What we offer...

We offer a variety of programmes using unique delivery methods to create a potentially life changing experience and a lasting impact on everyone who attends. Our programmes offer opportunities for children, young people, school staff and the wider community - a whole school approach. Kickstart programmes can be offered to anyone aged 4 years and above and all equipment is provided.

 

 

Programmes include:

  • Kickstart Control

Weekly sessions (a combination of theory and practical) using Thai boxing as a method of improving behaviours and identifying more positive life choices. This programme offers specific support to those who find their anger difficult to manage. Includes a celebration event

  • Kickstart Health

Weekly thai boxing sessions with activities incorporating healthy eating messages using a practical approach. Includes a celebration event

  • Kickstart Family Fun

Kickstart Family Fun is a family programme based around fun activities to help children and their families enjoy physical activity at a level that is right for them. The sessions give children and families the basic skills needed to take part in any sport following the programme, especially Thai Boxing. They are aimed at being a fun way to develop non-sport specific skills such as balance, co-ordination, speed etc, which are a key part of a child’s physical development.

  • Extra Curricular Activities

Kickstart offers individuals a positive opportunity to take part in thai boxing, either before school, during lunchtime and after-school

  • PPA Cover

Kickstart can provide PPA cover incorporating high quality health and fitness sessions meeting strands of the national curriculum for PE and to suit each schools requirement. The sessions incorporate fundamental physical skills such as: thinking, co-ordination, movement and body awareness, using the sport of Thai Boxing

  • Activity / Health days

Kickstart can support activity days and sports weeks in schools by providing high quality Kickstart programmes which can run from a full day up to whole week and are suitable for all.

  • Programmes for parents / carers and school staff 

Kickstart recognises that being healthy is not just about children and young people; it is about the whole school community. It is not just what happens in the curriculum, it is about the entire school day. By adopting the whole school approach schools ensure full engagement with the school community and secure sustainable improvements

 

 

KICKSTART THEMES 

All of our Kickstart programmes, whether they are working with children, young people, school staff or parents / carers, incorporate several themes: 

- Respect - Respect is reciprocated by all parties in the fact all participants learn the meaning of respecting themselves, the instructor and also their peers. While the instructor respects each participant as an individual. In this sport all actions have consequences hence the importance of respecting the knowledge and the experience of the tutor, which is ultimately transposed into everyday life.

- Understanding / managing emotions - All participants learn to understand their emotions, using Thai boxing as a valuable tool for engagement. The sessions offer an outlet for frustration, providing a steady environment and a strict schedule, participants can learn the benefits of hard work and believing in themselves through participating in the activity.

- Confidence - Participants learn a new set of skills working as an individual and as part of the group, in a fun and non-threatening environment, which allows them to grow as an individual.

- Health and Fitness - All sessions incorporate fun, healthy, energetic activities to raise participants' heart rate, improve fitness and strength.