The Spin City Teaching Adolescents Ages 10-17 Instructor Course is designed to allow certified pole and aerial instructors to add youth classes to their studio timetable.
This course will provide you with:
- Essential knowledge on young people’s physical and emotional development, with a focus on changes through puberty.
- Common injuries and health conditions and how to maintain safe teaching practice.
- How to design and deliver safe and enjoyable classes for young people in this age group, with a range of sample lesson plans, exercises and activities.
- How you can promote and sell your classes and sessions to help you make a success of them.
AFAA and NASM members can earn the following Continuing Education Units on completion of this course: AFAA 1.5 CEUs, NASM 1.9 CEUs.
Please note: This course will only certify you to teach adolescents in disciplines that you already hold an instructing or coaching certificate.
Course requirements
You will need:
- To meet the minimum age requirement of 18 years or older.
- A recognised certification in any discipline (pole or aerial) you plan to teach.
- A minimum of 1 years’ pole or aerial instructing experience (recommended).
- Access to the internet via a PC, laptop, or mobile device.
- A stable wi-fi or internet connection.
- Access to an appropriate training environment (no equipment necessary).
- A minimum of 2 hours’ study/training time per week (recommended for online learners to complete the course within the 1-year deadline).
- A device to film videos on (mobile phones are allowed).
- Basic first aid and anatomy knowledge are also recommended.
Course assessment
This course has two main parts to the assessment; a theory assessment and a practical assessment.
| Theory Assessment | Practical/Final Assessment |
| Answer theory questions related to each unit. You can expect a variety of question types: – Single choice/true or false questions – Multiple choice questions – Table sorting/matching questions – Fill in the blank questions Theory assessments will be marked automatically. The pass mark for each unit is 70% and must be reached in order to continue. You can retake the assessments as many times as required within the course deadline. | Class Introduction. Film an introduction suitable for a youth class between ages 10-17. Warm Up. Film a warm up suitable for a youth class between ages 10-17, lasting 8-12 minutes, including visual and verbal cueing. Conditioning. Film yourself delivering a floor-based conditioning exercise from the options included in Unit 7 of the course. Cool Down. Film a cool down suitable for a youth class between ages 10-17, lasting 5-8 minutes. No participants or equipment will be required for the assessment. Submissions will be marked by your online assessor within 5-7 working days of submission. |
