Term Time, School Holidays and Birthday Parties
Grouped with 6 yr olds
Our coaching techniques are aimed at catering for a growth in maturity, self confidence and skill level.
Children start to learn to work in pairs and in teams e.g. passing and catching with each other
Games that are basic and structured are introduced
Coaches help develop the chore elements that makes working in a team effective eg running in to spaces to receive a pass, anticipating the next move, planning the next stage in the game etc.
Learning to communicate with each other during an activity
Helping others during a game or activity
Learning and understanding the basic rules of an activity/sport
Coaches are alert to helping children develop and maintain self confidence
Max of 8-10 children per group
This Programme covers the skills of 8 different sports used to advance the following skills:
Eye tracking – using smaller balls and working in pairs and teams
Catching – with various degrees of difficulty and whilst moving
Throwing – sometimes whilst off balance
Movement and agility – coaching of running technique becomes important at this stage as it affects the future involvement of each child’s participation in sport
Jumping – used in many of our activities but specifically Netball, Basketball, AFL and Movement
Balance – activities using our balance beams have a greater degree of difficulty
Fine and gross motor skill development becomes more advanced as the children have a greater experience in using use our unique gross motor skills matts
Kicking and striking balls in real game time situations involving 8 different sports
Actual activities and sports covered are:
Summer Months: Catching / Throwing / Eye tracking / Running / Agility / Cricket / Teeball / Basketball and Soccer
Winter Months: Catching / Throwing / Eye Tracking / Running / Agility / AFL / Soccer / Netball / Minkey or Mini Hockey
Specialist Sports
Children choose one sport from the following - Cricket, Soccer, AFL or Mini Hockey and coaching is centred on developing the following skills:
Completing sport specific skills in real game situations
Technical skills of each sport
Learning about strategies and actual game play
Positional play
Rules and how they are applied
Teamwork and how it helps the result
Umpiring/refereeing decisions
Values of each sport
Summer: Cricket and Soccer
Winter: AFL, Junior Hockey (Minkey), Soccer, Rugby
Specalist programme avaliabilty depends on franchise area. Click 'enrol now' to see the schedule
We pay special attention to those that progress slower than their peers.
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