Enrichment Programs

GYMNASTICS
Gymnastics is a sport that requires a combination of strength, suppleness, and muscle coordination. By choosing our boys and girls program your child will provide with the foundation for a lifetime of fitness and health. We believe that our gymnastics programs are one of the best activities for improving physical attributes such as flexibility, power, motor attributes balance in a comprehensive recreational and instructional combination. 

Classes are fun whether a child has never participated in gymnastics. Your child will face the challenge of learning new skills emphasizing individualized and self-paced learning. RBA Coaches have extensive experience in teaching and coaching Gymnastics and we emphasize that our classes are safety so that your child's experience is also healthy.

Characteristics of the Gymnastics Programs:

Age: Gymnastics programs are for boys and girls from Preschool through 8th grade. Participants will be divided according to age into groups with a minimum of 6 and a maximum of 15 participants.

Instructional Program: There is a Gymnastics Program for each level.

Time: Classes will take place once a week with duration from 35 to 60 minutes.

from http://www.bayareaparent.com/Article/Gymnastics-for-Fun-and-Fitness

Gymnastics for Fun and Fitness

[...] Offshoots of gymnastics such as circus arts, aerial arts and park our are becoming popular options for kids seeking a sport that offers flexibility, coordination, strength and, of course, thrills. [...] The popularity of traditional gymnastics is not fading, but places that offer non-traditional classes are starting to see a lot of growth.

Benefits of Gymnastics

[...] Gymnastics, and other sports like it, offers a variety of benefits for both the body and mind, according to experts. For children, teens and adults, gymnastics increases coordination, flexibility and strength. “It fosters the importance of physical activity at a young age,” says Nirav Pandya, director of pediatric sports medicine at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland. “It promotes social interaction for girls, since a lot of sports are focused on boys. It promotes core things we want to focus on in athletics for kids – flexibility, strength, endurance and proper technique.” Like martial arts, gymnastics can also promote problem-solving skills and longer attention spans, Pandya says. In order to do things like flip and tumble, gymnasts must be very focused, which is definitely good for the mind, he says.

[...] “Gymnastics has great potential for kids, but everything has to be done in moderation. If you do it in moderation, it can be great.” 

Teresa Mills-Faraudo is an associate editor at Bay Area Parent.

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Chess
Chess classes will focus on the basics movements, checkmate, and tactics. Benefits of learning and playing chess are:

1. Chess helps you Concentrate 

It’s a reasonably long and involved game. My kids love it so much, they get so involved. You can see the gears whirring, the clogs ticking. The brain being exercised.  

2. Chess Develops Problems Solving Skills 

What happens if you put your pawn there? Is mummy likely to take it with her queen? How do you get to your ultimate goal of killing your opponents king?  I’m always surprised when I’m busy concentrating on a little pawn when suddenly my king is under attack.  My kids are good at attacking!  

3. Chess Improves Your Memory 

Just remembering how all the pieces move is enough to stretch my memory. There are heaps of other moves that you can read up on as well.  

4. Playing Chess Uses both sides of Your Brain 

Chess is a great 3D game and exercises both parts of your brain. As we get older we focus more on one side, the left side and let our right side of the brain get lazy. The more we use both sides of the brain, the better. Brains need to be used and exercised to function at their maximum capacity.  

5. Playing Chess Can Raise Your IQ. 

Clever people play chess. FACT.  

6. Chess Teaches Planning and Fore Sight 

7. Chess Helps with Strategy Thinking 

8. Chess Improves Your Attention Span 

When you’re involved and enjoying something, you’re more likely to concentrate for longer. Do that frequently and you’ll soon improve your attention span.  And the attention span of your kids.  

9. Chess Improves Reading Skills 

A study in 1991 looked at reading performance in elementary schools and compared it with children who didn’t play chess. The kids who played chess were above the national average for reading skills (and they were from a district that overall was below the national average.) I’m sure it’s just to do with getting all those bits of your brain working.  

10. Chess Increases Creativity. Creativity is linked with the right side of your brain. Chess helps your children to come up with original, creative thoughts.  See? All those benefits just from playing a game.  The best part of all these brain-inducing benefits of playing chess is that they just come naturally. You just play chess and have fun. You don’t need to worry about the benefits, it’s not like sitting down to study a book.  And (whispers quietly) yep, it’s great for your kids, but it’s also great for you! As adults, we are so stuck in what we do, it’s great to give our brains a mental work out, to keep it exercising. There was a study that said that people over 75 who played games like chess were less likely to get Alzheimer’s disease.

From http://vitendo4africa.org/?cat=30

    

SOCCER

Company information

We provide youth sports instruction from Preschool to School age. We started to operate in California on September 2008 and we offer activities in Preschools, Schools, After Schools, and Cities. We run the following programs: Basketball, Gymnastics, Chess, Volleyball, and Soccer. Our representative and Head Soccer Coach Ms. Teresa Laureiro is located at Bergen County.

Mission

RBA Inc. mission’s is to educate future generations children in a comprehensive, year-round instructional soccer program through seasonal programs. We believe that RBA Soccer is an excellent educational program in order to promote Sports Activities. We provide group instructional programs for different ages.

Preschool age programs emphasize in developing soccer skills, improving self-esteem, fair play, and fun while teaching the fundamentals in a positive environment. Fun games always will be played towards the end of each class.

School age programs focus on soccer skills development, participation, and team work. Classes will emphasize the fundamentals of soccer in offense and defense. Fun games and scrimmages always will be played towards the end of each class.