North Austin Families Invited To Explore The Thrill Of Climbing

NORTH AUSTIN, TX—Austin area families looking for creative opportunities to keep the little ones active and challenged and off their screens are invited to check out Austin Rock Gym and their Youth Programs for various age groups. Whether you're kids are homeschooled, or would like to explore off campus PE activities to build confidence and strength, Austin Rock Gym offers opportunities to build climbing skills.

The programs offered for ages 3-17 include:

• Monkey Business: Learn to Climb - During this four-week progressive class, your child will learn the basics of rock climbing! Parents will also receive a free Belay Training Course so you can share the experience of climbing with your child outside of class. Spider Monkey - Next step in the Monkey Business program or for the little climbers that are ready to challenge themselves. This class is designed to expand on the knowledge gained in "Learn to Climb" and introduce more advanced techniques and skills. Not sure which option is best for your child? We can complete a skills assessment prior to the first day of class and recommend the best fit for them.
• Rock Monsters: Rock Monsters is designed for personal progression and growth with climbing. Each week the students will work on one of three areas; physical, technical, and mental performance. Each session will target a skill lesson from one of the three areas. The format of every session will be; Warm up (15-20 min), lesson (40 min), project routes (30 min).
• Climbing Camp: Climbing is a great way to boost self-confidence, build strong physical and mental abilities and introduces healthy competition and camaraderie. We make learning the skills for climbing fun and use climbing specific games to reinforce and form good habits for success. Camps sessions are limited in size to ensure the safety of each camper is first and foremost. (June & July Sessions)
• Homeschool: Climbing is a great way to relieve some of the pent up energy that comes with a school work load and meet the physical fitness needs of your growing students. Learning to navigate routes and finesse moves on the climbing wall is a great way to develop critical thinking skills that translate into all other parts of life. Our home school climbing program fosters camaraderie and is an awesome opportunity for your students to make lifelong friends. This is an affordable opportunity to gain high quality climbing instruction.
• Off-Campus PE: If your student is tired of traditional PE, then our Off-Campus PE program may be what they need to get excited about exercise again. We use rock climbing to build confidence, strength, perseverance and skills in your students that will translate directly into their academic performance and outlook on life. Students will also complete AISD health topics each week as part of their credit requirement, making this a great opportunity to meet the physical needs of your student.

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