Kyle Washington visits the Cloverdale facility to hang out and talk to the youth. His commitment to youth is unparalleled and his belief in our programs empowers all of us to positively impact youth on a daily basis! A huge thank you to Kyle and his family!!
Watch for our upcoming Spring Programs!
We are excited to see some Covid-19 restrictions lifted this spring so watch for more details on our programs.
Contact us:
Surrey/Langley - Will Loftus (778) 987-1818
North Vancouver/West Vancouver - Joe Yankanna (604) 961-1176
Vancouver/Burnaby/Coquitlam - Dino Geremia (604) 816-5157
Youth Highlight - Isaiah East
Isaiah is a youth who at our facility located in Cloverdale and works hard both in our gym and in our recording studio. This young man has a bright future ahead of him, everyone with GameReady Fitness and the Washington Kids Foundation are ecstatic to help him achieve his goals!
For iPhone users open the iTunes Store APP and search " Li. Brotha From The North" to pre-order the digital album for $5.99!
For Spotify users you can click the link below and select Spotify, it will give you the option to pre-save Isaiah's album so it can notify you when this releases!
Favourite Food:
Fresh Mangos Favourite Artist:
Polo G Favourite Athlete:
Lebron James Passion:
Making Music Favourite part about GRF & the WKF:
Meeting all the staff and learning from their life experiences, and having multiple opportunities to pick whatever path I want in life.
GRF & WKF - POSITIVE PARTNERSHIPS
Game Ready Leaders in Sport Development
While we have always been focused on the development of the athlete, we have also partnered with other leaders in sport development including Pacific Sport, Via Sport and many other sports organizations.
Football Development has been at the heart of what we do! Many of our coaches are involved in coaching community and high school teams which adds to the overall impact. Thanks to the following organizations that have allowed us to share our passion:
Cloverdale Minor Football Coquitlam Minor Football Westside Minor Football Richmond Minor Football Lower Mainland Football Academy Vancouver Trojans Minor Football GSL North Vancouver North Vancouver Flag League Lord Tweedsmuir Secondary Notre Dame Secondary Centennial Secondary Carson Graham Secondary Handsworth Secondary Argyle Secondary
WKF & Surrey Schools Lunchtime Program
With lunchtime programs in our ongoing partnership with Surrey Schools we have been proud to work with kids during their lunch break to introduce and practice fundamental movement skills and further develop physical literacy. Through instruction on fundamental physical movement patterns, participants are able to develop an understanding of such movements which can be used to prevent injuries in the future as well as provide them with the knowledge to carry out a physically active lifestyle. Interactions between instructor and participants are very open and invite productive discussion which can be used to benefit the understanding of concepts.
The coaches at these lunchtime programs are positive mentors and share their experiences in University & Pro athletics with the youth.
We are very thankful to our partner United Way for donating 10,000 masks for our programs, children, youth, & families!
"Game Ready is the best thing. Game Ready taught me new workouts. My favorite memory was all the drills we learned. Also, it pushed me to be my best. Game Ready makes me feel like an athlete and I like challenges. And you girls and guys are the best. Thank you. Be safe. Also don’t forget hard work pays off. Thank you Terry for driving. This is for anyone!"
This poster was made by one of our young athletes. Thank you very much Lena for the kind words, we are very grateful to have you in our program!
"Her Time" Program Video
"Her Time on the North Shore has been going exceedingly well. All of the girls are enjoying their time in the program and look forward to coming every week. We have been doing many art projects along with the Her Time playbook activities which has allowed the girls really open up and show us who they are. We have been working on developing the girls' athletic ability/physical literacy. Our music room is almost completed so in time we will be doing more musical activities with the girls. We hope that the girls will continue coming to the program as we want it to feel like their second home. The development of their well-being and health are extremely important to our coaches and in time we hope to see all the things that they may succeed in."
- Tiffany Johnson GRF & WKF North Vancouver Coach
"As a program, we have been growing in many directions. We now have two different age groups running four nights a week at our Surrey centre. Our youth have been demonstrating personal growth in regards to bettering themselves and their peers. As coaches we are very proud of where these girls are going and how fast the program is building."
- Jaime Rourke GRF & WKF Cloverdale Coach
Claudell Louis visits GR Academy to share his story; a Haitian man who persevered and found opportunities through football in North America. Currently he is a professional football player for the BC Lions, and is involved as a public speaker for the Ending Violence Association.
Game Ready Sports Academy
Game Ready Sports Academy for optimizing athletic performance (OAP) at the Centennial Secondary School gives the students the skills to further their knowledge of high level fitness. We also coach these youth on how to critically think about what their post secondary plans are and how to accomplish them. The work ethic of these students paired with the guidance of our experienced coaches will help them attain their goals of competing in athletics at post secondary levels! Currently the youth have been working hard to complete both their coaching certification and online athlete profiles.
"OAP has improved so much in my athletic ability. It has taught me the foundations of sports and how I can improve my athletic ability. On and off the field my mental and physical strengths have improved. I learned how to be a leader and my lead my teammates. As well how to learn from others and gain more knowledge. The program has given me many tools in life and made my love for sports grow even more."
- Connor Jones, current Student in the Academy
Partnerships in North Vancouver
Programs with Mountainside Secondary, Carson Graham's Choices, and the Westview Elementary have been thriving. The youth in all programs have showed a growing excitement in learning physical literacy and fitness week in and week out. The after school programs continue to impact the relationships of the youth in a positive manner as they continue learning how to work hard and have fun together in an controlled/competitive environment.
Coaches Getting Better
Here at the WKF and GRF we always want for our clients to achieve their goals and constantly improve, and we also want the same from our coaching staff. Thanks to Royal Roads University, we have been given the great opportunity for six of our staff members to improve on their leadership abilities and to learn more about coach-client relationships. In this course, through theory classes as well as skill building sessions, they will have the opportunity to polish and stretch their skills. We are very excited as a collective in this organization to see our fellow coaches constantly learning and improving!
Join our GRF & WKF coach Dante Vigini in some on field training cone drills!
LET'S TALK FITNESS!
Incorporating Household Members
During these unprecedented times it can get difficult to to keep motivated. To keep your training interesting during this Pandemic, reach out and involve people within your household. This can create a fun competition and help bring people closer together.
At home challenges for your household:
Plank Challenge: Challenge your friends and family via zoom calls to see who can hold the longest plank!
Lunge Challenge: 40 side lunges & 40 lunges with a knee drive on each leg. You do not have to do all the reps at once, if you need to you can spread it out throughout the day with 4 sets of 10 reps to make it easier. Try doing this every day for 30 days and incorporate those within your house hold if you would like!
Jumping Jack Challenge: Compete to see who can do the most amount of jumping jacks within a 3 minutes with proper form. OR if you would like to up the intensity you can do 100-200 jumping jacks per day for 30 days on your own or with partners.
Follow the Leader: Each person takes a turn being the coach where you get the opportunity to choose a workout for everyone in the group to do. When doing this, do your best to have reasonable sets and reps to accompany the workouts (i.e. 4 sets x 15 reps of jump squats).
Outdoor Activities: Soccer, Pass, Basketball, Tennis, Volleyball, Badminton, or any sport/ game that your household takes interest in. If you find that you do not have the numbers in your household to have game then you can either adapt the rules of the game to your situation, or work on some sport-specific skills (like throwing or catching).
Steps Challenge: With the use of a mobile phone app count the amount of steps you have done daily and compare after dinner time to see who has completed the most. you can even compete with friends who are not in your household by creating group chats where you and your friends and post their daily steps.
IMPROVE YOUR SPEED WITH RUNNING MECHANICS!
Start your warm-up for this training with some simple dynamic movements:
10 Floor sweeps x 20 Jumping jacks
10 Forward lunges x 20 Jumping jacks
10 Side lunges x 20 Jumping jacks
10 Backward arm circles x 20 Jumping jacks
10 Forward arm circles x 20 Jumping jacks
10 Opposite arm circles x 20 Jumping jacks
10 Squats x 20 Jumping jacks
10 Pushups
Arm mechanic focus drill (20seconds each):
Practice with straight arms
Bend elbows at 90 degrees
Running mechanic drill:
March (hit the running position at each march)
Start with 20 slow marches
Repeat, but faster
Repeat, but faster, & add a skip
Change Gears
20 seconds: Run on the spot. (Gear 1: slow speed)
10 Seconds: Run on the spot. (Gear 2: fast speed)
To every single one of our frontline workers out there ensuring the publics health is looked after, thank you for your relentlessness and selflessness in this unprecedented time!
Special Thanks to all of our Coaches who have been on the frontlines in schools and at our facilities providing much needed activity for children and youth, ensuring their minds and bodies remain stimulated!
Aaron Myette
Sean Loney
Jerome Erdman
Dante Vigini
Malcolm Williams
Connor Griffiths
Saivek Sahota
Brandon Gandire
Joel Figueroa
Jaime Rourke
Megan Vanderhoek
Jackson Washington
Jordan Herdman
Justin Herdman
Jonah Weyessa
Teagan Johnstone
Natasha Djuricic
Cooper Missic
Joel Kongbo
Mokam Mahil
Caleb Abraham
Marao Akoar
Ashley Cox
Kierrie Johnson
Mason Woods
Bashiru Sise Odaa
Brad Hildenbrandt
Nicole Whittle
Mikaela Montagano
Gurneet Sidhu
Thomas Box
Molly Faubert
Dallas Dixon
Ebo Ogundeko
Daniella Bavaro
Steven Roller
GRF & WKF WISHES EVERYONE HAPPINESS DURING THIS PANDEMIC!
Be safe and keep up the hard work during this pandemic to keep healthy. Lets seek out ways to enrich the lives of those around us. Remember to take time for self-care, as mental health is just as important as physical health!
