more flexible than adults, mostly because their joints haven't tightened up yet the way ours have. That sounds like good news, and it mostly is, but it's also exactly why the stretching part of class matters. Loose joints still need to learn how to move well, not just move a lot.
During warm-ups, our coaches work in the kind of stretching that actually shows up later on the field or court. High knees, arm swings, tuck jumps. It doesn't look like stretching in the way most parents remember it, but that's the point. Kids don't hold still for a 30 second hamstring stretch. They will do a tuck jump ten times in a row and think it's a game.
One easy way to see it in action at home: ask your child to touch their toes standing up, then try it again after a few minutes of jumping around. That's flexibility doing its job!
08/04/2026