FUNFitness at STATE Flag Football

Through the Healthy Athletes® program, Special Olympics Colorado athletes receive free screenings in a fun, welcoming environment that removes the anxiety and fear individuals with ID often experience when faced with a visit to the doctor or dentist. Our mission is to improve each athlete’s health and fitness, leading to enhanced sports experience and improved well-being.

Screening Offered

FUNfitness provides athletes the opportunity to be screened for flexibility of hamstring, calf, shoulder rotator and hip flexor muscles; functional strength of the abdominal and lower extremity muscles; and balance. During these screenings physical therapists, physical therapist assistants, and physical therapist or physical therapist assistant students work with athletes and coaches to improve optimal function in sports training and competition, prevention of or reduced risk for injury and recommending exercises and other helpful strategies.

CHECK-IN: Please allow yourself ample time to park and check-in at the volunteer check-in booth. Orientation and set-up for FUNfitness will start promptly at 9:00 AM in order to be open to athletes at 10:00 AM.

WHAT TO WEAR: Each volunteer will receive a volunteer T-shirt specific to Funfitness to wear at the event, so you will be easily identifiable. Please wear comfortable clothing and shoes. 

MEALS: Lunch will be provided for volunteers

PARKING: Free parking is available at CSU near the intramural fields in the Moby Arena parking lot

Questions? Please contact Jena Twete, Director of Inclusive Health, at jtwete@specialolympicsco.org.