ACE Certified Youth Fitness Specialist Course
Overview
ACE Certified Youth Fitness Specialist Course is designed to give participants the fundamentals necessary to effectively train kids, and to understand the role fitness plays in the lives of youths. The programme helps kids develop healthy behaviours for adulthood as well as experiencing and understanding the positive feelings associated with physical activity. This will also help build their confidence to make new friends and acquire new skills like strength, balance and motor coordination which targets critical aspects of youth fitness.
Course Goals
- Needs and Considerations for Youths
- Communicating with Youths
- Behavioral Change Theories and Strategies
- Growth and Development
- Lifestyle Interventions with Regular Physical Activity
- Pre-exercise Interviewing and Screening
- Health-related Resting Measures
- Cardiorespiratory Fitness Assessments
- Functional Assessments for Lower-functioning Youths
- Balance, Core and Mobility Assessments for Youths
- ACE Integrated Fitness Training Model with Special Considerations for Youths
- Exercise Programming for Youths
Prerequisites
Prerequisites
There is no prerequisites for this course, anyone may enroll and attend this course.
Award
Two types of award will be given based on your background. If you already have any of the NCCA accredited certificates, you will be awarded the following title upon successful completion of this course:
ACE Certified Youth Fitness Specialist by
the American Council on Exercise (ACE)
If you do not have any of the NCCA accredited certificates, you will be awarded the following:
Certificate of Completion - Youth Fitness Specialist
