Over the years we have all pushed hard to make the sport of "ninja" a team sport that kids can join and grow with. It started with Jen and Dave hand picking 7 kids to wear matching shirts and travel to local events together. From there, it took off.
NENA TEAM - PLYMOUTH
2. What to expect at a meet?
4 teams will meet at one location. Using 4 age groupings (6-8/ 9-10/ 11-12/ 13+), each team will have a max of 8 athletes per age group representing their team. All athletes will go through a rules/ demo walkthrough of the course and then will be divided in half for practice time on all the obstacles. Each athlete will then run Stage 1 which is made up of 6 obstacles for points (1 point per obstacle completed) to be seeded from less points/ slowest time to most points/ fastest time. All athletes will run Stage two which is ten obstacles (the same 6 and 4 additional obstacles). After Stage 2, the top 10 will score points towards their team score. The obstacle/ course difficulty will be beginner to moderate level to allow participants to excel and gain experience in the sport of ninja while again having appropriate variations for each age group.
3. What are the requirements?
4. Class Schedule- The class times are as followed and our first class begins on September 10th, 2024
5. Team Fees $125/month. We do have a sibling discount of 15% for those with multiple participants. The team membership includes:
JUNIOR VARSITY 2024-2025
Pre-Season Scrimmage: Sep 22 HOME VS TA Weymouth- Plymouth, Ma
Pre-Season Scrimmage: Oct 26: AWAY VS TA Weymouth- Weymouth, Ma
Nov 10 Away @ Vitality Fitness- Fall River, Ma
Dec 21 Away @ TA Weymouth-Weymouth, Ma
Jan 18 Home @ TA Plymouth-Plymouth, Ma
Feb 16 Away @ Strive- Franklin, Ma
Other Ninja Leagues
Holiday/Vacation Class Cancellations:
10/31 Halloween- No practice
11/28 Thanksgiving- No practice
12/24 & 12/26 December break- No practice
2/18 & 2/20 February break- No practice
The whole coaching staff knows there is so much information to read within this. As always if you have any questions please direct them to Dave. Thank you for your continued support through everything. These gyms would not be here without you and your families.
~TA Fitness Coaching Staff
NENA TEAM - PLYMOUTH
- What is NENA?
The Northeast Ninja Association (NENA) takes a team approach to the highly individualized centric sport of ninja. This season we will be instituting a pre-season running from Sept-Oct to allow participants to gain experience and strength prior to their first meet. The regular season will run from Nov- Feb with 1 meet a month. If we are a top 4 team, there will be a championship meet in March.
2. What to expect at a meet?
4 teams will meet at one location. Using 4 age groupings (6-8/ 9-10/ 11-12/ 13+), each team will have a max of 8 athletes per age group representing their team. All athletes will go through a rules/ demo walkthrough of the course and then will be divided in half for practice time on all the obstacles. Each athlete will then run Stage 1 which is made up of 6 obstacles for points (1 point per obstacle completed) to be seeded from less points/ slowest time to most points/ fastest time. All athletes will run Stage two which is ten obstacles (the same 6 and 4 additional obstacles). After Stage 2, the top 10 will score points towards their team score. The obstacle/ course difficulty will be beginner to moderate level to allow participants to excel and gain experience in the sport of ninja while again having appropriate variations for each age group.
3. What are the requirements?
- Attend set number of meets- this will range depending on your age groups.
- Make 50% of practices between meets- the number of practices between meets varies so the number will vary as well. We will always round up to include the extra day. Participants are expected to not miss the two practices before a scheduled meet, though obvious exceptions are made.
4. Class Schedule- The class times are as followed and our first class begins on September 10th, 2024
- Tuesday and Thursdays 430-545p for all age groups
5. Team Fees $125/month. We do have a sibling discount of 15% for those with multiple participants. The team membership includes:
- Unlimited access at both locations
- 2 classes a week
- Custom weekend works
JUNIOR VARSITY 2024-2025
Pre-Season Scrimmage: Sep 22 HOME VS TA Weymouth- Plymouth, Ma
Pre-Season Scrimmage: Oct 26: AWAY VS TA Weymouth- Weymouth, Ma
Nov 10 Away @ Vitality Fitness- Fall River, Ma
Dec 21 Away @ TA Weymouth-Weymouth, Ma
Jan 18 Home @ TA Plymouth-Plymouth, Ma
Feb 16 Away @ Strive- Franklin, Ma
Other Ninja Leagues
- World Ninja League (WNL formally NNL)
- Multiple difficult levels (2) across multiple formats (5) with regional/ nationals
- Very individually based with many, many, MANY competitions hosted locally including TA Weymouth & Plymouth
- Competition quality is vastly different from comp to comp, hosting facility to hosting facility
- Can become a rabbit hole that you will never get to the bottom of
- Federation of International Ninja Athletes (FINA)
- All skill levels across two formats with regional/ nationals
- “You vs the course” based
- Few competitions locally (mostly hosted by TA Weymouth)
- Other Leagues: UNAA, NSC/ NSN, WNL Premier League, In-houses at other gyms
Holiday/Vacation Class Cancellations:
10/31 Halloween- No practice
11/28 Thanksgiving- No practice
12/24 & 12/26 December break- No practice
2/18 & 2/20 February break- No practice
The whole coaching staff knows there is so much information to read within this. As always if you have any questions please direct them to Dave. Thank you for your continued support through everything. These gyms would not be here without you and your families.
~TA Fitness Coaching Staff