The Germiston City Sports Club hosted the Little Kickers event on Saturday.<\/p>\n
Little Kickers is a football skills coaching programme for children aged between 18 months and seven years.<\/p>
The 25th was only the launch, as it will be an ongoing development programme.<\/p>\n
The focus is on fun, which was the order of the day.<\/p>
Children came out in numbers to take part in the fun-filled event and their parents came along to support them.<\/p>\n
Little Kickers is a national network of informal, yet professionally run, training classes, where enthusiastic boys and girls are given a helping hand to stand on their own two feet.<\/p>\n
A head start in sport is a fantastic investment in the children’s future.<\/p>\n
The real goal of Little Kickers is to use football as a fun forum to instil young football players with a little extra confidence, co-ordination, control and sense of camaraderie; which will see them go on to greater glory in the golden game.<\/p>\n
“We strongly believe that children learn best when put in age appropriate groups.<\/p>\n
“Every game we play can be adapted to meet the developmental needs and ability of any class,” said one of the organisers, Cristina Paul.<\/p>\n
Little Kickers classes help children discover the rewards of regular structured physical exercise, laying the foundation for fit, active and healthy lives.<\/p>\n
The programmes introduce real football skills through exciting group play activities.<\/p>\n
Valuable concepts like sharing; taking turns, teamwork and listening to instructions are incorporated in the activities.<\/p>\n
The classes also enable children to develop co-ordination, agility and balance and early learning concepts such as colours and numbers are gently introduced through football.<\/p>\n
The football equipment used is realistic and child-friendly.<\/p>\n
Parents are encouraged to book their children for the free session so that they can experience the awesomeness of Little Kickers.<\/p>\n