Keep Your Kids Active Year-Round With NFL PLAY 60
NFL PLAY 60 Kids Day on February 3rd brought together thousands of kids to have fun and get physically active with their favorite teams, players, mascots, and cheerleaders. ~ Sarah Halloran
Hit the 60-minutes a day physical activity goal with these different active options brought to you by NFL PLAY 60, the American Heart Association, and GoNoodle.
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NFL PLAY 60 Kids Day on February 3rd brought together thousands of kids to have fun and get physically active with their favorite teams, players, mascots, and cheerleaders. We all got to see the Tampa Bay Buccaneers take home the Vince Lombardi Trophy in the Super Bowl, but the Kansas City Chiefs took home the most votes at PLAY 60 Kids Day! With their exercise, the Kansas City Championship Plank, the Chiefs had this season’s top NFL PLAY 60 play! But, the real winner of the big game experience were all the kids who got moving with their favorite NFL teams!
According to the American Heart Association, getting physically active for 60-minutes a day is critical to drive immediate and long-term health in youth, especially as social distancing lingers.
“Current and former NFL athletes are looking for different ways to stay active with the pandemic. Working out virtually with teammates, family, and friends has helped keep us in great shape,” says Cameron Lynch, NFL Legend. “NFL PLAY 60 is a great resource and reminder that, even in untraditional times, daily physical activity is so important for overall wellness.”
The American Heart Association and the NFL are committed to helping all kids reach their full potential by encouraging healthy habits early in life. Traditionally, only one in five kids get enough physical activity to meet the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ latest Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans[1]. By working together with parents and educators, the NFL alongside the American Heart Association, through the NFL PLAY 60 initiative hopes to take steps to close the physical activity gap.
NFL PLAY 60 is a year-long commitment to help get youth moving for 60 minutes every day. So even though the big game is behind us, there are plenty of ways to keep the fun going!
- The NFL PLAY 60 Library:
Find fun and engaging on-demand exercises from different NFL teams to help your kids reach their recommended 60-minutes of daily physical activity.
- The NFL PLAY 60 App:
Use our app to help your kids get more movement throughout the day by controlling personalized avatars on screen with their own physical movement. The app is available for iOS and Android.
Explore a collection of physical-activity programming to keep kids moving along with their cartoon coaches, Coach Terry and Coach Sherry, and some of their favorite GoNoodle Champs.
Take a behind-the-scenes look at practice facilities and stadiums of past Super Bowl host teams, the Atlanta Falcons and the Miami Dolphins. Each virtual field trip will get kids moving to help meet the 60-minutes of physical-activity goal!
Did you miss NFL PLAY 60 kids day? Well check it out on demand. the American Heart Association and NFL are committed to helping all kids reach their full potential by encouraging healthy habits early in life! Keep your kids active year round with these four fun ideas that will help your kiddos meet their 60-minutes of physical-activity daily goal!
Since 2006, the NFL and the American Heart Association have teamed up to inspire kids with fun and engaging ways to move more and play for 60 minutes a day. Physical activity is essential to the overall mental and physical wellness of kidsand to help the youth across America live longer, healthier lives.
Tag us in your activities at @GoNoodle, @NFL, and @American_Heart for a chance to be featured in our social stories!
[1] Department of Health and Human Services, 2018 Physical Activity Guidelines, page 14. Available for download here: https://health.gov/paguidelines/default.aspx
