Programmes Overview

 

SPORTS 4 FUN has been designed by professionals to introduce children to sport in a fun and structured environment.

 

Pre-school aged children practice gross and fine motor skills, posture, balance, eye-hand co-ordination and sportsmanship.

 

School aged children take the skills they have learned from pre-school and learn to develop these into sports related activities and everyday life.

 

• SPORTS 4 FUN is designed to allow every child the opportunity to participate in its’ innovative sports programmes.
• There is no expectation for your child to become an “expert” in any particular sports or activities.
• We use innovative coaching concepts which will allow your child to develop their key skills at their own pace while still being able to participate in the activities with the rest of the class. This allows each child to reinforce basic concepts and motor patterns within each sports activity.
• Some children are naturally more suited to some sports than others. We use every resource possible to make sure that every child who participates in our sports and activities starts at the same level.  

 

 Our aims are to:

 

• Introduce children to a variety of different sports and activities in a safe, structured environment.
• Teach children that participating in sports and physical activity is FUN.
• Introduce and encourage age-appropriate gross motor skills, body awareness and correct posture at all times.
• Teach children the importance of warming up and stretching to help prevent injuries.
• Teach the importance of good sportsmanship and team work when playing sports and activities.
• Continue to grow so that every child can benefit from the SPORTS 4 FUN programme.

 

 On completion of the programme your child should:

 

• Have developed an understanding of a variety of sports and activities.
• Have improved basic skills and movement patterns that form the foundation of all sporting activities.
• Be confident to progress to more structured physical activity and sports related programmes.

 

 Age - Appropriate Classes:

 

• Little Monsters      2 - 5 Years
• SPORTS 4 FUN      6 - 10 Years

 

• The Little Monsters 2 - 5 Years programme require a bit of attention and need their parent on hand in the early stages. In addition to the physical benefits, other positives for the 2 - 3 year olds include being introduced to group activities, listening to instructions, learning to take turns, introducing children to their A B Cs Agility, Balance and Coordination and gaining increasing confidence and independence.

 

• The SPORTS 4 FUN 6 - 10 Years programme is more challenging as it encourages children to develop new sports through creative thinking. Children will be introduced to New Age Sports which are not available anywhere else as they have been created by our own innovative sports development team. These innovative sports are designed to combine key skills from various sports them into one new sport, thus allowing children to develop new key skills to help them improve their own development of the new sports in which they are participating in.

 

 Non-Competitive and Non-Contact

 

• Our philosophy is to make a child’s introduction to sport as much FUN as possible.

 

 Structured Programmes

 

• The programmes have an overall structure which is repeated each week so that children can become familiar and comfortable with basic skills and with routine.
• The individual sports/games/gross motor skills/ activities are varied within the overall routine to provide variety within the structure.

 

 About our Class Sizes

 

• We have now introduced a restriction on class sizes for the Little Monsters programme as this allows our coaches to have more time to work with parents and children individually away from the rest of the group to help children who are struggling a little bit.

 

      Little Monsters 2 - 5 Years    Maximum Class Size (12)

 

 Classes Run Indoors

 

• We have chosen to do this so our environment is controlled - rain, hail or shine, you can plan your week comfortably knowing that our classes will always be on. We know that learning sports related skills is challenging enough without having to add in the ever changing weather and outdoor elements (e.g. wind, rain, uneven surfaces.)

 

  Equipment

 

• SPORTS 4 FUN is able to source the highest quality age appropriate equipment to ensure safe and reliable fun. We have strong relationships with suppliers of sports and educational products.

 

  Parental Involvement

 

• Parents or guardians are required to stay for the duration of every Little Monsters class. SPORTS 4 FUN are NOT a registered child care provider and is therefore not licensed to care for children under the age of 5 years without parental or guardian supervision.

 

 Drink Bottle and T-Shirt

 

• A FREE SPORTS 4 FUN drink bottle and t-shirt is given to every child in their first term when they enrol. Hydration whilst playing sports is very important and we encourage you to bring your child’s drink bottle and t-shirt to every class. This is a way of introducing the concept of fluid intake whilst playing sport. We encourage participants to wear there SPORTS 4 FUN t-shirts to promote a group ethos.

 

Please be aware that this offer is subject to availability and can be withdrawn at any time.