Pushbike Becomes An Early Level Towards Achievements And Development Of Bicycle Athletes

JAKARTA - Sport is not only for those who are adults. The early age rate which was the beginning of coaching turned out to have started from under five years old (toddlers).

However, not just any exercise that can be played by toddlers considering the safety, safety, and influence of children's physical and motor conditions are important.

Recently, push bike sports have surfaced. Exercise with bicycles is suitable for toddlers. Pubshbike emphasized the importance of exercise that is in accordance with the development of muscle and motor mass of toddlers.

In fact, push bikes are already popular in the world. There have been various tournaments being held.

Push bikes in Indonesia are also starting to get busy. Last year, many push bikes competitions were held with several categories of toddler age groups.

The increasing number of push bikes, which has also been a bicycle sports development event since an early age, has made the academy start to mushroom, one of which is The Snap Academic.

The push bike Academy, located at Plaza Cibubur, West Java, officially opened on Friday, January 12, 2024. Interestingly, The Snap Academic teaches the right push bike material with the best coach in its field.

"The Snap Academic is here so that children can hone their skills in playing push bikes properly," said Syafitri Indah S, owner of The Snap Academic.

"So, they are not only forced to become winners. However, they are more devoted to honing their cycling skills from an early age," he said again.

Indah also has a special reason why she founded The Snap Academic. The son, Narest Adhuka Pradipta, is the champion in several competitions. Not only nationally, Narest's achievements have reached the international level.

Most recently, Naresh won the 2023 Pushbike Championship M8 in Malaysia against various participants from Asian countries.

"Another reason I built The Snap Academic is also because of Narest. So, I want to provide a place for other children to excel and develop together," said Syafitri.

Push bikes will print the seeds of potential cyclists. However, appropriate training is needed so as not to damage the development of these toddlers.

So, later when these push bikes pass their toddler period, they have the potential to continue to other bicycle sports.

Those factors were put forward by The Snap Academic. In essence, this academy doesn't want to just score winners, but wants this push bike to be the basis for children to go to the next level.

"The point is these children are in the playing period. We can't force them from the start that this is to compete and become champions. It can't be like that."

"Let them be happy with this push bike first. The exercises are also adjusted so as not to damage the muscles and motor development of toddlers," said Teguh, one of the coaches of The Snap Academic.

"Basically, this push bike trains the child's gross motor and muscles according to the portion. If it is excessive in training, the burden is heavy, for example, their development will be disrupted."

"If they then proceed to other bicycle sports, their golden age will be short. We don't want to be like that."

"So, now the push bikes are to train their balance and legitimacy from an early age," said Teguh.

"If they are properly trained and according to their portion, in the future these children will have the capital to continue to various other bicycle branches, such as BMX," he said again.