Why Us?

Why Not Football, Soccer or Netball?

I once watched a talk by Angela Duckworth on YouTube in which she talked about grit. I’ve since re watched this talk more than once and rolled it around in my brain. I thought about how great it would be to incorporate these teachings into our KIDS programs.

So I did.

Grit is defined as being passionate and persevering in pursuit of long term dreams.  The theory of grit is all about being able to maintain effort despite failure, adversity, or challenges.  These all sound like things we want for our kids.  No one wants to raise a quitter, am I right?

Grit is a lot like old fashioned hard work.  Grit is developed through being allowed to fail and try again.  The stakes of childhood are so high today that it’s harder to let our children fail than it might have been in past generations.  There is a lot riding on our kids success, even at a young age.

Failure should be something kids are allowed to experience themselves and  also see in the adults surrounding them.  Let’s expose our kids to us adults trying weird ,new things and challenges.  Sometimes we’re successful and sometimes we’re not.  Failure isn’t a childish thing, it’s a human thing.  Successful people fail.

At CrossFit St Marys, we have cultivated an incredibly supportive and nurturing environment. One we are so genuinely proud of, and we want to invite you and your families to be apart of that.

Grow.

What teaches kids that it’s not only acceptable but desirable to try new thing, fail, and try again?  A growth mindset, that’s what.   And those of you that who already train with us, know that I (Coach Kobi) hold that idea near and dear to my heart. 

A growth mindset means a person can grow and change over time.  What you know and are today may not be where you stay forever.  People can grow, change, and learn at every stage of the game.

Lead.

We Coach KIDS every day.  One of our favourite things about our program is learning, not just about keeping fit and healthy, but about life.  The kids are invested.  We are invested.  They see us in the box learning new things beside them every single day and they learn that it is ok to fail sometimes and that it is also ok to be proud of yourself when you achieve something important to you.

At CrossFit St Marys, our Coaches are leaders in the community.

“Children must be taught how to think, not what to think”

-Margaret Mead