Hello world, welcome to WFHR's rapid support, probably brought to you by Croft and Septick.
Our next segment is also brought to you by Tri-City Services, a big shout out to them.
We appreciate our friends over there, and we appreciate the gang at the South of County
YMCA.
Love talking with them.
We have Jacob at Kleta Coutzquits.
Oh no, no, I got it wrong.
Clack of it.
Clack of it.
I was close.
I was confident, and that was the problem.
I should have gone and confident.
Not Jacob, it was really good to have you with us, man.
Appreciate the time.
Yeah, thanks for having me.
Got a lot to get to, and we certainly were starting off with gymnastics.
I know the audience, I've mentioned this many times, one of my favorite ones, I love gymnastics.
I like watching it.
I'm not very good at it or anything, but it's a lot of fun, and it's so great for kids.
Yeah, so some things with our gymnastics program that's coming around right now.
I know we're kind of cleaning up and ending here, and both of our programs for high school
gymnastics, as well as the youth, but there's a lot of questions around what's gymnastics
looking like after this year, because of our youth center being remodeled and kind of
changing roads with where we're going to go with it.
But we're bringing the high school gymnastics over with the Wisconsin Rapids, Lincoln High
School team over there, but we're still going to be holding our progressive gymnastics
at our Y.
So we're going to be using our gym court there, but again, we're still going to be
looking out for the upcoming gymnastics programs that we're going to be pushing out.
But yeah, we're excited to keep it in-house still, but also be able to basically work
with Lincoln High School.
Yeah, if I have this right, these are the little more of the advanced classes that are
going to be over there, the progressive ones.
That's a little more of the top notch.
Still, or do I have a reverse?
Reverse, yeah.
So the progressives we're learning skills, we're building up as a goal, that's more or
less just the basics, really trying to understand what gymnastics is about and what they really
want to do with the gymnastics, and then they can continue that skill development over at
the high school.
Keep that in-house is nice, not only the areas set up really well for it and everything,
but that age to really, especially with gymnastics, where it is that age that a lot of kids are
starting and finding you, either they like it and not only good at it, but oftentimes
a next 10, 20 years of that's what they're doing for the wheel, doing gymnastics, getting
into it.
Yeah, and it's crazy.
I mean, this might be just from a fitness perspective as well as then a sports perspective,
but gymnastics is so good for youth, it's just the development purposes through coordination,
body awareness, balance, strength.
It has so much benefit to it and when I was a kid growing up through it, I did two years
of gymnastics myself and then I kind of got locked into football and different activities.
It's a perfect sport to set you up for other sports as well.
My pet was a really, really good gymnast.
She was like going into Olympic trading and stuff she was doing and for her it was a sport
she really loved, but she was really in the volleyball and part of the reason she got
into it was to be more flexible, to be more a better volleyball player and she just ended
up being really good at gymnastics and kind of going on a run with that.
I think it's a great point about that.
Not only all of those things, but also one of the few activities and sports that you can
have your kid do and they're working everything.
They really are working everything on almost any type of thing.
One other point about this too that I think is great because sometimes I know as a parent
and for parents out there, you're looking at these sports and well, this is a team sport.
This is an individual sport of that.
I think that with gymnastics, it may be looked at as a single sport sometimes.
It's such a team sport.
I see very few like rooting for each other than gymnastic teams and the way that they
are just a unit and all rooting for each other and the camaraderie that exists with that.
I know people that are still friends and they haven't been in gymnastics class in 20 years
together, but they're still friends from everything.
Really does create a lot of that energy.
Yeah, and the staff that we have are awesome.
We competed really well at a high level at Nationals this year and to be able to continue
that is fantastic.
You're saying gymnastics, just being able to work with kids and learn different skills.
We also still have one more week last week of camp that's still available.
If anybody's interested, it camps another good way just to learn different skills, but
not in obviously body awareness skills, but we got archery, fishing, just kind of those
outdoor activities.
But we have one more week of that August 25th through the 29th and if you have any questions,
you can contact Baxter.
Next time we'll get that information out there before you wrap up of how you can do that.
It's kind of cool that you mentioned that about going from gymnastics and falling level football.
I'm a big fan of wide receivers and I remember hearing as a kid that Lynn Swann took ballet
classes to help him with his footwork and how wild I thought that was.
I immediately now, if I'm a football coach, I'm having everyone of my guys take gym classes,
gymnastics classes.
Imagine how much more flexible are what receivers appear to be in them, they're the great
idea.
Exactly.
Well, seriousness, actually, which really made me think about their Jacob and I don't
know if it's intentional or not, but we kind of touch on this from time to time.
We're seeing so much of the youth in this day and age.
Oh, you could throw a fastball six to miles an hour.
That's all you're doing.
That's all you're doing.
You're throwing a baseball now for the next five, six years of your childhood is and then
of course, what do we see?
We see them get older and that arm is done before they're even in the majors or even have
a chance to get a scholarship or some of those things.
I know my brother and a lot of the parents that I know out there are very strong about,
hey, play all of it, you know, yeah, you're good at baseball, but I know you like to play
soccer too.
So play some of that.
I encouraging your kids to try multiple sports and to play multiple things, regardless
of what they're good at or what they're not good at, remembering that this is so much
about them getting exercise, them having fun, meeting new people.
And yeah, if they're great at the sport as dads, we love that.
Yes, I'm not going to deny that.
But it's also not the big, you know, it's not about us.
It's not about that.
No, there's tremendous value when it comes to dipping in your toes into different activities
in different sports, especially in the youth, like you don't know who who's going to be
good at what and who's going to be bad at what, but it doesn't matter.
The good and the bad still develops that that child into the athlete that they're going
to be and whether that's hand eye coordination through throwing a baseball or if it's body
awareness doing gymnastics, if it's speed from doing track and field or even soccer learning
how to be agile and maneuver yourself, like those are all important tools, not only
in sports, but just daily activity and functional life.
There are a few jobs I think that when you're young, that are available at times, but are
also opportunities to be in shape and I don't know about other people, but I know when I
was in my late teens, my 20s, that was a big deal to be fitness, staying in shape and
all those things.
And I had jobs, so I didn't really think about being a lifeguard.
But when we're talking about being a lifeguard or CPR certified course, some of the courses
that we're going to get into here and everything, there are a few things where I'm like, well,
yeah, you have to be in shape for these, pretty, you know, good shape at least.
And that's not a bad thing, like at that age, that's something you may want an excuse
to do.
Like, oh, well, I got to be in shape.
I'm a lifeguard or something.
As we're wrapping up summer, it's never a bad idea to touch on this for next year or
just in the future in general.
And so lifeguarding and CPR certification courses, let's get into that a little.
For sure.
I mean, when you talk about lifeguarding and what you need to be fit for, you do need
to pass a swim test when you're trying to become a lifeguard, but what we're really trying
to make available for everybody is to have the opportunity to become a lifeguard.
And how we're doing that is we're having free classes for people to come in and be able
to develop those skills specifically to the swim test so you can pass it.
But we also really have financial support for those lifeguards who are looking for that
certification.
So just by simply reaching out to us, we can get you set up and though that lifeguard certification,
but it comes with a lot of different skills, right?
It's being able to one handle a chaotic situation under pressure.
That is a really good skill to have when you're trying to do any type of job.
But we also are going to be able to help you get CPR certified, but also know how to do
that at a high level.
And again, under pressure in a chaotic situation.
And granted, thankfully we don't have to deal with those situations as often, but you
still need to be ready to be hands on for that.
But we are definitely looking for some more lifeguards to help us out, be able to have
these pools open for the community as well as then serve the community.
Yeah, it's a job that there's not many positions, especially for young people that can set
you up for so many future jobs, regardless of what industry you go into.
I like that a lot about the lifeguarding.
And also a great way of impacting your community, of being there for your community, that
is something that I heal overwhelmingly from young people these days, is that they want
a job, but they want to make a difference.
They don't want to just work nine to five at a fact, you know, not to say factory work
doesn't make a difference or anything like that, but to some people that may have not
done that, they may not realize.
Being a lifeguard, you're really, you're really making an impact.
You're really making it, for one, they can't do the swimming without it.
You need a lifeguard at these places to be able to do that.
So you're giving your community and these kids an opportunity for that.
And certainly, of course, in the extreme circumstances of saving a life, that's an opportunity
that most people don't have very often, and at that age to learn those things is really
cool to think of.
And I know when you think of a lifeguard, most of the time you think of somebody sitting
in the stand, but there's a lot more to it when you're sitting down there, counting
heads constantly, making sure that you have the right numbers for lifeguards to people
who are using that pool, being basically on your toes in case something does happen and
being able to help them service those members who are using that pool with maybe potentially
getting equipment, just helping them around to find the right access points.
But there's a lot more to it than just lifeguarding, but if you are someone that is a little
bit more introverted, lifeguarding could be your staple.
I mean, yeah, you do sit on the chair for a while and you can kind of get used to this
to fire yourself, but again, there's a lot more to lifeguarding than there is, and it's
really beneficial when you look forward to it.
And to get some suns.
You're getting some sun, you're outside, all of those things.
With the CPR certification courses, I have to bring up something that a topic that I
do whenever I have an opportunity to, I think that this is something that I don't know
there's many things in the world that I can say, well, everybody should know this.
Yeah.
Everybody should know this.
There is no downside to every single American, every citizen on the planet, knowing how to
do CPR and those things.
And I bring it up also because it's not, this isn't rocket science.
Like I'm not saying that it's light, you know, I don't put it lightness on it at all
or anything, but I want people to realize that everybody can learn this.
Everybody can pick this skill up, and there's no downside to learning it.
Oh, and I'd never use it.
Great.
That's awesome.
It's good to know in the back of the brain if you do need it.
Exactly.
And that's why our CPR courses are now open to the public.
Our next course is scheduled August 21st from 12 to 5 p.m., and that, again, we just want
to make sure that everybody has those skills.
But like you were saying, it's good to know how to give proper CPR as well as the first
aid.
And we do hands-on trading with mannequins as well as then take an exam to make sure
that you understand where you're really coming from.
I like TVs and movies.
I think they're great.
Very seldom, if you've seen a TV or a movie show, they really get this right.
I think also for some people, well, it seems simple.
I know how to...
No, you don't.
No.
You need to be taught by a professional.
You do not want to attempt this on a fly, you know, something you want to know and learn.
And one other thing about this that I don't get a chance to touch on when it comes to
when the topic does come up, the comfort that you have with this.
You feel better when you know your car is insured.
You feel better when you know your home is insured.
This is insurance for you and your loved ones.
This really is.
It's another level of that.
Knowing that you have this in the back of your brain, if you ever need it, is a comfort
that I don't know really how to explain to people unless you really do learn this information.
You're like, oh, I got that.
I know this.
Yeah.
I guess I never really thought of it in that perspective.
That's a cool way of learning, like thinking about it.
There's so many things that can stress us or get us a little like wake us up in the
middle of the night kind of thing.
There's not a lot of that stuff that we can always do something about.
Here's one of those ones where you can have that information.
You take this class.
It's not a long class.
It's not something that you have to, you know, six months.
It's going to take you to learn this or something and you've got to take a test at the
end.
You know, all these things that, you know, you might think of when learning.
This isn't that kind of learning.
This is something that I think also, another thing that I never, I hadn't thought about
with this.
There's, everybody learns differently.
With this course and the way that it's taught, it's really tailored to any type of learner.
Yeah.
100%.
And we do, do makeup stuff too.
We don't let you just make up the exam.
We sit down with you.
We go through that.
That's cool.
And we really explain like, okay, in this situation, when is this applied?
How many beats, right, that you need to be pumping for that certain amount of time.
And when do you get breaths?
How do you get breaths, right?
Like if you get those wrong on the exam, we go back with you and make sure you understand
that knowledge.
And to know what you're doing, rather than just kind of fly by answering multiple choices.
When it come, again, when were those classes available?
When were they available?
Yeah.
Those classes, we have our next schedule class, August 21st, 12 p.m. to 5 p.m.
We're speaking with Jacob from the South of County, YMCA, thanks to our friends at Tri-City
Services and Croc, it's septic, and an event that we're excited about being a part of
around here at the studios.
We got the bridge to bridge run coming up.
Oh, yeah.
I'm excited about that.
The bridge, bridge runs going to be at Witterfield.
We have an awesome t-shirt made.
It's going to be a long sleeve, North Carolina blue.
Oh, yeah.
Oh, I got to get one of those.
Love those colors.
Got it.
Yeah.
That's going to be next week.
August 16th.
Race starts at 8.30.
We'll do awards at the end once everybody kind of finishes up, but we'll all be back and
finishing at Witterfield.
Now, this is a 5K, but not necessarily a long run, a long race or something.
Yeah.
It's a 5K race, right?
3.2 miles.
It can be walked.
It can be ran.
We also then have an option of a smaller race, which is going to be held on site at Witterfield
so throughout their stadium.
That's just the 1K, but it gives an opportunity for kids to run around.
For parents to walk, we don't want to run that long into distance, but just to be involved
and engaged in our event there.
This has been going on for a while, and I know we're talking to people in years past
how sometimes they run into people that this is the event.
They usually run into them and they look forward to that.
I know that we also have our serious runners out there, shout out JR and some people out there
that take this a little more serious, and that's cool too.
That's fun.
But all of this is such a good combination of this area and how much we believe in the
Y and supporting the Y.
We get that this is one of the ways that the Y is able to keep those lights on and
also keep people in the building and by that, I mean, so many of the services that they
can offer or being able to help people that may not have the set payments for something,
but they can help out with that.
There's so many different angles on this that you can take, and it's a great fun event
too.
It's a blast.
We're looking forward to this one.
Yeah.
If you don't register before the event, we do offer like day of events or registrations,
so the day of the event, you can come to our table that we'll have out there and be able
to get registered and run that event.
You can get signed up right now if you want by going to the website, SWCYMCA.org.
There's a QR code you can go to or you can go to the website or give them a call and we'll
give you that information again before we wrap up.
Looking forward to this.
This is going to be exciting.
I'm going to be down there broadcasting live from the event tonight.
I don't get to do that much, but I'm excited for that one.
I think I get one of those shirts to put one inside.
Camp is coming up.
Our camp is going on.
This is where we're getting close to the end of camp season and wrapping some of that
up.
Yeah.
Like I said, I think a little bit earlier, but we're going to be, you can still, there's
still time to register for camp.
We have one more week, August 25th through the 29th.
If you're interested in just getting a last hurrah with the friends for your kids or just
so they can get that experience or taste for it for next year, feel free to reach out
to a backster for more information about it.
I can leave his phone number here at 715-818-6010, but yeah, if you have any questions, feel
free to reach out to him.
Yeah.
And again, man, I think you've made a great point there about even if they just take in
a day or two or maybe get an idea if they want to do it completely next year or something.
Yeah.
It's a really good idea.
I just wanted to touch on a couple of things real quick as long as I got the Y in the
studio with us.
You got swim lessons coming or swim lessons that we want to remind everybody about as well.
Yeah.
We got some swim lessons starting up September 8th.
If you are, again, looking for more information about swim lessons, but also about the CPR certification,
feel free to contact Ian Hess.
His phone number is 715-818-6014, but those are still available for kids to jump in and
learn how to some skills when it comes to swimming.
Good time of year to learn it too.
Getting ready for the fall season and everything, the kids get a little bit out there a little
bit more, and certainly the confidence that a kid has once they learn to swim.
Anytime we can build kids up like that, that's fantastic, along with, of course, the safety
feelings and the comfort that you have knowing your kid can swim.
And just fun.
It's fun.
I love swimming.
I want to take swim lessons just so I have an excuse to swim.
I never get myself out there all the way.
That's a great one.
And I also just wanted to touch on childcare and port Edwards.
This is a big one for our community.
Yeah.
childcare is now available at Port Edwards for elementary's for three to six year olds.
With that being said, at that child care, the children will learn to explore, create
and connect while developing skills and the values that will stick with them for life.
So lunch and snacks are going to be provided there.
There's going to be some state assistance available.
But again, kids ages three to six years old, September through June, Monday through Friday
from 6.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m.
If you have any questions, you can reach out to Tracy, our child care senior director
there at 715-818-6018.
Yeah.
This is such a big deal for our community, something like this.
Congratulations to the way being able to do this, but also a big thank you for doing this.
We know how important childcare is in this country, let alone in this state and how under,
under, you know, behind we are on this one.
And any, you know, when we see our non-profit stepping up and doing things like this one,
it shows how much they're listening and paying attention to the community, but how much
they care about the community.
We're talking about not a business, a non-profit, where every penny counts and you've got
to not only be accountable for every penny and transparent about it, but make good use
of it so you can keep the lights on and keep doing this thing.
To take time and do something like that shows a lot of above and beyond to me for the
community.
Yeah.
The question just in the state in general is that childcare piece, right, is finding
how can we have space for our kids to go to knowing that it's safe, but also they're going
to be in take care of.
So we're really happy and proud to be able to provide those opportunities even at our
Wisconsin Rapids branch too, but then again, now over at Port Edwards Elementary.
So please, please reach out to us if you are in need of some childcare.
We try really making it affordable for everybody.
And we appreciate that.
And as a wrap up, Jacob, we get to wrap up talking football.
We love football around here.
Let's do it.
Let's get into that.
And a really cool collaboration that's going on that I don't know if enough people know
about.
Yeah.
So we're really excited to be able to collaborate with the city of Wisconsin Rapids.
This is for our flight football program, so we're going to have a lot more kids, a lot
more teams.
We're going to have some sick t-shirts, but that's going to be starting September 8th.
And like you think about it?
That's 31 days away.
Yeah.
That is very right around the corner.
And the football season starts pretty soon too, like four weeks.
Real season starts.
Yeah, I'm so pumped for this.
But yeah, if you have any questions, you can either reach out to myself or Baxter at
715-818-60-10, but yeah, we're really excited to be able to collaborate with the city
here where we can have multiple fields, but also again, a larger space and a larger competition
space for kids to compete at.
The way that the rise of football since I was a kid to now is really cool to see and
how many kids get into it.
It certainly makes sense for the city and you guys to collaborate on that regard and being
able to expand this a little bit more, get more kids involved and all of that.
But the essence of football is really on these levels.
Like I love the pro game.
I'm going to be all glued to a Saturday college football and everything.
It's my, I love it.
I love high school and kids playing football and it's such a, it's the, it's the ultimate
team sport to me.
It's the ultimate, like, no matter how good your quarterback is or how good your receiver
is, if they're not on the same page, it don't matter.
Like, things like that that you learn at a young age, working with somebody else.
And then in this situation, a lot of times, a kid from this school and a kid from this
school learning to, that may have not met or played out of field together until high school
or something.
That's really cool.
It's great for these kids to learn those skills, to be able to do that along with of course,
playing a game that they're, you know, they love and it is hugely popular.
Yeah, exactly.
And I'm a, I'm a big fan of football granted.
I'm kind of a little biased.
I played football in college and everything and when it, when it comes to that kind of sports
camaraderie, like when I was going through elementary school and I even played football
at the Y when I was younger, like football, yeah, and it's cool to be then with that group
of friends for 10 years.
I played football with, I can't since third grade all the way up through college and there
was one of my buddy, all my best friends are on the football team and it's cool to be
able to develop those skills, but also like you said, the camaraderie and the teamwork.
That develops that was high school level team so much better.
And it's, it's really cool to see that at a flag football level, especially at that
younger because I think last year we watched the team really go from point A to point B
as a whole team together and they were dominating, which was really cool to see is like the
quarterback and the Y receiver on the same page, the defense understood their plays.
There's kids taking leadership, that leadership role and this is just the start.
This is just the development and flag football, just flag football itself is actually growing
sport.
I mean, you haven't seen that.
Like I, we've got the opportunity to coach, um, Ableton North, I think it was Ableton
North.
Yeah, please don't leave me.
I coached Ableton North, but girls like football team at the Green Bay tournament in
Lamblefield and that sport I did not think was as big as it was.
There was 15 teams there.
There were college scouts there.
There's colleges putting these teams together like UW-Ashkosh and I know UW-B Stevens points
dip in it into it a little bit, but these schools are, I really started the wrap around
this flag football, but mainly I think understanding that everybody deserves an opportunity to play
football and be able to develop as a team and just help build those relationships.
It's that part is so cool to see, to see more and more young women get into play that
wanted to play the game.
I know my little sister was one of those that didn't have that opportunity that would
have loved to.
It probably been an incredible running back.
Jillian was elusive.
Trust me.
So I'm trying to catch her on.
For sure.
Yeah.
But, uh, it's, to your point about flag football, it's only going to get, it's getting
bigger and it's only going to get bigger with it going into the Olympics and some of
that.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And so, I mean, you don't know, you might end up having a future Olympian here, getting
into these flag football games and stuff.
It's really fun sport.
It's really fun for these kids to learn and there's nothing but fun and excitement going
on at our Y.
We encourage you to learn more and find out more.
Jacob, if people want to reach out to you, how can they do that?
Yeah.
You guys can reach out to me that if you have any questions about flag football or any
of our other healthy living programs at 715-818-6015 or convince me at the Y.
And keep in mind, you can find out information about all these things and we've only scratched
the surface about what's going on at the Y.
Find out more about going to the website, SWCYMCA.org.
Be sure to follow them on social media as well, share their posts on your page.
It's never known who might see it otherwise.
Spread the word about these great events.
We'll meet you at the bridge to bridge.
It's going to be a lot of fun.
Looking forward to it and looking forward to hanging out again soon, Jacob.
Thanks for the time.
Yeah.
Thank you very much.
I want to say a big thank you to, of course, Crockett Sceptic and Tri-City Services
sponsor and the segment.
I greatly appreciate them and all of you for joining us for another edition of WFHR's
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