Parkour offers a unique atmosphere and community for neurodivergent individuals to be themself while learning about being part of a team and working with others. Parkour offers similarities to team sports with the community atmosphere, working with others in class, physical activity, confidence boos...
MAND (Modified and Neuro Divergent) classes are for students who benefit from smaller class sizes and/or more coach support and/or parental support. We offer 3 types of MAND classes: Low support, high support, and adult.Â
Low Support MAND classes are for students who benefit from extra verbal promp...
At The Rising - Parkour Gym in Kilgore we offer open gyms. This is a 1-2 hour time where students can come and work on skills they would like extra practice on outside of class time. It is also a time to practice parkour vision and creativity as a student takes initiative with their training. A Coac...
Our goal is to bring parkour classes with a focus on character and community within driving distance of all youth in East Texas. When I, Hannah, started parkour in 2014, I had to drive a 4 hour round trip to get to the closest full parkour gym. It is my goal with Parkour East Texas to create a thriv...
We are a parkour company that delivers parkour instruction in parks around East Texas and at our gym in Kilgore. Our classes focus on teaching safe movement principles as we embrace the parkour mindset and focus on becoming a better person physically and in character. We do a lot of over, under, and...
In our weekly professional development training I asked the coaches to tell me why they coach. The responses were beautiful and inspiring! Here are a few of the answers!
Coach Anthony, "I coach for the joy of watching other people grow in skill and confidence. I coach to find and build community. I...
Parkour is mindset. It’s a lens through which we see life and challenges. It’s a mindset through which we interact with others and ourselves. This is “Why Parkour”.
Parkour helps us learn to give ourselves grace. It helps us understand when we first try something we will probably not be very good a...
Parkour East Texas Mission
To help youth prepare to be successful in life (mentally, emotionally and physically) by teaching character and valuable life lessons through parkour lessons.
Parkour East Texas Vision
To create a Parkour Community in East Texas that is thriving and th...
Our Team Challenges help students learn to think critically and develop strong problem solving skills. Our coaches are trained to create team challenges that make students think beyond themselves and of how their actions (or lack of actions) impact their teammates. Our coaches are trained to create ...
Students often find improvement in their emotional state from participating in our classes. The community aspect helps students to feel like they are a valued member of a team. Our community helps meet an individuals desire to fit in somewhere and have a place to call their own. Learning that everyo...
Our classes help students learn to receive feedback in a way that helps them become better. Often in parkour, when a student applies feedback from a coach they will noticeably see improvement in their movement. For example, if a coach tells a student to keep their chest up during a precision jump a ...
At Parkour East Texas we are focused on helping youth prepare to be successful in life (mentally, emotionally, and physically) by teaching valuable life skills and lessons through parkour. We view parkour as an opportunity to learn how to become a better person in all areas of life.
It is common fo...
